The Cassandra Crossing
It was about twenty years ago that our local Hollywood Video went out of business. When they had their liquidation sale my father bought their copy of The Cassandra Crossing… Read more »
Band Of Brothers
Band Of Brothers (2001) is now twenty years old. When it first aired on HBO Band Of Brothers epitomized the movement towards the cinematic in American television that had begun… Read more »
Silk
From low-budget movie maestro Cirio H. Santiago comes Silk (1986). Silk (Cec Verrell), a super “smooth” cop, is out to bust up a narcotics kingpin in Honolulu. In her wake… Read more »
Texas Carnival
Texas Carnival (1951) is another in the cycle of comedy musicals Esther Williams made at MGM. This would be her third film playing opposite of MGM funny man Red Skelton…. Read more »
Wild Nights With Emily
Wild Nights With Emily (2018) may not be the formal tour de force of Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion (2016), but it is equally essential to our cinematic culture. Where… Read more »
Embryo
If one goes into Embryo (1976) hoping to find a similar cinematic experience to The Unborn (1991), one will be sorely disappointed. The now public domain Embryo is a strange… Read more »
Simply Irresistible
Mark Tarlov had been a successful producer since the early eighties, long before he turned to directing features. As a producer Tarlov brought to the screen such diverse films as… Read more »
Léonor
Léonor (1975) unites some of the biggest names in mid-twentieth century European cinema. Michel Piccoli plays Lord Richard, Liv Ullmann plays his late wife Léonor, Ornella Muti plays Richard’s second… Read more »
The Hole
The Hole (2009) represents an intersection of director Joe Dante’s sensibilities; a sort of coming together of Gremlins (1984) and Explorers (1985). This formula proves quite effective in creating a… Read more »
Candyman
Jordan Peele’s production of Nia DaCosta’s Candyman (2021) renews the themes of Bernard Rose’s original film from 1992 while also proposing that folklore and trauma, intrinsically linked, are both equal… Read more »
