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Broadcast News (1987) has always been my favorite James L. Brooks movie. I love the characters, the wit, and the commentary on journalistic ethics. Brooks can get sentimental but, in… Read more »
Broadcast News (1987) has always been my favorite James L. Brooks movie. I love the characters, the wit, and the commentary on journalistic ethics. Brooks can get sentimental but, in… Read more »
‘It’s not easy being a woman.” Director Stanley Kwan opens Rouge (1987) with a series of camera moves that dolly one way while panning in another direction. It is a… Read more »
“The longest night in the world.” Tourist Trap (1979) and Dolls (1987) are by far the creepiest Charles Band productions I have ever seen. Dolls oozes a Gothic atmosphere and… Read more »
When I was in college I used to walk passed the Macy’s in center city Philadelphia every day. I remember checking out the window displays, Dickens’ village and the pipe… Read more »
Andrew McCarthy has been back in the public eye promoting his new documentary Brats (2024). And while there wasn’t much to redeem what amounts to a ninety minute pity party,… Read more »
“I’m too old to spank” Cult author James Robert Baker’s SOV classic Blonde Death (1984) is a bonafide assault on middle American values. Like John Waters before him, Baker’s film… Read more »
Mike Figgis’ first feature was the neon drenched neo-noir Stormy Monday (1988). Lensed by the great Roger Deakins, Stormy Monday is a lush and beautiful looking debut. Already Figgis’ preoccupation… Read more »
The Last Night (1982) was made by Michael J. Murphy as part of a direct-to-video double bill with Invitation To Hell (1982). Both films were produced by Murphy for very… Read more »
Prime Evil (1988) is classic Roberta Findlay. It’s sleazy and low budget. Findlay characteristically makes the most of limited means to create a film of Satanic terror that looks far… Read more »
I first saw Cute Girl (1980) way back when the Dutch home video label CINEMATEK issued its triple feature boxed set of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s first three features. At the time… Read more »