River’s Edge
When I was in middle school my best friend Danny and I were obsessed with Crispin Glover’s performance in River’s Edge (1987). To this day whenever I have a beer… Read more »
When I was in middle school my best friend Danny and I were obsessed with Crispin Glover’s performance in River’s Edge (1987). To this day whenever I have a beer… Read more »
In Ann Turner’s film Celia (1989) the Hobyahs of English folklore are the central fantasy image and main allegory of the film’s narrative subtexts. The Hobyahs are creatures that dismantle… Read more »
With Flesh + Blood (1985), Paul Verhoeven takes the classic Hollywood swashbuckler and imbues it with all of the brutality of its period. The brutality in Flesh + Blood is… Read more »
Night Of The Demon (1980) is famous for being the movie where Bigfoot rips off a man’s penis. Night Of The Demon is that rare video nasty that deserves its… Read more »
Kuei Chih-Hung’s Curse Of Evil (1982) plays as the Chinese equivalent to Gothic Horror. The film is set entirely in a spooky old mansion; there’s the ominous “curse of the… Read more »
Richard Franklin’s Roadgames (1981) transposes Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954) to the desolate highways that girdle the remote Australian outback. In place of James Stewart’s apartment Franklin gives viewers the… Read more »
When I was in the sixth grade I went through a very serious Twin Peaks phase. As a part of my ravenous fandom I sought out other projects that the… Read more »
True Confessions (1981) is a thoughtful character study dressed up as a whodunnit. The mystery at the heart of the film isn’t the identity of the killer, but what two… Read more »
Today Robot Jox (1989) is best known as the progenitor of Pacific Rim (2013) that features a robot suit with a chainsaw penis. Guillermo del Toro borrowed a lot from… Read more »
White Star (1983) finds filmmaker Roland Klick (best known for the films Supermarkt and Deadlock) turning a critical eye towards the music promotion business. Klick satirizes the crass publicity surrounding… Read more »