Le Raccourci
Ever since the early 2000s it’s been in vogue, at least on the Internet, to make a mockery of Nicolas Cage. Of course, some of Nicolas Cage’s films have been,… Read more »
Ever since the early 2000s it’s been in vogue, at least on the Internet, to make a mockery of Nicolas Cage. Of course, some of Nicolas Cage’s films have been,… Read more »
Nagisa Oshima has the reputation for being one of the most controversial and cutting edge filmmakers to emerge in Japan during the early sixties. Unlike his contemporaries, Oshima’s films do… Read more »
Albert Brooks’ second feature film Modern Romance (1981) is a satire unlike few others in popular cinema. As the title suggests, Brooks’ has honed his comical eye on the conventions of… Read more »
Code Red has done a decent job with restoring Running Scared (1980). The issues I was aware of, in terms of image, have everything to do with the source print… Read more »
I went into Saturn 3 (1980) as a fan of Martin Amis’ work, particularly The Pregnant Widow, only to discover later that a majority of the final script had been… Read more »
After being really impressed with Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979) I thought I’d watch his most infamous film, The Beastmaster (1982). The Beastmaster is one of those “sword and sorcery” films,… Read more »
Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo, directed by Ulli Edel, was released in 1981; a year before Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s death, the point in time which critics seem… Read more »
I think that for a certain generation of cinephile when one thinks of Halloween movies they think of a few specific things. Firstly, an eighties synth score; nothing says seasonal… Read more »
Phenomena (1985) is one of those rare “R-rated” kids movies. I say this not just because of Jennifer Connelly’s involvement, which brings Labyrinth (1986) to mind, but because of a… Read more »
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) is one of the great horror-comedies of all time. This may sound like hyperbole, but after finally getting around to seeing this Roger Corman produced… Read more »