The Living End
In 1991, Todd Haynes resurrected the romantic notion of the homosexual as an outlaw with his film Poison. Poison, loosely based on three different novels by Jean Genet, launched the… Read more »
In 1991, Todd Haynes resurrected the romantic notion of the homosexual as an outlaw with his film Poison. Poison, loosely based on three different novels by Jean Genet, launched the… Read more »
Surviving Desire (1992) deals with the intelligentsia, and the inherent problems of a relationship between an older man and a younger woman. However, Hartley’s older man, Jude (Martin Donovan), isn’t so… Read more »
The evolution of camera language in the cinema is constantly at work. Either the camera itself is changing or the style and idea of frame is changing. Festen (1998) is… Read more »
I’m not at all familiar with the films of Nadia Tass, but I am a huge fan of Danny Glover which is what drew me to Pure Luck (1991). Apparently… Read more »
This piece was written in answer to a challenge issued by Roxy at Viva Video : The Last Picture Store to write seriously about the themes in The Christmas Tree… Read more »
I often hear heated debates amongst my friends about Batman. Questions are posed to discriminate casual fans from the die-hard fans that know who Doctor Double X is. Many of these… Read more »
In spite of being a TNT production, Samson & Delilah (1996) still bears a few of the hallmarks of Nicolas Roeg’s inimitable style. However budget constraints and shooting conditions seem… Read more »
David Fincher’s second film The Game (1997) works better as an investigation of the psychological effects of what is essentially a mid-life crisis than it does as a thriller. The most… Read more »
“You’re a man among men” – Toby Roebuck (Melanie Griffith in Nobody’s Fool) People don’t really talk about great Thanksgiving Day movies. There’s so much fuss over Halloween, and Christmas… Read more »
Back in the day, Clifford (1994) was one of the films I rented most often from Pathmark (back when grocery stores rented VHS tapes). It’s always been a favorite film… Read more »