American Graffiti
Unlike George Lucas’ soulless science fiction features American Graffiti (1973) is a film of warmth and compassion. It’s an episodic narrative that uses nostalgia to frame carefully observed truths regarding… Read more »
Tag: Harrison Ford
A Disturbance In The Force
I think having an intellectual property (be it a novel, a film or album) that you really and truly love is very important. If there’s a work of art that… Read more »
Working Girl
Happy Labor Day! Mike Nichols’ romantic comedy Working Girl (1988) re-imagines the Preston Sturges comedies of the forties for the late eighties; trading in Depression era fantasies of the American… Read more »
Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny
It took fifteen years but Harrison Ford has finally gotten his fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny (2023). It’s a… Read more »
Luv
Director Clive Donner seems to have spent the silver sixties trying to tap into the zeitgeist. Films like What’s New Pussycat? (1965) and Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush… Read more »
Patriot Games
Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to two Tom Clancy novels in the late eighties that they turned over to Phillip Noyce, a veteran director of thrillers, to direct as vehicles… Read more »
Air Force One
This piece was written in 2015 while Donald Trump was still on the campaign trail. When Bonnie Tyler recorded Holding Out For A Hero for the film Footloose in 1984… Read more »
Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner (1982) has gotten a sequel. Anyone who has seen Ridley Scott’s film is probably wondering why or even how a sequel could have been made. Oddly, Blade Runner… Read more »
