Stormy Monday
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 »
Tag: Melanie Griffith
Joyride
After making The Pom Pom Girls (1976) at Crown International Pictures, Joseph Ruben took his next film, Joyride (1977), to American International. Ruben retained the services of leading man Robert… 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 »
Tart
Christina Wayne’s film Tart (2001) followed the trend of youth marketed films that looked to emulate Roger Kumble’s Cruel Intentions (1999). While none of these films matched the wit or… Read more »
Smile
Michael Ritchie’s film Smile (1975) is one of the great American portraits produced by the New Hollywood. 1975 saw the release of two other great national portraits, Altman’s Nashville and… Read more »
Nobody’s Fool
“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 »
Pacific Heights
Having recently just acquired a house for the first time I felt more deeply affected by this film than I did when I first saw it when I was about… Read more »
Fear City
Abel Ferrara’s career, and more importantly his influence upon the American cinema, has almost exclusively been within the vernacular of the genre film. Most consistently, he has worked within the… Read more »
