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 »
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Eyes Of Laura Mars
In 1972 Irvin Kershner directed Barbra Streisand in the film Up The Sandbox. The pair got along well enough that when Streisand’s then partner Jon Peters was putting together Eyes… Read more »
Rolling Thunder
In Rolling Thunder (1977) screenwriter Paul Schrader imports many of the themes and ideas present in his script for Taxi Driver (1976) into the context of an American International exploitation… Read more »
Small Soldiers
In the wake of Disney’s Toy Story (1995), DreamWorks released Joe Dante’s Small Soldiers (1998). Where Toy Story offered its audiences only superficial sensations of nostalgia, Small Soldiers delivers a scathing parody of Corporate… Read more »
Fire Birds
As one of the many Top Gun (1986) imitators to come out of Hollywood in the late eighties and early nineties Fire Birds (1990) doesn’t rate so badly. Compared to… Read more »
