Weekend (2011)
As you have probably seen, dear reader, this week I have been looking at landmarks…
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. -D.H. Lawrence, Lady…
Barriers To Enjoyment In ERASERHEAD
We likely all know this film’s iconic, bizarre, tone-setting nightmare of an opening: Henry Spencer…
CATS DON’T DANCE: An Overlooked Cartoon Masterpiece
It’s one of the oldest Hollywood stories there is: young dreamer comes to Hollywood looking…
The Pleasures and Perils of SHANGHAI SURPRISE
I’ve actually been meaning to catch up with Shanghai Surprise for some time: growing up…
VICTIM (1961)
Social message films or ‘issue dramas’ almost always have the cards stacked against them. Film…
Re-Viewing 1980s U.S. Films – Part 5: Swimming to Cambodia
Reagan’s Morning in America was a dream world, suggesting that even the more massive historical…
Filming the Radical: I AM CURIOUS
I Am Curious (Yellow) broke through the censors in 1969 even though Lena, the lead character,…
Re-viewing 1980s U.S. Films – Part 4: Prizzi’s Honor
The Godfather I (1972) and II (1974) served as a prelude to a string of…
The Problem with BOYHOOD (2014)
Boyhood‘s final vignette finds Mason (Ellar Coltrane) wrapping his mind around the roommate selection process for…