Film on the Internet: REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (1956)
The original Playhouse 90 broadcast of Requiem for a Heavyweight gives us the swan song…
Film on the Internet: MANDABI
Ousmane Sembène’s 1968 film Mandabi is an uncomfortable, queasy pleasure. The film’s action kicks off…
Film on the Internet: COSTNER’S TRIPLE PLAY
As a special edition of Film on the Internet, I give you three Kevin Costner…
Film on the Internet: SUNSHINE CLEANING
Sunshine Cleaning does not need to be a movie. That’s less of an insult than…
Film on the Internet: THE LAST OF SHEILA
Herbert Ross’s The Last of Sheila is a sharp, tart, and fizzy cocktail. The characters…
Film on the Internet: MR. SKEFFINGTON
I usually love classic Hollywood women’s pictures, and Mr. Skeffington had been on my list…
Film on the Internet: THE REEF
Delivering a yacht becomes an excuse for a laid-back tropical vacation–and then for a grueling,…
Film on the Internet: THE DEEP END
The Deep End nails its casting, and nowhere is that more evident than in its…
Film on the Internet: NIGHT OF THE DEMON
Jacques Tourneur’s Night of the Demon (also released as Curse of the Demon) has slowly…
Film on the Internet: SERIAL MOM
John Waters may have gotten his start with ultra-low-budget films that were all grain and…