Film on the Internet: REPULSION
Repulsion is riveting and troubling. Roman Polanski’s 1965 near-masterpiece follows Catherine Deneuve’s Carol, a young…
Year of the Month: Belated Comebacker on REPULSION
What to make of Repulsion? The second feature from Roman Polanski, fresh off his debut…
A Flaw in the Iris: Son of Griff on CHINATOWN’s Hard-Boiled Historicism
Los Angeles is the most beautiful city in the world, when seen at night from…
Year of the Month: Patrick “Belated Comebacker” Harney on Rosemary’s Baby
Rosemary’s Baby starts out simply enough, though you can be forgiven for dreading what’s to…
Bad Love – Part 5: CHINATOWN
Conventional films about love bring people together, and thus deal with class issues in two…
A Woman Over the Influence: QUEEN OF EARTH
There’s a scene in Love Streams (1984), written and directed by John Cassavetes, where someone…
Roman Polanski Directs Horror For Lifetime
I have such a hard time with Roman Polanski. On the one hand, I have…