Directed by Spike Lee Okay, so I last wrote about Operation Finale, which is an ordinary movie about an important true story. Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman is similarly about a true story, but it's much more than an ordinary movie, if only because it very much has something to say. You might've already seen the movie or read … Continue reading BlacKkKlansman (2018)
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Operation Finale (2018)
Directed by Chris Weitz Operation Finale announces itself as an important movie. How does a movie do that? Well I'm note sure, but this one does. There is a long Mission Impossible-ish opening credit sequence, a pretty great cast of actors, loads of music cues, the Nazis, a fall release and all the things you typically … Continue reading Operation Finale (2018)
Clean, Shaven (1993)
Directed by Lodge Kerrigan Oh boy, this was tough to watch. Clean, Shaven puts you firmly inside the mind of a schizophrenic, someone who thinks he has micro chips embedded in his head and who decides to do something about it. Peter Winter (Peter Greene) is said schizophrenic. It's only a minute or two after … Continue reading Clean, Shaven (1993)
Predator (1987)
Directed by John McTiernan Predator begins awkwardly, with cliche-laden, expository dialogue between muscle-bound action stars, but once the story gets going it finds its own rhythm and becomes quite fun. A military rescue team, led by Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger), is tasked with rescuing a series of hostages held by insurgents deep within a South American … Continue reading Predator (1987)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Directed by Bob Rafelson Five Easy Pieces is at the forefront of the New Hollywood, at least I think it is. Released at the beginning of the 70s, the film precedes many of the classic movies from the likes of Martin Scorsese, Hal Ashby, Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg, Altman, Bogdanovich, Boorman, De Palma... [deep breath]... Friedkin, … Continue reading Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Blind Chance (1987)
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski Blind Chance shows us how little we are in control of our own lives, no matter what we may think. The movie is composed of three alternate realities, depicting three possibilities of what happens to Witek when he does or doesn't catch a departing train. Early on the film is lathered in … Continue reading Blind Chance (1987)
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool [Script Only]
Written by Matt Greenhalgh (117 pages) Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool is a romantic drama, based on the true story of onetime Hollywood star Gloria Grahame's final days and final romance, with young actor Peter Turner. The book from which the script is based was written by Turner himself, and that offers a highly … Continue reading Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool [Script Only]
Hope and Glory (1987)
Directed by John Boorman Hope and Glory has the same wartime sentimentality as Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) and Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One (1981). It's a nostalgic look at the details of life, shared amongst a small group of friends or family, during a time of great strife. Though surrounded by a large-scale tragedy or … Continue reading Hope and Glory (1987)
Filmworker (2018)
Directed by Tony Zierra Leon Vitali first met Stanley Kubrick when he auditioned for Barry Lyndon (1975). He was eventually cast, and his prominence within the film opened doors for the young actor. He walked through some but then elected to come work for Kubrick on his next film, 1980's The Shining, and from then on he … Continue reading Filmworker (2018)
Unsane (2018)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh Unsane is a pulpy little thriller shot on iPhone and with strong thematic connections to the "MeToo" movement. It begins as a story about mental health, but as many of Sawyer's (Claire Foy) fears are realized, the subtext and the conversation transforms before our eyes. Sawyer has a mysterious past, something … Continue reading Unsane (2018)
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