This long-awaited half-biography/half-memoir from one of the few directors whose singular vision has spawned an adjective, Lynchian (joining Felliniesque, Buñuelian, Gilliamesque and Cronenbergian), has finally arrived. The format is that his co-writer Kristine McKenna has written a linear biography, and then in alternating chapters Lynch responds to her chapters and tells his version of the … Continue reading David Lynch’s Room To Dream – Book Review
Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961 is an extraordinary collection of films that the great American filmmaker made at Columbia, from his beginning as a writer for the studio to eventually being a director. Fuller actually got his start as a newspaper copyboy at 12 years old, and worked his way up until he was a … Continue reading Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961 – Blu-Ray Review
The Addiction is a Abel Ferrara film, centred on Lili Taylor, who plays a philosophy student called Kathleen who is dragged into an alley by another woman and bitten on the neck. She then develops a thirst for blood and an aversion to daylight after falling ill. It was Ferrara’s first film after his excellent … Continue reading The Addiction – Blu-Ray Review
This documentary is about the very strange story of when actress Jayne Mansfied met the head of the Church of Satan, Anton LaVey. Mansfield was the low-rent version of Marilyn Monroe, having followed her trajectory from Playboy centrefold to movie star, and her career was falling apart at this point. She was getting sick of … Continue reading Mansfield 66/67 – DVD Review
Albert Brooks is so underappreciated. Modern Romance was his second movie as a director. He’s also the writer and the star. At this point he had worked with Saturday Night Live, was on Johnny Carson a fair bit, and appeared in Taxi Driver (he improvised most of the dialogue for the part, which was underwritten). … Continue reading Modern Romance – Blu-Ray Review
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