Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is an odd movie – not amazing, but not bad either. It’s directed by Tomu Uchida, who is not well-known in the west. Yasujirō Ozu and Akira Kurosawa were great admirers of his work. This particular film is unusual in Japanese cinema. Released in 1955, when the film scene in … Continue reading Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji – Blu-Ray Review
Agnes Moorehead appears in Dear Dead Delilah, one of those ‘old hag’ horror movies that were once popular. The film opens with a woman called Luddy (Patricia Carmichael), who is in her 30s and has killed her mother with an axe. She has just been released from the state mental hospital. Luddy ends up having … Continue reading Dear Dead Delilah – Blu-Ray Review
Incident in a Ghostland is directed by Pascal Laugier, already infamous for his film Martyrs, which was said by some to be one of the most disturbing films ever made. His latest has an extraordinary opening 20 minutes: a brutal home invasion. A mother has brought her two daughters to a house she has inherited, … Continue reading Incident in a Ghostland – Blu-Ray Review
Take Shelter seemed to come out of nowhere in 2011, marking the voice of a new director, Jeff Nichols. In reality, it was his second film after the very fine Shotgun Stories. Like Take Shelter, that stars his go-to actor, Michael Shannon, but Shotgun Stories seemed to slip through the cracks, somehow missed by many … Continue reading Take Shelter – Blu-Ray Review
Redoubtable is directed by Michel Hazanavicius, who made audiences fall in love with that dog in the Academy Award-winning The Artist. This film tackles one of cinema’s sacred cows, Jean-Luc Godard, and specifically his Maoist period. It’s a part of his career that really started when he dumped his previous and best muse Anna Karina for the 19-year-old actress, Anne Wiazemsky. … Continue reading Redoubtable – Blu-Ray Review
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