The Strange One kind of sums up the film in more ways than one. It is indeed a strange one, because it feels so much like a Tennessee Williams adaptation, but isn’t. It was based the novel End as a Man by Calder Willingham, who would later adapt the film but in between also adapted … Continue reading The Strange One – Blu-Ray Review
This is the latest box set from the esteemed Indicator label, all John Ford movies. It starts out in 1935, with the other films from the mid-to-late 50s. It shows a different side to Ford, as none of these films are Westerns, the genre he is most associated with. He did a lot of films … Continue reading John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 – Blu-Ray Review
Amidst the threshold of a global pandemic, I find myself in isolation like so many others, occupying my time by working remotely, and nearly everyday since this thing begun, our so-called "President" had been serving up more deadly bigotry and ignorance. Despite this being a global horror, some still find reason to believe that we … Continue reading Cuck – Film Review
Season 3 picks up at the end of Season 2, which was released in most places with Season 1, so most people will have watched them back-to-back (review here). It begins in the autumn of 1929 when there was a massive stock market crash in Germany, which was also when the National Socialist German Workers' … Continue reading Babylon Berlin: Season 3 – DVD Review
Phase IV is the one and only feature film directed by Saul Bass, the man who basically invented the opening credits. It came out in 1974, and was not a successful movie because it’s a strange film that the studio struggled to market. It’s basically an art movie, but was sold as a ‘giant ant’ … Continue reading Phase IV – Blu-Ray Review
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