Month: January 2021

The Don is Dead is a quickie studio film made to capitalise on the success of The Godfather. It was directed by Richard Fleischer, a great old-school, no-bullshit workman director who also made some of my favourite films, such as Soylent Green, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Compulsion. This movie came out after the … Continue reading The Don is Dead – Blu-Ray Review →

The '90s was a strange period in Paul Schrader's career, following on from its early heights in the '70s through to his magnum opus Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. The New Hollywood was long dead by the time that Schrader got back from his adventure in Japan while making that film, which he followed … Continue reading Light Sleeper – Blu-Ray Review →