Author: Ian Schultz

We are living in a golden age of retrospectives and home video releases. Abel Gance's Napoleon has been near impossible to see except in rare theatrical screenings, there was a VHS release of the shorter cut assembled by Francis Ford Coppola and a Australian DVD of that cut as well. However BFI's Blu-Ray and theatrical release … Continue reading Napoleon – Blu-Ray Review →

Peter Fonda had just starred in and co-wrote Easy Rider which captured the counterculture zeitgeist but also was an enormous box-office hit worldwide. Fonda had the itching to direct and his directorial debut The Hired Hand one of the many films Universal Pictures bankrolled for young directors. Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie and Monte Hellman's Two-Lane … Continue reading The Hired Hand – Blu-Ray Review →

Jim Jarmusch for over 30 years now has been making his low-key punky dramedies after coming out of the New York Punk and later No-Wave scenes. However like the Coen Brothers he comes from a midwestern background so he has an affinity for outsiders in small working class towns. His latest film is Paterson which like Dead Man … Continue reading Paterson – London Film Festival Review →

To Live and Die in L.A. was a much-needed hit for William Friedkin after a string of unsuccessful films financially. Right before he made the totally forgettable Deal of the Century starring Chevy Chase. This came after Cruising which was dogged controversy with its depiction of the gay S&M world. His biggest flop came with his masterpiece Sorcerer which … Continue reading To Live and Die in L.A. – Blu-Ray Review →