Hereditary is the big horror movie of the year, complete with five-star reviews and loads of buzz. I’m not sure of that’s a good thing or a bad thing: reviews that good can be hard to live up to. It’s the debut film of Ari Aster, who had previously done some shorts at AFI, which … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Hereditary
The Mind of Mr. Soames is odd film that Amicus (Hammer's big competitor) made at the end of '60s. It would also be Terence Stamp's final film before his "wilderness" years in Europe, where he made stuff like the (impossible to find in English) Arthur Rimbaud biopic A Season in Hell, where Stamp plays the poet... … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – The Mind of Mr. Soames
Paris nous appartient is Jacques Rivette’s first film, and of the very first French New Wave films. It came out after Claude Chabrol's early films, and the debuts of Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. Rivette had started his before either of them, however. It’s an odd, almost film noir, set-up. A Spanish activist, Juan, dies; … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Paris nous appartient
Trespass is a film directed by one of the masters of action thrillers, Walter Hill, during the early '90s. Hill is primarily remembered for his first seven films as a director, but he still made a great flick every once in a while after those early years, including Extreme Prejudice, Trespass. Even his most recent … Continue reading Blu-Ray Review – Trespass
The King is a documentary about the rise and fall of Elvis, as a metaphor for the decline of America over the last half of the 20th century to the present day. Director Eugene Jarecki (The House I Live In) somehow managed to get access to Elvis’s Rolls Royce, and goes on a road trip … Continue reading DVD Review – The King
