Freud, or Freud: The Secret Passion, was one of the oddest films in John Huston's long and varied career. It's a loose biopic of the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and stars Montgomery Clift. It would end up becoming the penultimate role for Clift and his last real performance of note—his final film would end up being The Defector, which … Continue reading Freud: The Secret Passion – Blu-Ray Review
Outrage is a very important, if little-seen, film from Ida Lupino. It was made in the middle of her time as a prolific director of B-Noirs and melodramas in the late '40s and early '50s. She would only direct one more feature after this run, the much loved The Trouble with Angels, but Lupino ended up being a … Continue reading Outrage – Blu-Ray Review
Cursed Films is a documentary series that runs on Shudder. Season One covers The Exorcist, The Omen, Poltergeist, The Crow and Twilight Zone: The Movie. Each episode is a 25-minute documentary segment on these allegedly “cursed” movies (the only one that people really speak of as being “cursed” in the sense of something supernatural is … Continue reading Cursed Films – Blu-Ray Review
They Might Be Giants might be best known now for being the film that the nerdy indie band of the same name who wrote that song about a nightlight took their name from. This is very cool but the film is actually worth seeing as well. It takes it name from line of dialogue about Don … Continue reading They Might Be Giants – Blu-Ray Review
Cutter’s Way is based on Newton Thornburg’s book Cutter and Bone, and directed by Ivan Passer. Passer was a Czech filmmaker who, together with Miloš Forman, left after the 1968 invasion—like Forman, he had been one of the premier filmmakers of the Czech New Wave, co-writing A Blonde in Love and The Fireman’s Ball with … Continue reading Cutter’s Way – Blu-Ray Review
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