Schlock is a legendary film for two reasons. First, it was the directorial debut of John Landis, which would start an extraordinary run of films that would reshape modern comedy over a period of 12 years. Second, it was also the young hotshot makeup artist Rick Baker's first big credit. Baker would go on to perfect … Continue reading Schlock – Blu-Ray Review
The Happy Prince is a biographical film about Oscar Wilde, and specifically covers the period other films on Wilde skip over: his last few years post-prison in Naples and eventually in Paris, where he would die penniless and disgraced. Rupert Everett does an Orson Welles by writing, starring in, directing and producing the film with this, … Continue reading The Happy Prince – Blu-Ray Review
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 Hereditary – Blu-Ray Review
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 The Mind of Mr. Soames – Blu-Ray Review
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 Paris nous appartient – Blu-Ray Review
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