Married to the Mob is a Jonathan Demme movie, made when he was really at the height of his career—it’s the one that arrived in between Something Wild and The Silence of the Lambs, the same period when he did his performance films like Stop Making Sense and Swimming to Cambodia with Spalding Gray. At … Continue reading Married to the Mob – Blu-Ray Review
Directed by Michael Leisen, Remember the Night brings together Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in an offbeat love story written by Preston Sturges. This was Sturges’ last film as a screenwriter only—afterwards he was one of Hollywood’s first writer/directors, and the first who started out as a screenwriter. It’s a screwball comedy, the genre that … Continue reading Remember The Night – Blu-Ray Review
The Forgiven is the new film by John Michael McDonagh, and is based on a novel by Lawrence Osborne. It’s one of those “eat the rich” movies which is very in vogue at the moment. The story centres on a married but mismatched couple, David and Jo, played by Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain, a … Continue reading The Forgiven (2022) – Blu-Ray Review
To date the one and only film directed by Gary Oldman, Nil by Mouth was inspired by the world Oldman grew up in, although he has denied that the abusive man played by Ray Winstone is based on his own dad. It’s set in 1990s South London, and Oldman put a lot of his own … Continue reading Nil By Mouth – Blu-Ray Review
Tangerine was the first that film that really put Sean Baker on the map, despite it actually being his fifth feature as a director. Baker had hoped that his 2012 film Starlet might open some bigger doors for him, but despite attracting some awards and critical acclaim, trying to get the next film off the ground remained a … Continue reading Tangerine – Blu-Ray Review
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