Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961 is an extraordinary collection of films that the great American filmmaker made at Columbia, from his beginning as a writer for the studio to eventually being a director. Fuller actually got his start as a newspaper copyboy at 12 years old, and worked his way up until he was a … Continue reading Samuel Fuller at Columbia 1937-1961 – Blu-Ray Review
The Addiction is a Abel Ferrara film, centred on Lili Taylor, who plays a philosophy student called Kathleen who is dragged into an alley by another woman and bitten on the neck. She then develops a thirst for blood and an aversion to daylight after falling ill. It was Ferrara’s first film after his excellent … Continue reading The Addiction – Blu-Ray Review
This documentary is about the very strange story of when actress Jayne Mansfied met the head of the Church of Satan, Anton LaVey. Mansfield was the low-rent version of Marilyn Monroe, having followed her trajectory from Playboy centrefold to movie star, and her career was falling apart at this point. She was getting sick of … Continue reading Mansfield 66/67 – DVD Review
Albert Brooks is so underappreciated. Modern Romance was his second movie as a director. He’s also the writer and the star. At this point he had worked with Saturday Night Live, was on Johnny Carson a fair bit, and appeared in Taxi Driver (he improvised most of the dialogue for the part, which was underwritten). … Continue reading Modern Romance – Blu-Ray Review
Iron Monkey was first released in China in 1993 to minimal fanfare, but did fine. It was eventually picked up eight years later by that fat bastard Harvey Weinstein and his company Miramax who besides being a rapist he is also known for butchering filmmaker's work. Iron Monkey would be one of his most notorious … Continue reading Iron Monkey – Blu-Ray Review
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