Car Wash is an odd film, it comes at the tail end of blaxploitation craze of the early to mid ’70s. Car Wash came out at the moment when soul music became disco and has been cited as some historians as the first “disco movie” but the soundtrack is more soul infused even if it became … Continue reading Car Wash – Blu-Ray Review
Few films are really unclassifiable in terms of genre but The Ninth Configuration is one of those. It is a black comedy? is it a metaphysical thriller? is it a film about post-Vietnam experience? It’s all those and then some. It was written and directed by William Peter Blatty based on his earlier novel Twinkle, Twinkle, “Killer” Kane written a few … Continue reading The Ninth Configuration – Blu-Ray Review
Easy Rider is the quintessential “sixties movie.” Directed by Dennis Hopper (his first) and a smash hit at the time all over the world and won the First Film award at Cannes, It’s about two drifters, played by Hopper and Peter Fonda, as they travel from the west to the south selling speed and meeting various … Continue reading Easy Rider – Blu-Ray Review
A loose remake of the 1970s film Fingers starring Harvey Keitel, but transferred to France, this 2005 film was directed by Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone). Tom, played by Romain Duris, is a real estate broker who’s involved with very shady deals. His business partners spend their time chasing immigrants and squatters out … Continue reading The Beat That My Heart Skipped – Blu-Ray Review
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