This is a hard film to describe, but Dick Johnson is Dead is a documentary by Kirsten Johnson, who was one of the cinematographers on Citizenfour. It’s about her father, who at the time of the film was in the early stages of dementia. He had been a clinical psychologist. Having lost her mother to … Continue reading Dick Johnson is Dead – Blu-Ray Review
Written on the Wind is one of the key films in Douglas Sirk’s extraordinary run of melodramas in the 1950s, which arguably starts with Magnificent Obsession and climaxes with his final feature, Imitation of Life. It's one of the films that a newbie to Sirk should watch early on, because it has all of his … Continue reading Written on the Wind – Blu-Ray Review
Bartleby is the first feature film adaptation of Herman Melville's short story Bartleby, the Scrivener, which was itself one of the first examples of absurdist fiction. Albert Camus wrote glowingly of Melville; how much Franz Kafka was influenced by Melville is debatable, but there is a clear line from Bartleby to The Trial whether Kafka … Continue reading Bartleby (1970) – Blu-Ray Review
Shadow in the Cloud is a very fun piece of pulpy trash, and if you turn your brain off, there is a lot of enjoyment to be had. The film is directed by Roseanne Liang, and is her first feature in over a decade of working in television and short films. Liang also had a … Continue reading Shadow in the Cloud – DVD Review
Jungle Trap is a film by James Bryan, whose best-known film would be the slasher movie Don’t Go in the Woods. Bryan has a certain cult fan base, having also made Lady Street Fighter. He made these low-budget movies alongside porn (under an alias), and this is one that he shot on video in 1990 … Continue reading Jungle Trap – Blu-Ray Review
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