The Lair was directed by Neil Marshall, a British genre filmmaker. Marshall made a bit of a splash in the early to mid-2000s with the film Dog Soldiers, and his best film is The Descent. He then made a name for himself on TV by directing two of the most famous Game of Thrones episodes, … Continue reading The Lair – Blu-Ray Review →

William Cameron Menzies' Invaders From Mars would end up being the penultimate film in one of Hollywood's most important and longest careers. Menzies found his path into Hollywood by bullshitting his way onto the production of Douglas Fairbanks’ The Thief of Baghad (he was later an uncredited co-director on the Michael Powell version). While he’s not that well-known today, … Continue reading Invaders From Mars (1953) – UHD Review →

Skinamarink is a film directed by someone who’s essentially a YouTuber, Kyle Edward Ball. Ball makes what you could call experimental horror movies, and this was his first feature. It’s based on some of his YouTube shorts, especially one from 2020 called Heck. That short acted as his proof of concept to raise funding. The … Continue reading Skinamarink – Blu-Ray Review →

Le Mépris falls into a long list of great films about the process of filmmaking. It’s based on a novel by Alberto Moravia, A Ghost at Noon, but like most of the times Godard "adapted" a book it's very loosely connected. Moravia was an Italian existentialist writer who was adapted often: he wrote the source novels for Bernardo … Continue reading Le Mépris – UHD Review →

Joyce Copra has done several projects based on Joyce Carol Oates’ stories or books, including a version of Blonde that was not very good. This was another film with its roots in an works of Oates . Connie (Laura Dern), a teenage girl in her sophomore year, is starting to grow up. While she is … Continue reading Smooth Talk – Blu-Ray Review →