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Based on the novel by writer William Goldman, John Schlesinger’s 1976 thriller Marathon Man marked his second collaboration with Dustin Hoffman who he first worked with on the 1969 counter-culture classic Midnight Cowboy. At a bank in New York City an elderly man named Klaus Szell (Ben Dova) checks on a small box of priceless diamonds he keeps there. While driving through the city, his car stalls and another old [read...] 
FILM REVIEW Based on a 1961 book written by Kenneth Cook, Wake In Fright tells the story of John Grant (Gary Bond) a bonded British school teacher who has been stuck working in the desolate Outback town of Tiboonda. Grant hates his job and has made plans to visit his girlfriend who lives in the big city of Sydney on Christmas break. After his last class is finished, he grabs [read...] 
Regarded as one of Australian Cinema’s most famous cult films next to Mad Max (1979) Director Ted Kotcheff’s 1971 psychological thriller Wake In Fright debuted at the Cannes Film Festival where it was nominated for the Palme D’Or and was lauded by a then unknown filmmaker named Martin Scorsese who was in attendance. Since then it has developed a controversial reputation. Many Aussies despise the film for its negative portrayal [read...] 
To celebrate the month of Noirvember I wanted to delve into the first wave of film noir and its post-modern form that is every bit as exciting. Neo Noir is the (usually) colorized counterpart to the classical black and white films of the 40s-late 50s. They often feature the same stylized chiaroscuro lighting, twisted storylines and shady characters and range from traditional private eye films (The Long Goodbye, Chinatown) to [read...] 
Above a jazz club in New Orleans a poker game run by Blackie (Jack Palance) is being held. One of the players, a foreigner named Kochak (Lewis Charles) who has become ill forces his way out of the apartment. A couple of the other guys, his cousin Poldi (Guy Thomajan) and Fitch (Zero Mostel) are ordered by Blackie to retrieve some money he owes. Kochak slowly staggers through the night [read...] 
Did you ever think that Ben “Gigli” Affleck would become a respected Hollywood director who now has three great films under his directing belt? Yeah, I would have never guessed that either, especially after also seeing Reindeer Games and Daredevil. I thought he was doomed for the bargain bin but over the years, he slowly climbed onto the A-list by carefully choosing roles that would repair the damage done to [read...] 
In the opening moments of Rudolph Mate’s suspense heavy film noir masterpiece D.O.A. (1950) star Edmond O’Brien is filmed in a tracking shot as composer Dimitri Tiompkin’s barreling percussion and tension filled strings accompany the images on the screen. As O’Brien’s character walks into police headquarters his motivation for doing so is unknown until the credits end and he opens the Homicide Division’s office door. He is introduced to us [read...] 
Based on the true story of Billy Cook a psychotic killer, Ida Lupino’s The Hitch-Hiker (1953) is a prime example of what makes film noir a general aesthetic as opposed to a specific genre. To elaborate, this story takes place almost entirely on the road in the brightly lit Mexican desert with a few various night scenes. What brings it into noir territory is its dark storyline and tone, not [read...] 
When I first saw Isle of The Dead (1945) it was following Turner Classic Movies’ premiere of Martin Scorsese’s documentary Val Lewton: The Man in The Shadows (2007). That really gave me an informative, thoughtful introduction to the often overlooked Lewton and the types of films he produced which were, in large part, gothic horror-thrillers. Up to that time the only Lewton production I had seen was CAT PEOPLE (1942) [read...] 
One Hour Photo is a 2002 psychological thriller starring Robin Williams and directed by Mark Romanek. You may think this is really weird because generally Robin is mostly known for his comedy roles. A good number of those are also geared towards little kids but this film was a departure for him and actually really good. The basic plot is that Robin Williams’ character Seymour “Sy” Parrish works at a [read...] |
    
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