The visceral cinematic explosion begins as soon as the blistering, psychedelic opening credits roll in this 60s classic. Director Jack Cardiff was previously a cinematographer for Michael Powell and Emmerich Pressburger and worked on the films The Red Shoes and The Black Narcissus among others. Cardiff created some of the […]
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One of the overlooked action-adventure classics of the 1960s, DARK OF THE SUN will finally be getting a long overdue release on hi-definition BluRay from Warner Archive. Buy now from Amazon.com (Amazon.co.UK / Amazon.CA) I first learned of the film when it was screened at the Quentin Tarantino Film Fest […]
Michael Fischa’s ultra sleazy L.A. crime drama CRACK HOUSE (1989) could be seen as a modern update of all the low budget exploitation teen drug films that came out in the 50s and 60s. The story introduces us to high school lovers Rick (Gregg Gomez Thomsen) and Melissa (Cher Butler). […]
A little bit The Godfather, a little bit Taxi Driver, 1978’s Fingers (perhaps it was the odd title?) came and went without much notice. Regardless, director James Toback’s unflinching look at dashed dreams, dysfunctional family dynamics and life’s many frustrations remains an intriguing, if ponderous, cinematic endeavor. As Jimmy Angelelli […]
Director Robert Aldrich was a man who seemed to love different genres of cinema. Just look at his filmography and you can see he wasn’t afraid to take on a variety of subject matter. Not only that but each time out he made classics. From his 1955 film noir Kiss […]