William Friedkin’s Cruising
The 2014 release of James Franco’s Interior. Leather Bar. reminds us it’s time to revisit the still-notorious film that inspired it. * * * History shows us how easily yesterday’s[…]
Category: Movies
Exploitation & Erotica · Reviews
Russ Meyer’s Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!
Stand back when ballooned-up, masacara-drenched go-go girls leave the confines of their cages for a murderous desert rampage! A cornerstone of both camp and punk cultures — no mean feat[…]
Actors & Personalities · Asian · Reviews
Jackie Chan: Rumble in the Bronx
Jackie invades America for the second time. Is America finally ready? Jackie Chan’s “newest” film, Rumble in the Bronx, is only new to U.S. audiences. This film was released in 1994[…]
Actors & Personalities · Documentaries · Reviews
Mark Rappaport’s From The Journals of Jean Seberg
Literally burned by Preminger, driven crazy by an army of husbands, hangers-on, and J. Edgar Hoover, Jean Seberg lives on in a new documentary Jean Seberg was always more icon[…]
The Birdcage: Albert, the titular bird, is more emu than eagle – the poor thing never learns to fly
Queen alert! Seemingly respectable filmmakers are eagerly repackaging homosexuals as whining, pathetic drag queens for a culture disturbed by sex plagues and nose-ringed militants. If last year’s To Wong Foo led the charge, The Birdcage delivers[…]
A Touch of Psycho? Welles’s Influence on Hitchcock
Hitchcock has always been considered a director sui generis. John W. Hall looks at Psycho and Touch of Evil to show that even Hitch couldn’t resist the charms — and stylistic strategies — of Orson Welles.[…]
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