Breathless (1983).
Between 1983 and 1989 director Jim McBride made a loose trilogy of films which explored the flawed psyche of masculinity, not with introspection, naval gazing or sobriety, but in all… Continue reading "Breathless (1983)."
Author: Steve Amos
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Satan & Adam (2018)
Back in 1986, a young New Yorker and Princeton graduate, Adam Gussow was going through a particularly hard break-up. After getting on the train, he found himself in Harlem, not… Continue reading "Satan & Adam (2018)"
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Le Boucher (1970).
Although not something that seems in vogue a great deal today, sex and death have been frequent bed-fellows in the movies from the earliest days of cinema. The love the… Continue reading "Le Boucher (1970)."
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Pet Sematary (2019).
It’s been said that Pet Sematary was Stephen King’s ‘unfilmable’ novel. This is not because of its size and scale, like The Stand or the Dark Tower series, but because… Continue reading "Pet Sematary (2019)."
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Field of Dreams (1989).
It has often been said in the field of entertainment that there’s nothing original any more, especially when discussing Hollywood movies. Take any film in the last 100 years and… Continue reading "Field of Dreams (1989)."
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Maniac Cop (1988).
For those of us for whom the 1980s was a defining decade – not because of nostalgia, but because said decade made up the bulk of our formative years –… Continue reading "Maniac Cop (1988)."
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The Red Balloon (1956).
A good relationship is often the foundation upon which a film stands or falls and not all friendships are about people. Some focus on the bond between a person (quite… Continue reading "The Red Balloon (1956)."
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Stan & Ollie (2018).
It’s no secret that I love movies about movies, especially those that celebrate the history of movies. From Cinema Paradiso (1988) to Day For Night, (1973) there have been many… Continue reading "Stan & Ollie (2018)."
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Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018).
2018 has continued the trend that we’ve seen in recent years in which comic book movies dominate both the box office and much of the film related conversation on social… Continue reading "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018)."
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
Martin Scorsese has never been a stranger to controversy. In 1981 John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan having been apparently inspired by an infatuation with Jodi Foster and Scorsese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver in which Robert De Niro’s… Continue reading "The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)."