By Introduction The film Heat was released on December 15, 1995. As director Michael Mann’s fifth feature film, it carried with it quite a sizable amount of heat of its own, so to speak. For more than four decades Mann has been at the forefront of the stylistic crime/drama genre. Dating back to his feature film […]
New to Home Video 9/6/22
Check out our reviews of what’s new to home video 9/6/22: Lesley Manville has been acting onscreen for nearly half a century but, at the moment, she is arguably best known for a more recent picture, 2017’s Phantom Thread. So there’s…
Danger on the Silver Screen: 50 Films Celebrating Cinema’s Greatest Stunts
Danger on the Silver Screen 50 Films Celebrating Cinema’s Greatest Stunts by Scott McGee TCM and Running Press 288 pages Paperback ISBN:9780762474844 April 2022 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell’s — Larry Edmunds (signed copy) “Stunt work taps into our brains, giving us pleasure by simply watching human beings
Monday Movie: Images, by Alexander Miller
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Images originally ran as a Criterion prediction. The plethora that is Robert Altman’s filmography bears many fruit and Images is among of his best, under-appreciated films. First off,…
Director Spotlight: Minoru Kawasaki: Costume Drama with a Side of Absurdity
Minoru Kawasaki is one of the most fun and entertaining Japanese filmmakers and his movies tend to be under-seen and underrated. He’s been in the business for a long time, starting out with small budget fan films, then graduating to working on Ultraman Tiga! He then
