Ray Liotta and The Slide
The May 26, 2022 demise of actor Ray Liotta has thrown one aspect of his career into extremely sharp relief
THE BED SITTING ROOM
In which the UK’s new wave science fiction scene came (briefly) to Hollywood, courtesy of director Richard Lester
F/X 2
Not without interest, as indicated by the fact that future Hollywood heavyweight Bill Condon was the screenwriter, and the Australian thriller specialist Richard Franklin the director
SOMETHING WILD
In tallying the output of the late Jonathan Demme, I find that the criminally underrated SOMETHING WILD ranks near the top
MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS
One of the great nunsploitation epics, a stylish, artistic and deeply unnerving depiction of faith and evil
ALIENS
‘Nuff said!
ACT OF VIOLENCE IN A YOUNG JOURNALIST
This beyond-obscure 1988 feature, one of the first to receive a straight-to-video release in its native Uruguay, was given new prominence by the semi-documentary STRAIGHT TO VHS
STARSHIP TROOPERS
A would-be blockbuster from 1998 that saw director Paul Verhoeven and much of the crew of ROBOCOP (1987) trying to recapture the elusive magic of that classic
Fred Ward: 1942-2022
I greatly respect Fred Ward as an actor, but ultimately I like him because, simply, he graced quite a few of my favorite movies
SWEETIE
Those who doubt the truth of Jean-Luc Godard’s claim that Jane Campion “was better when she had no money” need only check out her debut feature SWEETIE