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FATALE

December 20, 2020 By Leave a Comment

FATALE

FATALE is a densely plotted and devilishly twisted erotic fantasy of a noir. Filmed with self-conscious style, it offers a variation on FATAL ATTRACTION that is not without merit, yet with a bemused view of womanhood that gives one pause. We are firmly ensconced in the, admittedly noir Madonna/whore paradigm here, but making a woman… Read More »

Tagged With: FATAL ATTRACTION, infidelity, Las Vegas, madonna/whore, murder, noir, seamy underbelly

SUBURBICON

November 4, 2017 By 1 Comment

SUBURBICON

Chekov’s three sisters had their dream of a perfect life in Moscow.  The increasingly desperate and frazzled denizens of SUBURBICON have Aruba, a place where the food is exotic, the golf is for couples, and the long arm of the law cannot reach them. Alas, this deliciously stylized evocation of the dark side of the… Read More »

Tagged With: 1959, father-son, murder, racism, suburbia

KILLING GROUND

July 29, 2017 By Leave a Comment

KILLING GROUND

The end of a relationship is always poignant.  Be it an impulsive move made by one person that changes the dynamic forever, or a bullet to the head at close range, the finality is a moment is a time of reflection on the past, and a pondering of the future. The solidly made little horror… Read More »

Tagged With: camping, holiday season, horror, murder, New Year, no cell phone service, pit bull, remote location, serial killing

IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE (Kraftidioten)

September 2, 2016 By Leave a Comment

IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE (Kraftidioten)

IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE is a bracingly original foray into very black humor. Set in the arctic-lite of rural Norway, it is a tale of relentless pursuit, clueless hubris, and the eccentricities that long winters provoke in the population. Writer Kim Fupz Aakeson and director Hans Petter Moland serve up this arch film about fathers and sons… Read More »

Tagged With: crime, drug dealer, drugs, father-son, murder, Norway, organized crime, overdose, revenge, snow plow

THE WITNESS — James Solomon Interview

July 25, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THE WITNESS — James Solomon Interview

James Solomon likes stories that we all think we know, and then finding the story behind that story. It’s what attracted him to the conspiracy behind the Lincoln Assassination that led to his film THE CONSPIRATOR, and his adaptation of Johnathan Mahler’s book about unrest in the summer of 1977, The Bronx is Burning for… Read More »

Tagged With: Abe Rosenthal, brother--sister relationship, false narrative, Kitty Genovese, Lincoln Assassination, media reliability, Mike Wallace, murder, New York Times, New York Yankees, Queens, The Bronx Is Burning, THE CONSPIRATOR, Violent crime, William Genovese, Winston Mosely

Dennis Hauck talks TOO LATE

April 7, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Dennis Hauck talks TOO LATE

The most obvious thing to ask Dennis Hauck about his superb neo-Noir, TOO LATE, is his decision to tell the story in a series of five 20-minute long continuous takes. So, when I spoke with him on February 26, 2016, that’s the first thing brought up. I was curious both about what those takes could… Read More »

Tagged With: 20-minute takes, 35mm, Bill Fernandez, blocking, Carnival of Souls, cinematographer, Continuous takes, film distribution, film noir, Herc Harvey, John Hawkes, murder, mystery, private eye, serendipity, stripper, Techniscope

TOO LATE

April 2, 2016 By Leave a Comment

TOO LATE

Kierkegaard, noted Existentialist and proto-Absurdist, once opined that life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.  As a cinematic exploration of the tragic and comedic implications of that, there is Dennis Hauck’s wistful neo-Noir, TOO LATE, a film that employs a strategic insouciance as it nimbly plays with the time/space continuum… Read More »

Tagged With: 20-minute continuous takes, Los Angeles, murder, mystery, neo-noir, private eye, stripper, thriller

YOU’RE KILLING ME

March 8, 2016 By Leave a Comment

YOU’RE KILLING ME

YOU’RE KILLING ME is a wry and delightful black comedy of very bad manners, of which murder may not be the most heinous. In it, a group of hip twenty-somethings on the fringes of show biz negotiate awkward game nights, the finer points of dating etiquette, and the protocols of disposing of a dead body.… Read More »

Tagged With: dating, game night., LGBTQ, Los Angeles, murder, romance, serial killer, show biz

STRANGER BY THE LAKE

January 26, 2016 By Leave a Comment

STRANGER BY THE LAKE

There is no getting around the prurient interest that STRANGER BY THE LAKE evokes. Set entirely on the rocky shore of the titular lake, it teems with beautiful young men madly in lust both with each other and with being in a state of nature. It is the stuff of porn flicks and of classical… Read More »

Tagged With: crotch-level, cruising, drowning, French Cinema, LGBT, murder, mystery, police, seduction

BLACK MASS

November 14, 2015 By Leave a Comment

BLACK MASS

It is only the smallest of exaggerations to say that there are only two types of scenes in BLACK MASS. One is of James “Whitey” Bulger either having someone executed with a vicious precision, or doing the dastardly deed himself. The other is an assemblage of characters having an extended conversation about what has happened… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, book to screen. Winter Hill Gang, Boston, FBI, Mafia, murder

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