Author: VHS Tracking
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All-American Murder (1991)
“Any more surprises? Before I open the oven and find my Aunt Harriet?” I distinctly remember hearing that line from Christopher Walken’s character, detective Decker, in the video ads for All-American Murder (1991), a direct-to-video thriller that soon became a cult favourite to me for only one scene. That scene is when Walken’s character is… Read.
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Street Law (1974)
Franco Nero and his moustache get into trouble in Street Law (1974) when he is taken hostage in a bank robbery. The opening credits have already spelled out that the city is rampant with robberies and murders, backed by the beautiful soundtrack work of Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (the prog-rock stoner jam of ‘Goodbye… Read.
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Lost River (2014)
Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River (2014), has always sat there beckoning me. When it came out, it received mixed to poor reviews and sort of disappeared. Yet it also looks like a Nicolas Winding Refn movie, who I am a fan of. After years of putting it off, I finally dove in. For the… Read.
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Trash Classics: Program 1
Screened: Fri 25 Jun – Fri 27 Aug, 2021Luna Leederville June 25th: ROAD HOUSE July 30th: FEMALE TROUBLE August 27th: OVER THE TOP September 24th: GREASE 2 October 29th: DEEP BLUE SEA (Halloween Special!) November 26th: COMMANDO Trash Classics revives the spirit of the VHS rental onto the big screen with a cult movie favourite… Read.
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The Coward (1965)
The Coward (1965) – also known as Kapurush – is a film by Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Having only seen Pather Panchali, I am still pretty clueless about Ray’s filmography and only heard about The Coward with the recent Criterion Channel’s spotlight on the director’s work. The story itself – a screenwriter encounters a past… Read.
