Spring Night, Summer Night (1967)

Restored by Nicolas Winding Refn’s brand, byNWR.com, and available on that website as well as Mubi, Spring Night, Summer Night (1967) is a rediscovered film, the only feature length directorial work by Joseph L. Anderson, a film professor from the University Of Ohio. Aiming for neo-realism while focused on country people in Ohio, the black-and-white […]

What happened was… (1994)

The moment when someone makes a joke in conversation to another person, catching them off guard, not getting a laugh in return, then immediately says to explain, “I was joking.” It’s a cringeworthy moment, two people not having a connection or not being able to read each other. This moment happens continually during The Awkward […]

The Nest (2020)

The Nest (2020) is not a horror movie but it feels like one. It’s like The Shining but if The Overlook Hotel was haunted by the spirit of Reaganomics. Set during the 1980s, the film charts an American family placed under pressure by the father’s plan for a new wealthy life in his homeland, the […]

The Big Racket (1976)

If you start watching Poliziotteschi from the 1970s, or Eurocrime movies where they attempt to go further than Dirty Harry and Death Wish, there’s always going to be some heinous shit in there in terms of the violence and sleaziness. The Big Racket (1976; Il Grande Racket) has that and more, but it is one […]

Four Nights Of A Dreamer (1971)

Potential sub-genre: movies where people wander around a city at night and find some sense of magic. Robert Bresson is a big name when it comes to Arthouse filmmakers (I’ve only seen Pickpocket) but Four Nights Of A Dreamer (1971; Quatre nuits d’un rêveur) is a title that doesn’t come up so much in discussion. […]