Category: Independent Film
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The Missing Person (2009)
Michael Shannon and John Ventimiglia on the side of a dusty road talking for five minutes about what breed of dog Serpico had in the film Serpico is my idea of cinema, baby! That’s one scene from the neo-noir comedy-drama, The Missing Person (2009), which stars Michael Shannon as an alcoholic private eye named John… Read.
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Messiah Of Evil (1973)
I was keen to see Messiah Of Evil (1973) as it had often been compared to Carnival Of Souls, a low-budget horror movie that I’ve come to love because of the atmosphere it creates. Like in Carnival Of Souls, a close up on a suspicious, evil person in Messiah Of Evil might reveal bad, cheap… Read.
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Buzzard (2014)
Heavy metal music blaring and a freak out over a busted Nintendo power glove, this is the first scene of dark indie comedy, Buzzard (2014), one of the several collaborations between Michigan based director Joel Potrykus and star Joshua Burge. I loved their last film together from 2018, the surreal Relaxer, and I was keen… Read.
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Sweet Virginia (2017)
I sometimes still think about Sweet Virginia (2017) which I watched one grey afternoon on Netflix several years ago. I think it’s a good neo-noir thriller, not a great one; it flirts close to the nihilistic edge of something like No Country For Old Men, but sort of flinches, which is both a good and… Read.
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4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011)
Continuing to complete director Abel Ferrara’s filmography, I rented from iTunes his movie 4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011), one of his several collaborations with actor Willem Dafoe, after Go Go Tales and before Pasolini. Here, its a low budget version of the apocalypse set in one apartment with a couple – an actor (Dafoe)… Read.
