Category: Los Angeles
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Point Blank (1967)
Lee Marvin in a series of dapper suits with a revolver in hand is enough for a 1960s neo-noir like Point Blank (1967) but the actor’s collaboration with young British director John Boorman offered them both a chance to push the crime genre into pop art experimentation. Revisiting Point Blank, it feels like Steven Soderbergh… Read.
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Lord Of lllusions (1995)
Occult neo-noir is a sub-sub genre that has few big screen entries and Clive Barker’s Lord Of Illusions (1995) has always intrigued me, even though it has a mixed reputation with some defenders. Much like the loopy people in the Mojave desert, where this film opens, who pledge their sanity to a man named Nix… Read.
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Love Streams (1984)
I really love revisiting John Cassavetes’ films – often, it feels like you have to acclimatise to the tones. The characters aren’t asking you to love them: they are tough to take. Love Streams (1984) I only saw for the first time a couple of years back and was always keen to revisit. While it’s… Read.
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Walking The Edge (1985)
Walking The Edge (1985) had been discussed so much on the Pure Cinema Podcast that when Fun City Editions put out their Blu-ray, I had to get a copy. Mid-1980s revenge thriller starring the late, great Robert Forster? I’m there! Factor in lots of driving scenes across LA and a pumping synth-and-sax score by Jay… Read.
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Redbelt (2008)
I love Redbelt (2008) in spite of myself. Writer-director David Mamet has a way with words, but despite all his pretensions, he’s in love with macho bullshit as any other blockbuster action type. The movie is set in the world of Mixed Martial Arts competitions and has an eclectic cast that mixes Mamet regulars like… Read.
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