Category: Sci Fi
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The 10th Victim (1965)
When a film depicts the future, it’s not just a vision of the future but a document of the time. Case in point, The 10th Victim (1965) which is set in the year 2079 and based on the short story by Robert Sheckley, and yet, it is completely a time capsule of 1960s pop-art, comic-book… Read.
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Trenque Lauquen (2022)
I only heard about the film Trenque Lauquen (2022) through Simon Miraudo reviewing it on Letterboxd. A four hour shaggy-dog mystery from Argentina might have passed me by, but it completely sounded like something that I’d like to seek out. Directed and co-written by Laura Citarella, this is a mystery that ventures off into different… Read.
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Something In The Dirt (2022)
I really dug Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson’s The Endless. And while I liked Synchronic fine enough, their screen presence as actors – not just as the co-directors, writer and cinematographer of their projects – is an underrated element. Something In The Dirt (2022) was something Moorhead and Benson made during the pandemic, basically filming… Read.
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Foxfur (2012)
Foxfur (2012) won me over by its title credit sequence using Tangerine Dream’s ‘Crystal Voice’ from the original Firestarter film soundtrack, trippy synth ambience over an image of outer space. This is the first film of cult director Damon Packard’s that I’ve now seen, and knowing that it was one hour long and available for… Read.
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X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (1963)
You’ve gotta respect a medical scientist who lights a cigarette with a bunson burner. I remember one of my mother’s old film books featuring a black-and-white still from X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (1963) depicting Don Rickles pulling at Ray Milland’s arm – Milland wearing dark shades – and Rickles bearing a big smile.… Read.
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