Popeye (1980)

I have vague memories of seeing the live action movie of Popeye (1980) on Saturday afternoon TV when I was a kid. In recent memory, one of its Harry Nilsson penned songs sung by Shelly Duvall was used in PTA’s Punch-Drunk Love (“He needs me”). It was time to rewatch and more fully understand the […]

Smithereens (1982)

I’d always wanted to see Smithereens (1982), directed by Susan Seidelman, a low budget New York cult movie about punk/DIY subcultures. The headstrong protagonist Wren (Susan Berman) is brilliantly introduced stealing a pair of zebra patterned shades on the subway and handing out photocopied flyers of her face with the cut-out text “Who is this?” […]

Foxes (1980)

I bought a cut-price copy of the vinyl soundtrack to Foxes (1980) because the music was produced by Giorgio Moroder, featuring his synthesizer score as well as plenty of post-disco tunes and FM-radio-ready rock songs he worked on (the Donna Summer tune ‘On The Radio’ was a big hit from the movie and the instrumental […]