Detour (1945)

Detour (1945) always seemed like the ultimate example of film noir to me on account of the mythos around it; that it wasn’t a big studio picture, that it was low budget and shot quickly, and that its lead star would later in life would be involved in Hollywood true crime gossip (was it an […]

Against All Odds (1984)

Woke up early one morning and decided to watch Against All Odds (1984) on Netflix and now which song do I have stuck in my head? Can’t believe they only use the Phil Collins song (written for the movie) over the closing credits and not in every romantic montage of which there are a few […]

Shock Corridor (1963)

Diving deeper into the world of director Samuel Fuller, I finally watched Shock Corridor (1963), which I remember Martin Scorsese playing clips of in his Personal Journey Through American Cinema docu-series (now on Kanopy, which this film is available to stream too). Shot over ten days in one location, this low budget thriller follows journalist […]

Gemini (2017)

I’ve liked director Aaron Katz ever since a friend loaned me DVDs of his early ‘mumblecore’ films Dance Party USA and Quiet City. With Gemini (2017), Katz still retains intimacy between characters and small stakes stories but has more cinematic, smoother visual style now. Much like an earlier film he did, Cold Weather, Gemini is […]

Hotel Artemis (2018)

Hotel Artemis (2018) was better than I expected. Call it the lowered expectations of a B movie. John Wick comparisons abounded when it came out (as it is about a secret hospital for criminals) but there’s a bit of Blade Runner in there too. All the main action happens in the climax, and it’s mainly […]