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 […]

The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

As a 90s kid in Australia, I had a bit of confusion around The Heartbreak Kid, since that was also the title of a hit Australian teen drama, starring Alex Dimitridaias and Claudia Karvan, which eventually led to the TV show Heartbreak High. Completely unrelated, The Heartbreak Kid (1972) was based on a short story […]

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 […]

Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World (2023)

“Where’s the director? … I have one word for you: emotion.” Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World (2023) is the third film of Romanian director Radu Jude’s that I have seen and I love his approach and style. Taking inspiration from Jean-Luc Godard and others, Jadu makes essay-films that bring […]

Ghostbox Cowboy (2018)

The dream for me is to read about a film on Letterbox that I’d never heard of before, and then immediately discover it’s been available to stream on Tubi this whole time. Ghostbox Cowboy (2018) is an example of that dream, which in a few reviews compared it to New Rose Hotel and Demonlover, the […]