Monthly Archives: April 2011

Even a little amount of research into the London Blitz will give just about any American a deeper amount of respect for the so-called stiff upper lip of the British. Ten years after the September 11 attacks, it’s worth noting … Continue reading →

Originally shown March 31, 2010 In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Shane Black was one of the hottest guys in Hollywood. As the writer for the hits Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout, every word he wrote jumped … Continue reading →

Spoiler Warning: I didn’t think that I could deliver a good review of this film without spoiling some plot developments, developments which the movie clearly intends to surprise you with. If you haven’t seen it, proceed at your own risk.

This week’s movie, 2004’s Kamikaze Girls, made me think about how antiseptic American films about female friends are. With the exception of Thelma and Louise – and probably one or two others that I’m forgetting* – most of them are … Continue reading →

What is it about movie psychopaths? They terrify us, they hold nothing but contempt in their hearts for us, they would slaughter us if we were to meet them on the street, and yet we love them. The posthumous Oscar … Continue reading →

Originally shown April 22, 2009 The so-called New Wave of Australian cinema started in exactly the same way that the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema would ten years later: cheap, balls-to-the-wall action pictures. In Hong Kong, that meant films … Continue reading →