TV: Black Butterflies
If you can look past its inherent, excessive depravity—and it ain’t always easy—there’s an awful …
Film: Unsane
Steven Soderbergh is always worth checking out, and while Unsane (2018) isn’t his most accomplished …
Film: Eyes of Laura Mars
Something about the grungy look and feel of seventies cinema appeals to me, and Eyes …
Film: Last Night in Soho
Edgar Wright has gifted us with the likes of Shaun of the Dead, Baby Driver, …
Film: Les Diaboliques
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques (1955) is the follow-up to his superb suspense adventure The Wages …
Film: Under the Silver Lake
I can’t say I whole-heartedly loved Under the Silver Lake (2018), but for me it …
TV: Homecoming (Season 2)
Last year, I watched Amazon Prime’s Homecoming convinced it was a limited series. Learning a …
Film: The Stranger
Considering Orson Welles’ pedigree, I was hoping for more from The Stranger (1946), a creepy …
TV: Homecoming (Season 1)
Based, remarkably, on a podcast, Amazon Prime’s Homecoming is another feather in the cap for …
Film: Above Suspicion
A mildly diverting World War II spy caper based on a novel by Helen MacInnes, …
Film: Contraband
Contraband (1940) reunites director Michael Powell with stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson, the team …
Film: The Man Who Haunted Himself
Part beaten-to-death Twilight Zone premise, part third-rate Hitchcock knockoff, The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) …
A Tribute to the Man of a Million Faces
A week ago today, the great Martin Landau died. Landau first caught my attention in …
