Reviews of classic films and more general thoughts. If you are familiar with my old podcast "So You Want to Be a Filmmaker," this is new material.
Ridley Scott's first feature, with Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel
Nicholas Roeg's paranormal thriller, with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie
More high-style whodunnit hijinks from Michael Curtiz
Hammer Studios in the Sargasso Sea. What could go wrong?
Orson Welles's over-the-top thriller, with Rita Hayworth
Tom Stoppard's film of his famous play, with Tim Roth and Gary Oldman
All-star adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, starring Albert Finney
A dramatization of the Watergate break-in based on Bob Woodward's book
Jack Nicholson in an existential mystery directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Robert Bolt's award winning drama about Sir Thomas More's crisis of conscience
Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn as Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eric Rohmer's adaptation of the novel by Heinrich Kleist
Max Ophuls's controversial extravaganza about the infamous courtesan
Peter Greenaway's stylized exploration of the creation of Rembrandt's “Night Watch”
William Wyler's sophisticated costume drama starring Olivia de Havilland
Warren Beatty and Julie Christie in my favorite Altman film
Joseph Losey's chilling sci-fi feature made at Hammer Studios