Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Hard Eight’, AKA ‘Sydney’: “It’s Always Good to Meet a New Friend”
Hard Eight, AKA Sydney poster art by Rich Kelly, https://www.rfkelly.com/hard-eight By Tim Pelan Paul Thomas Anderson’s debut film Hard…
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Lived All Our Best Times Left With the Worst: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Memento’
By Tim Pelan Fractured narrative, skewed perception, compressed timelines—director/writer Christopher Nolan won’t lead his audience in a straight line…
“No One Is Just Anything”: In William Friedkin’s ‘Sorcerer’, Four Reduced Men Must Gamble with Life to Give It Value
Sorcerer original motion picture soundtrack cover art by Tony Stella, https://www.tony-stella.com/ By Tim Pelan The film became an obsession….
Carol Reed’s ‘Odd Man Out’—Too Long In ‘The Third Man’s Shadow?
By Tim Pelan I liked the novel and went to Belfast to ask F. L. Green if he’d work…
New Model Arnie: How James Cameron’s ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ Held True to Its Exploitation Roots Whilst Remodelling the Action Blockbuster Template
By Tim Pelan I’m not playing it safe by doing ‘Terminator 2.’ My career could be in real trouble…
‘Stalker’: Andrei Tarkovsky’s Merger of Contemplative Style and Transcendental Substance Designed to Put Us in the Zone
By Koraljka Suton ‘Stalker’ is not a desperate film. I don’t think a work of art can be inspired…
Stanley Kubrick’s original treatment for ‘The Shining’
By Sven Mikulec One of Stephen King’s most popular and celebrated novels, The Shining was initially conceived as the…
Peter Weir’s ‘Fearless’ as a Soulful Slice of Life That Gently Examines the Human Condition
By Koraljka Suton Essentially, this is a detective story and the mystery at hand is this: What happened to…
Life and Death in a Northern Town: Mike Hodges’ ‘Get Carter’
By Tim Pelan Soon after its release in 1972, the film was banished to the dark shadows of cult…
Sic Transit Garber’s Subway: ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’
By Tim Pelan Only the amazing reaction that that picture has gotten, because at the time I was dreadfully…
