‘Goodfellas’ at 30: Martin Scorsese’s Anthropological Goodlife Through a Lens
Photographed by Barry Wetcher © Warner Bros. By Tim Pelan As far back as I can remember, director Martin…
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Gang Wars, the Prohibition Menace: Brian De Palma’s ‘The Untouchables’
By Tim Pelan Screenwriter David Mamet came up with a Stanislavski quote to describe The Untouchables: “Tragedy is just…
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…
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….
“We Translate Every Experience into the Same Old Codes”: In Michelangelo Antonioni’s ‘The Passenger,’ Jack Nicholson Attempts a Transference of Self
Artwork for Carlotta Films’ Ultra Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray of The Passenger by Robert Sammelin By Tim Pelan Michelangelo Antonioni’s…
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…
Approaching Menace: The American Pathology of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’
By Tim Pelan Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s…
Run Through the Jungian: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’, a Phenomenological Treatise on War
By Tim Pelan “It’s not pro-war or anti-war. It’s just the way things are,” Stanley Kubrick said of Full…
