‘Reservoir Dogs’ (1992) launches Tarantino’s career with a quiet bang
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Though the film took a while to be widely appreciated, the Seventies nostalgia of Nineties cinema starts here.
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‘Reservoir Dogs’ (1992) launches Tarantino’s career with a quiet bang
‘Companion’ and the shame of trailers telling the whole story
Movie review: Thatcher is great in a darkly winking thriller about budding mistrust at a lake retreat. After the spoiler warning, I share thoughts on the marketing.
Prowling for an unsung Eighties slasher? Try ‘The Prowler’ (1981)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Slathered with trope-building sequences and sub-Hitchcockian suspense, Zito’s film nonetheless has a shlocky pull.
‘Ballerina’ steps into ‘John Wick’s’ shoes for magnificent dance
Movie review: This “Wick”-verse film is made with just as much money and care, and it’s awesome to see Ana de Armas affirm her star status.
A high note about low people: ‘Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead’ (2007)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Sidney Lumet’s last film comes from a great screenplay by unheralded Kelly Masterson.
No sophomore slump for Philippous with ‘Bring Her Back’
Movie review: The brothers follow “Talk to Me” with an even more meticulously crafted film, although it trades scares for an overall unease.
In ‘One, Two, Three’ (1961), Wilder knows the ABC’s of good comedy
Wilder Wednesday (Movie review): Wilder shows “Some Like It Hot” was no fluke by delivering this exhausting but clever romp.
Bava lays a foundation with ‘Blood and Black Lace’ (1964)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): But later works would put his style innovations to scarier use than this procedural murder plot.
Parker Posey is a ‘Party Girl’ (1995) in a librarian world
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Among Nineties slacker classics, this coming-of-ager is relatively tame and flat through today’s lens.
‘Buddy Buddy’ (1981) one last funny romp from an iconic duo
Wilder Wednesday (Movie review): Sure, there’s Lemmon and Matthau, but in this case I’m referring to the writing team of Wilder and Diamond.