Tag: the classics
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A Star is Not Born in ‘Smithereens’
On Susan Seidelman’s devastating 1982 comedy.
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‘Starship Troopers’ is Classic Paul Verhoeven
On Verhoeven’s 1997 masterpiece.
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A Thousand Stars Burst Open
On ‘The Living End,’ ‘Totally Fucked Up,’ and ‘Mysterious Skin.’
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‘The Comfort of Strangers’ is a Nightmare That Looks Like a Dream
I hate it in movies when at the end, a character wakes up and is relieved to confirm to themselves and us that everything terrible we’ve just seen was a nightmare. Yet if such an epilogue were screwed on The ‘Comfort of Strangers,’ we might some find comfort.
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Dark Victory
On ‘Da 5 Bloods’ and ‘The King of Staten Island.’
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The Cutthroat Thrills of ‘Murder by Contract’
‘Murder by Contract’ is a lean, no-nonsense movie.
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Everyone is on Their A-Game in ‘Some Like It Hot’
The movie, aside from 1953’s ‘Niagara,’ is also the one, I think, which best showcases Monroe’s preternatural relationship with the camera.
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‘The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years’ Improves Upon Its Predecessor
On Penelope Spheeris’ follow-up to her groundbreaking 1981 documentary.
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Lesson in Survival
Five films by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li.
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‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ is a Brainy Sex Comedy
On Paul Mazursky’s 1969 comedy classic.
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‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ and ‘The Invisible Man,’ Reviewed
One of the best movies of 2019 and an unexpectedly great horror adaptation.
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The Horrors of Self-Optimization in ‘Seconds’
On Frankenheimer’s excellent black comedy.
Peterson Reviews 