The Terminator (1984): The Day Cameron Renounced Canada for Good
2021-06-20
The gun-toting fireworks, metal-on-metal mayhem firmly separate Cameron from all his Canadian sensibilities.Continue Reading
Green Room (2015) & Midsommar (2019): a Satisfying “Sophomore” Double Bill
2021-06-06
When I finished watching Jeremy Saulnier’s chilling, subversive take on revenge movies in Blue Ruin (2013) late in 2014, Green Room (2015) had already been in production. As I was itching for more of what the emerging director had cooking up, the next dose was luckily not a distant proposition,Continue Reading
The Invitation (2015) and The Unappetizing Morsels of Memories
2021-05-27
The ephemera of life’s morsels of memories. Plus a dinner party from hell.Continue Reading
Lavender (2016) & The Block Island Sound (2020): Home Shall Never be the Same
2021-04-22
These two films tease out ideas about our baggage but only slightly beyond the surface level.Continue Reading
She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
2020-12-25
Must be taken with a grain of salt because at the height of the AIDS scare the idea of a woman shacking up with three lovers simultaneously would not fly.Continue Reading
Casino (1995): Better than Goodfellas?
2020-12-18
De Niro pretending he’s a handicapper pretending he’s a hotelier never gets old.Continue Reading