Klaus Kinski is not the easiest actor to talk about. On one hand, he is one of the most brilliant actors to ever work in the medium of film, spending several decades turning in magnificent performances fueled by a combination of his incredible talents and unhinged madness that made him one of the most celebrated…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
Rifkin’s Festival (2021)
Has Woody Allen lost the magical touch that placed him at the very apex of his craft all those years ago? The answer is unfortunately the affirmative, as his most recent efforts have proven that he epitomizes the concept of quantity over quality. While not all of his films produced in the past decade are…
Still of the Night (1982)
While he never failed to receive an abundance of acclaim and adoration during his lifetime, Alfred Hitchcock was undeniably more appreciated after his passing, particularly in terms of the sheer number of younger filmmakers that cited him as an influence, and would direct films that were explicitly inspired by his work. This is perfect logical…
Persuasion (2022)
One of the great qualities of iconic writers is that their work is not only fertile ground for interpretation, but can also lend themselves to a number of captivating works, whereby several artists have taken it upon themselves to retell a classic work of literature in a way that suits their particular style. Few writers…
The Reptile (1966)
Hammer House of Horror – has there ever been a studio since Universal that has become synonymous with horror as much as the esteemed English production company? Watching any of their films, you can easily divide them into two broad categories – there are the highly-influential ones that helped define mid-century horror and push the…
Hannah (2017)
There comes a point in everyone’s life whereby we feel as if we are simply floating through it – the world doesn’t make much sense, and we are simply just beings existing for a brief moment before perishing. While this is a nihilistic view, it is one that has been at the forefront of a…
Lust in the Dust (1985)
At the perfect intersection between the work of Mel Brooks and John Waters sits Lust in the Dust, a film so heavily indebted to the latter, that a couple of his collaborators appear in major roles, with a few others being considered for supporting parts (and Waters himself being courted to direct the film, with…
What About Bob? (1990)
On the surface, What About Bob? doesn’t seem like much more than the conventional, by-the-numbers comedy that were produced by major studios, who normally managed to attract popular actors to let loose for a while, giving them the opportunity to have fun and play to a much wider audience. All of this is certainly true,…
The Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972)
Neil Simon wrote some of the greatest plays to ever be performed on the American stage, and Gene Saks managed to direct a few of them into equally well-received film adaptations, with these stories being sensations both on stage and film. The Last of the Red Hot Lovers is not one of them, forming the…
Violeta Does Not Take the Elevator (2019)
When it comes to determining the importance of making films, one has to sometimes wonder if it is occasionally enough to just record people in their natural habitat, and still find meaning in their everyday lives. Many filmmakers have endeavoured to answer this question, and one of the most recent examples of this theory in…
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