True Romance (1993)

True Romance (1993) – Quentin Tarantino is hailed (rightly, in my opinion) as one of the greatest directors working in film today. While nowadays he’ll spend years working on Django Unchained or Inglourious Basterds before actually making it, back in the day he had more scripts than he had time to film himself. Wisely choosing … Continue reading

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) – “The only chance now, I felt, was the possibility that we’d gone to such excess that nobody in the position to bring the hammer down on us could possibly believe it” For seven too-brief decades, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson walked this planet. The man had issues, for … Continue reading

Blue Velvet (1986)

Blue Velvet (1986) — So I liked things about this movie a lot more than I liked the movie itself.  It’s never boring, even if the pace does drag a bit at some points (David Lynch’s original cut ran four hours).  More than anything else I like the theme of this movie: the idea that … Continue reading