#807 Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (1988)

Spoorloos or The Vanishing is an incredible 1988 Dutch film from George Sluizer that presents the inner self analysis of … More

#763 The Color Purple (1985) and The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982)

Somehow it took me three English degrees, writing and teaching for over twenty years, and a hazy summer in 2023 … More

Repo Man (1984)

This is one of those films that just happens to be on the Criterion Collection’s list, but not on the … More

Bowie in 2023: #629 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976), THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Walter Tevis, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Dan Watters, LAZARUS by David Bowie and Edna Walsh, ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR by Lance Olsen, BOWIE’S BOOKSHELF by John O’Connell, and DAVID BOWIE: THE LAST INTERVIEW 

Over the past few months, after being given a new novel about Bowie’s life to review for The Collidescope (at … More

#677 All That Jazz (1979)

All That Jazz is a stream-of-consciousness commercial-art-film semi-biopic of the life and career of its Broadway-famous writer and director, Bob … More

#158 Dumbo (1941)

One of Disney’s shortest animated films that clocks in at 64 minutes, Dumbo had one specific role: to quickly recoup … More

#704 E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)

One of the most memorable films of my youth, E.T. is easily a vehicle that carried the career of Spielberg … More

#493 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

A strange, sexy, violent film on the bizarre love and crime affair of Bonnie and Clyde brings Warren Beatty and … More

Anomalisa & 11.22.63 (2016)

Anomalisa What a fantastic film. Written and directed by one of my favorite writers in Hollywood today, Anomalisa is a … More

#66 Vampyr (1932)

A man arrives at an inn. He is brought into a spooky, terrifying world that he didn’t expect. We discover the … More