'Bullet in the Head' (1990)
"...stands shoulder to shoulder with the best the heroic bloodshed genre has to offer."
my #movie #review of John Woo’s devastating war saga of loyalty, cruelty & greed - newly restored #Bluray from Arrow Video
Frame Rated 🤕 https://medium.com/framerated/bullet-in-the-head-1990-john-woos-devastating-war-saga-of-loyalty-cruelty-and-greed-32020028ca7b?sk=89abb0db457f56612259a89ec8383f14
'The Boxer' (1977)
"...the fighters become pared-back symbols of the self & 'the other' trying to define themselves..."
my #movie #review of Shūji Terayama's poetic study in punishing brutality - new on Radiance #Bluray - is published in Frame Rated:
'Madhouse' (1974)
"A macabre murder mystery fusing Gothic #horror & stalk'n'slash suspense starring Vincent Price & Peter Cushing should be a classic?"
my #movie #review of this flawed but frightfully fun nostalgia trip, new on #Bluray is published in Frame Rated:
'The Producers' (1967)
"...fresh, hard-hitting satire... even today, its audacity is astonishing... if it still seems outrageous now, it’s hard to imagine the impact it had on audiences in the late-1960s"
Kinji Fukasaku’s 'Samurai Reincarnation' (1981) • released OTD 45 years ago
"...fuses chanbara, period drama, supernatural #fantasy, #Japanese ghost story, & Hammeresque gothic #horror ... with very satisfying results"
'Legend of the Mountain' (1979)
"...a cinematic experiment to be applauded - director King Hu trusts the tenacity of his audience to engage with a story that takes vast liberties with concepts of Time & Space..."
Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Michael' (1924)
"...it’s more of a love-polygon than a love-triangle, exploring relationships between teacher, pupil, artist, muse, parents, offspring, friendship, resentment, love, betrayal."
my #movie #review is published in Frame Rated:
🧑🎨 https://medium.com/framerated/michael-1924-blu-ray-2104e5e716f0?sk=b4a956135b5534cc9bfcdc08250a31c1
‘To Sleep So as to Dream’ (1986) • is 40 years old!
“...unconventional, black-&-white, mainly silent, low-budget, indie art film from mid-1980s #Japan. It’s also beautiful, poetic, poignant, witty, & surprising...”
'Remarkably Bright Creatures' (2026)
"It’s not only thrillers that benefit from a satisfying structure of enigma, complication, catastrophe, resolution & a beautiful reveal held back for the final minutes"
my #movie #review for Frame Rated:
🐙 https://medium.com/framerated/remarkably-bright-creatures-heartwarming-and-humorous-animal-assisted-drama-3a0c3f139acb?sk=857b3d89589ff5fce285ce9c5e76fd3a #Netflix
Remy Dean 🏴☠️