A pop-art Antonioni-inflected spin on gangster pulp. A weird, endlessly fascinating film that only improves with each viewing. All the ingredients of a classic thriller (which Stark’s novel is) are here, but the recipe is very different. I’ve never been a great defender of Boorman, but he was something else in his prime. There’s not a chance Point Blank would be greenlit today.
Lee Marvin is great as Walker, an implacable monolith who’s impossible to look away from. It’s a…
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Point Blank 1967
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Cold in July 2014
Surprisingly rich neo-noir that lingers in the mind after the credits have rolled. A little too flawed and uneven pacing-wise to be as good as it could have been, but an interesting film that has never really received its dues, flopping at the box office and not quite achieving cult status in the decade following its release, despite a killer cast and some good word-of-mouth.
Based on the novel by East Texas gorehound/genrehopper extraordinaire Joe R. Lansdale, this is a… -
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The Devils 1971
Nearly 50 years on, Ken Russell’s The Devils still possesses the power to shock. Slammed, censored and outright banned across the world for its sexual, violent and (supposedly) sacrilegious content, it still stands as one of the more shocking films of the early 70s.
However, I don’t believe that it’s genuinely blasphemous or anti-religious at all, though it certainly does feature profane imagery and a harsh critique of the dogmas and political meddling of the Catholic church. In fact, I… -
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023
Space Pope Thomas Cruise Mapother IV's dominion over the blockbuster artform continues. Dead Reckoning is an absolute blast that never bores and does a great job mixing very serious stakes with ludicrous stunts and cheeky humour. It's hard to top Fallout's dizzying action, but this is a very consistent picture that gives its predecessor a strong run for its action money in the second half.
It's a credit to McQuarrie's directorial abilities that he is able to balance the humour…
