Sometimes, ever so rarely, a movie will come along from a junk genre, like exploitation–I’m thinking Texas Chainsaw Massacre here or, possibly, Wolf Creek–or slasher–Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street–or Blaxploitation–Across 110st Street and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, a movie that transcends it’s genre and wades into mainstream cinema. I have a soft spot for such […]
Month / July 2020
Robert Wise: The Motion Pictures, a Filmography by J.R. Jordan
I hate to be a kicker I always long for peace But the wheel that squeaks the loudest Is the one that gets the grease –Josh Billings (1870) He struck an impressive chord with his designer frames, tailored button up shirts and v-necked sweaters; his slacks sharply creased, his shoes polished new. If he erred, […]
Liberty and Justice for All
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. —Franklin Delano Roosevelt