Nowhere Man: TENET (2020)
“To even know its true nature is to lose.” Tenet disappoints like no other Christopher…
Film on the Internet: THIEF (1981)
Michael Mann’s Thief is a beauty to behold. It’s his feature film debut, but it…
The King’s Deathbed: DreamWorks in 2004 (Year of the Month)
Nicole Laporte’s excellent book The Men Who Would Be King chronicles the whole sad saga of…
Taco Break: Stop The Plot
My taste for relentlessly plotted genre works is well known around these parts, but a…
Year Of The Month: The Dark Knight
“The die is cast.” – Julius Caesar “You either die a hero, or you live…
Maximum Cool: BULLITT (Year of the Month)
Look at me. What I’m thinking is, “You’re mine. I fuckin’ own you.” But what…
DOUBLE FEATURE: FARGO VS COLLATERAL
I need to get an obvious thought out of the way first. Technically speaking, films…
Film on the Television: BLACKHAT: DIRECTOR’S CUT on FX
I may have been unable to do this for its original airdate, but FX has…
Taco Break: the Way We Were
For nothing is lost, nothing is ever lost. (Robert Penn Warren) Picking up on a…
Lonely City: COLLATERAL (2004)
Collateral stands as the best of Michael Mann’s ongoing digital period, which may conclude with…