Movie reviews

Reservoir Dogs (1992)
“Reservoir (medical): A population which is chronically infested with the causative agent of a disease and can infect other populations.” —from the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Black Stallion (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciqg9Ti_psE Carroll Ballard’s first feature film, The Black Stallion (1979), is a lot like Jane Campion’s more recent The Piano, but without the sex.

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
“She decided not to take the offered pawn, to leave the tension on the board. She liked it like that. She liked the power of

Duck Soup (1933)
Do I really want to admit this in public? Perhaps I should give the matter more thought, or find a way to hedge my bets.

Impromptu (1991)
Seldom Scene January 1995 Genre: Drama, Biography Director: James Lapine Actors: Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin Country: UK, France First-time

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pgVF1aRTCs Go ahead, call me Mr. Scrooge. I deserve it. Of all the Charlie Chaplin films I could have picked to look at this month

The Nasty Girl (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8pAy5Yak3U A saviour’s a nuisance to live with at home —Joan Baez, “Winds of the Old Days” The truth is out there….but what is it

Say Anything (1989)
Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything (1989) might be rated as unfit for parental viewing. After all, parents are probably paranoid enough as it is. They don’t

Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yo8bvg0MAg “…And the 1992 Academy Award for Best Architecture in a Leading Role goes to….the extraordinary classical Chinese Estate featured in Raise the Red Lantern!!

Notorious (1946)
Devlin (Gary Grant): Don’t you need a coat? Alicia (Ingrid Bergman): You’ll do. “I don’t get all this talk about chicken.” –screenwriter Ben Hecht to

Sorcerer (1977)
This month’s review is a guilty pleasure. Like a large chocolate fudge sundae. But more violent. If you considered movies such as Alien, The Terminator,

Benny & Joon (1993)
I wanted to write this review of Jeremiah Chechik’s Benny & Joon even before I saw the film. I’d heard from someone that actor Johnny