Category: Movie review

Director: Monte Hellman Stars: James Taylor (of “Fire and Rain”), Dennis Wilson (Beach Boy drummer), Warren Oates, Laurie Bird. 7/10 When Two-Lane Blacktop was released, Esquire proclaimed it Movie of the Year, featured a publicly still on the cover, and printed the screenplay inside.  The hype was both boon and curse. Read More …

Director: Richard Lester Starring: You know full well Four stars out of five. Revisiting this film might make you think that it’s going to be dull and dated, but AHDN retains its freshness and energy. The film is semi-documentary as it traces the four lads taking the train from the Read More …

Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst French and German, with English subtitles  Five stars out of five  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022017/  Events in Chile reminded me of a film I saw a while back about a mine cave-in and rescue in France, near the Franco-German border. Kameradschaft is set a few years after the end Read More …