The Passion of Mel Gibson

I used to like Mel Gibson, particularly in his early, Australian period. I’m still a big fan of the Mad Max trilogy (1979-85), and although they may not seem quite as impressive now as when they were first released, Peter Weir’s Gallipoli (1981) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) are both still worth watching. […]

Blasts from the past

Movies and reality intersect in two recent releases

Artsploitation Films and the boundaries of horror

One of these things is not like the others

Criterion Blu-ray review: Giuseppe De Santis’ Bitter Rice (1949)

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