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The Devil Rides Out (1968) As the introduction to this film on TCM explains, part of the reason it may not have been the big hit is...

Wishmaster (1997) I can't believe I've never seen the "Wishmaster" series. Released in the late 90's- right sma...

Karl Marx City Not only does Petra Epperlein's documentary shine a small light onto the cloistered history and political definitions ...

1. The Glass Castle (2017) - Destin Daniel Cretton's "The Glass Castle" floored me on several levels. Emotionally, its genuine...

With three efforts in a small amount of time ("Sicario", "Hell or High Water" and now "Wind River"), writer-di...

Dunkirk As he's so masterly done since his debut feature almost twenty years ago, Christopher Nolan's penchant for the manipulatio...

Toshio Matsumoto's follow-up to his avant-garde-shot-across-the-bow "Funeral Parade of Roses" (1969) was this bleak, nocturn...

Baby Driver Billed as the best heist/getaway movie since.... well name any one from the past 25 years and that's the reception being ...

Haven't done one of these in quite a while. The mood has struck. The Itsamadmadblog Film Festival, July 2017 edition Day 1 Open...

It Comes At Night After the flairs of rough-hewn brilliance that occasionally bubbled to the surface in Trey Edward Shults' debut feat...

In the films of James Gray, nothing comes easy. Survival is often sought at a high price. Walloped in deep shadow.... or inky blacks of a mi...

Alien Covenant In "Prometheus", director Ridley Scott began an ascension away from the original scare tactics of the "Alien...

Alain Corneua may be one of the more under appreciated French filmmakers of the last few decades. Working right up till his death in 2010 ...

More titles deserving a general DVD release. 1. Remember My Name (1978)- Altman proselyte Alan Rudolph's debut feature is said to be ...

The Zookeeper's Wife Niki Caro's rendition of the bestselling book of the same name is heartbreaking fodder for the overtly sentim...

Released in 1968 at the height of power pop and love, French director Henri Georges Clouzot's final film plays like he knows it'll...

The Great Wall I have a weakness for the late period Zhang Yimou films derided by most everyone else. While lukewarm on "Coming Home...

5. Running Man- Stay with me on this one. A middle aged, white TV host with perfect white teeth and hair that's coiffed like a perfect...