Category Archives: Rewatch

There’s nothing else to say at this point other than this truly is one of the greatest blockbusters ever made and one which holds even deeper resonance with me because it’s the first movie I ever remember seeing. Trying to … Continue reading →

This is probably my most-logged film on letterboxd and is sure to rank highly in my inevitable Best of Decade list, but this revisit was special as it’s the film I chose to watch the night before I got married. … Continue reading →

A seminal fleapit noir that feels like it was found in an ashtray among cigarette stubs smeared with lipstick stains. Lots of textbook frugal mastery here with an excess of voice over, shaky opticals, rear projection – basically every trick … Continue reading →

I didn’t think much to Poltergeist when I first saw it a few years back. I figured I’d simply arrived too late for its imagery and shock-tactics to have full impact. The fact it was awkwardly stuck between the two extremes of … Continue reading →

With every rewatch (and there have been many) Body Double inches closer and closer to being my favourite De Palma movie. Maybe it’s because this is very much a Greatest Hits collection, combining and elaborating on all of De Palma’s obsessions, desires, … Continue reading →

One of Argento’s best and a personal favourite. Opera benefits greatly from being so straight-forward and direct with its themes and visual concepts but naturally, this being 80s Argento after all, he can’t help but get in his own dumbass way with … Continue reading →

I really don’t mind a lot of the dumb gambles this takes, even when they fall flat on their face, because at least this is idiosyncratic and plays fast and loose with what constitutes an Indiana Jones movie in ways Last Crusade didn’t. It’s … Continue reading →

While this is the epitome of rock-solid entertainment, I’m always a little disappointed by how quickly Spielberg and Lucas retreated from Temple of Doom‘s brazen tonal risk-taking with their tails between their legs and immediately set-out to just re-stage Raiders of the … Continue reading →