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Night Tide (1961)
Night Tide walks the tightrope between B-movie and arthouse sensibilities with varying degrees of success. The atmosphere drips off of the film. It’s vision of spooky seaside loneliness certainly registers and the black and white photography feels very much of … Continue reading
Posted in Movies Watched In 2016, Reviews
Tagged Curtis Harrington, dennis hopper, Night Tide
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River’s Edge (1986)
In what is surely one of the most overlooked and under-appreciated American movies of the 80s, a psychopathic teen murders his girlfriend and casually tells all his friends about it causing the group to slowly splinter and self-destruct. River’s Edge … Continue reading
Posted in Movies Watched In 2015, Reviews
Tagged Daniel Roebuck, dennis hopper, keanu reeves, River's Edge, Tim Hunter
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Straight to Hell (1987)
After Three Businessmen I decided to jump right into another Alex Cox movie and went for Straight to Hell. Now this thing is just pure entertainment. Mashing together a kaleidoscope of genres with a who’s who cast of celebrity faces … Continue reading
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