With 1983’s Breathless, we see the key bridge between Godard’s playfulness and Taratino’s particularly American postmodernism. Available on Tubi!
Breathless (1983) — Don’t Respect the Original!
Category: Hollywood Niche
The films you might remember. The films you probably don’t. Hollywood cinema that never quite made it into the popular imagination.
No Mercy, or We Need More Fog Machines
The 1986 Richard Gere star vehicle No Mercy shows that all a movie needs is a girl and a gun. And lots of fog machines.
The Core — Armageddon With the Reserve Team
The Core’s cast of almost entirely B-actors shows the need for star power when saving the world.
The Last Castle — The Illusion of Authority
Classical camerawork subtly tells us who’s really in charge in Rod Lurie’s compelling yet underfortified military-prison drama.
Murder at 1600 — The Unflappable Wesley Snipes
A cross-jurisdiction thriller featuring murder, sex, intrigue, and Wesley Snipes seemingly unbothered by anything at all.
Absolute Power — Out-Humanising The State
Clint Eastwood takes an unconventional look at fighting the state in Absolute Power — creating a low-key libertarian statement in the process.