Roman Polanski was born August 18, 1933 in Paris. The sordid details of his flight from the United States in 1978 have often overshadowed discussion of the director’s work, which at the age of 77, includes one of the best films of 2010. Is he a world class filmmaker? In the month of August, I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'End of the world'
All Of Them Witches
August 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments
Tags: Based on novel · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · End of the world · Paranoia · Psychoanalysis · Supernatural · Woman in jeopardy
Taking You Over Cell for Cell, Atom for Atom
July 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments
In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak onto Turner Classic Movies [...]
Tags: Aliens · Based on novel · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · End of the world · Famous line · Forensic evidence · Paranoia · Psychoanalysis · Small town · Train
Why Not A Space Flower?
June 28th, 2010 · 4 Comments
In the month of June, Joe Valdez “takes over” programming of the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles with a series of double features on his favorite film themes.
Here’s Part 2 of a bill featuring our friends the pod people.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Screenplay by W.D. Richter, based on the [...]
Tags: Aliens · Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · End of the world · Famous line · Forensic evidence · Paranoia · Psychoanalysis · Remake
They Get You When You Sleep
June 25th, 2010 · 7 Comments
In the month of June, Joe Valdez “takes over” programming of the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles with a series of double features on his favorite film themes.
Here’s Part 1 of a bill featuring our friends the pod people.
Body Snatchers (1993)
Directed by Abel Ferrara
Screenplay by Stuart Gordon & Dennis Paoli and Nicholas St. [...]
Tags: Aliens · Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Brother/sister relationship · End of the world · Forensic evidence · Military · Paranoia · Remake · Small town · Woman in jeopardy










