Based on the 1974 film written and directed by Larry Cohen, Screenplay co-written by Larry Cohen When I started this blog, I made a promise in the first post: I know for certain that two recurring items will make appearances: First, I plan to watch and write about all the films of the immensely talented […]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
I first watched Restrepo about seven months ago. The acclaimed documentary had just come out on DVD and I found it to be a stunning piece of work. That week, I talked about it on the podcast I was co-hosting for The Parallax Review. Unfortunately, D.B. had not seen the film, so it was just […]
Written, Produced, and Directed by Larry Cohen Larry Cohen has the ability to take himself seriously at times. For most filmmakers who traffic in genre pictures and satire, this can be a recipe for disaster. In Cohen’s case, this led to arguably his two best films: God Told Me To and It’s Alive. Where God […]
Executive Produced, Written, and Directed by Larry Cohen Sometimes Larry Cohen’s penchant for genre films mixed with social satire leads him into situations where those elements fail to gel. Such is the case with The Stuff. But despite the fact that the film doesn’t fully work as a satisfying whole, it’s still very entertaining and well […]
There is a common misperception that film critics enjoy bashing movies–salivating at the chance to collectively jump on the next blockbuster and declare it trash while we judge it from our ivory towers. The idea that I might enjoy watching, analyzing, and writing about a bad movie strikes me as incredibly asinine. Even if I […]
Story by Larry Cohen The rules of the WGA can be rather arbitrary when assigning credit for a film that was worked on by multiple writers. This can lead to a writer who contributed heavily to what wound up on screen not receiving any credit on the finished product. More often, a writer who did […]
Obsessive Movie Nerd 