Years before ‘Trainspotting’ cemented its place in literature and film history, auteur Gus Van Sant, along with screenwriter Daniel Yost, created a brilliant film about a bunch of junkies and the rigmarole of fixing. Here, the setting is Portland and the decade, the early seventies. Matt Dillon is the lead character, Bob, putting his broodingContinue reading “Overlooked Classics: Drugstore Cowboy (1989)”
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Film Review: A Complete Unknown
Another year, another music biopic about a problematic genius. James Mangold has of course got previous with Walk The Line. A Complete Unknown isn’t much of a departure from the Johnny Cash film, as it’s also a good character study. Here, the truculent rebel is one Bob Dylan, right at the start of his career.Continue reading “Film Review: A Complete Unknown”
Overlooked Classics: Bad Education (2004)
Pedro Almodovar’s dark drama is a brilliant character study, taking on themes of desire, abuse, blackmail, cinema, and the sins of the Catholic church. Gorgeously shot by Jose Luis Alcaine , it’s part fever dream, part Hitchcockian thriller, and the cast- from Gael Garcia Bernal as Angel, to Fele Martinez as Enrique, and Daniel GimenezContinue reading “Overlooked Classics: Bad Education (2004)”
Hit The North 