Nosferatu is sublime aesthetically, like being lost in a dread-filled dream, with some awe inspiring sequences that truly speak to Robert Egger’s evolving status as an auteur. I struggled to connect with the film emotionally though. Like admiring a magnificent painting but not being moved by it. This is perhaps due to the screenplay’s intermittent hamminess being at odds with the film’s visual authenticity. Or the fact it feels confined to Egger’s deeply held (and respectable) mission to honour the…
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Someone's Watching Me! 1978
Lauren Hutton plays the refreshingly independent and sharp-witted Leigh Michaels, who’s taunted by a mysterious neighbour on moving in to a swanky new LA pad. Along with her lesbian sidekick and hunky new man, she embarks on a game of cat and mouse with the would be killer in this, director John Carpenter's immediate predecessor to Halloween.
So many deliciously stylish compositions in this movie, and that’s just the hair! Glorious 70’s aesthetics aside, Someone’s Watching Me! makes for a…
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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father 2008
I don't quite know where to begin with writing about this documentary. I took the advice of a fellow Letterboxer and went in to it blind, but aware that it was likely to be quite an unsettling and emotional ride. What an understatement. I have never felt such pain or anger at a real experience that wasn't my own. The minor technical qualms I had at the start of the film were soon completely overshadowed by the sheer power of…
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