InMovie Lover’s ClubbyDebbi MackBurt Lancaster in ‘Field of Dreams’ (1989)This is it seems one of those movies you either love or hate. My feelings about it fall somewhere in between. Now that I’ve contradicted…May 231
Garry BermanRetro Review: “Local Hero” at 40It’s almost frightening to realize that some films, TV shows, and record albums I first enjoyed as a young(er) person have now existed for…Jul 26, 20236
InTalking PicturesbyRob GallA Star is WornBoy that’s a big picture, huh? It’s made even bigger by the big star it features sprawled on a Hawaii beach, Burt Lancaster. This still…Apr 15, 2020Apr 15, 2020
Colin Edwards‘Ulzana’s Raid’ or — A Landscape of Total Violence?There’s a moment of unexpected bloodshed near the start of ‘Ulzana’s Raid’ (1972) that’s so shocking and brutal in its directness that it…Jun 12, 2023Jun 12, 2023
Syifa HabibiA Child Is Waiting: Cassavetes’ Deeply Empathetic Cinematic StatementThe behind-the-scene’s conflict is more interesting than the film itself, but I respect Cassavetes for trying to humanize special needs…Jan 26, 2023Jan 26, 2023
InMovie Lover’s ClubbyDebbi MackBurt Lancaster in ‘Field of Dreams’ (1989)This is it seems one of those movies you either love or hate. My feelings about it fall somewhere in between. Now that I’ve contradicted…May 231
Garry BermanRetro Review: “Local Hero” at 40It’s almost frightening to realize that some films, TV shows, and record albums I first enjoyed as a young(er) person have now existed for…Jul 26, 20236
InTalking PicturesbyRob GallA Star is WornBoy that’s a big picture, huh? It’s made even bigger by the big star it features sprawled on a Hawaii beach, Burt Lancaster. This still…Apr 15, 2020
Colin Edwards‘Ulzana’s Raid’ or — A Landscape of Total Violence?There’s a moment of unexpected bloodshed near the start of ‘Ulzana’s Raid’ (1972) that’s so shocking and brutal in its directness that it…Jun 12, 2023
Syifa HabibiA Child Is Waiting: Cassavetes’ Deeply Empathetic Cinematic StatementThe behind-the-scene’s conflict is more interesting than the film itself, but I respect Cassavetes for trying to humanize special needs…Jan 26, 2023
Colin Edwards‘Kiss the Blood off My Hands’ or — An Extreme Form of Absolution?It’s got a spectacularly lurid title but does ‘Kiss the Blood off My Hands’ (1948) live up to its name in the sensationalism department…Nov 11, 2022
Colin Edwards‘The Swimmer’ or — (Un)Necessary Illusions?Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) doesn’t so much appear on the screen at the start of ‘The Swimmer’ (1968) as more emerges from some unnamed…Sep 12, 2022
