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I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox’s introduction of director Jonathan Demme’s 1986 quirky romantic comedy Something Wild. Readers can also read Cox’s intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was June 9, 1991 (read here). Lots of positive things can be said about Something Wild as Cox so […]… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Something Wild (1986) — cinematiccoffee

* * * * (Out of * * * *) 1. The Right Stuff (1983) 2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 3. The Wanderers (1979) via My Favorite Philip Kaufman Films — cinematiccoffee

I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox’s introduction of director Herk Harvey’s 1962 independent gem Carnival of Souls – the only film he ever made. Readers can also read Cox’s intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was June 23, 1991 (read here). Not much more I can say… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Carnival of Souls (1962) — cinematiccoffee

This Moviedrome Monday entry is going to be slightly different from the others. In this case, it marked the first time that the series showed two films instead of one. Badlands (1973) Since I could not find a youtube video link to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox introducing legendary director Terrence Malick’s 1973 lovers-on-the-lam classic Badlands, […]… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Badlands (1973) and The Prowler (1951) — cinematiccoffee

Though I could not find a youtube video link of Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox introducing directors Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell’s 1970 seminal British cult classic Performance, I did find one of Cox presenting it during (I believe) a one-time Summer programming event on BBC Two entitled Forbidden Weekend back in 1995 (read here). Nevertheless, […]… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Performance (1970) — cinematiccoffee

When predictability is removed from a film, everything that remains is a thriller. There are some names that are associated with it and to name a few, Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski and David Lynch are come exceptional thriller directors. Another director that made this genre his own with his trademark visual style and camera work, […]… Continue reading The Masters of Film Industry: David Fincher and his Style of Filmmaking — Film In Detail