In 1944, Universal Pictures went on a real sequel rampage. First, The Invisible Man received its fourth and final sequel in The Invisible Man’s Revenge, starring Jon Hall as Robert Griffin. Griffin is a mad murderer who falls in with Dr. Drury, a doctor played by John Carradine. When Drury makes Griffin invisible, Griffin immediately … Continue reading Through the Fears – 1944
There aren’t many movies that evoke such strong opinions as David Lynch’s Dune. On one hand, it’s Lynch’s highest grossing film to date. On the other hand, it was a box office bomb, and is still roundly considered Lynch’s worst film. What cannot be argued is the grandness of this vision. There’s a lot going … Continue reading IFWI – Dune (1984) d. David Lynch
I must first open with a regret. As I was building the list for this year, I stumbled across a little seen but highly rated film. Carnival of Sinners is a French film that only has a little over 800 ratings on IMDB. It’s directed by Maurice Tourneur, father of Val Lewton’s associate Jacques Tourneur. … Continue reading Through the Fears – 1943
In recent years, the media at large has started to notice just how few successful women directors there are in Hollywood. The impetus for this was when Kathryn Bigelow directed a film that put her on everybody’s map. Up until this point, Bigelow was routinely credited as James Cameron’s wife, despite the fact that they … Continue reading I Finally Watched It: Point Break
Op-ed column printed in The State newspaper Re: Nikki Haley's vote in the United Nations, refusing to condemn the death penalty for LGBTs
This time, I’m gonna forgo the history lesson, because I want to talk about fainting. Though the trope of women fainting when confronted by a monster would probably reach it’s apex in the schlocky sci-fi films of the 1950s, it would continue well into the latter half of the century, especially in exploitation films. For … Continue reading Through the Fears – 1942
By the beginning of 1941, the United States had still not entered World War II, but had begun to put economic pressure on Japan. After Japan invaded French Indochina the year before, the US halted shipments of airplanes, parts, tools and airline fuel to the Japanese, though they continued to export oil. President Franklin D. … Continue reading Through the Fears – 1941
