They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
Archive for January, 1982
Union City (1982)
I am a fan of film noir. How many late nights have I spent pouring over old films from the 40s with beefy titles like Hangover Square, Scarlet Street, and I Wake Up Screaming? They all have the same basic pattern. Usually, some pretty dame claims to be in trouble and convinces some hapless dope […]
The Seduction (1982)
The Seduction is a grimy, sleazeball little movie that has been made for reasons outside of trying to make a good movie. The ladies will want to see the movie because it stars Morgan Fairchild in her first feature film, after they’ve seen her on TV on “Search for Tomorrow” and on “Flamingo Road.” The […]
Shoot the Moon (1982)
It is very strange to approach Shoot the Moon in such close proximity to On Golden Pond. The two are polar opposites, it seems. One is about a marriage in crumbs while the other is about a union that has stood the test of time. I would have no doubt that Norman and Ethel Thayer […]
Vernon, Florida (1982)
Of all the avenues of the art of the cinema, I may love the documentary format most of all. At its best, it is a window onto a world that few of us will ever experience. We meet people. We see how their lives are organized. We hear their stories. Maybe we learn something. That […]
