Top political figures are attacked by wild animals in their homes. It turns out to be an evil plot to turn house cats into vicious killers. An aging film director decides to make an epic, […]
Rediscovering Kitano
Back, long, long ago, in a time before streaming, in an age when Covid wasn’t a word any of us knew, I became a fan of Beat Takeshi a.k.a. Takeshi Kitano. As someone into crime […]
The Cars? Really?!!
It’s been a few months since there’s been something new on shadowswriter. I apologize. Between Covid weirdness and the launch of a new online side-gig, http://www.cinepostergallery.com (vintage film posters), I took my eye off the […]
Lee Chang-Dong Movies and why you should watch them
PARASITE by Bong Joon-ho deserves every bit of praise and attention it got. But there is another filmmaker from South Korea that film fans should become familiar with. His name is Lee Chang-dong. Lee Chang-dong […]
Hitch-Hike: The exploitation film that accidentally became a great crime drama
All of the elements were there. You had Corinne Clery, a beautiful actress who had shot to fame in the softcore S/M sensation THE STORY OF O. You had a script involving kidnapping and sexual […]
