Blast from Past: A strange hybrid of a picture, part fantasy, part Western, part adventure, starring James Franciscus.
Valley of Gwangi, The (1969): Cheesy Fantasy-Adventure, Starring James Franciscus, Richard Carlson, Gila Golan
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Door-to-Door Maniac (aka “Five Minutes to Live”) (1961): Bill Karn’s B-Level Noir, Starring Singer Johnny Cash in Debut, with Ron Howard
July 14, 2026 by
Bill Karn directed the nooir thriller Five Minutes to Live, which was retitled Door-to-Door Maniac for an American International Pictures rerelease in 1966. The film stars Johnny Cash, in his first theatrical film, Donald Woods, Vic Tayback, and Cay Forrester, who wrote the screenplay and whose husband, Ludlow Flower, produced. Grade: C+ (** out of […]
Contempt (1963): Godard’s Poignant, Elegant Masterpiece, Starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Fritz Lang
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A densely allusive work about the tension between art and commerce in filmmaking though a probe of one marriage dissolution.
Directors 2026: McCarthy ( Tom–“The Statement”
June 18, 2026 by
‘The Statement,’ Director Tom McCarthy Tom McCarthy–VALERY HACHE/AFP At a Florida beachside resort, circa 1980, twenty scientists, activists and policymakers gather for a weekend conference on a curious new issue — CO2 emissions — with one congressional mandate, to “write a statement about what to do.” Tom McCarthy’s darkly comic origin story of the climate […]
Directors 2026: Gibney, Alex–“Musk”
June 18, 2026 by
‘Musk,’ Director Alex Gibney Alex Gibney–Dia Dipasupil Alex Gibney delivered his hotly-anticipated documentary on Elon Musk early last year only to return to the editing suite to reshape the film, expanding its scope to include Musk’s involvement in U.S. politics and his DOGE escapades. Recent Musk-y headlines, including the hype around the IPO of Space […]
