Author Archives: David

Review: Magnet of Doom (France 1963)

Posted on January 16, 2020 by David

Moody crime film from Jean Pierre Melville? Sign me up. This is definitely one of his weaker efforts – the story about a unemployed boxer (Jean Paul Belmondo) bodyguarding a disgraced French baker on the run (Clouzot regular Charles Vanel … Continue reading →

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Review: 6 Underground (USA 2019)

Posted on December 16, 2019 by David

This is … a comedy? About a team of international goodie two shoes assassins led by Batman who are fucking terrible at their jobs? I can’t tell if this was meant to be a comedy. Ryan Reynolds definitely thinks it … Continue reading →

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Review: Tokyo Knights (Japan 1961)

Posted on November 22, 2019 by David

This early Seijun Suzuki youth flick is basically an Elvis movie starring Koji Wada as the young heir to a construction combine mixed up in illegal shenanigans. It’s a super breezy, super jazzy (literally) play on Hamlet, and as soon … Continue reading →

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Review: Split Second (USA 1992)

Posted on August 6, 2019 by David

Where has this movie been all my life? In all seriousness, how did I not stumble across this on late night Showtime or Cinemax in the 90’s? For the first couple of minutes I thought it was dumb as hell … Continue reading →

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Review: Luz (Germany 2018)

Posted on August 2, 2019 by David

A borderline-experimental possession horror film, Luz straddles the line between arthouse and horror, with enough unsettling atmosphere, blood, and nudity to satisfy gorehounds, but an avant-garde approach that wouldn’t seem out of place in a museum installation. It can take … Continue reading →

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Review: The White Storm 2: Drug Lords – NYAFF 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019 by David

This is some classic Hong Kong bullshit right here. I saw the original White Storm a while back, but I’m pretty sure this has nothing to do with it. Instead, Herman Yau sets up a wild grudge match between former … Continue reading →

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Review: Fly Me to the Saitama (Japan 2019) – NYAFF 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019 by David

I fucking loved this movie. Perhaps the campiest thing I’ve seen in years, this boys-love Romeo and Juliet fable of a Rococo oppressive Tokyo dominating its lame bedroom suburb neighbor Saitama (imagine if folks from New Jersey needed visas just … Continue reading →

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Review: The Perfection (2019)

Posted on May 22, 2019 by David

I am genuinely uncertain whether what I just watched was terrible terrible, or hilariously awesomely terrible. And I’m not sure if the director and cast know either. But I wasn’t bored. I attended a screening with a Q&A from director … Continue reading →

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Review: The Ranger (USA 2018)

Posted on August 17, 2018 by David

The Ranger, directed by Jenn Wexler and co-written by Wexler and Giaco Furino, is a fun, tight, modern indie slasher, in the tradition of “roll up your sleeves” regional splatter flicks like The Mutilatorand “punks vs. hicks” schlock like Punk … Continue reading →

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CSB Interview with Kanata Wolf, Director of Smokin’ On the Moon – NYAFF 2018

Posted on July 16, 2018 by David

Kanata Wolf’s first film, Smokin’ On the Moon (Japan 2017) had its International Premiere as part of the 17th New York Asian Film Festival.  The film stars Arata Iura and Ryo Narita as two aimless thirty-somethings, living weed-filled blissful lives … Continue reading →

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