Friday, January 17, 2025

THE NEW KIDS (1985)

 


Directed By: Sean S. Cunningham 

Written By: Stephen Gyllenhaal

Story By: Stephen Gyllenhaal and Brian Taggert 

Cinematography: Steven Poster 

Editor: Rita Roland 


Cast: Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Eddie Jones, John Philbin, Tom Atkins, Brad Sullivan 


Newly orphaned siblings Abby and Loren McWilliams arrive in a small Florida town to help their Aunt Fay and Uncle Charlie run a family-owned amusement park, and they find that the town is terrorized by a local street gang.


Thursday, January 16, 2025

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0075: THE FAN (*DER FAN) (1982)

 


Written & Directed By: Eckhart Schmidt 

Cinematography: Bernd Heini

Editor: Patricia Rommel and Raoul Sternberg 


Cast: Desiree Nosbusch, Bodo Staiger, Simone Brahmann, Jonas Vischer, Helga Tolle, Klaus Munster, Ian Moorse, Wilfried Blasberg 


The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans pushing him for autographs. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her. In an instant, she is caught "in a trance" and feels a murderous urge that is bigger than the both of them.


Saturday, January 11, 2025

THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED (2023)

 


Written, Edited & Directed By: Joanna Arnow 

Cinematography: Barton Cortright 


Cast: Joanna Arnow, Scott Cohen, Babak Tafti, Michael Cyril Creighton, Alysia Reiner, Peter Vack, Parish Bradley, Rushi Birudala 


A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.


Friday, January 10, 2025

LOUSY CARTER (2023)

 


Written & Directed By: Bob Byington 

Cinematography: Carmen Hilbert and Lauren Pruitt 

Editor: Kristie Boustedt 


Cast: David Krumholtz, Martin Starr, Luxy Banner, Olivia Thrilby, Jocelyn DeBoer, Stephen Root, Macon Blair, Andrew Bujalski 


Man-baby Lousy Carter struggles to complete his animated Nabokov adaptation, teaches a graduate seminar on The Great Gatsby, and sleeps with his best friend's wife. He has six months to live.


Thursday, January 9, 2025

CRIMES OF THE HEART (1986)



Directed By: Bruce Beresford 

Written By: Beth Hanley 

Cinematography: Dante Spinotti 

Editor: Anne Goursaud 


Cast: Diane Keaton, Tess Harper, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, David Carpenter, Hurd Hatfield, Beeson Carroll  


Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when Babe, the youngest, has just shot her husband. Oldest sister Lenny takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid. Meg, who aspires to make it in Hollywood as a singer and actress, has had a wild, man-filled life. Their reunion is joyful but also stirs up much tension.