Books on Film
John Carpenter’s “They Live” and Jonathan Lethem’s monograph
John Carpenter was the man for a good number of years in the 1970’s and 80’s, but he somehow lost his mojo as a feature film director the last twenty years or so. I’ve already written an ecstatic appreciation of his 1982 “The Thing” on this blog, and the inability of the recent well-intentioned Carpenter-less […]
Something to Chaw on: Walter’s contemplation of “Miracle Mile”
More often than not, when speaking to a friend or family member about how I feel about a particular film, I let them know what Walter said. They all know who Walter is, even if they don’t take the time to read his razor-sharp reviews. Sometimes they beat me to the punch and ask the […]
Reviewed by Mark Leonard 