The Right Stuff (1983)
- May 16, 2008
FP079: “No Bucks, No Buck Rogers!"
Philip Kaufman’s EPIC filming of Tom Wolfe’s book about the Mercury Space Program is not only a PERFECT MOVIE, but arguably one of the...
Metropolis (1926)
- May 9, 2008
FP078: The Heart Must Be The Mediator
From that fateful day in 1975, when Film Guy Geo. Willeman got his Super 8mm print of Metropolis, it was a given that this film would be...
Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (1971)
- May 2, 2008
FP077: “Thangyuverrahmuch…"
Denis Sanders created the perfect Elvis Time Capsule with his 1970 film Elvis: That’s The Way It Is. Elvis fan or no, one cannot deny the...
The Exterminating Angel (1961)
- Apr 25, 2008
FP076: ¡El Ángel Exterminador!
After returning from exile to his native Spain, director Luis Buñuel made one his greatest and most controversial films—Viridiana. After...
Raging Bull (1980)
- Apr 18, 2008
FP075: “Come on, hit me. Harder. Harder.”
Harsh—gritty—dark—and that’s just the opening credits!! Martin Scorsese’s unflinching portrait of boxer Jake LaMotta won the “Best...
Gattaca (1997)
- Apr 11, 2008
FP074: “IN-VALID"
GUANINE—ADENINE—THYMINE—CYTOSINE. The four amino acids that make up deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, the stuff that we are made of, to...