Daily Archives: January 7, 2025

Classic Film Review: Sarandon, Delany and Dafoe, as Schraeder’s “Light Sleeper” (1992)

Paul Schrader, the screenwriter of “Taxi Driver” and “The Last Temptation of Christ” and writer-director of “Cat People,” “American Gigolo” and “Light of Day” never really went away. But this most spiritual, Calvinist and cerebral filmmaker had his years in … Continue reading

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Series Review: Tom Wolfe’s “A Man in Full” becomes an Oversexed Cracker Cartoon for Netflix

Tom Wolfe’s darkly comic 1998 novel “A Man in Full” comes to the screen, courtesy of another king of ’80s and ’90s entertainment, TV writer/producer David E. Kelley. The book, uneven but page-turning trash encompassing Wolfe’s favorite themes — class, … Continue reading

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