Violence at Noon (1966)

Violence at Noon (Hakuchu no torima) Directed by Nagasa Oshima Written by Tsutomu Tomura from a novel by Taijun Takeda 1966/Japan Sozosha First viewing/Netflix rental Director Oshima’s favorite theme is the intersection of sex, violence and death.  Despite the buckets of style applied,  th... Read full article

Dawn Of Violence – Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016)

Nope nope nope nope nope. I’m just not going to do it. Look, I could spend two or three (or more) hours writing about what’s wrong with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (from this point on simply referred to as BvS). I could outline why the movie simply needs a ground-up script-level r... Read full article

Act of Violence (1948)

Act of Violence is an interesting post-war moral tale from director Fred Zinnemann. Frank (Van Heflin) returned home from war a hero. He now has a small child with his pretty young wife Edith (Janet Leigh) in the vibrant California town of Santa Lisa. Little is known about his P.O.W. past and all hi... Read full article

Act of Violence (1948)

Act of Violence is an interesting post-war moral tale from director Fred Zinnemann. Frank (Van Heflin) returned home from war a hero. He now has a small child with his pretty young wife Edith (Janet Leigh) in the vibrant California town of Santa Lisa. Little is known about his P.O.W. past and all hi... Read full article

Violence at Noon, Jesse & Celine, and more

Mar 6 Posted by aaronwest Over the last few months, I’ve gradually dipped my toes outside of this humble abode and written some posts elsewhere. That will continue, so I’ve added a new section called Essays. This will include links to everything I write or collaborate with elsewhere on t... Read full article