LIFE OF DEFIANCE: Danny DeVito’s HOFFA
In the 1992 big screen adaptation of the story of Jimmy Hoffa, Jack Nicholson stars as the legendary teamster president. Danny DeVito directs and also plays Hoffa’s confidant Bobby Ciaro, a fictional...
View ArticleBy Any Means Necessary: Spike Lee’s MALCOLM X
Spike Lee’s 1992 epic biographical masterwork was a true labor of love for the director. It was first going to be made by Norman Jewison (In The Heat of The Night) but after protesting that a black...
View ArticleCRIMEWATCH: Bad Lieutenant
From the opening moments of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant (1992) when New York Police Officer “L.T.” (Harvey Keitel) drives his bratty kids to school we can see he is a furious human being. As he...
View ArticleAlways Be Closing: Glengarry Glen Ross
20 years ago I saw a film that would be now considered the epitome of what we like to call Furious Cinema. That was Director James Foley’s big screen adaptation of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize/Tony award...
View ArticleCRIMEWATCH: One False Move
In Los Angeles a young black woman named Fantasia (Cynda Williams), her lover Ray Malcolm (Billy Bob Thornton) and their cohort Lenny “Pluto” Franklin (Michael Beach) attack some of her friends who...
View ArticleCRIMEWATCH: Man Bites Dog
Man Bites Dog is a film that I had been trying to find for a while. A DVD eluded my grasp but I was pleasantly surprised to find the film available on YouTube. You can watch it there if a DVD is not...
View ArticleYEAR OF FURIOUS FILMS: 1992
Year of Furious Films is our newest series on FC where we’ll be choosing our favorite films from each designated year. You may notice... The post YEAR OF FURIOUS FILMS: 1992 appeared first on Furious...
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Brian DePalma’s RAISING CAIN is a darkly funny psycho thriller
RAISING CAIN (1992) one of Director Brian DePalma’s best psychological thrillers is the ultimate mindgame that takes the director’s trademark thrills, suspense and black... The post Brian DePalma’s...
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BOB ROBERTS
The presidential election is coming! It’s the time when we are forced to choose the candidate that…you know, is the least evil. Unfortunately, in... The post BOB ROBERTS appeared first on...
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