Bringing out the Dead
Scorsese’s Bringing out the Dead from 1999 is one to see, its low grade Marty but it’s based on a nice novel by Joe Connelly, […]
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Miami Blues
Miami Blues was released in 1990 and directed by George Armitage. Armitage is a very talented director and made Grosse Pointe Blank, one of my […]
Mean Streets
When Martin Scorsese wrote the screenplay of Mean Streets he was a struggling filmmaker with just a few low budget films and editing jobs to […]
At Close Range
As a UK script consultant I’ve often written scripts for clients that are based on true life stories. At Close Range from 1986 is a […]
My top five Walter Hill movies
I’m a massive fan of the American writer/director Walter Hill. Here’s my top five movies by this cult auteur. To clarify, these are films that […]
Drugstore Cowboy
In London Kills Me, a film set in the 90s about British druggies one of them comments that ‘druggies are boring, all the do is […]
Boogie Nights
When I first went to see Boogie Nights I expected something exploitive and titillating. I think half of the people in the cinema did. I’d […]