The Wolf of Wall Street: a film of empty and numbing spectacle and comedy sketch
Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2013) Adapted from the 2007 memoir by the
Tag: Hollywood Films
Inside Llewyn Davis: a tricksy film that does no justice to the early 1960s American folk music scene
Ethan and Joel Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis” (2013) Inspired by and based loosely on the
2001: A Space Odyssey – a film that explores universal human desires and the relationship between people and technology
Stanley Kubrick “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) One of the great crowning glories of 20th
Shadow of a Doubt: innocence, a happy family and insular small town America menaced by an outside force
Alfred Hitchcock, “Shadow of a Doubt” (1942) A dark film that explores the potential for
Stoker: psychological thriller let down by stereotyped characters and poor scripting
Park Chanwook, “Stoker” (2013) Appropriately Chanwook Park’s Hollywood directing debut is a psychological thriller featuring
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? – celebrating absurdity and eccentricity in a bland and indifferent world
Werner Herzog, “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?” (2009) In this film, based
House of Wax: realism versus art and artifice in horror cult film
Andre de Toth, “House of Wax” (1953) “House of Wax” was the movie that established
Repo Man: science fiction comedy satire on the beginnings of Western capitalist / consumerist culture’s downfall
Alex Cox, “Repo Man” (1984) Dare I say that with the passage of time, this
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: a psychedelic slapstick comedy satire on American society and its values
Terry Gilliam, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1998) From that period of Johnny Depp’s
Quills: a shallow treatment of individual rebellion against a repressive society
Philip Kaufman, “Quills” (2000) Intended as an inquiry into the extremes of sexual licentiousness and