Green Room

Jeremy Saulnier wanted to make an exploitation movie with ready-made villains. And who better to fill this role (other than Russians, usually, or Arab terrorists) than Nazis? Green Room (2015) is his third full-length feature, his first being the charmingly gory cloistered art scene send-up, Murder Party. Say this about the man: Brooklyn art studios andContinue reading “Green Room”

Sunset Strip

It’s easy to be suspicious of places like Los Angeles or Vegas, where there’s only one season and dreams go to die. For as many dreams as LA’s Sunset Strip has fulfilled, it’s crushed that many a thousandfold. As documentary fare, Sunset Strip is an interesting proposition: charting a course leading back to prohibition, throughContinue reading “Sunset Strip”