FURMAN ON FILM

I suppose one may begrudge me for saying so, but this is one of my favorite Al Pacino performances. I'll confess, I do have a certain...

This review may contain spoilers. Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing is a masterwork unlike any other I've ever seen. Let me tell you...

I have to say, this was better for me the second time around. The film really hits its stride as it rounds into its third act, and our...

For me, this viewing completed a sort of triumvirate. It concluded a three day descent into the horrors at the heart of humankind's...

In the past few days, I’ve taken myself on a little 80’s war film odyssey. I began with the great Full Metal Jacket. Then came Oliver...

It seems to me that viewers of Full Metal Jacket typically fall into one of several camps. There are those who ride or die for “the boot...

The “seeds” of greatness - nuanced, idiosyncratic characters, highfalutin dialogue, harebrained criminal schemes, pitch black themes (ie...

It just gets most of the minors from the terrific novel right and a handful of the majors all wrong. Case in point, Demi is terrifically...

I just adore this film. It's actually a little bit funny. When I first saw this in my mid 20's, as a nascent cinephile in the making, I...