The Command offers little of interest, its retelling of a relatively recent tragedy failing to…
Author: Jesse Cataldo
Our Time
Another long-form examination of unchecked ego that stands as a grandiose expression of same.
Rediscover: Soleil O
This timeless stylistic statement is a pressing reminder of the dehumanizing consequences of ignorance and…
Oeuvre: Carpenter: Ghosts of Mars
Ghosts of Mars is another old-school outing bearing many characteristics familiar from Carpenters' early work,…
Oeuvre: Carpenter: Village of the Damned
Village of the Damned definitively disappears into unremarkable ‘90s thriller territory, functioning as yet another…
From the Vaults of Streaming Hell: Invasion U.S.A.
Invasion U.S.A. is a gaudy Golan-Globus shlock-fest that’s short on narrative coherence but suffused with…
Oeuvre: Carpenter: Memoirs of an Invisible Man
A famously hands-on auteur was ultimately cowed by his star’s predominating power over the project.
Rediscover: Murderers Among Us
Grief, shame and guilt are states of being that in such cases remain personal but…
Transit
Petzold’s assured, subtle direction gradually asserts Transit as a scintillating story of shuffled identities which…
Oeuvre: Carpenter: Someone’s Watching Me!
One of Carpenter’s most elusive, underseen works.