Vintage advertisement for the soundtrack to David Cronenberg’s CRASH, as seen in Issue 16 of Mondo 2000, c. 1996

DEF BY TEMPTATION (1990) dir. James Bond III

sea of love (1989) dir. harold becker

MOONSTRUCK (1987) dir. Norman Jewison

Kudzu (i’m sorry, no more love poems) (10/29/2023) by me / Ganja & Hess (1973) dir. Bill Gunn

Moonstruck (1987) dir. Norman Jewison

Moonstruck (1987) dir. Norman Jewison

MOONSTRUCK (1987) dir. Norman Jewison

MOONSTRUCK (1987) dir. Norman Jewison

REVIEW: well… visually striking, yet contextually tepid. i love cannibalism as a metaphor for desire but the execution of that metaphor in this film feels as though it is being used merely for shock factor, and to pique curiosity of the viewers. this story has no flesh, merely a poorly reconstructed skeleton desperately attempting an image of depth, passion, and the grotesque as an exploration of the neuroses of a doomed lovers archetype. very little occurred within this film that couldn’t have been condensed into a short film, which is what it ultimately amounts to with regards to any character exploration that actually feeds the story. there are about 35 minutes of TROUBLE EVERY DAY that fooled me into believing there would be any emotionally provocative progression of the characters. quite frankly, this comes across as nothing more than a failed attempt at making something complex out of a bare bones concept, and no additional expounding. in summation, a filmmaker who presents a film that seems to ask a question of viewers, cannot expect answers when we are merely presented with a slate with stick figures on it

TROUBLE EVERY DAY (2002), dir. Claire Denis

TROUBLE EVERY DAY (2002), dir. Claire Denis

A Different Image (1982) dir. Alile Sharon Larkin