Oh, my. I went in knowing nothing about the movie (except that it was made in the 70s so it would be good) and expecting a Midnight Cowboy-like yarn from director John Schlesinger. I didn't get the atmosphere of one of my favorite New Hollywood movies but I did get something else. Something completely else.

Marathon man was a 'pleasant' surprise with its downright macabre tone and high body count. The pacing was flawless, the scenes dexterously built upon each…

Under the Silver Lake is no easy movie to review. I had the same issue with it I usually have with mystery movies: the process of uncovering the secret was more satisfying than the solution itself, which led to a non-climactic ending. The difference is that director David Robert Mitchell deliberately left the story threads hanging in the air and presented an obscure ending that answered very few questions, while other mystery films simply lack the creativity to come up…