Bad Lieutenant, 1992. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Stella Keitel, Peggy Gormley, Leonard L. Thomas. SYNOPSIS: A corrupt New York cop investigating the brutal rape of a nun seeks redemption from his life of sin. The titular lieutenant in this movie is so bad he doesn’t even have a name. Those […]
Timothée Chalamet seeks ping-pong greatness in Marty Supreme trailer
A24 has debuted the first trailer for director Josh Safdie’s upcoming 1950s-set dramedy Marty Supreme which sees Timothée Chalamet leads the cast as Marty Mauser, a professional ping-pong player with a dream no-one believes in. Joining Chalamet in the cast are Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher. Check […]
Abel Ferrara’s Ms .45 coming to 4K Ultra HD from Arrow Video
Arrow Video has announced that it is bringing filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s cult revenge thriller Ms .45 to 4K Ultra HD with a brand new restoration of the 1981 exploitation flick starring Zoë Tamerlis as a mute woman out for vengeance. New York, 1980. Raped at gunpoint on her way home from work, mute seamstress Thana […]
Blu-ray Review – Fear City (1984)
Fear City, 1984. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, Michael V. Gazzo, Rae Dawn Chong, and Maria Conchita Alonso. SYNOPSIS: A killer stalks exotic dancers in New York, so two agents go vigilante to try and catch the psychopath. When you think of gritty, sleazy 1980s New […]
Shia LaBeouf writing Auschwitz-based film for director Abel Ferrara
It’s been a while since Shia LaBeouf had a major movie moment, following 2019’s Honey Boy and the controversies that followed the actor since. But now we know what Shia LaBeouf’s next movie will be, a film about Auschwitz that Abel Ferrara will helm. The pair recently worked together on the religious drama Padre Pio […]
Movie Review – Padre Pio (2023)
Padre Pio, 2022. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, Salvatore Ruocco, Federico Majorana, Michelangelo Dalisi, Martina Gatti, Alessio Montagnani, Roberta Mattei, Ermanno De Biagi, Alessandro Cremona, Ignazio Oliva, Valeria Correale, Federica Dordei, Piergiuseppe Francione, Anna Ferrara, and Francesco D’Angelo. SYNOPSIS: […]
The Back Alley Scorsese: Abel Ferrara
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the best work of Abel Ferrara… What with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola being so prominent in the press of late, it brought to mind another director who rose into prominence in the wake of the aforementioned legends. Growing up in New York he was learning his trade […]
4K Ultra HD Review – King of New York (1990)
King of New York, 1990. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Janet Julian, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo, Wesley Snipes, Steve Buscemi, and Joey Chin. SYNOPSIS: A drug lord is released from prison and sets about taking over the crime gangs in New York in order to put money back into his old […]
Movie Review – Zeros and Ones (2021)
Zeros and Ones, 2021. Written and Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac, Phil Neilson, Anna Ferrara, Salvatore Ruocco, Valerio Mastandrea, Babak Karimi, Dounia Sichov, Valeria Correale, Korlan Rachmetova, and Mahmut Sifa Erkaya. SYNOPSIS: Called to Rome to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, a soldier desperately seeks news of his imprisoned brother — […]
New trailer for Abel Ferrara’s Siberia starring Willem Dafoe
Lionsgate has released a poster and trailer for director Abel Ferrara’s psychological thriller Siberia which stars Willem Dafoe as a bartender in Siberia who drives a sled team to a nearby cave in a voyage of self-discovery; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Siberia here Clint (Defoe) tends bar at a […]
