Month: April 2022

Moviedrome Mondays: Cat People (1982) (Mark Cousins intro)

by John Charet

I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Mark Cousins introduction to director Paul Schrader’s 1982 erotic horror thriller Cat People. Readers can also read Cousins intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was October 11, 1998 (read here). While far from a genuine classic like the 1942 original (read my review here), it’s visual style serves as the glue that holds it together. Last, but not least, we get an atmospheric Giorgio Moroder score and late legendary musician David Bowie’s awesome theme entitled Cat People (Putting Out Fire). Nevertheless, I think Rutger Hauer should have been casted instead of Malcolm McDowell as Nastassja Kinski’s brother. On an unrelated note, Schrader has directed two great films (First Reformed and The Card Counter) and a very good one (Blue Collar).

Here is a youtube video link to Mark Cousins Moviedrome intro to Cat People

Here is a youtube video link to the film’s original theatrical trailer

Here is a youtube video link to another trailer for the film

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Moviedrome Mondays: Funny Bones (1995) (Mark Cousins intro)

by John Charet

I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Mark Cousins introduction to director Peter Chelsom’s 1995 comedy Funny Bones. Readers can also read Cousins intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was October 4, 1998 (read here). Been a while since I have seen this one so I will have to check it out again in the future.

Here is a youtube video link to Mark Cousins Moviedrome intro to Funny Bones

Here is a youtube video link to the film’s original theatrical trailer

Moviedrome Mondays: Shaft (1971) and Force of Evil (1948) (Mark Cousins intro)

by John Charet

This week’s Moviedrome Monday blog entry is a double-bill consisting of a neo-noir and a film noir – both shot on location in New York City.

Shaft (1971)

I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Mark Cousins introduction to African-American director Gordon Parks 1971 action crime thriller Shaft. Readers can also read Cousins intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was September 27, 1998 (read here). Along with Melvin Van Peebles Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (also from 71), the more mainstream Shaft is reported to have birthed the blaxploitation subgenre, though Ossie Davis Cotton Comes to Harlem (from a year earlier) is sometimes credited as the earliest example. Either way, this is truly a fun film (as Parks himself states) galvanized by Soul singer Isaac Hayes iconic score and theme song – winning an Oscar for the latter.

Here is a youtube video link to Mark Cousins Moviedrome intro to Shaft

Here is a youtube video link to the film’s original theatrical trailer

Force of Evil (1948)

I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Mark Cousins introduction to blacklisted director/writer Abraham Polonsky’s 1948 crime drama Force of Evil. Readers can also read Cousins intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was September 28, 1998 (read here). I agree with every single word of praise that Cousins showers on this film noir classic.

Here is a youtube video link to Mark Cousins Moviedrome intro to Force of Evil

Here is a youtube video link to what may be the film’s original theatrical trailer