“You know when I was a kid, I put a note into a bottle and it had my name and address on it. And then I threw the bottle into…

“The Other American Heroes.” The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home of the Lakota Sioux and one of the poorest areas in the United States, lies in the shadow of Mount…

“I have become unstuck in time.” Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) becomes “unstuck in time” in this fascinating adaptation of the classic Kurt Vonnegut novel. The film jumps back in forth…

". . . you won't be coming home!" Another early '80s slasher film that once again takes place at a summer camp (in this case “Camp Arawak”), Sleepaway Camp (AKA…

“Sometimes a hero comes from the most unlikely place.” Picture this scene: On the set of a forgettable 1987 HBO movie titled The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, Billy Bob…

“A story about one man’s search … for who knows what.” If you’ve ever skipped out on your dull, mind-numbing job and spent the entire afternoon knocking back stiff drinks…

“In time, every sad ending will become happy.” A hooker takes a cab to a seedy hotel. The cabdriver, who has a hook for a hand, gives her a $2…

“There’s a natural disaster in the heartland of America. It’s called the Cleveland family.” Alongside Eraserhead, I nominate Twister as one of the weirdest American films ever made. It’s definitely…

“… no beginning … no end … no speed limit!” An offbeat, existential road movie directed by Monte Hellman (The Shooting), Two-Lane Blacktop was billed as “The Far-Out World of…

“Oh, there’s nothing so different about them. After all, crime is only . . . a left-handed form of human endeavor.” My favorite film noir, The Asphalt Jungle, which involves…