D.W. Moffett

Cover of the film "Falling Down," featuring a man in a white shirt and black tie holding a briefcase, with a blurred cityscape behind him and text describing the film.

Controversial to this day and timely to a fault, Joel Schumacher’s darkly comic “Falling Down” comes home via Arrow Video.

By Blak Cinephile on July 29, 2026 • ( 0 )

You couldn’t make a film like this today. Joel Schumacher’s (Flatliners) dark and comedic rage-against-the-machine thriller, Falling Down, is truly a ballsy product of its time — the loud, colorful 1990s. Boasting a terrific against-type performance from Michael Douglas (Basic… Read More ›

Three men conversing inside a vehicle at night, with a camera mount visible.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” comes available on home video without an ounce of bonus materials and not a single small beer.

By Douglas Davidson on February 9, 2026 • ( 0 )

After working on the script for roughly 20 years, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love; Boogie Nights) finally cracked his vision to adapt author Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland and, if one’s been following the awards circuit, the resultant film,… Read More ›

Life is little more than “One Battle After Another.”

By Douglas Davidson on September 30, 2025 • ( 1 )

Too often these days it seems like we’re living on the dumbest timeline. Regardless of one’s politics, when hypocrisy is high, there is no other way to process it than believing our lawns crave Gatorade for the electrolytes. The government… Read More ›

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D.W. Moffett

Controversial to this day and timely to a fault, Joel Schumacher’s darkly comic “Falling Down” comes home via Arrow Video.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” comes available on home video without an ounce of bonus materials and not a single small beer.

Life is little more than “One Battle After Another.”