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 […]
Isabelle Huppert joins Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe in Abel Ferrara’s Siberia
According to The Film Stage, Elle star Isabelle Huppert has signed on to star in Siberia, the latest project from controversial filmmaker Abel Ferrara (The Driller Killer, Bad Lieutenant), and will be joined in the cast by Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe. Last year, Ferrara launched a Kickstarter for Sibera, where the project was described as “a […]
Blu-ray Review – The Driller Killer (1979)
The Driller Killer, 1979. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, Harry Schultz, Alan Wynroth. SYNOPSIS: A struggling artist goes insane and takes to the streets of New York armed with a drill and the desire to kill. One of the more notorious movies to have ruffled the feathers of Mary […]
Movie Review – Pasolini (2015)
Pasolini, 2015. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Ninetto Davoli and Riccardo Scamarcio. SYNOPSIS: The final few days of Pasolini’s life, told through dreams and reconstruction. He had plans. The last shot of Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini leaves us in no doubt toward the plans Pier Paolo Pasolini had for the future. On his passport, […]