By Thomas M. Puhr. Light on their feet but not rushed, fun but not goofy, these films deliver just about everything you’d want from the hitman genre….” In 1967, Japanese director Kazuo Mori released back-to-back actioners starring Raizô Ichikawa as the archetypal hitman. Coldblooded, principled, calm under pressure—and often seen […]
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Jonathan Monovich
“Pain Creates Character Distortion”: David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas