Abeeellll, Abel Ferrara...

The best religious film ever made. After seeing this I always feel a bit more spiritual. Watch along with The Ninth Configuration.

From this film being booed off the stage at certain festivals (by cretins I might add), this is now a genuine classic. Ferrara's gritty style mixed with garish sets makes this film quite visually wonderful and the acting is excellent. I remember hating the whole "Where Scarface left off, KONY begins..." tagline (I hate movies that compare themselves to other movies, be your own movie I scream..and then get kicked out of the video store), but this tagline actually fits quite nicely. A lot of Ferrara's Catholicism makes it's way into the movie, but still it's a tough as nails gangster epic. Great performances all around, which is pretty much par for the course in a Ferrara film, and a great story about a chapter in the life of a crime lord. Highly recommended.

Up until Irreversible this was easily the greatest rape/revenge flick. Excellent direction and lead performance by Zoe Lund (who went on to write Ferrara's masterpiece Bad Lieutenant!) make this a must see for film and sleaze fans alike.

See what horrors noisy neighbors have on society. They can drive your truly normal "joe" Abel Ferrara into becoming a DRILLER KILLER! This is a great stylish film about a man who is losing his mind. Despite the title, this really isn't a slasher flick, but a disturbing look at insanity by the great Ferrara.

A film I am shocked that more Ferrara fans don't love. Sure it's reminiscent of other works by him, but that's one of the things that makes it great. Modine is awesome as the scumbag lead who goes to Hopper for help on piecing together a night that he blacked out. Terrific stuff that deserves a lot more praise than it got.

Another Ferrara film that I find jawdropping that it isn't considered a classic. Moody and atmospheric with amazing performances and a great look at the true evil of organized crime. Fantastic.

Another great one from Ferrara. Using vampirism as a metaphor for drug addiction would make me puke blood if it were released now, but at the time I thought it was brilliant. When I first saw this I thought the movie was smarter than me, but now that I've grown up big and strong...well big anyway, I might keep up with it. Nevertheless, great film that's stylish as hell with a great payoff.

Ferrara sleaze, plain and simple, but what great sleaze it is! Two co-owners of a strip bar decide to hunt down a serial killer who's been offing their employees. This is great stuff for those who are grindhouse fans, and I don't mean that friggin' Rodreguez and Tarantino shitheap.

Ferrara's mainstream film is still very, very good. Probably the only thing wrong with it is it isn't nearly as kick ass as it's predecessors. Still, great movie, that's very suitable for the time it was made, from a great director.

Good Ferrara film, and the first film to kick off my Xmas. The touching story of husband and wife drug dealers and the trials they encounter and lessons they learn over the holiday season. A story of family, love and charity...and sleazebags. Good performances, gritty atmosphere and typical (meaning great) Ferrara direction make this a worthy addition to the Ferrara "dirtbag cinema" catalogue.

That's right! I like this film. Very much in fact. Hot on the heels on Ferrara's finest film, Bad Lieutenant, comes what is probably his most challenging one...and most bizarre. A lot of folks who thought Ferrara was on his way up after BL were put in their place by this uncompromising flick that leaves the viewer scratching their noggin. Still, whether you understand it or not (I don't remember it all too well, it's been years since I've seen it) it's entertaining and has all the elements I love in a Ferrara flick.

Ferrara's Romeo & Juliet in Chinatown. Not his best, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't good. Ferrara's gritty vision and ensemble cast make this worth owning...so where's the DVD?

Good Ferrara film that is very interesting, even if I didn't quite "get it". Once again Ferrara tackles my favourite theme in his films, religion vs faith. Modine plays an obvious Mel Gibson clone who is passionate about Christ, but very self serving. Whitaker is a man who discovers faith and Binoche is an actress who goes crazy. Crazy with Mary Magdelene! Kind of surprised this hasn't gotten a North American release, at least DTV, I mean it's Ferrara! C'mon!

Whatever happened to Peter Weller? Mediocre Ferrara film that I'm sure would've been even worse in the hands of any other director.

Okay, here it is. The one Ferrara film I loathe. Granted I do need to see it again now that I know what to expect. For those not prepared, the beginning of the film is decent but the end is all flashbacks of the beginning. Be prepared to be pissed off. With all the remembering Dafoe does in The New Rose Hotel, I'm hard pressed to recall that much, except the "Surprise" isn't that surprising.