Patrick Dahl

Oct 24, 2024 | screenslate.com | Patrick Dahl

A more able director than the TV-veteran Barry Shear might have better nurtured the parodic core of Wild in the Streets (1968), but greater tonal cohesion would rob the film of the odd tension that makes it perfect October viewing ahead of yet another most consequential election of our lifetime.

Aug 12, 2023 | screenslate.com | Patrick Dahl

Like shrapnel from a pipe bomb, the cast and crew of Winter Kills (1979) hurl themselves in a dozen different directions, variously sailing past one another or colliding for brief, brilliant bursts. Jeff Bridges stars in a grounded deep state thriller as an All-American failson uncovering national rot, while John Huston romps around in a screwball comedy as an oligarch tuned to the frequency of underground comix.