Blacktop

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Two-Lane Blacktop first published by Little White Lies “Just passin’ through,” is how they describe themselves, their existence, and their general trajectory.  In a customised 1955 Chevrolet as stripped-down, well-tooled and finely tuned as Monte Hellman’s film, two taciturn, plain-dressed, anonymous young men – dubbed The Driver and The Mechanic in the closing credits, and…

Alfredo

Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia first published by Little White Lies, as part 26 of my Cinema Psychotronicum column It begins with a still life – a static image of water fowl on a pond, accompanied by the gentle strumming of a Mexican folk guitar. The image comes to life as both birds and…