Alan Parker

R.I.P. Alan Parker, the Director of 'Midnight Express' and Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'

PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2020

Alan Parker — the famed British director behind such films as Midnight Express and Pink Floyd's The Wall — has died. The British Film Insti...

Midnight Express (Blu-Ray)

Alan Parker

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2009

Most often, when venturing into cinema's past, I am inexplicably hesitant but then mostly surprised by what I've been missing. Midnight Exp...

Midnight Express 30th Anniversary Edition

Alan Parker

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

Thirty years ago, when Midnight Express first hit the big screen, it was considered a very controversial movie, especially overseas, thanks...

The Life Of David Gale

Alan Parker

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Alan Parker's The Life of David Gale suffers from the new plague: it tries to do everything in the same movie. Kevin Spacey plays philosoph...

The Commitments

Alan Parker

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Movies about forming rock bands usually get it painfully wrong. For starters, everyone's way too good looking. Secondly, it's often painful...