He has also starred in award - winning features, including Andrea Arnold's FISH TANK, Joy Division bio-pic CONTROL, and
the British cult film BROTHERS OF THE HEAD.
On Michael Reeves and
British gothic
film [New York Times] Credited with directing three déclassé horror movies, dead from an overdose of barbiturates at 25, the
British filmmaker Michael Reeves (1943 - 1969) is a quintessential
cult figure.
Some other memorable moments that emerged while compiling this: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep (both Oscar - nominated) and Tom Waits on the downward spiral in Hector Babenco and William Kennedy's bleak «Ironweed»; John Huston's lyrical direction of the posthumously released adaptation of James Joyce's «The Dead»; the joyous Cajun -, zydeco -, R&B and gospel - flavored soundtrack of «The Big Easy,» gumbo for the ears; the consummate character actor John Mahoney breaking out (at least for me) in «Tin Men,» «Suspect» and «Moonstruck» and and Hunter delighting in «Raising Arizona,» «Broadcast News» and just about anything that came after; plus two
British indies: Emily Lloyd as a cheeky 16 - year - old in David Leland's delightful comedy - drama «Wish You Were Here»; and one of the great
cult films of the decade, Bruce Robinson's savagely witty «Withnail and I» with Richard E. Grant and Paul McCann.