A Stop Button “survey” is meant to be a comprehensive, mildly objective, mildly subjective recapping of a particular group of films, whether the films of an actor, director, or just films in a series.
Directors
Edward Burns
Films discussed: The Brothers McMullen, She’s the One, No Looking Back, Sidewalks of New York, Ash Wednesday, Looking for Kitty, The Groomsmen, Purple Violets, Nice Guy Johnny, Newlyweds, The Fitzgerald Family Christmas.
John Carpenter
Part One: The Wonder Years
Films discussed: Dark Star, Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York.
Part Two: The Studio Quartet
Films discussed: The Thing, Christine, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China.
Part Three: The Alive Duet
Films discussed: Prince of Darkness, They Live.
Part Four: The Mundane Years
Films discussed: Memoirs of an Invisible Man, In the Mouth of Madness, Village of the Damned, Escape from L.A., Vampires, Ghosts of Mars, The Ward.
Series
Superman
Films discussed: Superman and the Mole-Men, Superman, Superman II, Superman III, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Superman Returns, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
The Thin Man
Films discussed: The Thin Man, After the Thin Man, Another Thin Man, Shadow of the Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home, Song of the Thin Man
