Michael Higgins’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Michael Higgins has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Angel Heart.
Recurring themes

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
Dir. Alan Parker · With Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
Dir. Carroll Ballard · With Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr

A nutty inventor, his frustrated wife, a philosopher cousin, his much younger fiancée, a randy doctor, and a free-thinking nurse spend a summer weekend in and around a stunning - and possibly magical - country house.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer
After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.
Dir. Barbara Loden · With Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Dorothy Shupenes