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ArtScopeTO 07: Interview with Photographer Andre Vittorio

April 16, 2018 | By Mark R. Hasan

Aprils ArtScopeTO podcast features photographer Andre Vittorio, whose series Abstractions on Metal can be seen at Toronto’s Urban Gallery until Sat. April 28, 2018.

ArtScopeTO 03: Hanna Kostanski’s 20th Century Toronto: Intersections & Interactions

August 21, 2017 | By Mark R. Hasan

ArtScopeTO Podcast interview with Hamilton-Toronto painter-photographer Hanna Kostanski, whose series 20th Century Toronto: Intersections & Interactions can be seen at The Urban Gallery.

DVD: Pruitt-Igoe Myth, The (2011)

July 13, 2012 | By Mark R. Hasan

Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / P to R Film: Excellent/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Excellent Label: First Run Features/ Region: 0 (NTSC) / Released: May 15, 2012 Genre: Documentary / Public Housing / Architecture Synopsis: The story of America’s grandest and ill-fated public housing project is told by the tenants who […]

Now Where Were We? Right. Let’s go back to LAST NIGHT (1998)

Don McKellar’s LAST NIGHT (1998) is the first review after a long pause in activities at KQEK.com

July 25, 2023 | By Mark R. Hasan

Gothic Steele: An Angel for Satan (1966)

Review of AN ANGEL FOR SATAN / UN ANGELO PER SATANA (1966), Barbara Steele’s last Italian Gothic, on Blu-ray from Severin Films

January 28, 2022 | By Mark R. Hasan

Spanish Giallo I: When a Cannibal is not a Cannibal, but When a Scream is Indeed a Scream

Severin Films showcases the work of Eloy de la Iglesia via two fine Spanish gialli entries: NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM (1973) + CANNIBAL MAN (1972)

October 10, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

Latest Podcasts / Interviews

ArtScopeTO 10: Interview with Abstract Painter Donna Wise

For my occasional podcast series ArtScope TO, Abstract Painter Donna Wise discusses her unique techniques, and working during the 2020-2021 pandemic.

July 11, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

Podcast: Jason Pichonsky on Restoring Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + PHOBIA (1980)

Alongside a podcast with CanCon film historian Jason Pichonsky are revised reviews of Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + John Huston’s PHOBIA (1980), both from KINO Lorber / Unobstructed View.

April 25, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan

Podcast: ANNE WITH AN E composers Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner

Podcast interview with ANNE WITH AN E’s composing team Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner.

January 30, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan

New Film Reviews

DVD: Last Night (1998)

Assorted characters collide and interact in the lead-up to Earth’s demise at precisely midnight.

July 25, 2023 | By Mark R. Hasan

BR: Angel for Satan, An / Un angelo per Satana (1966)

Had Barbara Steele remained in Europe – especially Italy – during the early 1970s, she may well have appeared in giallo thrillers…

January 28, 2022 | By Mark R. Hasan

BR: Cannibal Man / La semana del asesino / Apartment on the 13th Floor, The (1972)

Cannibal Man has a palpable crime-drama feel – the events unfold after daily title cards – and one can sense Hitchcockian sensibilities…

October 10, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

BR: No One Heard the Scream / Nadie oyó gritar (1973)

After the grisly thriller Cannibal Man (1972), Spanish auteur Eloy de la Iglesia opted for a far less graphic thriller which is part giallo…

October 10, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

DVD: Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, The (2014)

Produced and released around the same time as Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), the approach by director Hilla Medalia is a more authorized chronicle…

September 1, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

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ArtScopeTO 07: Interview with Photographer Andre Vittorio

ArtScopeTO 03: Hanna Kostanski’s 20th Century Toronto: Intersections & Interactions

DVD: Pruitt-Igoe Myth, The (2011)

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