LATEST EDITOR'S BLOG
Wim & Pim’s DAKOTA (1974)
Review of the final film in Cult Epics’ Scorpio Films series, Wim verstappen’s DAKOTA (1974), starring Kees Brusse and Monique van de Ven.
Dante Tomaselli’s HOLY TERROR (2025)
Witer-director-producer-composer Dante Tomaselli talks candidly about crafting his latest album, HOLY TERROR, which features shorter, more precise compositions rooted in the sights, sounds, and digital influences of his youth.
Tales of Giant Bugs on VHS, a Podcast Interview, and Tape Swapping
In addition to a review of the 3D short film ROACH (2022) on VHS, I’ve an interview with its maker, SCHNUDLBUG, and links to an essay I wrote for the latest issue of BRANDON LIM’s zine, FILM FVCKERS, titled “THE GREAT TAPE SWAP”
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
LATEST PODCASTS & INTERVIEWS
Dante Tomaselli’s HOLY TERROR (2025)
Witer-director-producer-composer Dante Tomaselli talks candidly about crafting his latest album, HOLY TERROR, which features shorter, more precise compositions rooted in the sights, sounds, and digital influences of his youth.
Tales of Giant Bugs on VHS, a Podcast Interview, and Tape Swapping
In addition to a review of the 3D short film ROACH (2022) on VHS, I’ve an interview with its maker, SCHNUDLBUG, and links to an essay I wrote for the latest issue of BRANDON LIM’s zine, FILM FVCKERS, titled “THE GREAT TAPE SWAP”
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.
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.
LATEST REVIEWS
BR: Dakota (1974)
After a lengthy and prolific partnership with fellow filmmaker Pim de la Parra, Wim Verstappen’s last formal collaboration for their Scorpio Film shingle was this drama that ran into some extensive problems during production…
VHS: Roach (2022)
The core story involves a pilot who runs into an available, functional spacecraft, and boots up into the planet’s now-toxic atmosphere, relying on the craft’s occasionally bristling AI navigation system to find a strata safe from dense clouds, and a roving giant bug determined to make a meal of the tiny craft and its pilot.
DVD: Last Night (1998)
Assorted characters collide and interact in the lead-up to Earth’s demise at precisely midnight.
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…
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