After tackling a quartet of big budget, large cast productions in a row – the epic Exodus (1960), the lengthy Advise & Consent (1962), the regal The Cardinal (1963), and the star-studded WWII saga In Harm’s Way (1965) – producer-director and industry brand name Otto Preminger made a move typical of drained, exhausted filmmakers…
Review of Ann Marie Fleming’s animated film Window Horses + Bonus Audio from the audience Q&A at TIFF 2016.
Based on Ann Marie Fleming’s own graphic novel, this animated film adaptation could have veered into melodrama and been just a tad manipulative, but with a focus on character and meticulous structure, this unique tale of a Chinese-Iranian girl visiting her father’s homeland in Iran for a poetry festival is a deeply affecting work…
Review of Arrow Video’s superb set of Blood Bath (1966) + a sharp critique of the ongoing debacle with Bell Canada with no end in sight.
Esteemed film historian Tim Lucas – author of the mega-Mario Bava biography All the Colors of the Dark – became fascinated with this odd blip in film history when he noticed another film seemed to share similar shots, cast members, and locations. Lucas would eventually track down whatever info he could before penning a three-part examination of Blood Bath’s history in his Video Watchdog series…
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