David Strohmaier talks Cinerama + Tales from Dental Hell
Podcast interview with Cinerama Restoration Director David Strohmaier, details of upcoming posts + a modest tale from Dental Hell.
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A Fever Pitch with Rita, Sue, and Bob, Too
Reviews of Twilight Time’s Blu-ray editions of Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch (1997) and Alan Clarke’s Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) + KQEK.com’s podcasts come to iTunes!
BR: Fever Pitch (1997)
Most North Americans are likely familiar with the 2005 American remake of Fever Pitch which substituted baseball for soccer, but the original British version of Nick Hornby’s autobiographical novel (adapted by the author) is a unique animal that doesn’t really make a huge effort to smoothen or tone down the sports fanaticism of Paul nor the whys of his improbably union with fellow teacher Sarah…
BR: Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)
If Rita, Sue and Bob Too is a compact sampling of Alan Clarke’s talent, Britain surely lost a major filmmaker when he passed away in 1990 at the age of 54. With his roots in episodic and later kitchen sink TV at the BBC, Clarke is perhaps best known for grim dramas like Scum (1979) and Made in Britain (1982)…
‘Deh-monz’ – Demons (1985) + Demons 2 (1986) come to Blu
Reviews of Synapse’s pretty Demons (1985) and Demons 2 (1986) Blu-rays, plus quick thoughts on the label’s two-tiered release strategy.
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