In Part 2 of my profile of home video label Twilight Time, I interview TT’s resident film historian Julie Kirgo, and discuss the virtues of special features content on DVDs and Blu-rays (and their sudden paucity of late). Also reviewed: TT’s sparkling Blu-rays of Picnic (1955) and John Huston’s awesome, awesome The Roots of Heaven (1958), AND a tally of upcoming Twilight Time releases thru June.
Early tally of current film festivals at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (Robert Bresson, Nicholas Ray, wacky Soviet era sci-fi), the imminent Human Rights Watch Film Festival, AND Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale at The Projection Booth to help launch Anchor Bay’s Battle Royale megaset, plus the world premiere of Richard Powell and Zach Green’s short film Familiar.
In Part 4 of our Surburban Tales series, we look at Durham County: Season 3 (Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada / Muse International) , and see how bad it gets for poor Mike Sweeney. Oh, and strange man digs basement for 7 years using toy excavation machines. WHY?
Classic films & Cageian extremes continue at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, ballet tiptoes to the NFB Mediatheque, authentic Japanese kabuki is broadcast in HD at Cineplex’s Front Row Centre Events, the Bloor Cinema is set to reopen in March, and Abel Gance’s Napoleon returns to the big screen in a 4-day engagement because Francis Coppola saw the widsom.
Just uploaded, an interview with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island composer Andrew Lockington, plus reviews of Journey 2 (Water Tower), John Williams’ Adventures of Tintin (Sony Classical), Alberto Iglesias’ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Silva Screen), and Jerry Goldsmith’s Tora! Tora! Tora! and Shirley Walker’s Space: Above and Beyond (both from La-La Land) plus Soundtrack Release news!
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