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Cancon I: A Ticket to the Heavenly Mother Lode

Cancon I: A Ticket to the Heavenly Mother Lode

April 12, 2011 | By

In the first of an ongoing series on Cancon (Canadian content) films made during the tax shelter years, we start with Charlton Heston’s underrated directorial venture Mother Lode (Warner Home Video), which isn’t a Canadian film per se, but is loaded with Cancon talent and was filmed in B.C. Because the film co-starred Nick Mancuso, I’ve added a review of a true Cancon film, the equally underrated drama Ticket to Heaven (Echo Bridge), but check out the Editor’s Blog prior to the reviews…

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Dog Tales II: Lassie Goes to War!

Dog Tales II: Lassie Goes to War!

April 9, 2011 | By

The second installment of pooch tales focuses again on Lassie in wartime America, and includes a review of Courage of Lassie (Warner Home Video) and a related period propaganda film, War Dogs (Internet Archive)…

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Hot & Bothered: The Chase, by Arthur Penn and Sam Spiegel

Hot & Bothered: The Chase, by Arthur Penn and Sam Spiegel

April 9, 2011 | By

Editor’s Blog on the recent screening of producer Sam Spiegel’s The Chase (1966), as part of their retrospective on director Arthur Penn, plus a review of the film and John Barry’s score…

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The Corman Touch

The Corman Touch

April 5, 2011 | By

Reviews of Roger Corman’s Sharktopus (Anchor Bay), and Philippe Robert’s surprisingly fun no-budget shocker Resonnances (Synapse Films)…

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The Curious Case of Veit Harlan

The Curious Case of Veit Harlan

April 4, 2011 | By

The specter of writer / director Veit Harlan’s anti-Semitic film Jud Suss (1940) still lingers over the Harlan family, and I’ve uploaded a review the infamous film (still banned in Germany and parts of Europe) and Felix Moeller’s superb documentary from 2008, Harlan: In the Shadow of Jud Suss (Zeitgeist Films)…

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