Black Glove Ballads: The Art of the Italian Giallo Soundtrack 2.0
Quick links to some reviews of Mario Bava giallo films in the KQEK.com archives, plus a link to my Top 5 Giallo Films at BlogTO!
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Space Flights, Acts of Self-Sacrifice, and Strange Sonics
Fresh reviews of space exploration media in the form of Steven Price’s score for Gravity (Water Tower Music) and Sebastian Cordero’s ambitious found footage sci-fi documentary, Europa Report (Magnolia), plus links to actual space sounds!
Soundtrack Reviews
Just uploaded is a quartet of soundtrack reviews: Sarah Class’ score for the 2013 BBC series Africa (Silva Screen), Joseph Bishara’s eerie soundscape for The Conjuring (La-La Land Records), Hanan Townhsend’s hypnotic music for Terence Malick’s To the Wonder and Nathan Fursts’ score for Waiting for Lightning (both from Lakeshore Records).
John Carpenter’s Christine on Blu-ray
Review of John Carpenter’s Christine (1983), released on Blu by Twilight Time, plus recollections of The Thing, which recently screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
Jessie Matthews ‘Climbs High’
Reviews of two films starring Jessie Matthews, a huge star in Britain during the 1930s: Climbing High (1938), a British take on the American screwball comedy directed by Carol Reed (!) released on DVD by VCI, and the forgotten gem Firday the Thirteenth (1933), available from Archive.org.
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