The second of Jess Franco’s two films for not really astute writer-production manager Erich Tomek, Linda is a classic Jess Franco mish-mash where story and coherent editing are not required, making this both a fun and frustrating experience…
A film clearly put into production to cash in on the success of David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Khartoum’s central subject is another forgotten British hero – General Charles ‘Chinese” Gordon – whose claim to fame was problem-solving strife and divisions in Asia, Africa, and later the Middle East…
Regarded by some as the greatest spaghetti western few have ever seen (genre connoisseurs excepted), Grindhouse Releasing’s 4-disc set is another landmark release featuring the original, rarely seen longer Italian cut, the shorter Columbia edit for the U.S. market augmented with 3 previously cut scenes, and a multitude of extras…
One of the more infamous cases of a studio taking over the post-production of a film and releasing the end product without the director’s approval, Major Dundee still bears the legendary brand of the Epic That Never Was…
Sergio Sollima’s sequel to his bonafide spaghetti western classic The Big Gundown (1967) is a very different animal, following thief / knife maestro Cuchillo (Tomas Milian) several months after he and Corbett (Lee Van Cleef) split directions, heading off to their respective home and native lands…
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