Editor’s Blog on CinemaScope and reviews of The Robe (Fox) and Demetrius and the Gladiators (Twilight Time), plus Bella Darvi in Hell and High Water (Fox), and soundtrack reviews of Alfred Newman’s The Robe (La-La Land) and Franz Waxman’s Demetrius and the Gladiators (FSM).
Blade is a 1973 detective thriller / serial killer thriller that may be the worst shot film of the seventies, whereas ring of Death / Un detective (1969) is a forgotten, seriously underrated gem that’s the best thing in Code Red’s double-feature DVD. Also added to the review mix is a review of Fred Bongusto’s Un detective soundtrack, which frankly grooves, plus news bits including vintage 3D coming to Blu-ray, and Clive Barker’s Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut comes to Rue Morgue’s Cinemacabre this month at the TIFF Bell Lightbox!
To tie in Canada Day (July 1), U.S. Independence (July 4), and the headache of why CanCon continues to get short-shrift from local companies, here’s a lengthy Editor’s Blog, using Leon Marr’s excellent & unavailable Dancing in the Dark (1986), which screened back in January at the TIFF Bell Lightbox with its director and star Martha Henry in attendance.
In Part 6, we have not only an Editor’s Blog, but reviews of Schoolgirl Report #8: “What Parents Must Never Know” / “Was Eltern nie erfahren dürfen” (Impulse / Synapse), Naughty Teen / Cara dolce nipote (One 7 Movies / CAV), and Pound of Flesh (Odyssey).
Review of Doug Freel’s memorable documentary on prioneering industrial metal / rock band Ministry Fix (Gigantic / CAV), plus home video news on Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, fall Twilight Time Blu’s, and Kino brings more Mario Bava to Blu-ray.
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