DVD reviews of two notable films starring Charlton Heston from Warner Home Video: A Man for All Seasons (featuring the filmed play), and Treasure Island (marking Fraser Heston’s directorial debut), plus a link to my recent essay on the music of the original 1925 Phantom of the Opera at Rue Morgue’s Staff Blog.
Film reviews of Susan Ray’s documentary Don’t Expect Too Much (2011), which recently screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, and David Helpern’s rarely seen Nicholas Ray doc I’m a Stranger Here Myself (1975), plus more epic Editorial Blather.
Review of Twilight Time’s gorgeous Stagecoach (1966) DVD, plus some editorial blather on remakes, and Kritzerland’s new 2-disc Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) CD set, plus multimedia links.
In Part II, a film review of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Wages of Fear, The / Le salaire de la peur (1953), plus info on upcoming Nicholas Ray films at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, with rare audience introductions by the director’s widow, Susan Ray.
With a retrospective of French filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot underway at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, I’ve added a blog regarding Sunday’s screening of The Mystery of Picasso (1956), and info on upcoming titles currently unavailable on home video.
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