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The Films of Frankie-Boy, Part I

The Films of Frankie-Boy, Part I

April 4, 2012 | By

Slight editorial blather to set up the first set of reviews focusing on the films of Frank Sinatra, crooner, and pretty good actor who eventually settled into a familiar groove and sometimes got lazy in the execution of a film or two. From Olive Films on Blu-ray comes the Rod Serling-scripted heist thriller Assault on a Queen, and the film version of Neil Simon’s first play, Come Blow Your Horn; and from Twilight Time we have Pal Joey, with pal Frankie sandwiched between palsies Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak. No spicy hot sauce required at all!

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Genre Variations, & System Adjustments

Genre Variations, & System Adjustments

April 4, 2012 | By | Add a Comment

Sites are back online, and so is a quartet of reviews for recent genre entries, starting with a virus thriller: Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion (Warner Home Video); a zombie film: Brothers Howard and Jon Ford’s The Dead (Anchor Bay); a retro slasher: Alex Pucci and Draven Gonzalez’ Frat House Massacre (Synapse Films); and a J-horror: Yôichi Nishiyama’s Gurozuka (Synapse Films).

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Festivals-a-Go-Go

Festivals-a-Go-Go

March 31, 2012 | By

Tally of current & ongoing series & festivals, plus some handy-dandy links for those who missed the screening of Carl Michael von Hausswold and Thomas Nordanstad’s short film Hashima, Japan 2002, about the abandoned isle & mining mini-town that’s been decaying under the raw elements for the past 30 years. Also of note: link to Rue Morgue’s interview with Mark Miller, who championed the restoration of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed.

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Critical Thoughts: Gerald Peary on American Film Criticism

Critical Thoughts: Gerald Peary on American Film Criticism

March 29, 2012 | By

Review of Gerald Peary’s 2009 documentary For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009), which screened this past Sunday March 25th at Toronto’s Bloor Cinema. Also included: bonus audio clips from Peary’s pre-screening intro + post-screening audience Q&A (in lo-fi mono!)

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Jean Renoir in America, Part 1

Jean Renoir in America, Part 1

March 25, 2012 | By

In Part 1 of this diptych series covering Jean Renoir’s work in America (1941-1947), we have reviews of Swamp Water (1941) from Twilight, plus a film review of Fox’s 1952 colour remake, Lure of the Wilderness, and reviews of This Land is Mine (1943) and The Southerner (1945) from VCI. Also, a few slivers of home video news.

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