Review of Peyton Place (1957), Twilight Time’s Blu-ray of the blockbuster film based on Grace Metalious’ mega-selling novel, and the inspiration for David Lynch & Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks (1990-1991, and 2017).
Reviews of two tales involving war vets taking babysitting gigs with very different threat levels: Alice Winocour’s Disorder / aka Maryland (2015) from IFC + Elie Chouraqui’s underrated filming of A.J. Quinnell’s Man on Fire (1987) from KL Studio Classics / Unobstructed View.
Reviews of two distinct genre outings starring Diane Keaton: the romcom Baby Boom (1987) on Blu via Twilight Time + John Le Carré’s The Little Drummer Girl (1984) from Warner Archives.
The 3rd annual National Canadian Film Day, and more thoughts on where I’d hoped things would be in terms of accessible CanCon.
Review of Italy’s first feature film, the surreal silent classic Dante’s Inferno / L’Inferno (1911) + a podcast interview with the film’s composer, Goblin’s Maurizio Guarini, plus related podcast links.
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