Noel Mellor’s Adventures in VHS + Xtro (1982)
Review of Noel Mellor’s excellent book Adventures in VHS (2016), a related DVD review of Harry Bromley Davenport’s loopy Xtro (1982) + some extended Editorial Blather.
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Richard Brooks’ The Happy Ending (1969) + $ (1971)
Reviews of two classic Richard Brooks films – the housewife crack-up drama The Happy Ending (1969) on Blu from Twilight Time + the heist comedy $ (1971) from Sony.
Westerns as Contemporary War Parables: Chato’s Land (1972) + Soldier Blue (1970)
Reviews of two parables in which their makers starkly criticized the Vietnam War: Michael Winner’s Chato’s Land (1972) on Blu from Twilight Time, and Ralph Nelson’s Soldier Blue (1970) from Lionsgate.
Rock Docs Supreme: Janis (1974), Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015), and Louder Than Love (2012)
Reviews of three very solid rock docs: Tony D’Annunzio’s Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story (2012) + Amy Berg’s Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) from MVD Visual, plus Howard Alk’s Janis (1974) on (in)glorious VHS.
Matthew Porterfield’s Putty Hill (2010) + Take What You Can Carry (2015)
Reviews of Matthew Porterfield’s 2015 short Take What You Can Carry + feature film Putty Hill (2010), recently screened at Toronto’s Royal Cinema, plus some quick thoughts on video-to-film releases.
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