Scent of Mystery aka Holiday in Spain makes its premiere debut on home video, and alongside a review of the new Blu-ray, there a review of the Kritzerland soundtrack CD + interviews with Cinerama preservationist Dave Strohmaier and Redwind Productions producer Brian Jamieson.
Lalo Schifrin is showcased in this amalgam of reviews featuring Twilight Time’s new Blu-ray of Che! (1969), the soundtrack CD (Aleph Records) + the composer in an episode of Jazz Casual (Rhino) and the 2001 concert doc Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin (Image / Kultur).
Two examples of Cinema Bizarre: Ted Post’s The Baby (1974), new on Blu from Severin + Robert Martin Carroll’s Sonny Boy (1989)
Editor’s Blog and review links of Julie Marchese’s 2014 doc on the New Beverly Cinema, Out of Print (available via Vimeo) + Christopher Kenneally 2012 doc Side by Side (New Video Group) on the rapid switch to digital, and the sudden loathing of 35mm film.
First of a multi-part retrospective on producer Jack H. Harris starting with the original 1958 production of The Blob + its 1972 sequel, the 1988 remake (new on Blu from Twilight Time), Mario Bava’s fun Blob riff, Caltiki (1959) + respective soundtrack reviews.
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