Category: EDITOR’S BLOG

Wynne Wins, and Two Shades of Jimmy Stewart

Wynne Wins, and Two Shades of Jimmy Stewart

June 14, 2014 | By

Blu-ray reviews of two starkly different Jimmy Stewart films from Twilight Time – Two Rode Together (1962) and Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) – and thoughts on Kathleen Wynne’s majority victory over Mr. Permasmile and Ms. Bland.

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Sailor and Lula on the Big Screen

Sailor and Lula on the Big Screen

June 11, 2014 | By

Reviews of two idiosyncratic films featuring characters from Barry Gifford’s Sailor and Lula series – David Lynch’s nightmarish Wild at Heart (Twilight Time) + Alex de la Iglesia’s graphic Perdita Durango / aka Dance with the Devil (Unapix).

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Video Tales II: Video Nasties – The Definitive Edition

Video Tales II: Video Nasties – The Definitive Edition

June 6, 2014 | By

Part 2 of Video Tales includes a review of Jake West’s excellent 2010 doc Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship and Videotape (Severin / Nucleus) + scans of another 1980s video store catalogue!

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Podcast with Composer Darius Holbert + Trashy Hobo Tales from the Street

Podcast with Composer Darius Holbert + Trashy Hobo Tales from the Street

May 30, 2014 | By

Podcast Interview with composer Darius Holbert (Hobo with a Shotgun, Quick Draw, Oh the Places You’ll Go!) + links to excerpted animation patterns in HD + Blu-ray reviews of Hobo with a Shotgun (EOne) and Street Trash (Synapse Films).

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Winifred Phillips’ Guide to Game Composing

Winifred Phillips’ Guide to Game Composing

May 22, 2014 | By

Book review of Winifred Phillips’ A Composer’s Guide to Game Music (MIT Press) + related reviews integrated from the old website.

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