Category: EDITOR’S BLOG

Packaged Goods – Artful Animation

Packaged Goods – Artful Animation

February 11, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

A taste of the latest entry in the TIFF Bell Lightbox’s fun media series Packaged Goods: Artful Animation, which screens Wed. Feb. 20th, and features a post-screening discussion with Gerald Ding, Creative Director of Psyop.

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Podcast with Mama’s composer Fernando Velazquez, and Nostalgic Shockers

Podcast with Mama’s composer Fernando Velazquez, and Nostalgic Shockers

February 8, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Just uploaded is a podcast with Fernando Velazquez, the lauded Spanish composer of the current box office hit Mama. Also new: Editor’s Blog on nostalgic horror, plus reviews of Joe Dante’s underrated and very badly treated The Hole (Alliance / EOne), and the underrated Devil (Universal), the latter featuring a terrifying score by Velazquez.

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At Long Last Love to debut via Twilight Time + spring & early summer releases

At Long Last Love to debut via Twilight Time + spring & early summer releases

February 1, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Bogdanovich’s At Long Last Love, Walter Hill’s Hard Times + The Driver, and George Stevens’ The Only Game in Town and more coming this spring & summer from Twilight Time.

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The Rains Came to Ranchipur

The Rains Came to Ranchipur

February 1, 2013 | By

Just up is a review of Twilight Time’s sparking Blu-ray of Jean Negulesco’s The Rains of Ranchipur (1955), the second film version of Louis Bromfield’s 1937 novel. Also added: a review of the 1939 original The Rains Came, plus some genuine editorial blather.

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The Car in Motion: Racing Films, Part II – Le Mans (1971)

The Car in Motion: Racing Films, Part II – Le Mans (1971)

January 28, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

In Part 2 of this highly sporadic series, I’ve uploaded a review of Steve McQueen’s Le Mans (1971), remastered in 2011 for Blu-ray by Paramount. Also: the Le Mans soundtrack review added to KQEK.com Mobile.

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