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Adventures in VHS (2016) / Noel Mellor

Cult Cinema: An Arrow Video Companion (2016) / Anthony Nield (Editor)

Bernard Herrmann’s The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (2005) / David Cooper

Danny Elfman’s Batman (2004) / Janet K. Halfyard

Dear Guelda: The Death and Life of Pioneering Canadian Filmmaker Julian Roffma (2017) / Peter Roffman

Ennio Morricone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2004) / Charles Leinberger

Fiddler’s Tale, A / (2003) / Louis Kaufman

Film Musings: A Selected Anthology from Fanfare Magazine (2007) / Royal S. Brown

I Lost It at the Video Store: A Filmmaker’s Oral History of a Vanished Era (2015) / Tom Roston

Louis and Bebe Barron’s Forbidden Planet (2005) / James Wierzbicki

Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones (2002)

 

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What's New / Editor's Blog

The Death of a Bully: Blockbuster Canada

The Death of a Bully: Blockbuster Canada

Review of Taylor Morden’s THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER (2020) from Passion River on Blu + seeing the behemoth wither, self-flagellate, and die from the Canadian side.

March 22, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
Rebel Without Much of a Plot: Laserblast (1978)

Rebel Without Much of a Plot: Laserblast (1978)

Review of LASERBLAST (1978), Charles Band’s eccentric sci-fi production, starring Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, and a powerful alien pineapple!

February 26, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
Alain Jessua’s Shock Treatment (1973)

Alain Jessua’s Shock Treatment (1973)

Review of Severin’s lovely Blu-ray of Alain Jessua’s SHOCK TREATMENT / TRAITEMENT DE CHOC (1973), starring Alain Delon and Annie Girardot.

February 17, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
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Latest Podcasts / Interviews

Podcast: Jason Pichonsky on Restoring Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + PHOBIA (1980)

Podcast: Jason Pichonsky on Restoring Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + PHOBIA (1980)

Alongside a podcast with CanCon film historian Jason Pichonsky are revised reviews of Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + John Huston’s PHOBIA (1980), both from KINO Lorber / Unobstructed View.

April 25, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
Podcast: ANNE WITH AN E composers Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner

Podcast: ANNE WITH AN E composers Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner

Podcast interview with ANNE WITH AN E’s composing team Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner.

January 30, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan
Podcast: Austin Wintory’s REMNANTS + ERICA (2019)

Podcast: Austin Wintory’s REMNANTS + ERICA (2019)

In a new podcast, composer Austin Wintory discusses scoring the interactive PS4 video game ERICA + the eclectic music on the compilation album REMNANTS.

October 11, 2019 | By Mark R. Hasan
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New Film Reviews

BR: Last Blockbuster, The (2020)

BR: Last Blockbuster, The (2020)

There’s a tall tale in how a video rental chain that peaked in 2004 with over 9,000 locations and 84,000 staffers globally now exists as one store in Bend, Oregon, run by a family and loyal staffers…

March 22, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
DVD: Laserblast (1978)

DVD: Laserblast (1978)

The production of Laserblast in 1978 seems to be the net result of good timing which enabled a slight idea to quickly blossom into a full-fledged movie, but with a tight budget and a semi-coherent script…

February 26, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
BR: Shock Treatment / Traitement de choc (1973)

BR: Shock Treatment / Traitement de choc (1973)

It’s a little challenging to define Alain Jessua’s odd little thriller, which is neither a full horror film nor blatant satire of chi-chi health clinics…

February 17, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
DVD: Day Time Ended, The (1979)

DVD: Day Time Ended, The (1979)

Although a fair share of the images within the original movie poster do appear within The Day Time Ended, this clumsily designed sci-fi is…

January 16, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
BR: Death Laid an Egg / La morte ha fatto l’uovo / Plucked (1968)

BR: Death Laid an Egg / La morte ha fatto l’uovo / Plucked (1968)

Giulio Questi’s Death Laid an Egg will probably rank as the strangest giallo ever produced, if not a leading example of Cinema Bizarre…

December 30, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan

New Soundtrack Reviews

LP: John and Mary (1969)

LP: John and Mary (1969)

Written during his busiest period (1968-1970), Quincy Jones’ score for John and Mary was quite sparse, leaving obligatory space for the film’s myriad dialogue exchanges and source music, but the score is memorable for being atypical of the material Jones was writing at the time: action comedies (The Italian Job, The Hell with Heroes), comedies (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,Cactus Flower), and the funky style of They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!

March 8, 2017 | By Mark R. Hasan
CD: Runaway Train (1985)

CD: Runaway Train (1985)

For some soundtrack fans, it was a bit of surprise to learn the composer of pioneering synth scores had begun his career with large orchestral scores for John Boorman’s Excalibur (1981) and Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal (1982)…

December 5, 2016 | By Mark R. Hasan
LP: Bourne Identity, The (2002)

LP: Bourne Identity, The (2002)

The first film in the enduring franchise gave John Powell the perfect opportunity to write what remains both his definitive action sound, and the definitive action score of that decade, blending large orchestral sounds with layers upon layers of electronics…

October 13, 2016 | By Mark R. Hasan
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