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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

Gothic Steele: An Angel for Satan (1966)

Gothic Steele: An Angel for Satan (1966)

Review of AN ANGEL FOR SATAN / UN ANGELO PER SATANA (1966), Barbara Steele’s last Italian Gothic, on Blu-ray from Severin Films

January 28, 2022 | By Mark R. Hasan
Spanish Giallo I: When a Cannibal is not a Cannibal, but When a Scream is Indeed a Scream

Spanish Giallo I: When a Cannibal is not a Cannibal, but When a Scream is Indeed a Scream

Severin Films showcases the work of Eloy de la Iglesia via two fine Spanish gialli entries: NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM (1973) + CANNIBAL MAN (1972)

October 10, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
Going Overboard, Twice

Going Overboard, Twice

Review of the romantic meanie, OVERBOARD (1987), new on Blu from Severin Films, plus some thoughts on the 2018 remake.

September 24, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
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Latest Podcasts / Interviews

ArtScopeTO 10: Interview with Abstract Painter Donna Wise

ArtScopeTO 10: Interview with Abstract Painter Donna Wise

For my occasional podcast series ArtScope TO, Abstract Painter Donna Wise discusses her unique techniques, and working during the 2020-2021 pandemic.

July 11, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
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

New Film Reviews

Angel for Satan, An / Un angelo per Satana (1966)

Angel for Satan, An / Un angelo per Satana (1966)

Had Barbara Steele remained in Europe – especially Italy – during the early 1970s, she may well have appeared in giallo thrillers…

January 28, 2022 | By Mark R. Hasan
BR: Cannibal Man / La semana del asesino / Apartment on the 13th Floor, The (1972)

BR: Cannibal Man / La semana del asesino / Apartment on the 13th Floor, The (1972)

Cannibal Man has a palpable crime-drama feel – the events unfold after daily title cards – and one can sense Hitchcockian sensibilities…

October 10, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
BR: No One Heard the Scream / Nadie oyó gritar (1973)

BR: No One Heard the Scream / Nadie oyó gritar (1973)

After the grisly thriller Cannibal Man (1972), Spanish auteur Eloy de la Iglesia opted for a far less graphic thriller which is part giallo…

October 10, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
DVD: Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, The (2014)

DVD: Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, The (2014)

Produced and released around the same time as Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), the approach by director Hilla Medalia is a more authorized chronicle…

September 1, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
BR: Deep Blood / Sangue negli abissi (1990)

BR: Deep Blood / Sangue negli abissi (1990)

The lineage linking three specific Jaws rip-offs from Italy goes beyond merely riffing Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film about a beach community threatened by a great white shark…

July 5, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan
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