Jeff Healey’s Toronto Hideaways
Review of Healey’s Hideaway (2014), Eve Kinizo’s documentary on blues and guitar prodigy Jeff Healey and his influential jazz club, new on DVD from MVD Visual.
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Neo-Noir: Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) + Hickey & Boggs (1972)
Reviews of two ground-breaking neo-noirs on Blu: Carl Franklin’s adaptation of Walter Moseley’s Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) from Twilight Time + Robert Culp’s Hickey & Boggs (1972) from KINO Lorber.
George Orwell’s 1984
Comparative review / essay on the 5 attempts to dramatize George Orwell’s dystopian sci-fi classic 1984: the 1953 radio play, 1953 Studio One teleplay, 1954 BBC teleplay, 1956 film version, and the 1984 film version recently released on Blu by Twilight Time. Hey, it’s only 8,000 words…
Noel Mellor’s Adventures in VHS + Xtro (1982)
Review of Noel Mellor’s excellent book Adventures in VHS (2016), a related DVD review of Harry Bromley Davenport’s loopy Xtro (1982) + some extended Editorial Blather.
Richard Brooks’ The Happy Ending (1969) + $ (1971)
Reviews of two classic Richard Brooks films – the housewife crack-up drama The Happy Ending (1969) on Blu from Twilight Time + the heist comedy $ (1971) from Sony.
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