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Jean Simmons Bids ‘So Long’ at the Fair

Jean Simmons Bids ‘So Long’ at the Fair

May 13, 2016 | By

Jean Simmons’ beloved brother disappears during a stay in Paris in Antony Darnborough’s odd little thriller So Long at the Fair (1950).

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Tom Roston’s I Lost It at the Video Store

Tom Roston’s I Lost It at the Video Store

May 12, 2016 | By

Book review and podcast interview with author Tom Roston on “I Lost It at the Video Store: A Filmmaker’s Oral History of a Vanished Era” (The Critical Press).

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Kings and Desperate Men (1981) + Scanners Q&A Visual Podcast + Book Signing

Kings and Desperate Men (1981) + Scanners Q&A Visual Podcast + Book Signing

May 2, 2016 | By

In this follow-up National Canadian Film Day post, I’ve added links to a visual version of the Scanners Q&A / Editor’s Blog podcast, HD extracts of the pulsing images, a film review of Alexis Kanner’s Kings and Desperate Men (1981), and book signing news.

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Giuseppe Andrews and the wonder that is Garbanzo Gas

Giuseppe Andrews and the wonder that is Garbanzo Gas

April 30, 2016 | By

Review of Giuseppe Makes a Movie, Adam Rifkin’s hysterical documentary on indie auteur Giuseppe Andrews during the making of his 20+ feature film, Garbanzo Gas (Cinelicious Pics).

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Film Noir Double-Header: Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) + The Big Heat (1953)

Film Noir Double-Header: Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) + The Big Heat (1953)

April 26, 2016 | By

Reviews of two potent film noir classics: Otto Preminger’s Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) + Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat (1953) from Twilight Time.

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