Review of Turned Towards the Sun, Greg Oliver’s 2012 documentary of WWII commando Micky Burn (Secret Weapon Films / MVD Visual) + from the KQEK.com archives the 2003 BBC mini-series Cambridge Spies (Warner Home Video).
Here’s a quartet of films starring Christopher Lee: Gordon Hessler’s Scream and Scream Again (Twilight Time), Jess Franco’s Count Dracula (Severin), and two rare experimental films by Pere Portabello – Cuadecucu, vampir (1971) + Umbracle (1970).
Two stellar classics from 1973 based on the novels by Darryl Ponicsan: Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail (Twilight Time) + Mark Rydell’s Cinderella Liberty (Fox).
Reviews of Massimo Dallamano’s schoolgirls-in-peril trilogy: 1972’s What Have You Done to Solange? (new on Blu via Arrow Video / MVD Visual), 1974’s What Have They Done to Our Daughters? + 1978’s Virgin Killer.
Review of Nathan Silver’s Stinking Heaven (2015), recently screened via MDFF at the Royal Cinema, plus some thoughts on the filmmakers’ use of a vintage ENG tube camera.
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