Soundtrack Reviews
Soundtrack reviews of Lorne Balfe’s Blackwood (Lakeshore Records), the late James Horner’s Southpaw (Sony Classics), and Penka Kouneva’s The Woman Astronaut (Varese Sarabande).
Blog Archives
Retelling the saga of The Bounty (1984) + Take Me to Pitcairn (2013)
Reviews of the ever-enigmatic saga of The Bounty (1984), new on Blu from Twilight Time + Julian McDonnell’s witty documentary Take Me To Pitcairn (2013).
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014) + Chisholm ’72 (2004)
Reviews of She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014), Mary Dore’s detailed chronicle of the women’s movement playing at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema + Shola Lynch’s Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed (2003) on DVD from Fox.
Spine (1986) and the Realm of SOV Films
Reflections on the gear of SOV (shot on video) films + a review of Spine (1986), released in a special edition by Massacre Video.
Le giallo francaise: The Bride Wore Black (1968) + Le Boucher (1970)
Reviews of what could be termed two entries in the French giallo genre: Francois Truffaut’s The Bride Wore Black (1968), new on Blu from Twilight Time, and Claude Chabrol’s Le Boucher (1970) on DVD from Pathfinder Home Entertainment.
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