Nikkatsu Naughties, Part 9: Going the Extra Mile
In Part 9 of this ongoing series two rare feature-length Nikkatsu Naughties are uncovered: She Cat / Meneko (1983) + Office Love: Behind Closed Doors / Ofisu rabu: Mahiru no kinryôku (1985).
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Vinyl Docs, Part 1 + a Smattering of Nostalgia
Reviews of three docs on records – the extreme collector in Alan Zweig’s Vinyl (2000), the history of the 7″ record and 12″ LP in the respective BBC docs The Joy of the Single and When Albums Ruled the World.
John Murphy’s Anonymous Rejected Filmscore
Podcast with composer John Murphy regarding his latest album, Anonymous Rejected Filmscore (Taped Noise).
Dogs on the Inside + The Great Clark Terry
Reviews of two affecting docs – Dogs on the Inside (starts this Friday at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema) + Clark Terry, mentor supreme in Keep on Keepin’ On (Anchor Bay), plus some quick thoughts on getting into jazz.
Schlesinger, Raimi, and Kinski go Boo!
Reviews of three 1980s shockers of varying quality: John Schlesinger’s deliciously trashy occult thriller The Believers (Twilight Time), Sam Raimi draws blood in Josh Becker’s Thou Shalt Not Kill… Except (Synapse Films), and Klaus Kinski reprises Nosferatu in Vampire in Venice (One 7 Movies).
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