Since 2005, Ubeda, Spain, has hosted a yearly film music festival where attendees enjoy suites and themes of classic and contemporary film music performed by a live orchestra in a large yet intimate cathedral. On July 22, 2006, the late Basil Poledouris attended and conducted a stirring suite of main themes from his score for John Milius’ Conan the Barbarian…
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / D . Rating: Excellent Label: Varese Sarabande/ Released: October 11, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 15 tracks / (56:18) . Special Notes: (none) . Composer: John Debney . . Review: In spite of the production problems that reportedly plagued Dream House (2011) –studio Morgan Creek (er, producer James G. Robinson) […]
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / C . Rating: Very Good Label: Lakeshore Records / Released: March 12, 2013 Tracks & Album Length: 22 tracks / (61:09) . Special Notes: Available digitally and on CD.. . Composer: John Debney . . Review: Following the unique audio design inherent to Brad Anderson’s films, John Debney delves into […]
A review of Twilight Time’s swanky Blu-ray of Derek Flint’s first film adventure, Our Man Flint (1966), is up, with In Like Flint (1967) to follow this weekend.
Blu-ray review of the History Channel’s epic mini-series Hatfields & McCoys (Sony) plus an interview with its Emmy-Nominated co-composer, Tony Morales, and soundtrack album review (Silva Screen).
Now Where Were We? Right. Let’s go back to LAST NIGHT (1998)
Don McKellar’s LAST NIGHT (1998) is the first review after a long pause in activities at KQEK.com
Gothic Steele: An Angel for Satan (1966)
Review of AN ANGEL FOR SATAN / UN ANGELO PER SATANA (1966), Barbara Steele’s last Italian Gothic, on Blu-ray from Severin Films
Spanish Giallo I: When a Cannibal is not a Cannibal, but When a Scream is Indeed a Scream
Severin Films showcases the work of Eloy de la Iglesia via two fine Spanish gialli entries: NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM (1973) + CANNIBAL MAN (1972)
ArtScopeTO 10: Interview with Abstract Painter Donna Wise
For my occasional podcast series ArtScope TO, Abstract Painter Donna Wise discusses her unique techniques, and working during the 2020-2021 pandemic.
Podcast: Jason Pichonsky on Restoring Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + PHOBIA (1980)
Alongside a podcast with CanCon film historian Jason Pichonsky are revised reviews of Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + John Huston’s PHOBIA (1980), both from KINO Lorber / Unobstructed View.
Podcast: ANNE WITH AN E composers Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner
Podcast interview with ANNE WITH AN E’s composing team Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner.
Assorted characters collide and interact in the lead-up to Earth’s demise at precisely midnight.
BR: Angel for Satan, An / Un angelo per Satana (1966)
Had Barbara Steele remained in Europe – especially Italy – during the early 1970s, she may well have appeared in giallo thrillers…
BR: Cannibal Man / La semana del asesino / Apartment on the 13th Floor, The (1972)
Cannibal Man has a palpable crime-drama feel – the events unfold after daily title cards – and one can sense Hitchcockian sensibilities…
BR: No One Heard the Scream / Nadie oyó gritar (1973)
After the grisly thriller Cannibal Man (1972), Spanish auteur Eloy de la Iglesia opted for a far less graphic thriller which is part giallo…
DVD: Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films, The (2014)
Produced and released around the same time as Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014), the approach by director Hilla Medalia is a more authorized chronicle…
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