Tag: Elia Kazan

DVD: Panic in the Streets (1950)

DVD: Panic in the Streets (1950)

October 8, 2015 | By

After handling the social dramas Gentleman’s Agreement and Pinky, director Elia Kazan returned to the docu-style of Boomerang, this time relishing the tension of a city manhunt for a handful of possibly infected plague carriers. Kazan’s use of genuine locations is superb, capturing the grime of poverty-row housing, ethnic ghettos, and the gleaming city buildings and streets which house nervous state officials looking for a quick fix for a messy problem…

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The Greek Experience, Dario Argento alerts, and Mondomark & KQEK.com join Twitter

The Greek Experience, Dario Argento alerts, and Mondomark & KQEK.com join Twitter

July 6, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

DVD reviews of Elia Kazan’s America America (Warner Home Video) and William Kyriakis + Radley Metzger’s Dark Obsession (Image), Mondomark & KQEK.com join Twitter, plus news & ruminations about Dario Argento films at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and Toronto Underground Cinema, Rue Morgue news, and why you shouldn’t mail insects…

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DVD: America America (1963)

DVD: America America (1963)

July 5, 2011 | By

Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / A . Film: Excellent/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Very Good Label: Warner Home Video/ Region: 1 (NTSC) / Released: February 8, 2011 Genre: Drama Synopsis: A native Greek living in turn-of-the-century Turkey struggles to immigrate to the United States. Special Features: Audio commentary by Historian Foster Hirsch […]

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