Tag: Michael Brook

Soundtrack Reviews + Updates

April 22, 2015 | By Mark R. Hasan

Reviews of Jon Ekstrand’s Child 44 (2015) score and Michael Brook’s music for the IMAX 3D film Jerusalem (2013) from Lakeshore Records + details on the completion of my short video store doc, BSV 1172.

CD: Jerusalem (2013)

April 21, 2015 | By Mark R. Hasan

Michael Brook is no stranger to the large film format IMAX, having previously scored Fires of Kuwait (1992) and India: Kingdom of the Tiger (2002), and his latest work features a gentle, highly introspective score on the city of Jerusalem (2013)…

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

July 25, 2023 | By Mark R. Hasan

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

January 28, 2022 | By Mark R. Hasan

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)

October 10, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

Latest Podcasts / Interviews

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.

July 11, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

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.

April 25, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan

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.

January 30, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan

New Film Reviews

DVD: Last Night (1998)

Assorted characters collide and interact in the lead-up to Earth’s demise at precisely midnight.

July 25, 2023 | By Mark R. Hasan

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…

January 28, 2022 | By Mark R. Hasan

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…

October 10, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

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…

October 10, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

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…

September 1, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

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