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.
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / C . Film: Weak/ BR Transfer: Excellent/ BR Extras: n/a Label: Olive Films/ Region: A / Released: March 27, 2012 Genre: Comedy / Stage Play / Neil Simon Synopsis: A swining bachelor starts to question his wayward behaviour after his younger, impressionable brother moves into his vast, babe-larded […]
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / P to R . Film: Excellent/ BR Transfer: Excellent/ BR Extras: Good Label: Twilight Time / Region: All / Released: February, 2012 Genre: Musical / Comedy / Stage Synopsis: A heel eventually discovers true love and must choose between an aspiring singer and a wealthy ex-burlesque dancer. Special Features: […]
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / B . Film: Very Good / DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Standard Label: Warner Home Video/ Region: All / Released: May 31, 2011 Genre: Drama / Satire Synopsis: A visiting professor pursues a 14 year old girl for his own dirty pleasures. Special Features: Theatrical Trailer . . Review: […]
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)
Review of the romantic meanie, OVERBOARD (1987), new on Blu from Severin Films, plus some thoughts on the 2018 remake.
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.
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…
BR: Deep Blood / Sangue negli abissi (1990)
The lineage linking three specific Jaws rip-offs from Italy goes beyond merely riffing Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film about a beach community threatened by a great white shark…
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