Tag: Roman Polanski

A Passionate What? – Two Naughties from the Seventies

A Passionate What? – Two Naughties from the Seventies

August 9, 2016 | By

Move update + reviews of two early seventies oddities: Roman Polanski’s sex comedy What? / Che? (Severin) and Gianluigi Calderone’s Appassionata (Twilight Time) on Blu.

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BR: What? / Che? (1974)

BR: What? / Che? (1974)

August 9, 2016 | By

Italian producer Carlo Ponti (Doctor Zhivago) bankrolled the appropriately titled What? / Che? a sex comedy crafted by Roman Polanski and longtime co-writer Gerald Brach…

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Rita Hayworth: Part I

Rita Hayworth: Part I

July 23, 2012 | By

Reviews of Twilight Time’s new Cover Girl Blu-ray + Sony’s old, olde Gilda DVD, which is in dire need of a HD overhaul, Criterion-style.

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‘All Hail to the God of Carnage’

‘All Hail to the God of Carnage’

December 15, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Film review of Roman Polanski’s Carnage, which finds the veteran director back in form directing a tale of disintegrating civility. The film’s release is also being preceded by the screening of related vintage films from Polanski’s Polish, British, and American canon at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this month (although sadly, fans will still have to wait for a celebration of Pirates. Yeah…)

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Film: Carnage (2011)

Film: Carnage (2011)

December 15, 2011 | By

Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / C . Film: Excellent/ DVD Transfer:  n/a / DVD Extras: n/a Label: n/a/ Region: n/a / Released: n/a Genre: Black Comedy / Drama / Play Synopsis: Civility disintegrates as two sets of parents attempt to reconcile a violent encounter between their respective sons. Special Features: n/a . . Review: […]

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