Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / B . Film: Very Good/ DVD Transfer: Very Good / DVD Extras: Excellent Label/Studio: Cult Epics / Catalogue: DVD-027 / Region: 1 (NTSC) / Released: November 16, 2004 Synopsis: On the eve of her arranged marriage, a bride experiences strange erotic dreams of a rapacious hairy beast, and […]
Film: Excellent DVD Transfer: Very Good DVD Extras: Good Label/Studio: Cult Epics Region: 0 (NTSC) Released: February 28, 2006 Synopsis: A crimminal rises in rank and sets his eyes on the wife and kingdom of an isolated monarchy that barely survives in a post-catastophic landscape. Special Features: 1968 Short: “Les Astronautes” (12:04) / French Theatrical […]
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / J to L . Film: Very Good / DVD Transfer: Very Good/ DVD Extras: Very Good Label/Studio: Cult Epics / Catalogue: DVD-029 / Region: 0 (NTSC) / Released: April 26, 2005 Synopsis: A man becomes obsessed with a prostitute, and loses his authority when their erotic games explore […]
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / I . Film: Good / DVD Transfer: Very Good/ DVD Extras: Standard Label/Studio: Severin / Catalogue: n.a / Region: 0 (NTSC) / Released: January 30, 2007 Synopsis: Three-part anthology of wronged women who exact or benefit from some fitting revenge. Special Features: Walerian Borowczyk Text Bio / Theatrical […]
Film: Very Good/ DVD Transfer: Very Good/ DVD Extras: Very Good Label/Studio: Cult Epics / Catalogue: DVD-085 / Region: 0 (NTSC) / Released: June 27, 2010 Synopsis: Abbess Flavia is having quite a time keeping her wayward nuns in line, pitting the ways of the Lord against immodest personal touching. Special Features: A”Working with Borowczyk: An […]
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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