Film

Whenever the name of director John Ford is discussed or even mentioned, it immediately conjures up images in one’s mind of expansive, majestic vistas of Utah’s Monument Valley with legendary actor John “Duke” Wayne striking iconic poses thereon. Ford had ...

Here we discuss his fascinatingly quirky new film, his incarceration and its impact on his life, and what his relationship with Quentin Tarantino looks like in 2019.

Although commonly referred to as a ‘nasty nun’ or nunsploitation film (which has become the more accepted nomenclature for this longstanding subgenre of Italian film), Giulio Berruti’s Suor Omicidi (Killer Nun,1978) or The Killer Nun, as it’s referred to on ...

Come Drink with Me is often regarded as the film that kick started the martial arts genre. While it wasn’t the first film of its kind, it was the film that made an impact, and besides helping a relatively new ...

Ida Lupino was the second woman inducted into the DGA. It’s the reason I felt like I should review this box set and should is the accurate word, unfortunately. No other female directors were working in Hollywood when she was, ...

The folly of youth and the ashes of love…it all sounds quite lovely, right? Romeo and Juliet, the “27 Club,” drugs, self-destruction, etc, etc. Another synonym for all of this? Bullshit, horsepuckey, lies, lies, lies, and more lies. Don’t listen ...

Born in the Dutch town of Utrecht in September of 1952, Sylvia Kristel grew up the daughter of hoteliers. Living in a hotel provided her with, if not exactly a conventional childhood, certainly an interesting one, as the rotating cast ...

Dark Circus (2016) Berlin-based filmmaker Julia Ostertag’s urban fantasy, Dark Circus (2016) has been described as both ‘a sensual journey into the depths of the unconscious’ and  ‘Kenneth Anger takes Alice to Fetish Wonderland’. Finally, after three years touring film ...

Disc Details Kino Lorber. Region A.  Feature: 87 mins. Aspect ratio 1.66:1.  The Movie There’s more to the legend than meets the throat! (Original poster tagline.) Zoltan – Hound of Dracula (1977) begins with the uncovering of a tomb by ...

Fifty years ago last month, the pilot episode of Rod Serling’s new venture into the weird and outré debuted as an NBC World Premiere Movie to a host of expectant home viewers. Night Gallery was in the same mold as ...