It is incredible to think that Orson Welles’ Macbeth (1948) was only the fourth Hollywood sound production to adapt Shakespeare — made after Welles failed to get Alexander Korda to fund a production of Othello — and that the film is ...
Read More »Recovering Art in Trash: Slasher//Video and Olive Unleash Four Trashterpieces on Blu-ray
If one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, Slasher//Video either have the best collection of trash or treasure depending on who you ask. Since 2012, Jesús Terán has made a career out of delving into the depths of cinema’s most ...
Read More »The Brotherhood Might Not Forgive, but Critics Should: A Case for Revaluing STONE COLD (1991)
What was that again? Certainly I can’t be serious, right? Yes, without any hint of irony I feel confident in expressing a strong admiration for the Craig R. Baxley’s Brian Bosworth-action-vehicle Stone Cold (1991). Sure, its not by conventional terms a ...
Read More »Reconsidering Blaxploitation through Olive Films
1971’s Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song is widely regarded as having initiated the Blaxploitation genre; although an argument can be made that Shaft, also released in 1971 and in production before the release of Sweet Sweetback, equally contributed. They proved ...
Read More »Satan’s Blade (US Blu-ray review)
1981 is undeniably the year the slasher broke. Broke’s connotation, here, being ambiguous because, while the year saw an onslaught of terrific slashers (including The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, Halloween 2, My Bloody Valentine, The Prowler—the list could ...
Read More »Psych-Out (US Blu-Ray Review)
A.I.P cult entry, the hippy-flavored Psych-Out has recently seen restoration to Blu-Ray via Olive Films. The question is, is it groovy enough to stop us from tuning out? Take a trip with Diabolique to find out… The Film The year, 1968; ...
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