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Jan Kadar does CanCon – Lies My Father Told Me (1975)
Review of Ergo Media’s new DVD of Lies My Father Told Me(1975), Jan Kadar’s film version of Ted Allan’s semi-autobiographical tale of 1920s Jewish Montreal.
Just Don’t Go There…
Just uploaded: reviews of Synapse Films’ snappy new Blu-ray of Frank Henenlotter’s classic Frankenhooker, and a similar themed Frankenstein riff, Ralph Nelson’s Embryo (1976).
Horror Tales + Desert Noir
Cluster upload of 3 horror films on Blu-ray from late 2011: Apollo 18 (Anchor Bay U.S.), Bereavement (Anchor Bay Canada), and Final Destination 5 (Warner Home Video), plus two unique desert noir films: one’s only available widescreen on laserdisc – Carl Colpaert’s superb Delusion from 1991 – and the other’s a hard to pin down hybrid of noir, comic book crime, and a live-action Itchy & Scratchy cartoon – Jonathan Vara’s South of Heaven (Synapse).
Suburban Tales III
Blu-ray reviews of three takes on suburban paranoia: Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block (Sony), Tom Holland’s Fright Night (Twilight Time), and J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 (Paramount), plus some Editorius Blathorious regarding review updates + upcoming film projects (mine, not yours).
Richard Roxburgh’s Rake
Season 1 review of Richard Roxburgh’s Rake (2010), one of the best shows to emerge from Australia, if not the most deliciously dark-witted in recent years.
Mutiny on the Bounty (4.0 )
Lengthy review of Warner Home Video’s new Blu-ray of Mutiny on the Bounty, the 1962 Ultra Panavision 70 version that’s aged quite well in spite of piquant Brandoisms and some fudging of historic facts.
On Being Pleased
Flower power, or is the simple enjoyment of something white, purple, and green enough to cut through holiday and day-to-day bullshit (if just for a precious while)? Seasonal editorial blather, with actual profanity!
Soundtrack News & Reviews
News of the special features to appear on Twilight Time’s upcoming Picnic and The Roots of Heaven Blu-rays, plus CD reviews of Bear McCreary’s The Cape and Alfred Newman’s A Certain Smile La-La Land), and Ludovic Bource’s The Artist and the compilation album for The Descendants (Sony Classical).
‘All Hail to the God of Carnage’
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…)
Soundtrack News & Reviews
Reviews of Henry Jackman’s Puss in Boots (Sony Classical), and from La-La Land Records Elmer Bernstein’s Trading PLaces, and Jerry Goldsmith’s Forever Young and Sleeping with the Enemy, plus the latest limited and non-limited releases from Varese Sarabande and Intrada.
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