Category: FILM REVIEWS

Hot & Bothered: The Chase, by Arthur Penn and Sam Spiegel

April 9, 2011 | By admin | Add a Comment

Editor’s Blog on the recent screening of producer Sam Spiegel’s The Chase (1966), as part of their retrospective on director Arthur Penn, plus a review of the film and John Barry’s score…

The Corman Touch

April 5, 2011 | By admin | Add a Comment

Reviews of Roger Corman’s Sharktopus (Anchor Bay), and Philippe Robert’s surprisingly fun no-budget shocker Resonnances (Synapse Films)…

The Curious Case of Veit Harlan

April 4, 2011 | By admin | Add a Comment

The specter of writer / director Veit Harlan’s anti-Semitic film Jud Suss (1940) still lingers over the Harlan family, and I’ve uploaded a review the infamous film (still banned in Germany and parts of Europe) and Felix Moeller’s superb documentary from 2008, Harlan: In the Shadow of Jud Suss (Zeitgeist Films)…

Dog Tales I: Lassie (1943-1945)

March 29, 2011 | By admin | Add a Comment

Editorial blather + links to reviews in a new pooches-on-film series, starting with the first two entries in MGM’s Lassie series – Lassie Come Home and Son of Lassie – newly wrapped up in a 2-disc set from Warner Home Video…

Gangsters: Part II

March 19, 2011 | By admin | Add a Comment

In the second part of this series, I’ve reviewed another great trio of gangster flicks: The Public Enemy and The Roaring Twenties (Warner Home Video), and the South African ‘grindhouse classic’ Death of a Snowman (Synapse Films)…

TV Noir (sort of): Part I

March 15, 2011 | By admin | Add a Comment

The first part of TV Noir begins with a review of Too Good to be True, a 1988 TV movie remake of Leave Her to Heaven, but before you read the review, do read my editorial blather on the TBL’s recent 35mm print screening of the original Technicolor film…