Category: FILM REVIEWS
Hiss (and Boo)!
Reviews of Hisss (2010), Jennifer Chambers Lynch’s disastrous Bollywood supernatural shocker, and an expanded review of Penny Vozniak’s making-of documentary Despite the Gods (2012), which screened in April at HotDocs. Also included: excerpts from the audience Q&A with director Vozniak.
Fascist Visions
A salute to fascism on screen – via The Hunger Games (Alliance / Lionsgate) and Anchor Bay’s Battle Royale: The Complete Collection – plus new images of North Korea’s Ruygyong Hotel, aka The Hotel of Doom, aka the Ugliest Building in the World!
William Faulkner on film, Sam Sniderman passes away
Film reviews of The Sound and the Fury (Twilight Time) on Blu and The Long, Hot Summer (Fox) on DVD, each based on material by impenetrable writer William Faulkner, plus news of Sam Sniderman’s passing – bigwig of Sam the Recordman
Hatfields & McCoys
Blu-ray review of the History Channel’s epic mini-series Hatfields & McCoys (Sony) plus an interview with its Emmy-Nominated co-composer, Tony Morales, and soundtrack album review (Silva Screen).
Too Much Double-D
Blu-ray review of John Gulager’s flat Piranha 3DD (Alliance), a film that utterly fails to recapture the guilty pleasure magic of Alexandre Aja’s 2010 film.
They’re Twins… of EVIL!
Blu-ray review of Synapse’s swanky Twins of Evil (1971), the latest in the label’s HD Hammer horror series.
John Steinbeck on Blu
Blu-ray review of Twilight Time’s The Wayward Bus, a rare 1957 film based on the steamy, sweaty, sultry, sexaliscious novel by John Steinbeck.
Packaged Goods: The Art of the Edit
Editor’s Blog & review of the latest installment of the TIFF Bell Lightbox’s Packaged Goods, “The Art of the Edit,” which screened this past Wednesday, and featured a Q&A with award-winning editor Chris Franklin.
Nikkatsu Naughties: Part 2 + Tony Scott R.I.P.
Reviews of another kocking pair of naughty Nikkatsu erotica from Impulse Pictures / Synapse – Debauchery and Eros School: Feels So Good – plus quick thoughts on director Tony Scott’s suicide this past weekend.
Glenn Ford – the Great and the Bad
Just uploaded: reviews of two Glenn Ford vehicles, made during the actor’s prime: Fritz Lang’s great noir The Big Heat, out out Blu courtesy of Twilight Time, and the banal Affair in Trinidad (Sony), which proves front & centre that Hollywood’s been making movies without scripts for decades.
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