Category: EDITOR’S BLOG
And Justice for All: The Films of Norman Jewison, Part I
Editor’s Blog on the latest Norman Jewison retrospective at the TIF Bell Lightbox, with a review of his Oscar-winning hit In the Heat of the Night (1967), and multimedia links…
Getting Socially Updated & Upgraded
Editor’s Blog on the integration of social media at KQEK.com and its blogs (namely Facebook & Twitter), and what goes into publishing a blog simultaneously on Word Press and Blogger pages (because you all wanted to know dearly)…
Stanley Kubrick: Part II
In Part 2 of this Stanley Kubrick series, the focus is on Barry Lyndon (newly released by Warner Home Video on Blu-ray) and Jon Ronson’s Channel 4 documentary Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes (2008). I’ve got reviews of both, some helpful links, and an Editor’s Blog that someone at the TIFF Bell Lightbox shoud read…
Stanley Kubrick, Part I
Tied to a review of Warner Home Video’s shiny new Blu-ray of Lolita, I’ve added reviews of Stanley Kubrick’s first 3 films – all documentaries of sorts: Day of the Fight and Flying Padre (both released in 1951 by RKO), and The Seafarers, his first colour film, released in a special edition DVD by Indian Relay Films…
The Films of Stephen Boyd, Part I
Part 1 of this spanking new series examines the work of Stephen Boyd, one of Hollywood’s forgotten stars of the late fifties and early sixties. First up is a review of his pre-Ben-Hur co-starring role in Woman Obsessed (Twilight Time), plus a review of the new BBC documentary Stephen Boyd: The Man Who Never Was…
Dog Tales III: Lassie’s Last Legs at MGM (1948-1951)
Part 3 of Dog Tales spans the last 4 Lassie films in MGM’s franchise. In addition to an Editor’s Blog, there’s a DVD review of Hills of Home (Warner Home Video), followed by film reviews of The Sun Comes Up + Challenge to Lassie (both 1949), and The Painted Hills (1951)…
The Greek Experience, Dario Argento alerts, and Mondomark & KQEK.com join Twitter
DVD reviews of Elia Kazan’s America America (Warner Home Video) and William Kyriakis + Radley Metzger’s Dark Obsession (Image), Mondomark & KQEK.com join Twitter, plus news & ruminations about Dario Argento films at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and Toronto Underground Cinema, Rue Morgue news, and why you shouldn’t mail insects…
August is Human Tomato Season
First helmetcan view of EdgeWalk, the CN Tower’s new amusement in which you’re just ‘blowin’ in the wind’…
Let’s go to Italy: Mimsy Farmer, Part I
Editor’s Blog on a new series devoted to English-language thespians who found better creative fortunes (and fresh pasta) in Italy during the sixties and early seventies, starting with American actress Mimsy Farmer, who appeared in Francesco Barilli’s dreamy giallo Perfume of the Lady in Black / Il profumo della signora in nero (1974) (Raro Video USA), and Armando Crispino’s sleazy Autopsy / Macchie solari (Blue Underground)…
Abandoned Matinees VI: The Regal Cinema, Camberley, U.K.
Yes, it’s back. Another depressing & disheartening blog on a dying, abandoned cinema somewhere on planet Earth… with fascinating images by various photographers and urban explorers…
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