There have been great documentaries about the fashion world. From The First Monday In May, Dior And I, The September Issue, McQueen, Valentino: The Last Emperor to my favorite Unzipped. But I love it, when, in a fiction film,…
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Lately I’ve been on a mission. And I don’t think anything is impossible when you never say die. I’ve been trying to get death row inmates final DVDs to watch. I hear about “victim’s rights” all the time. But what…
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I just finished a fascinating book on one of my favorite character actors- A Hollywood Tragedy- Laird Cregar by Gregory William Mank (McFarland). It’s one of those books that I knew was in the works and I wondered how…
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An impressive batch or demented favorites, classics and cult oddities on Blu-ray this month. From Busby Berkeley-choreographed insanity like Footlight Parade to Billy The Kid Vs. Dracula– what more could one ask for? Footlight Parade (Warner Archive) One…
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They post photos of missing kids on milk cartons. But what do they do about movies that you can never find? Movies that haven’t shown up on video, DVD or streaming (unless you count bootlegged blurry copies with Rumanian…
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Brilliant, brutal but beautiful Australian revenge tale by director Jennifer Kent (The Babadook). Set in 1825 on the island of Tasmania, it’s about the Clare (Aisling Franciosi), an Irish convict who has finished a seven-year sentence for theft but…
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