For those who scoff at collecting home media, having a library in these “self-isolation” times is a great joy. And this month there are so many crackpot goodies being released. From two loony Elizabeth Taylor vehicles- Reflections In A Golden…
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I’ve been shocked lately when I ask friends what they’ve been watching in their social-distancing caves. Quite a few cheerily admit, “Contagion,” or, worse yet, “Outbreak.” To me that’s like being in a house on fire and instead of rushing…
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Getting stir-crazy in your apartments from self-isolation? The NY Times theater critic suggested reading aloud plays at home if you are a theater buff. But if you are a movie lover like me, why not re-enact your favorite scenes from…
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The irony is not lost on me. I’ve been under “house arrest” with a fractured ankle for over 5 months, and the minute I can get out the door the whole city shuts down and I have to scurry back…
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Paramount Pictures’ planned a 25th anniversary big-screen return of the 1995 film Braveheart, but with theaters closing across the country it’s doubtful that is going to happen. Maybe that is the bright spot in all this crisis- at least you don’t…
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Any month that offers Blu-rays of such indescribable strangeness as Leave Her To Heaven and The Passion Of Darkly Noon is a reason to rejoice. There is also James Whale’s wonderful version of Show Boat, offbeat Universal Horror films from…
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Opening at IFC Center on March 6th is a fabulously bizarre feminist horror fable by Carlo Mirabella-Davis with a remarkable and heartbreaking performance by Haley Bennett. Haley plays Hunter, the trophy wife of successful businessman Richie (Austin Stowell). They live…
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Out on Blu-ray (but unfortunately a PAL disc which you will need an all-region Blu-ray player for) is Station Six-Sahara, a 1963 scorcher of a film starring Baby Doll herself- Carroll Baker. She plays Catherine Star and she and her…
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Opening Friday, Feb. 28th at IFC Center is an eccentric neo-noir set in Niagara Falls about a woman in her 30s- Abby (Tuppence Middleton) who warily returns home when her mother dies to settle accounts with her straight-laced, married sister…
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It is with a heavy heart I report the passing of 83-year-old Brazilian underground filmmaker and horror legend- Jose Mojica Marins, aka “Coffin Joe.” Usually dressed in a top hat and black cape with outrageously long fingernails, he made a series…
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