It’s here! A glorious 6-disc box set of Lucio Fulci’s unforgettable 1981 supernatural chiller- The Beyond– from Grindhouse Releasing and it even comes with an eyeball (which, after recently going through cataract surgery seemed like fitting irony). Lucio Fulci, who…
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“Grief is rotting your teeth,” the dentist says to Karsh (Vincent Cassel). It’s more than rotting the teeth of the tech mogul- it’s become his industry since the loss of his beloved wife Becca (Diane Kruger). Through his corporation GraveTech,…
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An April shower of loony Blu-ray releases this month that leaves me salivating. Two more sleazy greats from Russ Meyer; two deranged Category III Asian shockers; rare Italian “giallo” thrillers; The Best Movie Oscar from Sean Baker; a moving new…
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Pink Narcissus, the 1971 gay cult classic by James Bidgood follows the surreal, bejeweled dreams of pouty-lipped teen beauty (Bobby Kendall) as he imagines himself a matador, a harem boy and a leather-jacked cyclist. There was great mystery for many…
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When you’ve lived in an apartment for over 40 years you do accumulate a lot of crap. Not wanting to slip into “hoarder disorder,” I periodically throw out as much junk as I can. It often can be exhilarating to…
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Talk about “coming in like a lion.” This month is a treasure trove of offbeat Blu-ray releases. From a rarely seen supernatural thriller starring Shirley MacLaine, to a great Alan Rudolph movie, to the first film in 10 years from…
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The invaluable Rendez-Vous With French Cinema returns at Lincoln Center from March 6-16 with scores of terrific films. A highlight for me is When Fall is Coming, the latest from director Francois Ozon, which screens Friday March 7 at 3:30…
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There is still an exquisite thrill to turn on a TV re-run and see the line drawing of the side view of director Alfred Hitchcock’s face while “Funeral March of a Marionette” begins and Hitchcock appears, filling out his silhouette,…
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Trust me, I’d rather get any of these Blu-rays, released this month, than a box of diabetes-inducing candy. There’s 4k UHD restorations of the psychedelic Performance; the notorious Cruising; Gus Van Sant’s wonderful Drugstore Cowboy and the Ed Gein-based true…
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Talk about a hook- now out on Blu-ray from Altered Innocence is a thought-to-be-lost 1973 erotic classic about France’s first gay porn superstar- Karl Forest. And directed by Rudolf Nureyev’s lover Wallace Potts (Nureyev even choreographed Forest’s cabaret numbers in…
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