Much has been said about legendary comedienne Mae West, but it can never be enough. Now with Kino Lorber’s exciting release of Blu-rays of 9 of her films, we can revel in the sardonic wit, sexual innuendos and hilarious banter…
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Way before the denigrating cinematic term “chick flick” there was the “woman’s picture.” It was a catch-all for gloriously soapy melodramas where females were the main focus of the movie. It was similarly a put-down, but since then film historians…
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About a million years ago, while I was living in Denver, I rescued a Siamese cat from the streets who I named “Belle de Jour.” One day I remember the cat was glaring at me from across the room and…
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Lately I’ve been uncovering all these loony theme songs to horror and sci-fi movies from the 50s and 60s on Youtube. Some were actually attached to the films; others were novelty records to promote the movie. But they all are…
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Another batch of loony, celluloid treats on Blu-ray this month, including the phenomenal film noir Nightmare Alley; the deranged spaghetti western Django; a few slasher films from the 80s- Eyes of a Stranger and He Knows You’re Alone; a bizarre…
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Don’t you weary of films and TV procedurals where women are walking down a darkened street only to be abducted by a psycho killer? You know that it’s going to go either two ways, and even a rescue is not…
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I reviewed the Blu-ray release of the staggering box set from Severin– The Dungeon of Andy Milligan, but it wasn’t until the other day that I actually held it in my hot little hands. I have to admit I was…
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Someone recently asked what gives me pleasure these days. I guess it’s a valid question during a time when there seems to be light ahead but everything still feels stuck in place. I have to say what fills me with…
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Devereux Milburn’s macabre, sublimely unsettling film is about a young couple on a camping trip- Sam, an aspiring actor (Sawyer Spielberg) and Rylie (Malin Barr), investigating, for her thesis, a blight on wheat that caused mutations and the death of…
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A batch of loony delights on Blu-ray this month, from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s hallucinogenic Santa Sangre; the outrageous Alex de la Iglesia film The Day of The Beast; even the deliriously enjoyable girl-gang movie Switchblade Sisters. Also, a rare Klaus Kinski–…
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