Blu-ray Review – ‘The Draughtsman’s Contract’
Peter Greenaway’s 1982 film, The Draughtsman’s Contract, is now available on Blu-ray via Kino Lorber.
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Thoughts on ‘Taking Tiger Mountain’
It’s been two days since I watched Kent Jones and Tom Huckabee’s 1983 experimental film, Taking Tiger Mountain, starring the late, great Bill Paxton in the lead role. It is a film that has weighed on my mind for a number of reasons.
Blu-ray Review – Mr. Majestyk
Richard Fleischer’s 1974 film, Mr. Majestyk, has finally arrived on Blu-ray, courtesy of Kino Lorber. I have the fondest memories of watching this film with my grandfather. He recorded it on an old VHS tape, and we’d watch it from time to time. Starring Charles Bronson in the titular role, the film concerns a war […]
Flicker Alley Releases 3-D Rarities Volume II on Blu-ray
The good folks over at Flicker Alley have released the second volume of their 3-D Rarities series on Blu-ray. Shorts include A Day in the Country, The Black Swan, Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo, Games in Depth, a rare prologue for Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror, and a trailer for The 3-D Movie. The feature length film, […]
Blu-ray Review: WE
Artsploitation will release Rene Eller’s controversial drama, We, on Blu-ray in three weeks. We focuses on a group of eight bored teenagers in a Belgium-Dutch town who suddenly decide to make a little extra cash by starting a brothel, as well as filming amateur porn films. They have a great time in their own little […]
PRIDE MONTH: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Shout Factory has recently released four titles in recognition of Pride Month, the first one being Beeban Kedron’s cult classic, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. To Wong Foo was released on the heels of the success of Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1995. Drag queens had become somewhat popular in the mainstream, due […]
Blu-ray Review: The Last House on the Left (1972)
One of the most controversial sub-genres in the world of grindhouse and exploitation films is known as the “rape and revenge” genre. The films in this category prominently feature young women in situations of sexual abuse and peril at the hands of villainous men or women, only to have the victim seek revenge in an […]
Review: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Walerian Borowczyk’s 1981 film, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, was long considered a lost film in many circles. It was never released in the US, and was only given a brief run in the UK. It was never released on VHS or DVD. And now, Arrow Video has released the film […]
Retrospective: Possession
Anna: [to Zimmermann, about the creature] He’s very tired. He made love to me all night. Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession is a film that’s impossible to prepare for. It is a film that refuses to let go once it has you in its tentacles – and after it’s over, you’ll definitely come back for more. Possession […]
Revisiting Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.” – Hebrews 4:15 “The dual substance of Christ—the yearning, so human, so superhuman, of man to attain to God or, more exactly, to return […]
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