Tag Archives: Arrow Academy

Movies Till Dawn: Vintage

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Paul Gaita

“Touch of Evil” (1958, Kino Lorber) Get past the idea of Charlton Heston as a Mexican cop and you’ll find an extraordinary American movie – ostensibly a crime thriller, but really director/star Orson Welles last go-round with his electric trains … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Past in Present

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Giants and Toys” (1958, Arrow Video) Desperate candy manufacturing exec Hiroshi Kawagachi hitches his company’s tumbling fortunes on spokesmodel Hitomi Nozoe, an enthusiastic young girl with dreadful teeth who becomes a national sensation that quickly eclipses his control. Sharp-witted and … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Crime and Punishment, USA

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“Positive I.D.” (1987, Kino Lorber) Emotionally pulverized and withdrawn from her family after a sexual assault, Stephanie Rascoe finds a mix of release and revenge in a loophole law that allows her to assume a different identity and pursue her … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Opening on a More Positive Note

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Paul Gaita

“White Riot” (2019, Film Movement) Briskly paced and decidedly on-time documentary about the Rock Against Racism movement in the UK during the mid-1970s, with its focus divided evenly between the marquee names at various benefit concerts (the Clash, Steel Pulse, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Sleigh Bells Ring for the Saturday Morning Strange

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“The Lake Michigan Monster” (2018, Arrow Films) A hapless sea captain (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, who also wrote and directed the film) and his equally inept crew take to the waters of Lake Michigan to destroy the creature that killed … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Somewhere Else

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“Bacurau” (2019, Kino Lorber) Faced with extinction on two fronts – starvation, addiction and neglect by the government, and “Most Dangerous Game”-style slaughter by wealthy Western tourists (led by Udo Kier) – the residents of a remote Brazilian village turn … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: The Maltese Shut-In (Thrillers for Housebound Crime-Stoppers)

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“The Lineup” (1958, Mill Creek Entertainmentt) Pitiless mob hitmen Eli Wallach and Robert Keith and their dipsomaniac driver (Richard Jaeckel) prowl San Francisco in search of tourists who have unwittingly smuggled heroin from Hong Kong, with cops Warner Anderson and … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Quarantine Queens

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“The Bad and the Beautiful” (1952, Warner Archives Collection) When producer Kirk Douglas calls on star Lana Turner, Pulitzer-winning screenwriter Dick Powell and director Barry Sullivan to join his comeback picture, each recalls to studio chief Walter Pidgeon how his … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Sunday Morning Screenings

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Paul Gaita

“A Little Romance” (1979, Warner Film Archives) Smart American pre-teen Diane Lane falls for savvy French street kid and movie buff Thelonious Bernard in Paris, and plan to enshrine their love with a kiss under the Bridge of Sighs in … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Under the Radar (Rarely Seen, Forgotten or Hard to Find)

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Paul Gaita

“Under the Silver Lake” (2018, Lionsgate) Grimy, idle Angeleno Andrew Garfield looks into the disappearance of his come-hither neighbor (Riley Keough) and falls headlong into a web of underground death cults, pet serial killers, and a slew of cryptic signs … Continue reading →

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