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Movies Till Dawn: Past in Present
“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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Tagged Arrow Academy, Arrow Video, Film Movement Classics, Kino Lorber, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Crime and Punishment, USA
“Positive I.D.” (1987, Kino Lorber) Emotionally pulverized and withdrawn from her family after a sexual assault, Stephanie Rascoe finds a mix of release and revenge in a loophole law that allows her to assume a different identity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
Movies Till Dawn: Opening on a More Positive Note
“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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Tagged Arrow Academy, Film Movement, Paramount Home Video, Warner Film Archives
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Movies Till Dawn: Sleigh Bells Ring for the Saturday Morning Strange
“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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Tagged Arrow Academy, Arrow Video, Kino Lorber, MVD Visuals, The Film Detective, Unearthed Classics, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: Somewhere Else
“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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Tagged Arrow Academy, Arrow Video, Film Movement, IndiePix, Kino Lorber, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: The Maltese Shut-In (Thrillers for Housebound Crime-Stoppers)
“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
Movies Till Dawn: Quarantine Queens
“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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Tagged Arrow Academy, Film Movement Classics, GKids, shout factory, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Sunday Morning Screenings
“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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Tagged Arrow Academy, Film Movement Classics, Second Run DVD, Warner Film Archives
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Movies Till Dawn: Under the Radar (Rarely Seen, Forgotten or Hard to Find)
“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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Tagged Arrow Academy, Cohen Media Group, Kino Lorber, Lionsgate Home Entertainment
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Movies Till Dawn: Arthouse Confidential Part II
“Gas Food Lodging” (1992, Arrow Academy) Unvarnished snapshot of life in a dead-end town, as seen through the tired eyes of a single mother (Brooke Adams) and her daughters (Fairuza Balk and Ione Skye). Getting through the day-to-day on their … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Academy, Arrow Films, GKids, Second Run, shout factory, Undercrank Productions
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