Tag Archives: Arrow Academy

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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Movies Till Dawn: Arthouse Confidential Part II

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Paul Gaita

“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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Movies Till Dawn: Hired, Wired and Inspired Edition

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Paul Gaita

“First Reformed” (2017, Lionsgate) Locked into an emotional and spiritual spiral by the loss of parishioners, the death of his son and declining health, a small-town Protestant minister (Ethan Hawke) finds something like purpose in the apocalyptic visions of a … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Watch It! This Weekend (Salvation Edition)

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Paul Gaita

Please note – possible spoilers in this first review. “The Good Place: Season Two” (2017-2018, Shout Factory) Hard-living but recently deceased Kristen Bell and her equally dead friend, ethics professor William Jackson Harper, find that their home in the afterlife, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Tower Shooter Slime Mold Saxophone SCUM

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“Tower” (2016, Kino Lorber) Deeply moving and effective documentary about the 1966 mass shootings at the University of Texas at Austin, and its impact, both immediate and long-term, on its survivors and the city and country as a whole. Director … Continue reading →

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