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Movies Till Dawn: Vintage Guilty Pleasures and Nostalgic Nonsense
“Code of Silence” (1985, Kino Lorber) Chuck Norris keeps the karate to a minimum in this crime drama, which pits his taciturn Chicago cop against drug lord Henry Silva and a corrupt faction of fellow police. Intended as a vehicle … Continue reading
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Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange – “The Sword and the Claw” (1975)
Delirious costume adventure with prolific Turkish action star Cuneyt Arkin in two roles: as Suleyman/Solomon, wise and exceptionally well-coiffured Ottoman ruler, and his son Aslan, who avenges his father’s death at the hands of his second-in-command, Antoine (Lee Van Cleef-lookalike … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: What You Could Be Watching This Weekend (24 Hour Vampire Mission Edition)
“subUrbia” (1996, Warner Archives Collection) Richard Linklater and Eric Bogosian transpose the setting of Bogosian’s play from a convenience store parking lot in Massachusetts to one in Texas, but keep its core premise, with a cross-section of disaffected high school … Continue reading
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Movies Till Dawn: All Singing, All Dancing
“Dancing Lady” (1932, Warner Archives Collection) If you’ve been watching FX’s wonderful and addictive “Feud: Bette and Joan,” you’ve heard Jessica Lange’s Joan Crawford gripe about clawing her way back to the top after being declared box office poison in … Continue reading
Movies ‘Till Dawn: Reagan-Era Nightmares
12 a.m. – “Scarecrows” – Horror (1988, Scream Factory) This supernatural thriller opens on an energetic note, with a gang of soldiers turned thieves, fresh from a big payroll heist, forced to land a stolen getaway plane (and its kidnapped … Continue reading
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Tagged Blu-ray, Class of 1984, DVD, Ghosthouse, Jaws of Satan, Scarecrows, Scream Factory, shout factory, Warner Archives, Wolfen
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Movies Till Dawn: Programming Notes – Summer Bummers
Everything you need to know about Artsploitation Films is summed up in the company’s moniker: the new North American film distribution label offers international titles that explore the link between arthouse and grindhouse features. The subgenres share more than a … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: In Glorious Black and White
12 a.m. – “The House of Mystery” – Adventure/Drama/Serial (1921-1923, Flicker Alley) Think of this ten-episode, six-and-a-half-hour silent French melodrama as an arthouse thriller in serial form, with the best qualities of each of those styles and genres. Produced and … Continue reading
Disc Junkie: DVD and Blu-ray Releases March 20-26, 2012
Multiplex Let us begin this inaugural tip sheet for home video omnivores with some recent Oscar winners and nominees on DVD and Bluray: David Fincher’s gorgeously gloomy U.S version of The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo (Sony), which netted an Academy nod … Continue reading
