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Movies Till Dawn: Prehistoric Pictures

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Paul Gaita

“The Lost World” (1925, Flicker Alley) Charged by his fiancée to go on a real adventure, reporter Lloyd Hughes joins an expedition led by Professor Challenger (Wallace Beery) to discover a plateau in South American where dinosaurs are reported to … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: ‘Tis the Season – Last Minute Gift Ideas for Eclectic Insomniacs (Oh S— I Forgot Edition)

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Paul Gaita

“BrainDead Season 1” (Paramount) pleased a lot of critics but very few Nielsen families, so unfortunately, this Season 1 set comprises the complete series run. Too bad, since this series from Robert and Michelle King (“The Good Wife”), about a … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Tis the Season – Spirits of Past, Present and Future Edition

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Paul Gaita

“Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs” (2016, Virgil Films) What to make of this curious documentary by first-time director Justin Gaar? At first blush, the subject matter seems ready made to dismiss: Christo Roppolo, former industrial rocker and one-time … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Programmer’s Notes – Binge Watching as Patriotic Duty, Part 1

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Paul Gaita

Fireworks of a different kind are on display in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1966) with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Burton providing match and wick as middle-aged marrieds who invite a younger couple (George Segal and Sandy Dennis) to their … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: All Night Black and White Crime Wave, Part 1

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. – “The Big Sleep” – Crime Drama (1945/1946, Warner Archive Collection) What begins as a simple case of blackmail leads Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) into dark territory (read: Hollywood), haunted by gangsters, petty thugs, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Sights and Sounds Beyond Belief!

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. “The Mask” – Horror (1961, Kino Lorber) At first blush, Canada’s first feature-length horror film – and its first film in 3-D – plays like an extended episode from one of the many suspense anthology series of the … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: In Glorious Black and White (and Orange and Blue), Part 2

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. – “Sherlock Holmes” – Adventure/Mystery (1916, Flicker Alley) Before Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, and more recently, Benedict Cumberbatch, William Gillette was the actor most associated in the public’s mind with portraying Sherlock Holmes, and this silent film, considered … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Programmer’s Notes – New and Notable

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Paul Gaita

“The Wolfpack” (2015, Magnolia Home Entertainment) The story of the Angulo brothers, a septet of siblings virtually imprisoned in a New York apartment by a delusional father, and who found solace in watching and then meticulously recreating Hollywood action films, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: In Glorious Black and White

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Paul Gaita

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 →

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