Tag Archives: Kino Lorber

Movies Till Dawn: Super ’70s Shock Show Double Feature

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. – “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” – Science Fiction/Horror (1978, Shout Factory) Health Department workers Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams discover – far too late – that the reason for their fellow San Francisco residents’ strange behavior isn’t … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Hot and Cool ’70s Crime Double Feature

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Paul Gaita

Midnight – “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” – Thriller (1974, Kino Lorber) Gritty and witty hostage thriller with Walter Matthau in full hangdog mode as a New York City Transit Authority cop who becomes the primary contact – … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: All Night Black and White Crime Wave, Part 2 (Clearinghouse of Mystery Edition)

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. “Key Largo” – Crime Drama (1948, Warner Archives Collection) Embittered WWII vet Humphrey Bogart travels to Florida to pay his respects to Lionel Barrymore, the father of his late service pal. A hurricane forces Bogey to take shelter … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Programmer’s Notes – Binge Watching as Patriotic Duty, Part 2 (Post July 4th Edition)

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Paul Gaita

“Five Miles to Midnight” (1962, Kino Lorber) stars Anthony Perkins and Sophia Loren as an unhappy couple whose martial discord takes a criminal turn when Perkins bullies her into committing insurance fraud. The premise operates on some implausible machinery – … 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 All-American ‘70s Crime Wave

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. – “Dillinger” – Action (1973, Arrow Video) Writer-direction John Milius’ penchant for storytelling on a semi-mythical level makes him the ideal choice to helm this revisionist take on Depression Era gangster John Dillinger for American International Pictures. As … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Science Fiction Double Feature (+5)

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. – “Gog” – Science Fiction (1953, Kino Lorber) Who – or what – is killing scientists at a desert government laboratory? Square-jawed government agent Richard Egan and well-coiffured partner Constance Dowling discover that enemy sabotage has turned NOVAC, … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: Programmer’s Notes – Documentaries Real and Imagined

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Paul Gaita

With reality seemingly at a premium of late, it might time to look at a recent spate of documentaries – and one mockumentary – as a palate cleanser to the current state of things. “All Things Must Pass: The Rise … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: A Month of Mayhem, Week 3 – Wilder, Wilder, Faster, Faster!

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Paul Gaita

Midnight – “Comin’ At Ya!” – Action/Adventure (1981, MVD) Everything you need to know about this low-budget Western is spelled out in its title: it features a barrage of objects, photographed in 3-D and hurled directly at the viewer at … Continue reading →

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Movies Till Dawn: A Month of Mayhem, Week 1

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Paul Gaita

12 a.m. – “Fantômas” – Action-Adventure/Thriller (1913-14, Kino Lorber) Delirious quintet of silent French cliffhanger serials featuring the title character, an urbane but psychotic master criminal with a penchant for elaborate disguise and gruesome murder. Based on a popular series … Continue reading →

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