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Movies Till Dawn: Music Documentary Mixtape
“Say Amen, Somebody” (1982, Kino Lorber) Sharp-looking transfer of director George T. Nierenberg‘s documentary on gospel music, which focuses two of its most celebrated performers (at least, within its own circles): singers Thomas A. Dorsey and Willie Mae Ford Smith. … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Gets Crazy (Epic-Sized Edition)
“Get Crazy” (1983, Kino Lorber) The stage crew of the Saturn Theater (played by the Wiltern in the midst of its 1980s renovation) works overtime to deliver a New Year’s Eve concert to a frenzied crowd while also contending with … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Upcoming Events
Tagged Arrow Video, Kino Lorber, New Beverly Cinema, RLJE Films, Severin Films
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Movies Till Dawn: Action Packed 2021 (Pagoda Theater Edition)
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” (2021, Marvel Studios) After the swing and miss of “Black Widow,” the Marvel Cinematic Universe rights itself with this adaptation of its ’70s-era “Master of Kung Fu” series. “Kim’s Convenience” star Simu … Continue reading
FRANCE: A Perfectly Cast Film That’s More Than an Exquisite Homage to First World Angst
For FRANCE, philosopher-filmmaker Bruno Dumont once again partnered with cinematographer David Chambille and distributor Kino Lorber to project onto the screen the interior world of his characters in a multi-faceted film about the media industrial complex. In keeping with Dumont’s … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanious, Movies, Videos
Tagged Bruno Dumont, France, Kino Lorber, Lea Seydoux
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Movies Till Dawn: TV Party 2021
“Kevin Can Go F**k Himself: Season 1” (2021, RLJ Films) Coal-dark comedy-drama series posits a novel premise – what if the shenanigans of TV man-children like Homer, Raymond, Kevin, etc., drove their wives to murder them? – and wields it, … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: Wholesome Holiday Entertainment
“Prisoners of the Ghostland” (2021,RLJE Films) In a post-apocalypse Japan which has reassembled itself as a crazy-quilt hybrid of its feudal era and the American West, the cowboy-hatted leader (Bill Moseley) of a small town sends bank robber Nicolas Cage … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Television
Tagged Kino Lorber, RLJE Films, Severin Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: More Little Stabs at Happiness
“Language Lessons” (2021, Shout! Studios) Effective and affecting two-hander from director/co-writer Natalie Morales and co-writer/producer Mark Duplass, who play a Spanish teacher and her somewhat reluctant student, respectively. The entire arc of their relationship transpires over Zoom calls (Morales’ Carino … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music
Tagged Kino Lorber, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Shout Studios, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Fun Size Sour Shriekers (Halloween 2021)
“Roh” (2019, Film Movement) The arrival of a strange little girl with a dire pronouncement sets in motion a chain of terrible events for a rural mother (Farah Ahmad) and her two children. Deceptively simple but deeply disturbing Malaysian supernatural … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Film Movement, Halloween, Kino Lorber, Severin Films, The Film Detective, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Coffin Crisp Wafer Bar (Halloween 2021)
“The Stand” (2021, CBS Home Video/Paramount Home Video) Miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s sprawling apocalypse novel for CBS All Access is a vast improvement over the 1994 TV version, but still struggles to present a coherent encapsulation of the story’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, CBS All Access, CBS Home Video, Halloween, Kino Lorber, Paramount Home Video, Severin Films, VInegar Syndrome
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Movies Till Dawn: Peanut Butter Frankencup (Halloween 2021)
“Yokai Monsters Collection” (1968-69/2005, Arrow Video) Trio of period supernatural fantasies from Daiei, home of Gamera and Majin, concerning Japan’s rich and bizarre tradition of ghosts and monsters, as well as a newer take from cult director Takashi Miike. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Flicker Alley, Halloween, Kino Lorber, Mondo Macabro, Universal Home Entertainment
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