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Movies Till Dawn: B/W
“The Night of the Iguana” (1964, Warner Archives Collection) Sin and redemption (but mostly sin) in Puerto Vallarta, with Richard Burton as a defrocked priest leading American tours in Mexico and Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr, and Sue Lyon as various … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: The Saturday Morning Strange Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things
“Smile” (2022, Paramount Home Video) Burnt-out therapist Sosie (daughter of Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin) Bacon discovers that she is the latest target of a monstrous entity with a diabolical M.O.: it plagues its victims with terrifying hallucinations that drive them … Continue reading
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Movies Till Dawn: Haunted Castle (Halloween 2022, Part 2)
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (1931, Warner Archives Collection) Frustrated by a request by the father (Halliwell Hobbes) of his fiancée (Rose Hobart) to hold off on their wedding, kindly Victorian scientist Henry Jekyll (Fredric March) finds an outlet for … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Mondo Macabro, Severin Films, Synapse Films, Unearthed Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Spook-a-Rama (Halloween 2022)
“Night Gallery: Season 2” (1971-72, Kino Lorber) Sophomore season of the Rod Serling-hosted horror anthology series essentially follows the same template as its predecessor, with a respectable number of effective episodes and a sizable number of out-and-out duds. That ratio … Continue reading
Movies Till Dawn: A Deeper Shade of Black and White
“The Killing” (1956, Kino Lorber) Stanley Kubrick documents the rise and fall of a crew of hardluck thieves who watch their carefully planned robbery of a race track (Bay Meadows in San Mateo) fall to pieces thanks to greed, lust, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Flicker Alley, Kino Lorber, VCI Entertainment, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies till Dawn: Creepy
“Night Caller” (2022, 123 Go Films) Grisly supernatural thriller which channels the grimy vibe of ’70s and ’80s slasher/grindhouse fare while also finding room for writer-director Chad Ferrin‘s eclectic perspective. Susan Priver stars as a psychic working for a cut-rate … Continue reading
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Tagged 123 Go Films, IndiePix, RLJE Films, Severin Films, Synapse Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Classics
“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” (2021, Film Movement) Three stories, told plainly and with the most subtle camerawork, detail the complexities in the axis of dreams, reality, and how we exist in or pursue each as part of our daily … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Film Movement, Kino Lorber, Undercrank Productions, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Violent
“Legendary Weapons of China” (1982, 88 Films) One of the more eclectic entries in the Shaw Brothers Studios catalog, this action-comedy from director Lau Kar-Lung (“Drunken Master II“) has exceptional fighting sequences – many anchored around the 18 titular weapons, … Continue reading
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Tagged 88 Films, Arrow Video, MVD Entertainment Group, Severin Films, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: Vintage
“Touch of Evil” (1958, Kino Lorber) Get past the idea of Charlton Heston as a Mexican cop and you’ll find an extraordinary American movie – ostensibly a crime thriller, but really director/star Orson Welles last go-round with his electric trains … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Academy, Cohen Film Collection, Flicker Alley, Kino Lorber, Warner Archives Collection
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Movies Till Dawn: The People Next Door
“All Or Nothing” (2002, Severin Films) Studies in quiet (and not so quiet) desperation via three working class families in London, who respond to the millstone of daily life around their necks with a mix of heartbreak, defeat, and carelessness. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Dark Sky Films, Kino Lorber, Scorpion Releasing, Severin Films, Warner Archives Collection
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