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Capsule Reviews: June 24 – July 11
For Your Height Only (Eddie Nicart, 1981) Queen of Black Magic (Liliek Sudijo, 1983) Two from cult DVD label Mondo Macabro’s schlockmeister of choice, producer Dick Randall. Hands down the more amusing entry, Height towers over the competition—if by competition … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 angry men, aldo ray, all that heaven allows, anna may wong, anne bancroft, anthony mann, border incident, brian keith, burnett guffey, dark passage, david goodis, dennis wilson, douglas fairbanks, douglas sirk, dr. strangelove, easy rider, elizabeth sanxay holding, fail-safe, for your height only, francois truffaut, frank nugent, gunman's walk, henry fonda, henry kissinger, humphrey bogart, jacques tourneur, james cagney, james mason, james taylor, jane wyman, joan bennett, john ford, karl marx, kris kristofferson, laurie bird, max ophuls, me & bobby mcgee, michael bay, monte hellman, nicholas ray, nightfall, on dangerous ground, phil karlson, queen of black magic, raoul walsh, rock hudson, rudy bond, russell metty, shoot the piano player, sidney lumet, singin' in the rain, stanley donen, tab hunter, terrence malick, the band wagon, the blank wall, the deep end, the driver, the reckless moment, the roaring twenties, the searchers, the thief of bagdad, the tree of life, tony scott, transformers: dark of the moon, two-lane blacktop, unstoppable, van heflin, vanishing point, vincente minelli, walter hill, warren oates
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Capsule Reviews: May 16 – 18
Michael Kohlhaas (Volker Schlöndorff, 1969) – 3.5/5 English-language adaptation of the Heinrich von Kleist novella, set in Germany during the ferment of the Reformation (early 16th century). Horse-trader Kohlhaas (David Warner) runs afoul of a local aristocrat who swindles him … Continue reading
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Capsule Reviews: May 9 – 12
Lured (Douglas Sirk, 1947) – 2.5/5 Given the fact that glossy melodramas (or, at least, their trappings) were Sirk’s forte, it should come as no surprise that this early noir fails for the most part to achieve, let alone sustain, … Continue reading
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