Monthly Archives: November 2012

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel, 1972)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Budd Wilkins

“The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Luis Buñuel’s caustic comedy of middle-class mores, is arguably the Spanish surrealist’s most accessible late-period masterwork, consistently amusing in its champagne-dry wit, even if it’s never quite as trenchant in its autopsy of bourgeois … Continue reading →

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Bloodsuckers, Hatchet Murderers, and Lollipop-Smacking Devils: Three by Mario Bava

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Budd Wilkins

“Undisputed maestro of the macabre, Mario Bava put Italian horror cinema on the map in the late 1950s with I Vampiri, the first horror film to come out of Italy since the silent era. Gothic horror was in the air, … Continue reading →

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Blood Sisters: Jean Rollin’s The Living Dead Girl & Two Orphan Vampires

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Budd Wilkins

“The latest installment in Redemption Films and Kino Lorber’s rollout of Jean Rollin titles making their Blu-ray debut actually forms a kind of diptych, a matched pair of films that—however far apart in tone, not to mention levels of graphic … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Go Home Again (Nicholas Ray, 1973)

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Budd Wilkins

“Nick Ray’s experimental final film finally finds a home on Blu-ray from Oscilloscope, glossed with plenty of contextual extras, including a late-period nugget or two for the completists out there.” Read my review of We Can’t Go Home Again, out … Continue reading →

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, 1962)

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Budd Wilkins

“Hag horror doesn’t get any better (read: demented) than What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? For the film’s 50th anniversary, Warner rolls out the red carpet with a sparkling Blu-ray transfer and impressive DigiBook packaging, even if the extras remain … Continue reading →

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