Monthly Archives: March 2019

Golden Year: EROS + MASSACRE (Kiju Yoshida, 1969)

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Budd Wilkins

Widely considered Yoshida’s masterpiece, Eros + Massacre brings an epic scale to its intimate portrayal of Sakae Osugi (Toshiyuki Hosokawa), a free-love-espousing anarchist who, along with his lover, Noe Ito (Mariko Okada), was murdered by a right-wing militarist faction within the Japanese … Continue reading →

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Golden Year: WOMEN IN LOVE (Ken Russell, 1969)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Budd Wilkins

Ken Russell’s Women In Love is one of those exceedingly rare film adaptations of a vaunted literary work that successfully manages to fuse fidelity to the source material with its director’s distinctive visual style. Larry Kramer’s screenplay lifts virtually all of its … Continue reading →

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(Re-)Branded!

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Budd Wilkins

Just a note to let all you Gentle Readers know that I have formally re-branded this site BUDD WILKINS AT THE SHOW for a number of reasons. First of all, I think it better encapsulates my present and future preoccupations … Continue reading →

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