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[Purchase DVD] A bug-eyed young man in an imposing black hat stands on the hood of a rusty car with tailfins, on a street corner in a run-down city. He’s preaching, loudly, to a crowd of scruffy passersby who look like they’ve…
[Purchase DVD] By now, I’m sure, many of you have either seen the new Star Trek film, in theatres, or are at least eagerly contemplating doing so on the enthusastic recommendation of your friends. I saw it two nights ago, but even…
[Download From Archive.org/Purchase DVD-R from Illegal Art for $30, tax-deductible] One of the great things about Seattle is the opportunities to see rare films. We’ve got the Seattle International Film Festival, one of the greatest film festivals in the country, The Grand…
Image via Wikipedia [Purchase DVD] It was the 1980s. Fresh from their success with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, husband-and-wife writing team Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, fellow film school graduates and friends of George Lucas, began to toy with…
Image via Wikipedia Funeral Parade of Roses is Toshio Matsumoto‘s first feature-length film, after finding much success in the world of short films and documentaries. This film is a huge influence on Stanley Kubrick‘s adaptation of A Clockwork Orange — a double…
Image via Wikipedia [Purchase DVD] A lot of people are familiar with “Dead Puppies Aren’t Much Fun”; some are probably familiar with “Kinko The Clown“, and maybe even “Daddy’s Money“, all common appearances on the Dr. Demento show. But I don’t know…
[Purchase 2008 Version DVD / Purchase 1998 Version DVD] 2008 saw the release of Michael Haneke‘s shot-for-shot remake of his own brilliant film Funny Games, from 1997. In a way, it’s my favorite film of the year. But at the same time, it’s so…
[Purchase DVD] William Klein‘s first fiction film, Who Are You, Polly Maggoo is more sedate than his next film Mr. Freedom, and while, perhaps not quite as successful as that film, it’s still interesting.
[Purchase DVD] If you didn’t know this already, Joe Shishido is AWESOME. This is one of his first starring roles (you might remember him as the puffy-cheeked rice-smelling Number 3 hitman in Branded to Kill) and it’s clear that he deserves the…
Cover via Amazon [Purchase VHS] Sometimes Seijun Suzuki‘s fame in the US (albeit cult-levels of fame) can do other Nikkatsu directors a disservice; the story goes that Suzuki was the true artist and the other films weren’t anything special. While Suzuki was…