In Search of Historic Jesus (1979)
Sunn Classic Pictures — also known as Sunn International Pictures, Schick Sunn Classic Pictures, and Taft International Pictures — was a Utah-based indepedent distributor of films. Its founder, Rayland Jensen began his new company under the auspices of the Schick Razor Company. The Sunn website* is astounding. While it’s no longer active — you can […]
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
Every few years, I re-read the Peter Biskind book that this documentary was based on, if only to make myself more depressed as time goes on over the fact that the New Hollywood that changed cinema faded so quickly and was replaced by whatever we have now. Kenneth Bowser directed this — and several documentaries […]
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora (1994)
There comes a time in the genre film fan’s life when you suddenly make a critical reappraisal of the films of Ed Wood. As for me, I came to his films from It Came From Hollywood and the Medved brothers’ books, where he was made fun of for being the worst filmmaker ever and Plan 9 From […]
Mondo Elvis (1984)
Twin sisters who believe Elvis was their father. A woman whose husband left her because she loved Presley more than him. An impersonator duly appointed to do his routine because The King came to him in a dream. Elvis Presley — only five years gone when this was made — inspired a legion of fans […]
Arcade Attack (1982)
As a ten-year-old, this was the absolute pinnacle of all things amazing when it aired on HBO at odd intervals. It starts as an exploration of the divide between arcades in 1982, as video games had been pushing pinball out. Pinball advocate Geoff Harvey and Space Invaders champion Stephen Highfield both explains their theories of why […]
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