AMANDO DE OSSORIO WEEK: Bandera Negra (1956)
A Latin teacher named Valentín Mosquera (José María Seoane) wanders through the night, stalking the streets of Madrid and trying to come to terms with the fact that his son Mario will be executed at dawn. This is an indictment of the death penalty as well as the debut of director Amando de Ossorio, this was […]
AMANDO DE OSSORIO WEEK: Pasto de fieras (1969)
Tino (Ángel Luis Nolías) is an orphan who lives with his uncle Quico (Xan Das Bolas) and works as a shepherd, but one night everything goes wrong. His dog gets killed by a car and his sheep are stolen by a circus who wants to use them for tiger food, so he decides to run […]
DISMEMBERCEMBER: Ghostkeeper (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: I wanted to have a New Year’s movie to end 2022, but how many times can I repost New Year’s Evil and Bloody New Year? This one which was originally posted on October 24, 2019. Filmed in Banff, Alberta and using the Canadian tax shelter rules that have produced so many of our favorite films, Ghostkeeper […]
AMANDO DE OSSORIO WEEK: Pasión prohibida (1980)
Teresa (Susana Estrada) is an exotic dancer who leaves her work to go back to her small town fpr the funeral of her father. Once there, she meets Miguel (Emilio Álvarez), the younger brother she never watched grow up — as she escaped to the big city — and falls in lust with him. He […]
AMANDO DE OSSORIO WEEK: Las alimañas (1977)
When two bandits steal gems and other valuable pieces of fine art from a museum in the Dominican Republic, they don’t even get a moment to moment to celebrate their ill-gained treasures. Instead, their American partner Todd (Paul Benson) who is hiding at the home of his girlfriend Margaret (Rosa Valenti) and her girlfriend Jacqueline […]
13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black (2022)
How do we deal with trauma, when the true unknown of the universe, the inky black nothingness that can erase those we love from existence, comes into our little world? If you’re young Agatha Black (Bridie Marie Corbett) you discover the scary story and sound effects records that you father once used to listen to […]
AMANDO DE OSSORIO WEEK: Escuela de enfermeras (1968)
Lucia (Paloma Valdés) is a wild and free girl who leaves her old life to study to be a nurse and become friends with Cristina (Carlota Avendaño) and Gloria (Manolita Barroso). See, knowing Spanish helps, as this title means School of Nurses. How does she get in this school? Well, Lucia has run from her billionaire […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: The Stepmother 2 (2022)
Tubi is all over this sequel to their movies thing, now with this second installment of The Stepmother. Directed by Chris Stokes (House Party 4, You Got Served) and co-written with Marques Houston, this movie again finds the stepmother (Erica Menda, Love & Hip Hop New York) moving on to enter and murder her next family. Now she’s both […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: Girls Getaway Gone Wrong 2 (2022)
Remember Girls Getaway Gone Wrong? Well, Parker (Brittany S. Hall), Bailey (Tanisha Long) and Simone (Crystal-Lee Naomi) are back, this time at New York Fashion Week. When Parker loses her lead model for her show, Simone volunteers to step in and Bailey offers to be her accountant. And oh yeah, there’s an assistant named Johnny (Kalonjee […]
DISMEMBERCEMBER: The Apartment (1960)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Beth Waldron for suggesting this movie. This was originally posted on March 27, 2022. This is also a New Year’s movie! The Apartment is astounding because it makes me consider how we view actors based on where we arrive in reality. For me, Fred McMurray is the kind Steve Douglas from […]
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