10TH OLD SCHOOL KUNG FU FEST: A Touch of Zen (1971)
Until the three-hour cut played at the Cannes Film Festival three years after thsi movie was released and received the Technical Grand Prize and almost took home the Palme d’Or, this has been considered one of the greatest Chinese movies ever made. Director and written by King Hu, A Touch of Zen was based on the […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 2: Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)
April 19: Weird Wednesday — Write about a movie that played on a Weird Wednesday, as collected in the book Warped & Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive. Here’s a list. No less an authority than Jaclyn Smith described Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace as “Studio 54 on wheels.” For the two […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 2: The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972)
April 19: Weird Wednesday — Write about a movie that played on a Weird Wednesday, as collected in the book Warped & Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive. Here’s a list. Andy Milligan was a maniac who made movies filled with maniacs. By all reports, he was in the same constant […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 2: Chesty Anderson, USN (1976)
April 19: Weird Wednesday — Write about a movie that played on a Weird Wednesday, as collected in the book Warped & Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive. Here’s a list. Chesty Anderson is a WAVE (Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the U.S. Navy and the lead character in […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 2: Beyond Atlantis (1973)
April 19: Weird Wednesday — Write about a movie that played on a Weird Wednesday, as collected in the book Warped & Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive. Here’s a list. I was loud while watching this movie that my wife had to come to check on me. The sheer delight […]
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