Il nascondiglio (2007)
Italian directors in America is one of my favorite subgenres, so imagine my joy at discovered that Pupi Averti made this haunted house giallo in Davenport, IA and the Warner Castle in Orion, IL. Francesca Sainati (Laura Morante) moved to Iowa 15 years ago to open her own restaurant, but after the suicide death of […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2023: Formula for a Murder (1985)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this movie on Monday, January 9 at 7:00 PM at the Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles (tickets here). For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Also known as 7. Hyden Park – La casa maledetta (7 Hyde Park – The Cursed House), this movie comes to us from Alberto […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2023: Torso (1973)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this on Saturday, Jan. 7 at Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA (tickets here) with CV’s Jim Branscome in person. For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Torso is such a simple title. I’d rather call this film by its Italian name: I Corpi Presentano Tracce di Violenza Carnale, or The Bodies Bear […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2023: Four Flies On Grey Velvet (1971)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 7:30 PM at the Sie Film Center in Denver, CO (tickets here) with The Corruption of Chris Miller. For more information, visit Cinematic Void. After The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and The Cat o’Nine Tails, Argento had one more movie left in his “Animal Trilogy.” Luigi […]
Crystal Eyes (2017)
Mirada De Cristal feels like it was made in 1987, influenced by 1970 and filled with neon, sleaze and murderous intent. In other words, it was exactly what I was looking for. Directed by Argentina natives, co-directors and co-writers Ezequiel Endelman and Leandro Montejano, this takes place in Buenos Aires in 1985. As the fashion […]
WELL GO BLU RAY RELEASE: The Ambush (2021)
Directed by Pierre Morel (Taken) and written by Brandon and Kurtis Birtell, The Ambush is the story of Emirati soldiers caught in an ambush which has destroyed their armored vehicle patrol, but its all a trap to take out more soldiers and an Apache chopper that is coming to rescue them. Morel is great at getting across […]
Can’t Be Stopped (2022)
Graffiti art may have started with a bad name, but has become a revolution throughout the world and has cemented itself as one of the largest art movements in history. Hollywood’s Can’t Be Stopped crew is one of the most influential and recognizable graffiti crews of all time and this movie tells both the history […]
Clean Slate (2021)
Two friends — Joshua Litton and Cassidy Detmer — in a Southern drug recovery program decide to express themselves and try to escape their addiction and mental illness by making a short film about the pain they’ve caused their families. They are in an 18-month, zero-tolerance program sponsored by A Better Way Ministries that will give […]
The Rise of the Beast (2022)
A group of activists breaks into a corporate facility to put an end to animal testing but little did they know that there’s literally a Kong-like ape being held inside and once loose, he won’t care who gets in his way and who has to die for him to be free. Directed by Jack Ayers, […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2023: The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cinematic Void will be playing this on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 7:30 PM at the Sie Film Center in Denver, CO (tickets here) with Four Flies On Grey Velvet. For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Chris Miller (former Spanish child star Marisol; when she married dancer Antonio Gades, Fidel Castro acted as their godfather) lives with […]
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