MOVIES THAT PLAYED SCALA: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Thanks to the British Film Institute, there’s a list of films that played Scala. To celebrate the release of Severin’s new documentary, I’ll share a few of these movies every day. You can see the whole list on Letterboxd. A few things amaze me about this movie: That it was intended as a sequel to […]
MOVIES THAT PLAYED SCALA: Jubilee (1978)
Thanks to the British Film Institute, there’s a list of films that played Scala. To celebrate the release of Severin’s new documentary, I’ll share a few of these movies every day. You can see the whole list on Letterboxd. Queen Elizabeth I (Jenny Runacre, Son of Dracula, The Witches) asks her occultist John Dee (Richard O’Brien of […]
MOVIES THAT PLAYED SCALA: Head (1968)
Thanks to the British Film Institute, there’s a list of films that played Scala. To celebrate the release of Severin’s new documentary, I’ll share a few of these movies every day. You can see the whole list on Letterboxd. Despite breaking up in 1971, The Monkees remained in syndication throughout the decade, and that’s when […]
25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE: Hot Frosty (2024)
Director Jerry Ciccoritti started his career with Psycho Girls and Graveyard Shift AKA Central Park Drifter, so how wild is it that he just made this viral movie? Written by Russell Hainline, this has Kathy Barrett (Lacey Chabert) runs a diner in Hope Springs, New York, but everything is falling apart after the death of her […]
MOVIES THAT PLAYED SCALA: Can’t Stop the Music (1980)
Thanks to the British Film Institute, there’s a list of films that played Scala. To celebrate the release of Severin’s new documentary, I’ll share a few of these movies every day. You can see the whole list on Letterboxd. This movie — and Xanadu — are why the Razzies exist, awards that celebrate the worst in […]
SEVERIN BLU RAY RELEASE: Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits (2024)
Between 1978-1993, more than a million people attended movies at the Scala Cinema in London, whether they were coming to see arthouse or grindhouse, kung fu or groundbreaking LGBTQ+ films. Out of that era, many members of those audiences became today’s filmmakers, musicians, writers, actors, activists and artists. This documentary, directed and written by Ali […]
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