MOVIES THAT PLAYED SCALA: Blue Velvet (1986)
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. James Shelby Downard once said, “Never allow anyone the luxury of assuming that because the dead […]
MOVIES THAT PLAYED SCALA: The Wild Angels (1966)
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. The Wild Angels earned $7 million on a budget of $360,000, making it the highest-grossing low-budget […]
MOVIES THAT PLAYED SCALA: Reservoir Dogs (1992)
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. I don’t know if I can explain the seismic shift in my film consciousness before and […]
25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE: It’s a Wonderful Knife (2023)
Angel Falls — not Bedford Falls — is where Winnie Carruthers (Jane Widdop) lives. Over the holidays, her father David (Joel McHale) and his boss, Henry Waters (Justin Long), are trying to get Roger Evans (William B. Davis, the Cigarette Smoking Man!) to sell his home, as he’s the only person standing in the way […]
MOVIES THAT PLAYED SCALA: Bad Taste (1987)
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. Before he made gigantic budgeted movies, Peter Jackson directed, wrote, shot, produced and co-starred in this […]
SEVERIN BLU RAY RELEASE: Scala!!! shorts disc two (1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2024)
The third disc of Severin’s new 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 blu ray set has several documentaries and some shorts that are worth the entire price of this release. You can buy it from Severin. The Art […]
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