RADIANCE BLU RAY RELEASE: The Ogre Of Athens (1956)
Directed by Nikos Koundouros, this is the story of bank clerk Thomas (Dinos Iliopoulos), who struggles to keep up with the pace of modern life. On New Year’s Eve, a comedy of errors ensues when he’s confused with a crime boss named The Ogre. Now, men respect him, and women want him, but sooner […]
RADIANCE BLU-RAY BOX SET RELEASE: Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau
Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers has three pulp thrillers in the spirit of Dirty Harry from director Alain Corneau. Police Python 357 (1976): The second screen adaptation of Kenneth Fearing’s The Big Clock — the first has Charles Laughton — this stars Yves Montand as Inspector Marc Ferrot. How close to Dirty Harry is this? The beginning […]
The Gift (2000)
Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) is psychic. While supernatural films can’t always be giallo, psychic abilities are generally alright, as seen by the inclusion of Fulci’s film of the same name. There are so many rules. Anyway, she mainly uses her powers to help people who have a rougher life than she and her three children, […]
Agonizando en el crimen (1968)
Jean’s (Juan Logar) fiancée Jacqueline (Annie Sinigalia) dies of a strange ailment in the middle of surgery. On their wedding day, no less! How does this happen? How does one decide to schedule surgery on the same day as a wedding? Who can say, but Jean decides to stop being a medical student and start […]
Last Embrace (1979)
Based on The 13th Man by Murray Teigh Bloom, this is a hell of a role for Roy Scheider, who plays Harry Hannan, a government agent whose job intrudes on his family life, as an informant appears too early — Joe Spinell appearance! — and the ensuing gunfight takes the life of his wife. He […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: How to Lose a Popularity Contest (2026)
Based on one of The Love List’s 2024 Best Unproduced Romance Scripts, this film — directed by Stephen S. Campanelli (a camera operator on everything from The Vindicator and Vanilla Sky to several of Clint Eastwood’s films) and written by Kaitlin Reilly and Dorian Keyes — How to Lose a Popularity Contest is about Ellie (Sara […]
Tales from the Darkside S2 E3: Ring Around the Redhead (1985)
Theodore Gershuny wrote 2 episodes of Monsters and 6 of this series, as well as directing and writing Silent Night, Deadly Night. Also: I will be jealous of him forever, as he was married to Mary Woronov. This episode has some star power, as John Heard plays death-row inmate Billy Malone, who tells the story of […]
B & S About Movies podcast Episode 121: Ryan Verrill from The Disc Connected
Ryan Verrill is the man behind The Disc Connected, which shares a daily burst of what’s coming out on physical media as well even more amazing news on a podcast and YouTube channel. He is also part of Someone’s Favorite Productions which produces discs and extra features for Terror Vision, Severin Films, Deaf Crocodile and more. […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2026: A Bay of Blood (1971)
Editor’s note: Cinematic Void will be playing this movie tonight at 8:00 PM at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, CA. You can get tickets here. It’s also playing on January 31 at 7:00 PM at The Sie Film Center in Denver. You can get tickets here. For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Also known as Ecology […]
Repulsion (1965)
Roman Polanski’s first English-language film, this is part of his “Apartment Trilogy”, followed by Rosemary’s Baby and The Tenant. Strange for the time, it casts a female as a killer — there’s that spoiler — as Carol Ledoux (Catherine Deneuve) starts to melt down as she stays all alone in the small living quarters of […]
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