April 28: Alan Smithee — IMDB has 115 movies credited to the Alan Smithee pseudonym, which was created by the Directors Guild of America for use when a director doesn’t want their name on a movie. The Alan Smithee here is Jerrold Freedman, a director who also made a lot of TV before ending his career […]
April 27: Until You Call on the Dark — Pick a movie from the approved movies list of the Church of Satan. Here’s the list. The first movie in Godfrey Reggio’s Qatsi trilogy — followed by Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi — this combines Ron Fricke’s cinematography and Philip Glass’s score to create a feeling of zen or restlessness, depending on […]
April 27: Until You Call on the Dark — Pick a movie from the approved movies list of the Church of Satan. Here’s the list. Banned in Ohio because it was “a sordid, sadistic presentation of brutality and an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission,” the first $500,000 of this movie went to […]
April 27: Until You Call on the Dark — Pick a movie from the approved movies list of the Church of Satan. Here’s the list. Howard Smith started his career as a journalist and is best known for his column “Scenes,” which ran weekly for twenty years and became known for its cutting-edge coverage of the […]
April 27: Until You Call on the Dark — Pick a movie from the approved movies list of the Church of Satan. Here’s the list. James Shelby Downard once said, “Never allow anyone the luxury of assuming that because the dead and deadening scenery of the American city-of-dreadful-night is so utterly devoid of mystery, so thoroughly […]
April 26: American Giallo — Make the case for a movie that you believe is an American giallo. This Italian/German/American — yes, I am cheating on the American Giallo theme — giallo comes from some of the same people who made 5 Dead On A Crimson Canvas. Shot in Florence, Italy, it concentrates on Roberta Parenti (Yassmin […]
April 26: American Giallo — Make the case for a movie that you believe is an American giallo. Jade was not destined to succeed. David Caruso had left NYPD Blue after the second season of the show because he wanted a film career. Critics and the media were ready to attack him for that hubris, especially after his […]
April 26: American Giallo — Make the case for a movie that you believe is an American giallo. “Erotic mystery thriller.” That’s 1994 for giallo. Dr. Bill Capa (Bruce Willis) is color blind after an unstable patient named Michelle (Kathleen Wilhoite) jumps from his window and explodes on the street below, her bright green dress covered […]
April 26: American Giallo — Make the case for a movie that you believe is an American giallo. Neo-noir. Hitchcock influenced. Mystery thriller. Or just call it a giallo. Blow Out is even based on an Italian film — Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup — but switches photography for audio recording and trades future giallo star David Hemmings […]
April 25: Bava Forever — Bava died on this day 43 years ago. Let’s watch his movies. In 1981, RAI-TV in Italy showed six hour-long films based on stories by 19th century horror/fantasy authors that were directed by several Italian genre talents, including Marcello Aliprand (the writer of L’arma, l’ora, il movent), Giulio Questi (Django […]
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