ORSON WELLES MR ARKADIN

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:37:56 GMT

When I asked Jess Franco to name his favorite director he said without equivocation that it was Orson Welles. Just as so many mistakenly think that Jess Franco is my favorite director [he's not even in my top 10 but I do like him] the masses misjudged Welles' enthusiasm for political and artistic extremism. What I like the most about Welles is his individuality and courage. He did...

Jess Franco's Christmas Eve Movie

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:46:36 GMT

The ghastly, and probably close to home for dysfunctional families/children of alcoholics, Christmas Eve in is one of the best scenes...

RIFIFI IN AMSTERDAM (1967) Terence Hathaway--TURKISH POSTER

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:55:27 GMT

AVATAR (2009) James Cameron

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:13:07 GMT

Why do I have so little interest in seeing this? A friend at work today told me he's driving 150 miles to see it at an IMAX theater. I've watched parts of a cable documentary on the making of it featuring James "I'm the King of the World!" Cameron talking about his artwork for the preproduction, the 3D effects, merging animation with live action, et al which really made me NOT want to see it. I'm not impressed with the King of the World.

ANTICHRIST (2009) Lars Von Trier

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:01:27 GMT

Thinking Green will not save Charlotte Gainsbourg from grief, despair, madness and worse in ANTICHRIST.

"Chaos reigns."

Watching this right before the holiday I realized it's an ideal Christmas film...

HARDWARE 2: GROUND ZERO - A screenplay by Richard Stanley

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:52:50 GMT

Ground Zero

BEST DVDS of 2009

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:06:44 GMT

MADE IN USA: The CRITERION COLLECTION DVD of Jean Luc Godard's phosphorescent anti-noir from 1966. A welcome Hi Def transfer of one of Godard's more obscure and radically abstract genre revisions. With a must see interview with the still luminous Anna Karina, among other compelling bonus materials.

TINTORERA! (1977) Rene Cardona Jr.

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:12:09 GMT

Cancun: Two beach bums (Hugo Stiglitz is recoving from a nervous breakdown caused by drinking seven cups of coffee and smoking three packs of cigarettes) spend all day picking up girls on the beach. One of the ladies becomes shark food. They go out on Hugo Stiglitz's massive yacht (with upscale tourista Susan George in tow) to do battle with Tintorera aka Tiger Shark.

I didn't appreciate this until I acquired the epic 135 m [!] 25th Anniversary DVD. It kinda reminds me of a...

THE ALCOVE coming on DVD

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:16:21 GMT

2010

THE ALCOVE (1983) an elegantly lensed, unpredictable erotic drama from Aristide Massaccesi aka Joe D'Amato will be coming to R1 DVD for the first time in 2010 from Severin Films. This upscale period drama...

A Critical Peek At What Some Critical People Wrote About SILIP

feeds@yuku.com (jriddle73) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:46:52 GMT

Sometime early last year, I got my first look at a 1985 film called SILIP: DAUGHTERS OF EVE. It was a movie I'd bought more-or-less blind when the good people at Mondo Macabro brought it to DVD. My initial impression of the film had been that it was something of a blood-and-thunder masterpiece. A few nights ago, I pulled it off the shelf for a rewatch, and found I enjoyed it even more than the first time around.

The obligatory exposition: SILIP is set in an isolated, seaside Filipino...

Larraz's ESTIGMA (1980)

feeds@yuku.com (Nzoog Wahrlfhehen) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:33:59 GMT

Estigma (1980), written and directed by José Ramón Larraz Gil

92 minutes

CRIMSON/L'Homme à la tête coupée/Las ratas no duermen de noche (1973) Juan Fortuny

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:35:48 GMT

A Film by John Fortuny [Juan Fortuny]

Somehow Spanish horror icon managed to fall into this Eurocine-Producciones Merzquirz-Madrid co production playing the gangster Surnett who is wounded in the head after a botched diamond robbery. It looks like another sleazy Eurocrime number with the added treat of seeing Spanish horror regular Victor Israel as Naschy's cohort in crime who causes the robbery to go wrong by lifting a fake display necklace just as the safe if about the be...

FRANCO 70-THE DE NESLE YEARS: VOL 1-3 MONDO MACABRO DVDs

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:33:39 GMT

El HOMBRE DE CARACAS

feeds@yuku.com (Nzoog Wahrlfhehen) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:12:38 GMT

El hombre de Caracas (1967)

"An Edward G. Muller film, directed by Juan Xiol"

What is it with these mysterious credits? At any rate, this co-production between Italy and the Balcázars from Barcelona was - it is my opinion - actually directed by Mulargia. It also had some input from Venezuela, where it was shot and also happens to be the birthplace of its star, the actor, businessman, playboy...

Much Ado About Roger Corman's Oscar

feeds@yuku.com (jriddle73) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:15:30 GMT

Roger Corman has been called a lot of things. Shrewd. Miserly. Maverick. He's been given titles like King of the Cult Film, King of the B-Movies, and the Pope of Pop Cinema. The last is probably the most appropriate, and not just because it sounds cool and Corman says he likes it. For over 50 years, Corman's particular breed of low-budget, action-oriented, socially conscious exploitation fare has graced the cinema, to the persistent delight of audiences and, in turn, to his...

CANNIBAL TERROR

feeds@yuku.com (Nzoog Wahrlfhehen) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:26:36 GMT

Cannibal Terror (1981), directed by Alain Deruelle

A pretty good job of photography is just about the only saving grace...

MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE/PIECES (1982) - Juan Piquer Simon

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:00:18 GMT

I guess this is related to the Italian "giallo" genre in that it has a figure dressed completely in black going around brutally murdering attractive woman while an intensive investigation is being conducted to find him. The fact that it's set in a high end finishing school, that the victims are sexually attractive young women and the weapon of choice is a chainsaw relates it to the US slasher films of the time. It's a US-Italian-Spanish corproduction shot in Boston and...

Larraz's LAS ALUMNAS DE MADAME OLGA aka SEX ACADEMY

feeds@yuku.com (Nzoog Wahrlfhehen) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:27:16 GMT

Las alumnas de Madame Olga (1980)

Written and directed by José Luis Larraz Gil

Photography by...

Paul Naschy (1934-2009)

feeds@yuku.com (Nzoog Wahrlfhehen) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:06:57 GMT

He died today of cancer. He was 75 years of age.

HUNT POWERS Double Feature from Wild East

feeds@yuku.com (bobmonel) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:27:05 GMT

Thanks to Tom Betts for alerting me on his excellent WESTERNS ALL' ITALIANA blog to this DVD now available in a limited edition from WILD EAST. Two features and an interview with the actor. Can't get enough Hunt Powers!
http://www.wildeast.net/

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