C'est idiot! Pressed the wrong button. Richard the legal quarantine on the Droessler does not extentd at least to Germany where, for instance it's screened on...
... Just for the record, did Brad's points of comparison between the French & German versions of "Lola" as seen on TV, refer to earlier release versions, or to...
... My comments refer to an unrestored French version of LOLA shown by the BBC, and an old print screened many years ago on German television (I used to have a...
Hello all, Does anyone know who distributes Shaw Bros. films in the US? I saw digital restorations of a few Lau Kar-Leung and Chang Cheh films a few years...
Based on what I heard when the Shaw Brothers films played at UCLA, the prints came directly from the Shaw Brothers company or their licensee Celestial...
David E.'s advance look at MILK: MILK is magnificent. Unlike anything Gus has done before it's a rock solid piece of political filmmaking in the tradition of...
... DRAGON DYNASTY has now begun to release some Shaw Brothers films in the USA following the collapse of Bey Logan's Hong Kong Legends Distribution outlet in...
Sorry--I should have clarified that I was looking to rent 35mm prints. I wasn't aware of the Dragon Dynasty releases; thanks for the heads-up. That's good to...
You will find them available on amazon.com The release of COME DRINK WITH ME is as good as Celestial. In fact, I think it comes from that company. ... ...
In the second part of this interesting and kind (since Dan mentions the festival I worked for) podcast, Dan Sallitt and Keith Uhlich discuss Mike's Leigh...
... Yeah, this structural issue (which Denby notices as well) isn't insignificant. Perhaps if Scott had cracked Poppy's complacent surface as definitively as...
Some articles Barack Obama, Michael Crichton: http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2008/11/unlikely-candidate-wins-famous-hack.html Ramona Diaz's Imelda...
Just returned from a screening of the restored French version of LOLA MONTES at BFI Southbank. There were three moments here that I haven't seen before: 1-...
... "Just returned from a screening of the restored French version of LOLA> MONTES at BFI Southbank. There were three moments here that I haven't seen...
Does everyone know about this event? - Dan ... The King of Comedy: Jerry Lewis in Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich Saturday, November 22, 7:00 p.m. At The...
Tomorrow We Live (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1942) is a strange crime thriller, from the dawn of the film noir era. The main crooks in Tomorrow We Live are gangsters, and...
The Strange Woman (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1946) is not a film I like. A depressing look at a seriously evil femme fatale and the men she lures into murder, the film...
... we ... up ... is ... sets of ... the ... wall, ... can ... My understanding is that the opening scene of THE STRANGE WOMAN was actually directed by Douglas...
... wrote: "My understanding is that the opening scene of THE STRANGE WOMAN was actually directed by Douglas Sirk." If that's so, it's important to know...
According to Tag Gallagher's Ulmer article, Ulmer shot the opening stream scene, with his own daughter cast as the mean little girl. Hedy Lamarr demanded the...
... Hedy ... This is interesting ... I recently acquired the Ulmer Archive DVD set, which contains "The Strange Woman," but hadn't watched it yet. The lively...
Hey there, I just want to announce my new blog-a-thon, which will run from January 12-23, 2009 and will focus on the early films of Howard Hawks (somewhat...
