Don't Believe The Cover Art! The Actual Film Is Far Better
DIRECTED BY: PAUL LEDER/1976
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2017/KINO LORBER
Sometimes you stick with a ...
Bosch Paintings More Than Ready For Their Close Up, Even If The Doc's Too Small
DIRECTED BY: PIETER VAN HUYSTEE/2016
STREET DATE: JANUARY 24, 2017/KINO LO...
When the Movies Turn Their Cameras Upon Themselves...
We all know it. Hollywood is perhaps the most narcissistic industry ever created by narcissistic man. As ...
It's Not Shakespeare, But There Are Spears, And The Earth Shakes At One Point
DIRECTED BY: DON CHAFFEY/1966
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 14, 2017/KINO LORBER
Pe...
Proto-Disaster Movie Gets Disaster Wrong, But Lands Performances
DIRECTED BY: HENRY KOSTER/1951
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 7, 2017/KINO LORBER
Director Henry Koste...
The Many Faces of America's Blatantly Diverse Filmmaker
One July morning in 1989, I woke up in my New York apartment to find my roommate Gary chatting excitedl...
Gould Surmises The Who?, While Audience Ponders The Why?
DIRECTED BY: JACK GOLD/1975
STREET DATE: JANUARY 3, 2017/KINO LORBER
The cornball title has other v...
Kirk Douglas at 100: Tough Guys Never Die
Before Bruce Campbell, before Jay Leno, Kirk Douglas wielded the most famous chin in show business. He can also safel...
Undersea Disaster Flick Can't Hold Water... Or Attention
DIRECTED BY: DANIEL PETRIE/1973
STREET DATE: DECEMBER 6, 2016/KINO LORBER
A relatively early entry in...
Low Budget Pays Few Favors To Earnest Environmental Drama
DIRECTED BY: PETER SASDY/1972
STREET DATE: DECEMBER 6, 2016/KINO LORBER
Here's the thing about Doomw...
Robert fell into the movie trap at 7 with Ray Harryhausen, advanced through the Marx Bros, the Coen Bros, Howard Hawks, Spielberg, and the holy trinity of Ozu, Tati, and Truffaut, and now loves too many to possibly list. He’ll watch an old movie before a new one every time, and a comedy before a drama, but mostly he’ll watch just about anything. He’s a writer, teacher, and student in Texas, where he lives with his wife and little boy, both of whom know all about his crush on Myrna Loy.
