Broad Lester Slapstick Vehicle: A Hard Day's 95 Minutes
DIRECTED BY: RICHARD LESTER/1984
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 2016/KINO LORBER
I'm sad to report tha...
Defrosting Cinematic Turkeys of Multiple Varieties
As the ZekeFilm contributors turn their attention to notorious cinematic turkeys, I write in defense of bad ...
Werewolf Movie Lopes Toward Immortality, But Loses By A Hair
DIRECTED BY: JOHN BRAHM/1942
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2016/KINO LORBER
The best thing about this...
Sturges Aims For Golden Years, Misses The Mark In The End
DIRECTED BY: PRESTON STURGES/1949
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 2016/KINO LORBER
Preston Sturges ros...
Unanimously Overturning Fraud at the Box Office
The greatest boon to American political films came, oh, some four score and eight years ago, when movie studios...
Fuller Puts Soldiers Through The Grinder In Korean War Actioner
DIRECTED BY SAMUEL FULLER/1951
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 20, 2016/KINO LORBER
One tightly-bundled...
For Wilder Completists, Two Films Sweet Like Wonka, But Strained Like Fronkensteen
BOTH DIRECTED BY GENE WILDER/1975/1986
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2016/KINO L...
Movie Aims For The Heart, Kid Aims For The Nose
DIRECTED BY: TONY BILL/1980
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2016/KINO LORBER
When you think '80s teen movies set in ...
Connery, Sean Connery.
How else to begin a round-up of the famed Irish/Scotsman's films on this, the month of his birth? Perhaps it's what's expected, and fo...
'60s Spy Spoof Feels Like It's Stuck There Forever
DIRECTED BY: JOSEPH LOSEY/1966
STREET DATE: AUGUST 23, 2016/KINO LORBER
The Saudi Arabian sheik's diam...
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.
