Showing posts with label cult classic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cult classic. Show all posts
Friday, May 15, 2026

wrong turn: Carnival of Souls (1962)

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     Carnival of Souls. The Criterion Collection, no. 63 [New York, N.Y.], 2016. DVD. 2016. Two-DVD special edition. 2 videodiscs (78 min.):...
Monday, March 10, 2025

too late for tears : Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972)

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        Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant: ein Krankheitsfall gewidmet dem, der hier Marlene wurde = The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kan...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

any dream was better than no dream ... The Day of the Locust (1975)

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    The Day of the Locust [DVD]. Hollywood, Calif.: Paramount Pictures, 2004. John Schlesinger, director. Based on the novel by Nathanael We...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

high gloss trash, and a second ten

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     Myra Breckinridge. Beverly Hills, Californi a: Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, [2018]. DVD. Screenplay by Michael Sarne and ...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

brief candles: Lola Montez (1821-1861)

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     Lola Montès [videorecording (DVD)]. Gamma-Film prèsente un film de Max Ophuls; scenario de Max Ophuls; adaptation de Annette Wademant ...
Thursday, March 4, 2021

no exit : D.O.A. (1950)

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[Minor SPOILERS in this post]. Noir-heads are only too familiar with the genre’s favorite tropes: doomed heroes, back-stabbing femme fatales...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

In praise of little-known movies

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Under-the-radar gems worth a look What are the exact parameters that define a neglected classic, or semi-classic? For some almost any obscur...