Author: Ian Schultz

The Endless Summer is one of several things that started a surfing craze in the early to mid-'60s in the US. The Beach Boys were undoubtedly the key influencer for kids picking up surf boards, but also other surf music, especially the instrumentals by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones and one-hit wonders like The Chantays with … Continue reading The Endless Summer – Blu-Ray Review →

Waxwork is one of the most fun '80s horror comedies, and it came out at the tail end of the '80s, when the genre pretty much seemed to be dying (with a couple of exceptions like Society, The 'Burbs and Killer Klowns from Outer Space.) It almost feels like it could be a Joe Dante film, and that's … Continue reading Waxwork – Blu-Ray Review →

The Big Knife came off the flaming hot heels of Robert Aldrich's post-apocalyptic noir masterpiece Kiss Me Deadly. Both films are quintessential Los Angeles films, but this is only one of the two that is a statement on the industry that runs that town—the film industry. It's based on a scathing play by Clifford Odets, who is … Continue reading The Big Knife – Blu-Ray Review →

Jean-Luc Godard was pretty much undeniably the filmmaker of the 1960s, with an extraordinary run of creativity during which he made 15 feature-length films (À Bout de Souffle to Week End) in seven years. However, the seeds of his next phase of filmmaking were already being sewn with films like La Chinoise and Week End. Things were about to change … Continue reading Tout Va Bien – Blu-Ray Review →