The film Mephisto Waltz comes from the same 1970s era as Rosemary’s Baby, which had been a big success. It’s one of several films from that time that deals with the occult and specifically Satanism. It stars a pre-M.A.S.H. Alan Alda as Miles, a music journalist who goes to interview Duncan Ely, supposedly the world’s … Continue reading The Mephisto Waltz – Blu-Ray Review
Lady From Shanghai was Orson Welles’s fourth feature, and basically ended his Hollywood career (although of course he would do Touch of Evil seven years later). Following this production, he fled to Europe and lived there for most of his life. Lady From Shanghai is one of Welles best films, but also deeply flawed: a twisty … Continue reading The Lady From Shanghai – Blu-Ray Review
Letter to Brezhnev was a small independent film that was made on a shoestring budget but ended up becoming an international hit in 1985. It also one of the first films to come out from Palace Pictures, which initially started as a video distributor–Palace emerged from the work of producer Stephen Woolley in programming the … Continue reading Letter to Brezhnev – Blu-Ray Review
The Invisible Man series within the Universal Horror catalogue seems to have been shafted recently. They are currently reissuing all the Universal films—except for The Invisible Man films—to tie in with the upcoming "reimagining" of The Mummy starring Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe. There is a remake with Johnny Depp slated to come out at some point, so maybe they are waiting to release them then? Whatever … Continue reading The Invisible Man Collection – Blu-Ray Review
Performance may be nearing its 50th anniversary, but it has not lost an inch of its strangeness and power. It still feels like it's a film made in a lysergic-induced haze, because it was. It was the directorial debut of both Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, though over the years it's been revealed that Performance … Continue reading Performance – Blu-Ray Review
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