Pale Flower is probably Masahiro Shinoda's best-known film alongside Assassination, which he also directed in 1964. He also directed the first of the three adaptations of Shūsaku Endō's Silence—the most recent and well-known was directed by Martin Scorsese. Shinodo is one of the leading directors of the Japanese New Wave, along with Nagisa Ōshima and Yoshishige Yoshida, and their … Continue reading Pale Flower – Blu-Ray Review
This week 101 Films delves deep into its American Genre Film Archive range for two separate releases from the bowels of exploitation film hell. The films She Freak and The Zodiac Killer have been lovingly restored, and look better than they have any right to—you kind of wish there was an option for a restored version that lets … Continue reading She Freak and The Zodiac Killer – Blu-Ray Review
The Gentle Gunman is an Ealing film that was directed by Basil Dearden, who also directed League of Gentlemen, Victim, All Night Long, and Sapphire, amongst other films. Deardon was a pretty solid director who always tried to have a little bit of social commentary in his movies. It’s a film about the IRA, and … Continue reading The Gentle Gunman – Blu-Ray Review
The 1919 documentary South (sometimes also known as Endurance) is the account of Ernest Shackleton’s failed attempt to cross the Antarctic land-mass between 1914 and 1916. It was a huge near-disaster for Shackleton and his crew, and Australian filmmaker Frank Hurley was there to document it. The film is more or less the first feature-length … Continue reading South & The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration on Film – Blu-Ray Review
Escape From Pretoria is the latest film where Daniel Radcliffe is trying to get away from Harry Potter—not quite as successfully as Robert Pattinson has done, but he’s doing his best by taking riskier parts in independent films. This is probably one of the better parts he’s had, helped by the fact that it’s great … Continue reading Escape from Pretoria – Blu-Ray Review
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