Babylon Berlin is now on its fourth season, and probably has one or two seasons left. Given the budget of the series and the time it takes to make, we probably won't see another season until 2024 at the earliest. The plan is to end the series around the time of the Nazi seizure of power, … Continue reading Babylon Berlin: Season 4 – DVD Review →

The Dunwich Horror is a loose adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1929 short story of the same name, which was first published in Weird Tales. The film is kind of a spin-off of from Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe cycle of films: Corman served as executive producer here, and also directed The Haunted Palace, which was sold as a Poe … Continue reading The Dunwich Horror – Blu-Ray Review →

Big Time Gambling Boss is considered by many to be one of the finest films made during the classic era of the Yakuza film. The film is actually the fourth in a series of ten Bakuchi-uchi films, all released by Toei studios. As far as I can tell, these films are only thematically linked, and there … Continue reading Big Time Gambling Boss – Blu-Ray Review →

Emily the Criminal is an impressive debut feature from John Patton Ford, who had made a short film, Patrol, that debuted at Sundance back in 2010. The film stars Aubrey Plaza, who has become a frequent fixture in the films chosen for Sundance during the last decade. This new film is a punchy, quick-paced, tense … Continue reading Emily the Criminal – Blu-Ray Review →

In Italy, the 1970s was a time when real revolution was in the air. Most of the West had become complacent and accepted their crappy systems, but Italian student movements and trades unions posed a serious challenge to those in power. Of course, they didn't win in the end, especially after The PCI (Italian Communist … Continue reading The Working Class Goes to Heaven – Blu-Ray Review →