…and that feeling is so dark, deep and numb it shouldn’t be disturbed.    

For the early settlers of this country, the New World offered freedom as well as the unknown…..    

What if Jesus Christ was a donkey?        

Made during the early period of Marlene Dietrich’s career at Paramount, THE SONG OF SONGS (1933) is usually overlooked amid the Josef von Sternberg collaborations that made her famous such as The Blue Angel (1930), Morocco (1930) and Shanghai Express (1932). Yet, it provides a fascinating look at Dietrich under a different director (Rouben Mamoulian) [...]

Those who follow the current art scene and are well versed in art history know William Klein as one of the most influential American photographers to emerge in the fifties along with his contemporary Robert Frank. Famous for his unconventional fashion shoots for Vogue as well as his candid documentation of New York City street [...]

Hammer Studios were always experts at following cinema fads and providing their own particular spin on a popular genre quickly to satify fans and take advantage of moviegoing trends. Besides the steady stream of horror films that made their reputation in the late fifties, they also had mini-franchises that ran from costume adventures (Sword of [...]

I’m a big admirer of John Frankenheimer’s early work from such live TV dramas as The Comedian (1956) and Days of Wine and Roses (1957) to All Fall Down (1962), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Seconds (1966). I’ve also enjoyed several of the more commercial projects he helmed throughout his career such [...]

One of countless Eurospy actioners released in the wake of the James Bond film craze in the sixties, SECRET AGENT SUPER DRAGON (aka New York chiama Superdrago, 1966) has been mercilessly ridiculed on MST3K but served straight up, it’s often funnier in its own poker-faced way and has some oddball flourishes to set it apart [...]

One of the best kept secrets about the Telluride Film Festival is what happens AFTER the event. The town residents are treated to a 3 day, 6-film sampler with two different screenings at the Palm Theatre each night. The selection is purely random and usually based on which films don’t have to be shipped out [...]