Dan Ireland on “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane”
Sep 20, 2010
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One of the most influential movies of the 1960s, Robert Aldrich's celebrated Hollywood Gothic was the first movie to open widely in "Flagship Theaters" instead of playing initial dates in top urban houses and changed distributor release patterns forever more. It didn't exactly hurt the late careers of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford either.
Joe on Game of Death
05/24/2013
There's a fascinating essay on the complexities of this film in The American Reader by Tony Tulathimutte which can be accessed here: http://theamericanreader. om/the-curses-the-fates-the-races-the-fakes-the-faces-the-names-of-the-game-of-death-or-the-game-of-death/
Victor Jones on Invasion of the Bee Girls
05/24/2013
I first heard of this movie my first semester in college when my French instructor used her having seen it on TV the previous weekend to form an example sentence. I think I probably saw it on the same show a year or two later (although not uncut) and agreeing it was pretty good for an early '70s low-budget sci-fi movie, certainly a step above something like Track of the Moon Beast or The Blood Waters of Dr...
Phil on Invasion of the Bee Girls
05/24/2013
The link to the full film doesn't work. But this flick was recently on Netflix Instant, and may be...
Victor Jones on Poison Ivy
05/22/2013
I had the fortune of seeing Poison Ivy in the theatre (albeit a second-run dollar theatre) during its original release. I think I saw a trailer for it at a showing of Bill Duke's Deep Cover, and I think Poison Ivy only played for a week first-run...
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