Author: VHS Tracking
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Duck, You Sucker/A Fistful Of Dynamite (1971)
A long running gap in my Sergio Leone movie watching was the one with two titles – Duck, You Sucker (1971) aka A Fistful Of Dynamite has always been underrated or not as celebrated. Maybe because it doesn’t have Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson? Instead you have James Coburn with an Irish accent as an… Read.
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
While a Criterion Collection streaming service is still absent in Australia, SBS OnDemand at least offers a good selection of art-house titles and acclaimed foreign films in its library. The recent season (from Sony Pictures networks, I believe) of Quentin Tarantino programming a ‘Swinging Sixties’ line up of movies from that era, to tie into… Read.
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Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
With Peter Fonda’s recent passing, I felt it was time to take a ride with Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), the cult car chase action thriller that was apparently a sleeper hit at the time of release. While it’s promoted like Bonnie & Clyde on the posters with thief Larry (Peter Fonda) on the run… Read.
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Smithereens (1982)
I’d always wanted to see Smithereens (1982), directed by Susan Seidelman, a low budget New York cult movie about punk/DIY subcultures. The headstrong protagonist Wren (Susan Berman) is brilliantly introduced stealing a pair of zebra patterned shades on the subway and handing out photocopied flyers of her face with the cut-out text “Who is this?”… Read.
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The Brides Of Dracula (1960)
Back into the vaults of Hammer Studios and viewing for the first time, The Brides Of Dracula (1960). There’s no Dracula, no Christopher Lee. Instead, a school teacher (Yvonne Monlaur), travelling to her new school, inadvertently spends the night at the castle of Baroness Meinster (Martita Hunt) and unwittingly frees the Baroness’ imprisoned golden haired… Read.
