Author: VHS Tracking
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Lured (1947)
Pre-sitcom superstardom, Lucille Ball was apparently synonymous with B-pictures and I never realised she’d starred in a few film noirs during the 1940s before I Love Lucy came to define her iconic legacy. I really liked Ball’s turn as a private detective’s helpful secretary in The Dark Corner, which I watched for the first time… Read.
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Trash Classics: Program 3
Screened: September to December, 2022Luna Leederville September 30: STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997) October 28: IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1995) November 25: BODY DOUBLE (1984) December 23: THE APPLE (1980) Several words from our host, Tristan Fidler: “Trash Classics is just a name – a different phrase for Cult Movies. We’re not out to ‘trash’ these… Read.
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The Aviator’s Wife (1981)
It’s a testament to the directing and writing of Eric Rohmer, and the performances of the actors, that the characters in The Aviator’s Wife (1981) come off as understandable and empathetic, even as they’re wrapped up in their own emotional problems and romantic overthinking. Then again, Rohmer’s talky, French serio-comic catalogue is not for everyone… Read.
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Friday Foster (1975)
While it has violence and nudity, there’s something lighter and frothier about the blaxploitation film, Friday Foster (1975); it’s almost ready to be a crowd-pleasing TV movie pilot, maybe because the film is being based on a comic strip (comparable to Modesty Blaise in terms of syndicated newspaper comics). A vehicle for the great Pam… Read.
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Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart To Hades (1972)
There’s something about Tomisaburo Wakayama’s portly stature and sullen demeanour as Ogami Itto, the wandering ronin, at the centre of the Lone Wolf And Cub series. A highly skilled and almost invincible assassin, Wakayama grounds everything with his grumpy stoicism and physicality, particularly in the face of enemy hordes and gushing blood sprays. Or in… Read.
