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Trash Classics: Program 1
Screened: Fri 25 Jun – Fri 27 Aug, 2021Luna Leederville June 25th: ROAD HOUSE July 30th: FEMALE TROUBLE August 27th: OVER THE TOP September 24th: GREASE 2 October 29th: DEEP BLUE SEA (Halloween Special!) November 26th: COMMANDO Trash Classics revives the spirit of the VHS rental onto the big screen with a cult movie favourite… Read.
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The Coward (1965)
The Coward (1965) – also known as Kapurush – is a film by Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Having only seen Pather Panchali, I am still pretty clueless about Ray’s filmography and only heard about The Coward with the recent Criterion Channel’s spotlight on the director’s work. The story itself – a screenwriter encounters a past… Read.
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Army Of Shadows (1969)
Programming the VCR recorder to tape Le Samourai off daytime SBS was my introduction to director Jean-Pierre Meville, mainly because I’d read about him in old classic cinema books as well as knowing that film was an influence on John Woo’s The Killer (as well as Ronin, Ghost Dog, etc). I’ve only slowly caught up… Read.
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My Darling Clementine (1946)
Crossing another title off the list of movies covered in Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 2 that I had not seen: My Darling Clementine (1946). An iconic western directed by John Ford about Wyatt Earp (here, played by a young Henry Fonda, laconic and measured in his performance) and Doc Holiday (Victor Mature, stolid yet tortured),… Read.
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Spring Night, Summer Night (1967)
Restored by Nicolas Winding Refn’s brand, byNWR.com, and available on that website as well as Mubi, Spring Night, Summer Night (1967) is a rediscovered film, the only feature length directorial work by Joseph L. Anderson, a film professor from the University Of Ohio. Aiming for neo-realism while focused on country people in Ohio, the black-and-white… Read.
