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I Am Sartana, Your Angel Of Death (1969)
I was not familiar with the Sartana spaghetti westerns until Arrow Video released a boxset, their remastered versions available on Tubi to stream. The first one I watched was I Am Sartana, Your Angel Of Death (1969; Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino), the second in the series, and what a character, dressed in all black… Read.
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Split Second (1992)
One great thing about watching movies late night on TV when I was a kid was being able to almost watch two movies at the same time, flipping the channels during the ads from one movie to another that might be on. I feel like this is how I’ve seen the majority of Split Second… Read.
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Red Beard (1965)
Akira Kurosawa’s Red Beard (1965; Akahige) might intimidate with its three hour length. But this drama, the last film Kurosawa would make in black and white, and with regular collaborator and star Toshiro Mifune, is a beautiful, moving experience. Set in the 19th century in Koshikawa, it is basically a medical drama focused on the… Read.
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The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
All I really knew about Peter Weir’s first film The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) was its memorable title and the iconic image of the VW bug covered in spikes, which was used a lot in the advertising that sold it as a genre horror film (and is even referenced in Mad Max: Fury Road).… Read.
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The Plumber (1979)
I’ve always been curious about The Plumber (1979) ever since seeing that it was categorised as a horror movie, and that it was a lesser known work from Australian director Peter Weir. There are some more genre appropriate posters and videos covers out there that make it look like a menacing slasher, and the opening… Read.
