Review Archive: June 2011
Screening the Poor
Early cinema and magic lanterns combine to document the 'Social Question' at the turn of the century.
The Pack
Some impressively stylish horror is diluted by an inconsistent and wavering delivery in Franck Richard's rural French shocker....
Harnessing Peacocks
Sir John Mills, Peter Davison and Serena Scott Thomas star in this 1993 TV movie......
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Richard Roxburgh, Miranda Otto and Matt day star in this Australian comedy, released on DVD by Crabtree.
Giallo
Dario Argento's return to the genre that made him. John reviews the Lionsgate release...
Siegfried A. Fruhauf: Exposed
Fourteen short films from the Austrian 'found footage' manipulator.
Praise
Sex, drugs and Scrabble in Praise, a grungy love story from Australia, released on DVD by Crabtree Films.
Look at Life: Volume Two - Military
This second collection of British documentary shorts produced in the 60s focuses on the military......
Park Row (MGM LE Collection)
Samuel Fuller's loving tribute to American journalism is now available as a *gasp* DVD-R; clydefro reviews
Faccia a Faccia
Sergio Sollima's great Spaghetti Western comes to UK DVD from Eureka in all its uncut glory....
The Miners' Hymns
The personal and political history of coalmining in the North East of England.
Monogamy
This engrossing relationship drama/voyeuristic slow burn thriller is out now from Oscilloscope
Skin
The first release from new label High Point Home Entertainment.
The Money Trap (Warner Archive)
Glenn Ford is a cop with a bag of money on his mind in this Warner Archive title co-starring Rita Hayworth
Bleach Series 06 Part 02
Time for some Visored training in the latest volume of Bleach. Out today on R2 DVD by Manga UK
The Brothers / Floodtide
Two Scottish-set rarities from British cinema's past.
A Thousand Clowns (MGM LE Collection)
A dated but still delightful Best Picture nominee quietly gets released on DVD-R and is reviewed by clydefro
Early Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa's first six films as a solo director, available now from the BFI.
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (MGM LE Collection)
Wonder Woman sans her super-suit and with an assault weapon, as Lynda Carter stars in this B-level Badlands
Susan Slept Here (Warner Archive)
A brilliant and hilarious comedy by Frank Tashlin in which teen Debbie Reynolds moves in with Dick Powell
Eccentricities of a Blonde Haired Girl
Manoel de Oliveira's latest feature to see British distribution, made at the grand old age of 100.
The Happy Thieves (MGM LE Collection)
Rita Hayworth and Rex Harrison try not to embarrass themselves in this early sixties caper film
Il Posto
Ermanno Olmi's 1961 classic, out now from Mr. Bongo.
Brother
There's bullets, blood, and battle, but also much beauty in Kitano's foray abroad, as Park Circus re-release the 2000 gangster movie on DVD....
The Tattooed Stranger (Warner Archive)
Who's the dead girl in Central Park? A pair of cops try to solve a murder in between wisecracks.
