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Documentary December Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 1, 2020
Marwencol (2010) Jeff
Malmberg’s brilliant documentary is a fascinating profile of one man’s search
for inner peace and meaning amidst chaos. After suffering a horrific beating
which left him physically and mentally damaged, Mark Hogancamp took a novel
approach on his long road to recove read more
Short Take: Grey Gardens
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 27, 2019
(1975) Directed by Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David
Maysles, and Muffie Meyer: Edith ‘Little Edie’ Bouvier Beale, Edith Beale,
Brooks Hyers, Jack Helmuth, Lois Wright; Available on DVD
Rating: ****
“I think that the film is kind of a Rorschach test, where it
taps on the var read more
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 12, 2019
(2008) Written and directed by Erik Nelson; Starring: Harlan
Ellison, Robin Williams, Neil Gaiman, Carol Cooper, Ronald D. Moore, Carol
Cooper, Dan Simmons, Josh Olson, Susan Anne Toth; Available on DVD
Rating: ***½
“When you’ve been made an outsider, you are always angr read more
November Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 1, 2019
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) The wealthy
and powerful Martha Ivers (now O’Neil) (Barbara Stanwyck) is married to meek district
attorney hopeful Walter O’Neil (Kirk Douglas in his film debut). Both individuals
harbor a dark secret about her past, which is brought to light when read more
Short Take: D.O.A.
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 30, 2019
(1949) Directed by Rudolph Maté; Written by Russell Rouse
and Clarence Greene; Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly
Garland, Lynn Baggett and William Ching; Available on DVD, Kanopy and Amazon
Prime
Rating: ****
“You knew who I was when I came in here read more
Some Belated Acknowledgements
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 24, 2019
Time has a nasty habit of getting away before you know it. Way
back in January, I was nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award by the hardest working blogger on the web, Gill Jacob of Realweegie MidgetReviews.
Fast forward several months to September, and I was nominated for the LiebsterAward read more
The Kiss of the Vampire
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 31, 2019
(1963) Directed by Don Sharp; Written by John Elder (aka:
Anthony Hinds); Starring: Clifford Evans, Edward de Souza, Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Barry Warren, Jacquie
Wallis and Isobel Black; Available on Blu-Ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“I decided straight away he was going to be read more
October Quick Picks and Pans – Horror Month 2019
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 27, 2019
The Evil (1978)
Psychologist C.J. Arnold and his wife Caroline (Richard Crenna and Joanna
Pettet) begin renovations on a decrepit antebellum mansion with the help of
some volunteers. Before long, it becomes clear that the house wants them dead
or at least prisoners. Meanwhile, a spectral visitor app read more
Horror Express
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 20, 2019
(1972) Directed by Eugenio Martín; Written by Arnaud d'Usseau and Julian Zimet; Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa, Julio Peña and Telly Savalas. Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: **** “They say that this is a cult picture – I read more
Scared Sh*tless in the ‘70s
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 10, 2019
“I
am a man of fifty-two years that is still dealing with his first ten years of
existence. I am trying to recuperate from those first ten years.” – Guillermo
del Toro (from 2016 interview by Keith McDonald and Roger Clark, Guillermo
del Toro, At Home with Monsters)
So
many read more
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (aka: Who Slew Auntie Roo?)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 3, 2019
(1971) Directed by Curtis Harrington; Written by Robert Blees
and Jimmy Sangster; Original screen story by David D. Osborn; Starring: Shelley
Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries and Michael
Gothard; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***
“Isn’t read more
September Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 29, 2019
They Live by Night (1948) Director Nicholas Ray’s debut feature
is a gripping film noir about doomed love between Bowie (Farley Granger), an
escaped convict, and Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell), an inexperienced young woman
who wants to escape her father (Will Wright) and her humdrum life. Granger i read more
The Once Over Twice – Three O’Clock High
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 25, 2019
(1987) Directed by Phil Joanou; Written by Richard Christian
Matheson and Tom Szollosi; Starring: Casey Siemaszko,
Annie Ryan, Richard Tyson, Stacey Glick, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall and
Mitch Pileggi; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“I was really working overti read more
Film Twitter Survival Guide
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 17, 2019
“Life
is very short, and there’s no time for fussing or fighting, my friend.” – from
“We Can Work It Out” – Lennon/McCartney (used slightly out of context)
I
typically go on a rant once a year (give or take a few months), so I figured I
was overdue fo read more
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 2, 2019
(1961) Directed by Val Guest; Written by Wolf Mankowitz and
Val Guest; Starring: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard
Braden and Arthur Christiansen; Available on Blu-ray (Region B) and DVD (Region
2)
Rating: ****½
“When I had written the original treat read more
Post-Apocalyptic August Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 28, 2019
On the Beach (1959) Most post-apocalyptic films
provide some glimmer of hope, however slight. Director Stanley Kramer gives the
audience no quarter with this grim, star-studded depiction of a no-win
situation following a nuclear war. Minus some dubious Australian accents, it’s
a solid adaptati read more
Damnation Alley
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 22, 2019
(1977) Directed by Jack Smight; Written by: Lukas Heller and
Alan Sharp; Based on the novella by Roger Zelazny; Starring: George Peppard,
Jan Michael Vincent, Paul Winfield, Dominique Sanda and Jackie Earle Haley;
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: **½
“There used to b read more
A Boy and His Dog
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 12, 2019
(1975)
Written and directed by L.Q. Jones; Based on a novella by Harlan Ellison;
Starring: Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, Tim McIntire and Hal
Baylor; Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Amazon Prime
Rating: ****
“I’m getting the hell out of here. I
wanna see Blood a read more
Short Take: Not of This Earth
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 1, 2019
(1957) Directed by Roger Corman; Written by: Charles B.
Griffith and Mark Hanna; Starring: Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones,
William Roerick, Jonathan Haze and Dick Miller; Available on DVD (Out of print)
Rating: ***½
“Throwing in some tongue-in-cheek humor paid of read more
Roger Corman Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 29, 2019
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Although the title is based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, it isn’t really a
part of Corman’s Poe Cycle, but an adaptation (by Charles Beaumont) of H.P.
Lovecraft’s “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.” This slow-moving, atmospheric movie
features read more