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Documentary December Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 28, 2022
Night and Fog (1956) 10 years after the liberation
of Auschwitz, French filmmaker Alain Resnais revisited the grounds of the
infamous concentration camp. The bucolic, tranquil surroundings (filmed in
color), belie the fact that this was once the backdrop for some of the greatest
atrocities per read more
Burden of Dreams
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 15, 2022
(1982) Directed by Les Blank; Written by Michael Goodwin
(Narration); Narrated by Candace Laughlin; Starring: Werner Herzog, Klaus
Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Mick Jagger; Available on DVD
Rating: ****½
“When I came back to Germany, and I had to hol read more
The Third Man
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 4, 2022
(1949) Directed by Carol Reed; Screenplay by Graham Greene; Based on a novella by Graham Greene; Starring: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Paul Hörbiger, Ernst Deutsch, Erich Ponto; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ***** “Carol Reed is the kind of dir read more
November Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 27, 2022
Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) This gripping thriller
from director Roy Ward Baker takes place over the course of one tense night. After
being dumped by his lounge singer girlfriend Lyn (Anne Bancroft, in her first feature
film), airline pilot Jed Towers (Richard Widmark) looks for some re read more
Favorites from 1978
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 20, 2022
Several months ago, I was challenged by Gill from
Realweegiemidget Reviews to discuss my top five favorite movies from 1978. As many
film fans know, it was such an exceptional year for movies. The plethora of
choices made it difficult to narrow down my picks – so difficult, in fact, that
I dec read more
The Devilishly Delightful Donald Pleasence Blogathon – Final Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 31, 2022
As
George Harrison once wrote, all things must pass, and so it goes with the
Devilishly Delightful Donald Pleasence Blogathon. On behalf of Gill Jabob from Realweegiemidget
Reviews and Yours Truly, we’d like to give a hearty thanks to everyone who took
part, as well as our dear readers! read more
The Devilishly Delightful Donald Pleasence Blogathon – Day 3 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 30, 2022
Where
did the weekend go? We’ve already reached Day 3 of the Devilishly Delightfully
Donald Pleasence Blogathon, hosted by Gill Jacob of Realweegiemidget Reviews
and Yours Truly! Tonight, we present a quartet of posts for your enjoyment.
Note:
There will be a post-blogathon wrap-up tomorrow, read more
Circus of Horrors
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 30, 2022
(1960) Directed by Sidney Hayers; Written by George Baxt; Starring:
Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence, Jane Hylton,
Kenneth Griffith and Yvonne Romain; Available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Rating: ***½
This post is part of the Devilishly Delightful Don read more
The Devilishly Delightful Donald Pleasence Blogathon – Day 2 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 29, 2022
We’re
back for Day Two of the Devilishly Delightfully Donald Pleasence Blogathon,
hosted by Gill Jacob of Realweegiemidget Reviews and Yours Truly! Please enjoy
today’s posts, covering some film and television titles that might have slipped
beneath the radar.It’s
not too late read more
The Devilishly Delightful Donald Pleasence Blogathon Is Here – Day 1 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 28, 2022
Welcome
to Day One of the Devilishly Delightfully Donald Pleasence Blogathon! My superb
co-host Gill Jacob of Realweegiemidget Reviews and Yours Truly are proud to present
this three-day event, celebrating versatile, enigmatic character actor Donald
Pleasence. We have a bumper crop of posts fo read more
Horror Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 25, 2022
We Are the Night (2010) Lena (Karoline Herfurth), a small-time
thief with a troubled past, finds a strange kinship among a group of vampires. She
initially enjoys her new-found freedom as an immortal being, but soon discovers
the terrible price that comes along with her transformation. Things get
es read more
The Devil Bat
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 16, 2022
(1940) Directed by: Jean Yarbrough; Written by John T.
Neville; Story by George Bricker; Starring: read more
The Legend of Hell House
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 10, 2022
(1973) Directed by John Hough; Written by Richard Matheson
(based on his novel, Hell House); Starring: Roddy McDowall, Pamela
Franklin, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt and Roland Culver; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD
Rating: ****
Dr. Lionel Barrett (Clive Revill): "Is there anything you’d
care read more
September Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 30, 2022
The Spiral Staircase (1946) This superior gothic suspense film
from director Robert Siodmak (based on the novel Some Must Watch, by Ethel Lina
White) is short on plot but heavy on character, and dripping with atmosphere. Dorothy
McGuire plays Helen, a young mute woman who might be next on a se read more
The Day of the Locust
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 26, 2022
(1975) Directed by John Schlesinger; Written by Waldo Salt;
Based on the novel by Nathanael West; Starring: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black,
William Atherton, Burgess Meredith, Geraldine Page, Richard Dysart and Billy
Barty; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****½
Bi read more
Kenny & Co.
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 15, 2022
(1976) Written and directed by Don Coscarelli; Starring: Dan
McCann, A. Michael Baldwin, Jeff Roth, Ralph Richmond and Reggie Bannister;
Available on DVD (Out of print)
Rating: ****
Note: This is an expanded version of a capsule review that
originally appeared in June 2011.
“Sur read more
Werewolf Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 1, 2022
Moon of the Wolf (1972) At times, this made-for-TV
movie from director Daniel Petrie (based on a novel by Les Whitten) feels a bit
like an extended Night Stalker episode. Set in rural Louisiana, the focus
is on story, not effects. It starts as a murder mystery, which gradually shifts
to horror read more
Announcing the Devilishly Delightful Donald Pleasence Blogathon
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 28, 2022
When
Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews asked me if I was interested in co-hosting a blogathon devoted to the one and
only Donald Pleasence, how could I resist? Who else but Mr. Pleasence could be a
Bond villain, a blind POW, a Soviet conspirator, William Hare (of the notorious
duo Burke and H read more
The Ginger Snaps Trilogy
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 25, 2022
“The goal was to create a werewolf movie that no one had
seen before. It was to kind of take people’s expectations of the genre, and
then… bend them and twist them, and really make it something that was a
departure. I really wanted to strip the magic away from the werewolf, a read more
The Night of the Werewolf
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 8, 2022
(1981) Written and directed by Paul Naschy (as Jacinto Molina); Starring: Paul Naschy, Julia Saly, Silvia Aguilar, Azucena Hernández, Beatriz Elorrieta and Pilar Alcón; Available on Blu-ray (Part of the Paul Naschy Collection) and DVD (Out of Print) Rating: ***½ “The movies read more