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March Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 30, 2021
The Flesh and the
Fiends (1960) Director/co-writer
John Gilling’s lurid dramatization of Burke and Hare’s real-life exploits is
consistently compelling, remaining one of the best versions of the tale. George
Rose and Donald Pleasence play the notorious pair of ne'er-do-wells who supply D read more
Announcing the Christopher Lee Blogathon
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 27, 2021
Note:
As my friends on Twitter can attest, it’s been a bit of a rough week, with my
family’s beloved cat, Buster, missing. Despite this unfortunate setback, I have
decided that “the show must go on,” so I can give everyone ample time for the following
event…
Afte read more
Tales that Witness Madness
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 9, 2021
(1973) Directed by Freddie Francis; Written by Jennifer Jayne;
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Georgia Brown, Suzy Kendall, Peter
McEnery, Joan Collins, Kim Novak and Michael Petrovitch; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD
Rating: **½
“Up until now, apart from the patients, I&# read more
Beauty and the Beast (aka: La Belle et la Bête)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 2, 2021
(1946) Written and directed by Jean Cocteau; Based on the story by Madame Leprince de Beaumont; Starring: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair and Marcel André Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ***** “To find trees where there are none, or something read more
French February Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 25, 2021
Port of Shadows (1938) Jean (Jean Gabin), an AWOL soldier, hitches
a ride to the port town of Le Havre, with the intention of assuming a new
identity and hopping on a cargo ship bound for Venezuela. In a short span of time,
he meets new friends (including a dog who stays glued to his side) and read more
Gandahar (aka: Light Years)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 21, 2021
(1987) Directed by René Laloux; Written by René Laloux and Roland Topor; Based on the novel Les Hommes Machine Contre Gandhar, by Jean-Pierre Andrevon; Starring: Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Catherine Chevallier, Georges Wilson and Anny Duperey; Available on DVD (Region 2) Rating: **** “Wha read more
Delicatessen
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 11, 2021
(1991) Written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc
Caro; Starring: Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin
Viard, Ticky Holgado, Silvie Laguna and Rufus; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“The story came about, as I said many times back then,
be read more
Japan-uary X Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 1, 2021
Ugetsu (aka: Ugetsu monogatari) (1953) Director Kenji
Mizoguchi’s Feudal-era yurei (ghost) story resonates with the viewer long after
it’s over. Genjurô (Masayuki Mori), a poor pottery maker dreams of making a
fortune selling his wares in the big city. After evading roving samurai read more
Summer Days with Coo (aka: Kappa no Kû to Natsuyasumi)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 27, 2021
(2007) Written and directed by Keiichi Hara; Story by Yuichi
Watanabe and Masao Kogure; Based on the stories "Kappa Daisawagi" and
"Kappa’s Surprise Journey," by Masao Kogure; Starring: Kazato Tomizawa,
Takahiro Yokokawa, Naoki Tanaka, Naomi Nishida, Tamaki Matsumoto and Natsuki
Uematsu read more
Fish Story
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 21, 2021
(2009) Directed by: Yoshihiro Nakamura; Written by Tamio Hayashi; Based on the novel by Kôtarô Isaka; Starring: Atsushi Itô, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Noriko Eguchi, Hidekazu Mashima, Gaku Hamada, Mikako Tabe, Mirai Moriyama, and Kengo Kôra; Available on Blu-ray (Region B) and DVD. Rating: **** read more
Perfect Blue
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 10, 2021
(1997) Directed by Satoshi Kon; Written by Sadayuki Murai; Based on the novel Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis, by Yoshikazu Takeuchi; Starring: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji and Masaaki Ôkura; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: **** “I don’t think that it read more
Disaster December Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 1, 2021
The Wave (aka: Bølgen)
(2015) No, it’s not about the ubiquitous stadium crowd activity, but a killer
tidal wave that strikes the touristy Norwegian village of Geiranger. After accepting
a new job in the big city, Kristian (Kristoffer Joner) can’t seem to let go of
his old position read more
Rollercoaster
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 28, 2020
(1977) Directed by James Goldstone; Written by Richard
Levinson and William Link; Story by Sanford Sheldon, Richard Levinson and
William Link; Suggested by a story by Tommy Cook; Starring: George Segal,
Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino and Susan
Strasberg; Available on B read more
Short Take: Crack in the World
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 20, 2020
(1965) Directed by Andrew Marton; Written by Jon Manchip
White and Julian Zimet; Story by Jon Manchip White; Starring: Dana Andrews,
Janette Scott, Kieron Moore and Alexander Knox; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“Someone once said, if a man had a chance to spend his lif read more
Fly the Unfriendly Skies: The Airport Movies
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 10, 2020
During
a time when global travel is inadvisable or outright restricted, most of us can
only dream about flying off to exotic, faraway locations, let alone enjoying
frivolous travel within our own country. Back in the weird and wacky 1970s,
Hollywood set its sights on every conceivable sort of read more
November Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 29, 2020
Scarlet Street (1945) Fritz Lang’s cynical noir
drama is as bleak as they come, taking us to the darkest corners of human
nature. Edward G. Robinson stars as Christopher Cross, a meek, middle-aged bank
teller stuck in a loveless marriage to a domineering widow (Rosalind Ivan). His
life t read more
Laura
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 18, 2020
(1944) Directed by Otto Preminger; Written by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt; Based on
the novel by Vera Caspary; Starring: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent
Price, Judith Anderson and Dorothy Adams; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
read more
October Quick Picks and Pans – Horror Month 2020
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 2, 2020
Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras) (2017) In this surprising film by Brazilian writer/director team Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, Ana (Marjorie Estiano), a young well-to-do pregnant woman hires Clara (Isabél Zuaa) as a personal assistant/nanny. Clara soon finds that her employer has some unusual noctu read more
Having a Ball with the Phantasm Sequels
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 29, 2020
It’s
not an exaggeration to state there was nothing else like the original Phantasm when it was unleashed upon unsuspecting audiences in 1979. Don Coscarelli’s low-budget
wonder employed an almost indescribable mixture of genres and tones, all under
the overarching theme of th read more
Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 14, 2020
(1967) Written and directed by: Jack Hill; Starring: Lon
Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner, Sid
Haig, Mary Mitchell and Karl Schanzer; Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Amazon
Prime
Rating: ****
“One thing that has come to my attention over the years
about read more