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In the Dust of the Stars
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 12, 2026
(1976) Directed by Gottfried Kolditz; Written by Joachim Hellwig and Gottfried Kolditz; Starring: Jana Brejchová, Alfred Struwe, Ekkehard Schall, Milan Beli, Silvia Popovici, Violeta Andrei and Leon Niemczyk; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ***½ Akala (Jana Brejchová): “Our read more
Viva Mexico Month II Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 31, 2026
Rapiña (1975) Porfirio (Ignacio López Tarso), a poor woodcutter, witnesses an airplane crash in the mountains near his home. He picks through the bodies and wreckage for valuables, hording his collection in a nearby cave. He brings his brother-in-law, Evodio (Germán Robles), to the crash site, read more
Cronos
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 26, 2026
(1993) Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro; Starring:
Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel and Tamara Xanath;
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“The first movie articulates your universe. To me, Cronos
contains the essence of what I wa read more
Santo vs. the Riders of Terror
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 10, 2026
(1970) Directed by René Cardona; Written by René Cardona and Jesús Murcielago Velázquez; Starring: Santo, Armando Silvestre, Julio Aldama, Mary Montiel, Gregorio Casal, Ivonne Govea and Carlos Agostí; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: *** “Being locked up in there was read more
July Quick Picks and Pans (11)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 30, 2026
Brewster McCloud (1971) But Cort stars in the
title role, as an odd, reclusive young man who lives in the basement of the
Houston Astrodome, and dreams of flying like a bird. Sally Kellerman is
Brewster’s guardian angel Louise, with wings tattooed on her back. Shelley
Duvall (in her firs read more
Dead Ringers
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 9, 2026
(1988) Directed by David Cronenberg; Written by David
Cronenberg and Norman Snider; Based on the novel, Twins, by Bari Wood
and Jack Geasland; Starring: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske,
Barbara Gordon and Stephen Lack; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“When read more
Medical Nightmares Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 29, 2026
Horror Hospital (1973) Michael Gough stars as the
unscrupulous Dr. Christian Storm, who runs a sanitorium for young adults. The
sanitorium is only a ruse, however, to provide a steady supply of unwilling test
subjects for his experimental brain surgery (as a deterrent for potential
escapees, the doc read more
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 11, 2026
(1959) Directed by Terence Fisher; Written by Jimmy Sangster; Based on the play The Man in Half Moon Street by Barré Lyndon; Starring: Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee, Arnold Marlé, and Delphi Lawrence; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ***½ “I must insist in saying that read more
Musical May Quick Picks and Pans (2)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 31, 2026
True Stories (1986) Writer/director David Byrne is our
guide to the fictional town of Virgil, Texas, where they’re about to hold their
sesquicentennial celebration. He introduces us to an assortment of Virgil’s
eccentric residents, including: Kay and Earl Culver (Annie McEnroe and read more
Rock ‘n Roll High School
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 25, 2026
(1979) Directed by Alan Arkush; Written by Richard Whitley, Russ
Dvonch, and Joseph McBride; Story by Alan Arkush and Joe Dante; Starring: P.J.
Soles, Clint Howard, Vincent Van Patten, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Dey Young,
The Ramones, and Dick Miller; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Ratin read more
The Rutles: All You Need is Cash
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 8, 2026
(1978) Directed by Eric Idle and Gary Weis; Written by Eric
Idle; Starring: Eric Idle, Neil Innes, John Halsey, Ricky Fataar, Michael
Palin, George Harrison, and Mick Jagger; Available on DVD
Rating: ****½
Side Note: The “cinematic” in Cinematic Catharsis implies
that read more
Prehistory Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 27, 2026
Iceman (1984) An arctic surveying team finds the discovery
of the century, a perfectly preserved Neanderthal (John Lone) in an ice cave. Back
at the base, a group of doctors somehow manage to revive the frozen caveman. Now
the big question becomes what to do with him. Dr. Stanley Shephard (Tim read more
Quest for Fire
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 20, 2026
(1981) Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud; Written by Gérard Brach; Based on the novel by J.H. Rosny Sr.; Starring: Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, and Naseer El-Kadi; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ****½ “I thought I was making this crap read more
Puppet Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 31, 2026
Shari and Lamb Chop (2023) Lisa D'Apolito’s documentary
is an affectionate ode to the career of pioneering children’s television host
and ventriloquist Shari Lewis from her early days through her twilight years. Encouraged
at a young age by her magician father and musician mother, read more
Meet the Feebles
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 22, 2026
(1989) Directed by Peter Jackson; Written by: Fran Walsh, Stephen
Sinclair, Danny Mulheron, and Peter Jackson; Starring: Danny Mulheron, Donna
Akersten, Stuart Devenie Mark Hadlow and Ross Jolly. Available on DVD.
Rating: ***½
Note: Back in 2018, Peter Jackson announced that he was
supervisin read more
Magic
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 10, 2026
(1978) Directed by Richard Attenborough; Written by William
Goldman; Based on the novel by William Goldman; Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret,
Burgess Meredith and Ed Lauter; Available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Rating: ****
“Magic is misdirection, that’s all it is. And misdi read more
Blue Sunshine
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 1, 2026
(1977) Written and directed by Jeff Lieberman; Starring: Zalman
King, Deborah Winters, Mark Goddard, Robert Walden, Wendy Flemming and Ray
Young; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“Millions of my generation had experimented with LSD during
the late 60s into the 70s. read more
February Quick Picks and Pans (14)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 25, 2026
Elizabeth Harvest (2018) Elizabeth (Abbey Lee), a young trophy wife, arrives home with her rich middle-aged husband, Henry (Ciarán Hinds), but it doesn’t take long for her to realize something isn’t quite right about the ultramodern household. He stresses that the house and its con read more
The Manitou
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 14, 2026
(1978) Directed by William Girdler; Written by: William
Girdler, Jon Cedar and Thomas Pope; Based on the novel by Graham Masterton; Starring:
Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Michael Ansara, Stella Stevens, Jon Cedar, Ann
Sothern, Burgess Meredith, Paul Mantee and Felix Silla; Available on Blu-ray
and read more
Battle Royale
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 2, 2026
(2000) Directed by Kinji Fukasaku; Written by Kenta Fukasaku;
Based on the novel by Koushun Takami; Starring:
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Takashi Tsukamoto,
and Takeshi Kitano; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“I had a horrible expe read more