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My Winnipeg
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 12, 2021
(2008) Written and directed by Guy Maddin; Dialogue written
by George Toles; Starring: Ann Savage, Darcy Fehr and Louis Negin; Available on
Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“I had long been dreaming about my city, Winnipeg, that it
didn’t seem to have a place in anyone read more
Rififi
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 1, 2021
(1955) Directed by Jules Dassin; Adapted by Jules Dassin; Based on the novel by Auguste Le Breton; Starring: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey, Claude Sylvain, Robert Hossein, Marcel Lupovici and Jules Dassin (as Perlo Vita); Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ** read more
Noirvember Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 27, 2021
Where Danger Lives (1950) Dr. Jeff Cameron (Robert
Mitchum) is about to finish his stint at a hospital to go into private practice.
His life takes a detour for the worse when he crosses paths with young,
attractive suicide patient, Margo (Faith Domergue). They seem to hit it off until
he learn read more
Strangers on a Train
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 14, 2021
(1951) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; Screenplay by Raymond
Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde; Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith;
Starring: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia
Hitchcock and Kasey Rogers; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
Thanks t read more
October Quick Picks and Pans – Horror Month 2021
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 28, 2021
Symptoms (1974) Angela Pleasence stars as Helen, a disturbed young woman in writer/director José Ramón Larraz’s thriller, a bubbling cauldron of repressed sexuality and unrequited love. She lives alone on a country estate, nursing the wounds of an unspecified psychological trauma. As a read more
The 3rd Hammer-Amicus Blogathon – Day 3 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 24, 2021
Whew! We’ve reached the end of the 3rd Hammer-Amicus
Blogathon, hosted by Yours Truly and Gill Jacob of Realweegiemidget Reviews.
I hope everyone had as much fun participating as we had hosting this three-day
event.
Once again, I’d like to thank my astounding co-host G read more
The 3rd Hammer-Amicus Blogathon – Day 2 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 23, 2021
We’re back for the second day of the 3rd Hammer-Amicus
Blogathon, hosted by Yours Truly and Gill Jacob of Realweegiemidget Reviews.
While the quantity of entries is somewhat smaller than Day 1, there’s no
skimping on quality. Here, you’ll find mysteries, folk horror, a “ read more
Demons of the Mind
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 22, 2021
(1972) Directed by Peter Sykes; Written by Christopher
Wicking; Original Story by Frank Godwin; Starring: Robert Hardy, Shane Briant,
Gillian Hills, Yvonne Mitchell, Patrick Magee and Paul Jones; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD Rating: ***½
After a one-year hiatus, I’m back with read more
The 3rd Hammer-Amicus Blogathon Has Arrived – Day 1 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 22, 2021
After a one-year hiatus, the Hammer-Amicus Blogathon has
risen from the grave for yet another round. Once again, my co-host
extraordinaire, Gill Jacob from Realweegiemidget Reviews has joined me to
preside over the three-day blogging event. We’d like to extend a big thanks to
our regular read more
This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 10, 2021
(1967) Directed by José Mojica Marins; Written by Aldenora De Sa Porto and José Mojica Marins; Starring: José Mojica Marins, Tina Wohlers, Nadia Freitas, Antonio Fracari and Jose Lobo; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ***½ “When I shot Inferno em Cores (Hell in Colors), read more
Silent September V Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 30, 2021
Orochi (1925) Tsumasaburô Bandô stars as Heisaburo Kuritomi, a disgraced samurai. After being castigated by his master for a fight he didn’t initiate, he’s marked as a troublemaker. His life only continues to take a downward spiral from there, after he’s eventually banished read more
The Epic of Everest
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 24, 2021
(1924) Written and directed by Captain John Noel; Available
on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: *****
“To us Everest was but a mountain – a thing of rock and ice
and snow. To the Tibetans she was more – she was what they named her, ‘Chomolungma,’
‘Goddess Mother of read more
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 19, 2021
(1926) Directed by: Harry Edwards; Written by: Frank Capra,
Tim Whelan, Hal Conklin, J. Frank Holliday, Gerald C. Duffy and Murray Roth;
Starring: Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford, Edwards Davis, Tom Murray and Alec B.
Francis; Available on DVD (included on Harry Langdon… The Forgotten Clown read more
The Man Who Laughs
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 11, 2021
(1928) Directed by Paul Leni; Written by J. Grubb Alexander
(Adaptation) and Walter Anthony (Titles); Based on the novel L'Homme Qui Rit by Victor Hugo; Starring:
Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova, Brandon Hurst, Cesare Gravina,
Stuart Holmes and Josephine Crowell; Available on Blu-ra read more
August Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 31, 2021
101 Reykjavik (2000) 30-year-old, unemployed slacker Hlynur (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) lives an aimless existence, living with his middle-aged mother in a small flat. Instead of looking for work, he spends his nights drinking, going to parties and getting laid. Things take an unexpected change whe read more
Serial Mom
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 28, 2021
(1994) Written and directed by John Waters; Starring: Kathleen
Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Mink Stole and Mary Jo
Catlett; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“‘All My Trials’ was the chapter in Shock Value about
going to murder trials all over read more
Announcing The Third Hammer-Amicus Blogathon
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 15, 2021
Due
to the pandemic, 2020 was a difficult year for many. For most of us, that meant
putting our plans (big and small) on the back burner, while we dreamed of
better days ahead. Although we’ve seen a glimmer of hope in 2021, it’s been a trifle
premature to celebrate everything getting bac read more
Russia Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 1, 2021
The Cranes are Flying (1957) Veronika (Tatyana Samoylova) is in
love with Boris (Aleksey Batalov), but their romance is interrupted when he
enlists in the army. After her family’s home is bombed by the Germans, she’s forced
to move in with Boris’ family, and she’s subse read more
Viy
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 26, 2021
(1967) Directed by: Konstantin Ershov
and Georgiy Kropachyov; Written by Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov and Aleksandr Ptushko;
Based on the story by Nikolay Gogol; Starring: Leonid
Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin,
Vadim Zakharchenko and Pyotr Vesklyarov; Available on Blu-ray read more
Short Take: Sadko
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 13, 2021
(1953) Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko; Written by Konstantin
Isaev; Based on the opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Starring: Sergey
Stolyarov, Alla Larionova, Ninel Myshkova, B. Surovtsevand, Mikhail
Troyanovskiy and Nadir Malishevsky; Available on DVD
Rating: ****
“The wise man boasts read more