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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: ****
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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
The Boys from Brazil
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 3, 2020
(1978) Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner; Written by Heywood
Gould; Based on the novel by Ira Levin; Starring: Gregory Peck, Laurence
Olivier; James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Steve Guttenberg, Denholm
Elliott, Rosemary Harris, Bruno Ganz and Michael Gough; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD
Rating read more
Space Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 30, 2020
Aniara (2018) In the near(ish) future, Earth has
suffered one ecological disaster after another, prompting a mass exodus to Mars.
A massive luxury spaceship (with an interior that seems to have been designed
by Ikea) ferrying a group of would-be colonists embarks on its three-week
journey to M read more
Lifeforce
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 20, 2020
(1985) Directed by Tobe Hooper; Written by Dan O’Bannon and
Don Jakoby; Based on the novel Space Vampires by Colin Wilson; Starring:
Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay and Patrick Stewart;
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“…It read more
Space Truckers
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 8, 2020
(1996) Directed by Stuart Gordon; Written by Ted Mann and
Stuart Gordon; Starring: Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar, Charles
Dance, George Wendt and Vernon Wells; Available on Blu-ray (Region B) and DVD
(Out of Print)
Rating: ***
“I had this idea that had been kicking around for year read more
August Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 31, 2020
The Oily Maniac
(1976) Eight years before Troma’s The Toxic Avenger, the Shaw Brothers
unleashed their own grimy champion of justice. This entertaining hybrid
horror/action film, directed by Meng-Hua Ho (Black Magic), is allegedly based on Malaysian folklore. Danny Lee stars
as Shen Yuan read more
Just Don’t Do It
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 23, 2020
It
seems as if independent filmmakers/distributors of the 1970s and early ‘80s were
obsessed with including “Don’t” in their movie titles. But wait a minute… This
wasn’t simply a cheap way of riding the exploitation bandwagon, but a public
service to warn us about read more