Monthly Archives: June 2011

Reading movies

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

The recent guest post here about William K. Everson by my friend Howard Curle reminded me that I have a copy of Everson’s Classics of the Horror Film (Citadel Press: Secaucus, N.J., 1974), which I hadn’t looked at … well, … Continue reading →

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Guest blog: William K. Everson & British Film

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Howard Curle

When my friend Howard Curle offered to write a guest post for my blog, I was happy to accept. Howard has taught film here in Winnipeg for many years, initially at the University of Manitoba and now at the University … Continue reading →

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“Art films” and the nature of boredom

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

… it is something strictly American to conceive a space that is filled with moving, a space of time that is filled always filled with moving. Gertrude Stein The Gradual Making of The Making of Americans I just came across … Continue reading →

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DVD diary: another eclectic week – part two

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

Christopher Smith is an English director whose first feature, Creep (2004), was an attempt to emulate Gary Sherman’s Raw Meat (aka Deathline, 1973) and Douglas Cheek’s C.H.U.D. (1984); it had a woman trapped overnight in the London Underground, pursued by … Continue reading →

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DVD diary: another eclectic week – part one

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

If anything, my viewing seems to be becoming more random these days. I mean to apply some order to what I watch – to view the new Silent Naruse set from Criterion Eclipse, or the Columbia Sam Fuller Collection from … Continue reading →

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Not so Super 8

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

I don’t spend a lot of time these days wondering why my personal taste in movies is so often completely out of sync with popular and critical opinion, but every now and then something comes up that makes me pause … Continue reading →

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The two sides of Shintaro Katsu

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

I first encountered the actor Shintaro Katsu back in 2002 when I picked up the first two movies in his long, defining series about the blind masseur/master swordsman Zatoichi. Although Katsu had a long and prolific career (IMDb lists 119 … Continue reading →

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DVD of the week: The Feathered Serpent

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Kenneth George Godwin

British television in the ’60s and ’70s was limited by a lack of money, a fact which resulted in certain distinctive characteristics. Most shows were shot in studio, on videotape, with quite obviously flimsy sets. These limitations forced creators to … Continue reading →

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