The two sides of Shintaro Katsu

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 titles in 35 years of acting), having made 25 features about Zatoichi between 1962 and […]

Blasts from the past

Disk discovery: Paul Fejos’ Lonesome (1928) from Criterion

Jacques Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974):
Criterion Blu-ray review

Reading early film history

Arrow’s Savage Guns: 4 Classic Westerns on Blu-ray

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