Two worthwhile websites

While looking for information about a couple of movies, I recently came across two websites I hadn’t previously been aware of, both of which are packed with interesting material. Midnight Eye, co-edited by Tom Mes, ubiquitous expert on all things cinematically Japanese, is a great-looking site devoted to Japanese film. It’s got a rich selection […]

Raro Video and Italian genre cinema

In the short history of DVD, many companies have come and gone. The major distributors are still around, of course, and public domain companies like Mill Creek seem to be surviving despite the generally poor quality of their output. But for collectors, it’s the smaller “boutique” companies that have offered some of the most exciting […]

Blasts from the past

Discovering a Japanese master: Tai Katô

The Alligator People: Tragedy in the Key of B

The good and the bad of Warner Brothers

Criterion Blu-ray review: Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blind Chance (1981)

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