This Week's Hard-to-Find Film: The Proper Time (1960)
Years before the Billy Jack movies, actor Tom Laughlin was already writing and directing projects for himself, which remain far less accessible than his later successes. The same year he acted in The...
View ArticleDVD Releases We Dig This Week (05.29.12)
This week features great releases for discriminating viewers on either side of the spectrum. Just in time for the summer weather preview, Criterion offers up two summer-themed films from Sweden, made...
View ArticleAloha, Bobby and Rose (1975)
Director / Writer: Floyd Mutrux Producer: Fouad Said Cinematographer: William A. Fraker Music: Jamie Mendoza-Nava Columbia; 88min; color Cast: Paul LeMat (Bobby), Dianne Hull (Rose), Tim McIntire...
View ArticleEdge of Hell (1956)
Writer-Producer-Director: Hugo Haas Music: Ernest Gold Cinematographer: Eddie Fitzgerald Universal; 78 min; B&W Cast: Hugo Hass (Valentine), Francesca De Scaffa (Jenette), June Hammerstein...
View ArticleLadies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1981)
Director: Lou Adler Writer: Nancy Dowd Producer: Joe Roth Cinematographer: Bruce Surtees Paramount; 87 min; color Cast: Diane Lane (Corinne Burns), Marin Kanter (Tracy Burns), Laura Dern (Jessica...
View ArticleThe Outsider (1951) - The Snob (1958)
One of the best and most prolific studios who produced those educational films we used to watch in public school, was Centron, based in Lawrence Kansas. Founded in 1947 by Lawrence H. Wolf and Russell...
View ArticleWho Is Bozo Texino? (2006)
“I guess you could say there’s a mystery to it; maybe you want it to be a mystery.” The best film I saw in all of 2006 was Who Is Bozo Texino, a mesmerizing 55-minute black-and-white documentary by...
View ArticleSkip Tracer (1977)
Director, Writer, Editor: Zale Dalen Producer: Laara Dalen Cinematographer: Ron Orieux Music: J Dodd, Linton Garner Highlight Communications; 94min; color Cast: David Peterson (John Collins), John...
View ArticleThe Secret of Wendel Samson (1966)
Among the most durable and entertaining films from the proliferation of American underground cinema in the 1960s is the prolific work of twin brothers, George and Mike Kuchar. Whether they worked...
View ArticleDVD Releases We Dig This Week (08.07.12)
In the past few months, we've been enamoured of the releases by Olive Films, who has been tenacious at putting out material never before seen on disk (let alone VHS). Olive has even more exciting...
View ArticleTurkish Star Trek (1973)
Director: Hulki Saner Writer: Ferdi Merter Saner Film; 72 min; color Cast: Sadri Alisik (Turist Ömer), Erol Amaç (Mr. Spak), Cemil Sahbaz (Kaptan Kirk), Ferdi Merter (Doktor McCoy) Filmmakers in the...
View ArticleMedicine Ball Caravan (1971)
Director: Francois Reichenbach Writer: Christian Haren Producer: Tom Donahue Cinematographers: Serge Halsdorf, Christian Odasso, Jean-Michel Surel Warner Brothers, 88min; color Featuring: B.B. King....
View ArticleWe Haven't Forgotten About You...
...we hope you haven't forgotten about us. Hello friends. This blog has been silent for a few weeks, as we've had to devote our time to other things ESR-related. Toronto's Word on the Street occurs...
View ArticleInvasion of the Hecklers
I'm grateful to live in a city that is large enough to accommodate repertory screenings on a regular basis, and I try to see an older film that interests me on a big screen whenever possible. However,...
View ArticleIssue #25 Debuts Sunday!
Wow. It's hard to believe that not only has ESR been in existence for eleven years, but our twenty-fifth issue debuts Sunday at Word on the Street. Perhaps that counts as a silver jubilee or...
View ArticleDVD Releases That We Dig This Week (09.25.12)
Brothers and sisters, if there is one DVD release this week that is after our own hearts, it is the set, Weird Noir: Six B-Movies, released from Something Weird. How obscure are these films? Yours...
View ArticleThe Toronto Film Noir Syndicate
...and now that Word on the Street has past, it's time to continue to the next project I've been involved with for the past couple of months. Yours truly has joined Shirley Hughes and David Faris in...
View ArticleSugar Hill (1974)
Director: Paul Maslansky Writer: Tim Kelly Producer: Elliott Schick Music: Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses Cinematography: Robert Jessup American-International Pictures; 83 min; color Cast: Marki Bey (Diana...
View ArticleDVD Releases We Dig This Week (10.02.12)
This week features a real (ahem) eclectic bunch of films for DVD release. Wong Kar Wai's visually sumptuous In The Mood For Love is the re-released from the Criterion family, with the usual truckload...
View ArticleJack's Wife (1972)
Writer-Director: George A. Romero Producer: Nancy Romero Music: Steve Gorn Cinematographer-Editor: George A. Romero Latent Image; 104 min; color Cast: Jan White (Joan Mitchell), Ray Laine (Gregg...
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