MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema

A randomly comprehensive survey of extraordinary movie experiences from the art house to the grindhouse, featuring the good, the bad, the ugly, but not the boring or the banal.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Too Much TV: DRACULA (2020)

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T he creators of Sherlock claim that one purpose of their free adaptation of Bram Stoker's famous character -- to call their Dracula an...

Monday, January 13, 2020

THE KING (2019)

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H e may not play the title character, but the true auteur of David Michôd's history play may well be its co-producer, co-writer and co...

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Sunday, January 12, 2020

Happy New Year: 1917 (2019)

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S o what happened? Nothing, really -- if anyone was wondering. There was just a period where I didn't watch much worth writing about, or...

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Sunday, October 27, 2019

On the Big Screen: THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019)

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T he sophomore jinx has hit Robert Eggers, whose feature-film debut was the rightly-acclaimed The Witch from 2015. His new film is anothe...

Sunday, October 20, 2019

CAVE OF THE LIVING DEAD (Der Fluch der grünen Augen, 1964)

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H ungarian director Akos Rathonyi filmed this German-Yugoslav production featuring a mostly German cast, along with African-American expat...

Sunday, October 13, 2019

DVR Diary: THE VALIANT (1929)

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F uture Oscar-winner Paul Muni made his movie debut in William K. Howard's Fox Film production, adapting a Broadway play. Watching it ...

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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

THE GOLEM (2018)

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A s portrayed by German actor Paul Wegener, the Golem was the first cinematic horror icon. Compared to other iconic monsters, there have b...

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