Tag Archives: Comedy
Hot Dog…the Movie (1984)
I believe physical media serves a priceless function right now to preserve cinema history in a way that streaming services, by and large, are not; and now Synapse Films have done their part by creating a 4K restoration on Blu-ray … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Harpo
Tagged 80's, Comedy, David Naughton, Shannon Tweed, skiing, Tracy Smith
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Dead of Night (1945)
The anthology film Dead of Night (1945) has an insidiously unsettling quality which sinks slowly into you, seemingly out of nowhere, but stretching into your veins like a virus. Quite literally, watching it is to step into a nightmare, one … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 40's, Basil Dearden, Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Christmas, Comedy, dummy, Ealing, Ghosts, golfing, H.G. Wells, horror, Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Robert Hamer, Surreal, ventriloquist
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Schlock (1973)
Having bounced around Hollywood for a few years as an extra, a stuntman, or in any capacity that studios would hire him, a lanky, long-haired, 21-year-old John Landis lost patience waiting for opportunities to direct – so he made a … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Comedy, gorilla, John Landis, Rick Baker, slapstick
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