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Bedazzled (1967)

Posted on June 26, 2020 at 1:36 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The exploding British comedy scene of the 60’s was fueled in large part by the breakthrough success of Beyond the Fringe, a theatrical revue with an emphasis on anti-establishment satire – both intellectual and unapologetically silly – featuring Peter Cook, … Continue reading →

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The Company of Wolves (1984)

Posted on January 17, 2020 at 10:49 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

If you have seen Neil Jordan’s The Company of Wolves (1984), your first viewing was probably a lot like mine: I went in expecting a werewolf movie and instead encountered something surprisingly more. The VHS cover art, ubiquitous in the … Continue reading →

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Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka: The Night Before Christmas (1961)

Posted on December 22, 2017 at 7:36 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The last Russian fairy tale film we’ll be visiting this year is one of the better (but stranger) films of Aleksandr Rou, the prolific director most closely associated with the genre. Rou’s central achievement in his career was visualizing the … Continue reading →

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