Monthly Archives: January 2013
Hell’s Half Acre (John H. Auer, 1954)
The heroic and relatively up-and-coming DVD/Blu-ray label Olive Films has added two movies by John H. Auer to their March slate: the 1941 John Wayne vehicle A Man Betrayed, and the 1954 mystery-noir Hell’s Half Acre. Largely an unknown quantity, Auer’s championship has … Continue reading
Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges, 1944)
Preston Sturges enjoys no small amount of esteem within the cinephile sect, as well as the broader spectrum of movie buffs – anyone who’s drawn to (rather than afraid of) black and white films – but it still feels like … Continue reading
The Resurrected (Dan O’Bannon, 1992)
I wrote about the late, whatzit auteur Dan O’Bannon in 2011 for a Brooklyn Academy of Music series in his honor (and in association with a book, Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented … Continue reading
Netflix New Year
At the close of 2012, and the dawn of 2013, Netflix did another of their great purges/adds. Some titles that were wiped include revolving-door titles like George Stevens’ Giant and Merchant/Ivory’s Howards End - staples of the streaming service that are occasionally withdrawn … Continue reading
