Ma-ma
“One for all and all for Suru!” I grew up watching Zoobilee Zoo (1986-87). This predisposed me towards actors in colorful animal make-up who sing and dance. Sadly, there just… Read more »
Tag: musical
Begin Again
In Begin Again (2013) filmmaker John Carney wears his influences on his sleeve. A Star Is Born (any version) looms large over Begin Again as do films like High Fidelity… Read more »
The Rare Blue Apes Of Cannibal Isle
The Rare Blue Apes Of Cannibal Isle (1974) is one of ten “lost” films that Vinegar Syndrome has restored and released in the commemorative boxed set The Lost Picture Show…. Read more »
The Return Of Captain Invincible
The Return Of Captain Invincible (1982) combines the wit and counterculture savvy of Richard O’Brien with Philippe Mora’s distinctly Australian view of American imperialism all within the aesthetic milieu of… Read more »
Dangerous When Wet
Charles Walters re-teamed with Esther Williams after Texas Carnival (1951) for MGM’s fanciful retelling of Dorothy Kingsley’s swimming of the English Channel Dangerous When Wet (1953). By this time in… Read more »
Anna
Serge (Jean-Claude Brialy) and Anna (Anna Karina) work at the same Parisian advertising firm; she as a colorist and he as a photographer. One day a photograph of a woman… Read more »
Povestea dragostei
Povestea dragostei (1977) is a “photo-mix” Romanian fairytale film by Ion Popescu-Gopo that freely adapts Ion Creangă’s classic tale Povestea porcului. Popescu-Gopo’s lifelong interest in the early animated features produced… Read more »
The Point!
I can’t imagine my childhood without The Point! (1971). In general the music of Harry Nilsson was very much a part of the soundtrack of my youth, but The Point!… Read more »
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Sometimes you stumble upon a film that seems so weird and unique that you just have to watch it even if you know, deep down, it’s going to be awful…. Read more »
Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
After a meager theatrical run, Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982) found its target audience through television and VHS. Like Times Square (1980) before it, Ladies & Gentlemen, The… Read more »
