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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
- Screen Reviews
- October 17, 2018
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is a surprising take on the Samurai film.
Horrors of Malformed Men
- Screen Reviews
- October 11, 2018
Horrors of Malformed Men begs for a Midnight Movie release.
Spent
- Screen Reviews
- October 2, 2018
Touted as “a charming dark comedy with a vintage vibe,” the directorial debut from Lisa Mikitarian is a clever and quirky, Coen-caliber creation.
The Pyjama Girl Case
- Screen Reviews
- September 27, 2018
Based on true events, The Pyjama Girl Case is a reflective piece of Italian giallo film making.
The Cat O’ Nine Tails
- Screen Reviews
- September 17, 2018
The Cat O’ Nine Tails is an early classic from Dario Argento.
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
- Screen Reviews
- September 11, 2018
The Blu-ray reissue of the Italian What Have They Done to Your Daughters is an unnerving watch.
The US Festival: 1982 The US Generation
- Screen Reviews
- August 31, 2018
Brimming with compelling interviews, and bursting with action-packed concert performances, this newly-released DVD documentary provides music enthusiasts with a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at one of rock’s most influential festivals.

If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Screen Reviews
- August 30, 2018
The authorized biography of the great southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from its founding in Jacksonville, FL to their tragic plane crash in Missippi.
The Complete Sartana
- Screen Reviews
- August 23, 2018
The hugely influential films of Sartana are served well in this lavish box-set.
Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits
- Screen Reviews
- August 21, 2018
Groundbreaking all women reggae-infused punk group the Slits finally get the documentary treatment.
Lady Street Fighter
- Screen Reviews
- August 6, 2018
Absolutely bonkers tale of international intrigue full of kung-fu, action, and nudity, with a barely-comprehensible star.
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards
- Screen Reviews
- July 31, 2018
Seijin Suzuki’s wild ride into stylized action masterpieces begins with the curious B-movie, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards.
Dogs of Democracy
- Screen Reviews
- July 26, 2018
Meet the stray dogs of Athens and learn about the collapsing Greek economy.
The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail
- Screen Reviews
- July 24, 2018
Early 1970’s giallo thriller from Sergio Martino gets a U.S. video release in a loaded Blu-Ray from Arrow Video.

God Monster of Indian Flats
- Screen Reviews
- July 10, 2018
A low budget indie horror film shot in the Old West. It features a mutant sheep embryo and a crooked land grab and hookers with hearts of gold.
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
- Screen Reviews
- June 27, 2018
Cartoonish clown from outer space kidnap small town yokels and wrap them in delicious cotton candy.
Dark Money
- Screen Reviews
- June 21, 2018
Secret organizations are buying up the American political process and you are NOT going to be happy with the result in this charged political documentary.
Pulp
- Screen Reviews
- June 13, 2018
A pulp writer gets sucked into a real murder in this stylish but slow 1970’s light weight thriller.
Two Thousand Maniacs!
- Screen Reviews
- June 8, 2018
H.G. Lewis’ southern-fried splatter classic gets the deluxe Blu-Ray treatment from Arrow Films.
Call Me Brother
- Screen Reviews
- June 7, 2018
Boy meets girl, then they fall in love. What could be nicer than that? Oh, I don’t know. Different genomes, perhaps?

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Hot Mikado
- Archikulture Digest
- October 21, 2018
What if Gilbert and Sullivan did “Chicago” with the cast of “Happy Days”?
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
- Music Reviews
- October 19, 2018
Poor Until Payday (Family Owned Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Phantasmagoria IX – Homecoming
- Archikulture Digest
- October 18, 2018
We return to the longest running theatrical Halloween extravaganza in Orlando.
Robert Poss
- Music Reviews
- October 18, 2018
Frozen Flowers Curse the Day (Trace Elements Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Sigillum-S
- Music Reviews
- October 18, 2018
The Irresistible Art Of Space Colonization And Its Mutation Implications (Transmutation). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
- Screen Reviews
- October 17, 2018
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is a surprising take on the Samurai film.
Matters of Vital Interest
- Print Reviews
- October 16, 2018
Leonard Cohen and Eric Lerner shared an interest in Zen and much more in their forty-year friendship.
The Mystery of Irma Vep – A Penny Dreadful
- Archikulture Digest
- October 15, 2018
Two men play 8 characters, and a staff of stage hand ghosts build a campy comedy of British faded nobility banished to the moorlands for the crimes of poverty and aristocracy.
Bruce Katz Band
- Music Reviews
- October 15, 2018
Get Your Groove! (American Showplace Music). Review by Michelle Wilson.
The Birds
- Archikulture Digest
- October 13, 2018
Let’s visit an America attacked by birds that peck us to death at high tide. Not sure how things are going in Phoenix.