Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall

Body Double (1984)

Posted on August 3, 2014 at 2:34 am by Jeff Kuykendall

If you’re celebrating the new, extras-packed Phantom of the Paradise Blu-Ray from Shout! Factory’s Scream Factory imprint, you could expand your evening to a double feature by pairing the rock musical/horror/comedy with another Brian De Palma experiment in Hollywood meta, … Continue reading →

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Double Feature: Simon of the Desert (1965)/The Monk (1972)

Posted on July 12, 2014 at 5:44 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Luis Buñuel had come out of the desert with Viridiana (1961). Since 1945 the Spanish-born enfant terrible behind the definitive works of Surrealist cinema, Un Chien Andalou (1929, with Salvador Dalí) and L’Age d’Or (1930), had been living in Mexico, … Continue reading →

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The Black Cauldron (1985)

Posted on July 5, 2014 at 3:50 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

In 1985, I had a tremendous amount of anticipation for The Black Cauldron. Here was a Disney animated film based on the “Chronicles of Prydain” series by Lloyd Alexander, rated PG, and with magic swords, dark castles, and wicked witches; … Continue reading →

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