Tag Archives: New Wave

Giorgio Moroder’s “Metropolis” Re-Released

Posted on August 16, 2011 at 6:52 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Well, now that Kino has released on Blu-Ray the most complete version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis ever to be seen since its original screenings, can the book finally be closed on Rotwang and Robot Maria? Almost. There’s still the problematic case … Continue reading →

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Blood Hook (1986)

Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:14 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Wisconsin, America’s Dairyland, is home to homemade landing pads for UFOs, multiple haunted houses, a snaggle-toothed monster called the “Hodag,” mysterious Indian burial mounds, the magical House on the Rock (where, according to Neil Gaiman, the forgotten gods of the … Continue reading →

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)

Posted on January 10, 2011 at 10:18 am by Jeff Kuykendall

A few decades after its release, it might be a bit easier to consider how terribly rare and valuable a film like Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Strains truly is.  A musical about the rock industry directed with dollops of … Continue reading →

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