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Revisit: The Exterminating Angel (1963)
Revisit: The Exterminating Angel Dir: Luis Buñuel 1963 Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. The Exterminating Angel was a disappointment to Luis Buñuel. After the
Read More »Revisit: Viridiana (1961)
Revisit: Virdiana Dir: Luis Buñuel 1961 Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. Luis Buñuel’s Viridiana isn’t as outwardly surreal as some of his other work,
Read More »BANNED: Cocksucker Blues
BANNED: Cocksucker Blues Dir: Robert Frank (1972) BANNED is a series of reviews focusing on films that have been censored, boycotted or suppressed. Mick Jagger’s mouth seems to be everywhere in Cocksucker Blues: grazing
Read More »Revisit: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Revisit: The Man Who Fell to Earth Dir: Nicolas Roeg 1976 Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. David Bowie’s first film (not counting the Ziggy
Read More »DVD: Painters Painting
As a hippie in the early ’70s, I was a studio art major and loved every minute of my attempts to draw, paint and to discover the newest forms of art along with the
Read More »Music on DVD: Cloud Cult
No One Said It Would Be Easy falls somewhere between a primer and a manifesto – Minneapolis band Cloud Cult does a neat job of both introducing themselves and explaining their ethos at the
Read More »Revisit: Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)/Return From Witch Mountain (1978)
Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. If you’re of a certain age, you’re at the point in your life where it feels as if almost
Read More »DVD: JAM
The opening scene of JAM is a steady shot of Tim Patten, owner of the American Roller Derby League, as he pilots down a shadowed highway, describing his talent in life: to make dreams
Read More »Music on DVD: Fountains of Wayne: No Better Place: Live in Chicago
The difficult thing about the live documentary is that you have to choose whether you’re aiming for accuracy or for a more cinematic experience. You can’t really have both; either you’re giving people The
Read More »Genre Exploration: Horror Films Pt. 1
Welcome to the first entry in Spectrum Culture’s new “we’ll publish these on whatever schedule we want to” feature Genre Exploration, wherein two of our esteemed writers take time out of their busy lives
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