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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Kenki, aka Sword Devil (Kenji Misumi, 1965)












Cast: Raizo Ichikawa, Michiko Sugata, Kei Sato, Ryutaro Gomi, Goro Mutsumi, Rokko Toura, Kentaro Kudo, Asao Uchida, Ryuzo Shimada, Koichi Mizuhara, Saburo Date, Akihisa Toda, Ryosuke Kagawa. Screenplay: Seiji Hoshikawa, based on a novel by Renzaburo Shibata. Cinematography: Chikashi Makiura. Film editing: Kanji Suganuma. Music: Hajime Kaburagi. 

Monday, December 30, 2024

Piaffe (Ann Oren, 2022)












Cast: Simone Bucio, Sebastian Rudolph, Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau, Björn Melhus, Lea Draeger. Screenplay: Thais Guisasola, Ann Oren. Cinematography: Carlos Vasquez. Production design: Ilaria Di Carlo. Film editing: Ann Oren, Haim Tabakman.  

Sunday, December 29, 2024

Victims of Sin (Emilio Fernández, 1951)


















Cast: Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Rodolfo Acosta, Rita Montaner, Ismael Pérez, Margarita Ceballos, Arturo Soto Rangel, Francisco Reiguera, Lupe Carilles, Jorge Treviño, Pedro Vargas. Screenplay: Emilio Fernández, Mauricio Magdalena. Cinematography: Gabriel Figueroa. Production design: Manuel Fontanals. Film editing: Gloria Schoemann. Music: Antonio Díaz Conde.  

Saturday, December 28, 2024

Melvin Goes to Dinner (Bob Odenkirk, 2003)

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Cast: Michael Blieden, Stephanie Courtney, Matt Price, Annabelle Gurwitch, Kathleen Roll, Maura Tierney, Jenna Fischer, Fred Armisen, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Scott Adsit, Jack Black. Screenplay: Michael Blieden, based on his play. Cinematography: Alex Vendler. Production design: Michael Krantz. Film editing: Michael Blieden. Music: Michael Penn. 

Shopworn (Nick Grinde, 1932)








Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Regis Toomey, Clara Blandick, Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, LeRoy Mason, Oscar Apfel, Maude Turner Gordon, Albert Conti, James Durkin. Screenplay: Sarah Y. Mason, Jo Swerling, Robert Riskin. Cinematography: Joseph Walker. Film editing: Gene Havlick. 

Polyester (John Waters, 1981)









Cast: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink Stole, Joni Ruth White, Hans Kramm, Stiv Bators, Rick Breitenfeld. Screenplay: John Waters. Cinematography: Dave Insley. Art direction: Vincent Peranio. Film editing: Charles Roggero. Music: Michael Kamen.