Winter 2001-2
40 pages, digest-sized
Wacked-Out Christmas Movies:
We show our holiday spirit by reviewing the Mexican version of Santa Claus, William Burroughs’s The Junky’s Christmas, and of course, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!
Non-Linear Motion: James Broughton‘s flights of cinematic fancy (The Bed; Mother’s Day; The Pleasure Garden; etc.)
Ray Dennis Steckler And You:
Part one of our serialized study of the beloved B-movie director, and how his work can be inspiring for the independent filmmaker. In this segment, we correlate that with his beginnings, and his maiden feature as a director, Wild Guitar.
Discoveries in the Dark: The seldom-seen counterculture comedy, There’s Always Vanilla, directed by George Romero (Night of the Living Dead)!
Print Film:
Book reviews of The Critics Were Wrong, by Ardis Sillick & Michael McCormick; The Director’s Vision, by Geoff Andrew.
The Analog Video Enthusiast (later renamed Short Takes):
Capsule reviews of Broadway Jungle (1955), Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972), Un Flic (1972), Fried Shoes and Cooked Diamonds (1980), Inferno (1980), The Mystery of Oberwald (1980), Point of Order (1962), Tormented (1960), Lady Frankenstein (1971)… all of them out there on good old VHS!
Additional Features:
Top 15 Canadian Movies from 1986 to 2001.
Site-ings: Troy Howarth’s website on Mario Bava.
The Back Pages: Home for the Holidays
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