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| Aisle Seat 6-13: Kino Lorber Wrap, 65 on 4K
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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6/12/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| Charles Laughton’s classic NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (93 mins., 1955), an oft-imitated, still invigorating and unique mix of thriller, fairy tale, and small-town American fable makes its debut on 4K UHD this month from Kino Lorber. Criterion previously released a sumptuous Blu-Ray edition of the film back in 2014, but while that release remains relevant for its supplements (not to mention still being the only release in the format), it’s been usurped technically here by a fresh 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative, enhanced further with Dolby Vision HDR. |
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| Film Score Friday 6/2/23
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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6/1/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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La-La Land has announced two new film music releases due in June -- THE MUNSTERS: TELEVISION MUSIC OF JACK MARSHALL, a two-disc set also featuring the composer's music for the series The Deputy, The Virginian and Wagon Train; and an expanded version of Ryuichi Sakamoto's score for the 1992 remake of WUTHERING HEIGHTS, which paired Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche four years before The English Patient.
The latest releases from Quartet are Alberto Iglesias' score for EXTRANA FORMA DE VIDA (STRANGE WAY OF LIFE), the 30-minute short directed by Pedro Almodovar and starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke, which just screened at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival; Ken Thorne's score for the 1971 Western HANNIE CAULDER, starring Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine and Christopher Lee; Fernando Velazquez' score for the new Mexican comedy-Western EL PODEROSO VICTORIA; and an expanded edition of Angelo Francesco Lavagnino's score for the 1968 Western REQUIEM PER UN GRINGO.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Asterix et le coup de Menhir - Michel Colombier - Music Box
Lucky Luke [re-issue] - Claude Bolling - Music Box
Summer School - Danny Elfman - 1984 Publishing
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Boogeyman - Patrick Jonsson
Flamin' Hot - Marcelo Zarvos
Follow Her - Alexander Arntzen
Padre Pio - Joe Delia
Past Lives - Christopher Bear, Daniel Rossen
Rise - Thomas Bangalter, Hofesh Schechter
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Daniel Pemberton |
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| Aisle Seat 5-30: Unofficial Summer Kickoff Edition
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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5/29/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| The new documentary AT THE VIDEO STORE (72 mins., 2019; ETR) is a love letter to the human workers who were mostly supplanted by Netflix mail subscriptions and Redbox kiosks shortly after we entered into the DVD era. By the early 2000’s, no longer was it necessary to make an effort to rent and watch a movie – or receive suggestions, however informed they may have been (or not), from people you may have hardly known in response to “what should I watch tonight?” Ease of convenience trumped the human connection – a topic James Westby’s doc ponders as it remembers the past and salutes the small stores still making a go of it around the country. |
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| Film Score Friday 5/26/23
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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5/25/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Summer Rental - Alan Silvestri - 1984 Publishing
IN THEATERS TODAY
About My Father - Stephanie Economou
The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future - Pierre Desprats
Kandahar - David Buckley
The Little Mermaid - Alan Menken
Lucky Louie - Alex Kovacs
The Machine - Joseph Trapanese
Moon Garden - Michael Deragon
Stay Awake - Ben Sollee
The Wrath of Becky - Nima Fakhrara
You Hurt My Feelings - Michael Andrews |
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| Aisle Seat 5-23: The May Vintage Edition
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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5/22/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| After the success of “The Thief of Bagdad,” producer Walter Wanger and Universal looked to emulate the Technicolor fantasy of Alexander Korda’s classic. What they came up with didn’t quite possess the same enduring artistic attributes as its predecessor, but still managed to become popular box-office hits – especially thanks to the teaming of Jon Hall and Maria Montez. Appearing in no less than six films together, the pair became synonymous with ‘40s/’50s adventure cinema – the kind celebrated in Imprint’s fantastic new TALES OF ADVENTURE COLLECTION Blu-Ray box-set. |
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Today in Film Score History:
April 26 |
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| Alan Parker begins recording his score for Jaws 3D (1983) |
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| Barry Gray died (1984) |
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| Bronislau Kaper died (1983) |
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| Bruce Broughton begins recording his score The Blue and the Gray (1982) |
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| Carmine Coppola died (1991) |
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| Dave Grusin begins recording his score for The Firm (1993) |
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| David Bell records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Tracking Into the Wind” (1999) |
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| Francis Lai born (1932) |
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| Giorgio Moroder born (1940) |
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| Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for Gray Lady Down (1977) |
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| John M. Keane born (1965) |
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| Maurice Jarre begins recording his score for Distant Thunder (1988) |
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| Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Green Fire (1954) |
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| Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter record their score for Kronos (1957) |
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| Reinhardt Wagner born (1956) |
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