2002
Issue 4
Winter 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Wacked-Out Christmas Movies</FONT>: Reviews of the Mexican version of Santa Claus, The Junky's Christmas, and, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.<Br>
Non Linear Motion: The flights of cinema fancy by James Broughton (The Bed, Mother's Day, The Pleasure Garden, etc.)<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Ray Dennis Steckler And You</FONT>: Part one of a 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.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Top 15 Canadian Movies From 1986 To 2001</FONT>.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Discoveries In The Dark</FONT>: The seldom-seen counterculture comedy, There's Always Vanilla, directed by George (Night Of The Living Dead) Romero.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Print Film</FONT>: The Critics Were Wrong, by Ardis Sillick & Michael McCormick; The Director's Vision, by Geoff Andrew.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Site-Ings</FONT>: A new feature on film-related websites examines Troy Howarth's site on Mario Bava.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Analog Video Enthusiast</FONT>: Capsule reviews of: BROADWAY Jungle (1955; Phil Tucker), Don't Torture A Duckling (1972; Lucio Fulci), Un Flic (1972; Jean-Pierre Melville), Fried Shoes And Cooked Diamonds (1978; Costanzo Allione), Inferno (1980; Dario Argento), The Mystery Of Oberwald (1980; Michelangelo Antonioni),
Point Of Order (1964; Emile De Antonio), Tormented (1960; Bert I. Gordon), Lady Frankenstein (1971; Mel Welles).
Issue 5
Spring 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Metropolis</FONT>: The 75th anniversary of this fantasy classic.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Non Linear Motion</FONT>: Skot Deeming examines the video work of Sadie Benning.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Midnite Movies</FONT>: Rob Craig's introduction to his study on the seven sci-fi horror films of Larry Buchanan.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Lawrence Tierney R.I.P.</FONT>: Leo Walsh's Lester Bangs-ish tribute to the tough-guy actor.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Words On The Bottom</FONT>: Leo Walsh deconstructs Walerian Borowczyk.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>49th Parallel</FONT>: The films of Ron Mann.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Saturday Afternoon</FONT>: Our new section on Saturday matinee programmers debuts with the Blondie series,
the classic serial The Adventures Of Captain Marvel and Roy Rogers in The Far Frontier.<Br>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Discoveries In The Dark</FONT>: The restored film, Dementia (Aka- Daughter Of Horror).<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Ray Dennis Steckler And You</FONT>: Part two of the serialized study on the B-movie icon, examines The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living
And Became Mixed-Up Zombies and Rat Phink A Boo Boo.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Site-Ings</FONT>: www.kgordonmurray.com.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Print Film</FONT>: reviewed by Greg Woods and Skot Deeming: Hollywood Trail Boss, By Burt Kennedy;
Cinema Sewer Issues 2 to 8, By Robin Bougie; My Last Sigh, By Luis Bunuel; Schlock-O-Rama: The Films of Al Adamson, by David Konow.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Analog Video Enthusiast</FONT>: Capsule reviews of: The Blank Generation (1979; Ulli Lommel), Boycott (1985; Moshen Makhamlbaf), The Brain Eaters (1958; Bruno Vesota), Exile (1994; Paul Cox), Female Jungle (1956; Bruno Vesota), Madonna: Truth Or Dare (1991; Alex Keshishan), Track Of The Ants (1993; Rafael Marziano Tinoco), The White Orchid (1954; Reginald LeBorg).
Issue 6
Summer 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#008080'>The Second Annual Drive-In Issue!</FONT></CENTER>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Missile To The Moon (1959)</FONT>: In this hilarious remake of Cat Women On The Moon, some space travellers find a group of lonely women living on our lunar landscape with other creepy crawlies.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Frankenstein's Daughter (1959)</FONT>: John Ashley to the rescue in this beloved cardboard thriller which updates Mary Shelley to the 1950's.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Daddy-O (1959)</FONT>: Why are JD's always played by 29 year-olds?<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Dynamite Brothers (1974)</FONT>: Kung fu and blaxploitation team up in this enjoyable romp from the Al Adamson-Sam Sherman enterprise.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Hercules In The Haunted World (1961)</FONT>: Reg Park plays the famed muscleman in this innovative entry from the great Mario Bava.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>A Minute To Pray, A Second To Die (1968)</FONT>: Cool spaghetti western with Alex Cord hiding from bounty hunters!<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Tomb Of Ligeia (1965)</FONT>: Vincent Price goes nuts in Roger Corman's final entry in the Poe series.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Starhops (1978)</FONT>: A trio of saucy girls try to save their fledgling drive-in restaurant.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Human Duplicators (1965)</FONT>: Richard 'Jaws' Kiel is a lovesick alien with a diabolical plan.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Hollywood Blvd. (1976)</FONT>: The Player... Roger Corman style.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Ambushers (1967)</FONT>: Never mind Austin Powers... Matt Helm is It!!<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Psych-Out (1968)</FONT>: Jack Nicholson plays in a bad rock band in this counterculture classic.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Horror Of Party Beach (1964)</FONT>: Radioactive fish monsters wreak havoc in Kennedy-era Americana.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Pit Stop (1969)</FONT>: Gritty hot rod saga co-starring SID HAIG!!<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Head (1968)</FONT>: The subversive masterpiece starring The Monkees.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Plague Of The Zombies (1966)</FONT>: The living dead walk the countryside in this Hammer entry.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Disorderly Orderly (1964)</FONT>: Jerry Lewis turns a hospital upside down.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Brainiac (1961)</FONT>: The beloved Mexican horror film featuringa monster with a certain diet...<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Shack Out On 101 (1955)</FONT>: Lee Marvin is SLOB in this camp classic of Red Scare propaganda.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Violent Years (1956)</FONT>: Bad girls run amuck in this feminist masterpiece penned by the great Ed Wood!<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Chrome And Hot Leather (1971)</FONT>: Army vets take on William Smith's biker gang!<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Van Nuys Blvd. (1979)</FONT>: The last summer of our youth.
Issue 7
Fall 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Between The Lines</FONT>: Remembering this undersung classic from the 1970's renaissance!<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Stardust Memories</FONT>: Re-evaluating Woody Allen's masterpiece.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Midnite Movies</FONT>: Remembering the late Doris Wishman. Featuring analyses of Blaze Starr Goes Nudist, Nude On The Moon, Bad Girls Go To Hell, The Amazing Transplant, Keyholes Are For Peeping, The Immoral Three, Deadly Weapons)<Br>
<Font Color='#ff0000'>Non-Linear Motion</FONT>: Nick Zedd's Cinema of Transgression (including such classics as They Eat Scum, The Wild World Of Lydia Lunch and Police State).<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>49th Parallel</FONT>: Paul Lynch's debut film, The Hard Part Begins<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Words On The Bottom</Font>: Part One of a study of Luis Bunuel's curious Mexican 'director for hire' films. This issue features: El Gran Calavera, Susana, Los Olvidados, Mexican Bus Ride, El Bruto.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Saturday Afternoon</FONT>: Remembering the Bijou with a Halloween look at matinee horrors: The Invisible Ray, House Of Frankenstein, The Mummy's Ghost, The Leopard Man And The Seventh Victim.<Br>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Short Takes</FONT>: Featuring capsule reviews of...: Aaron Loves Angela (1975; Gordon Parks Jr.), Avenging Disco Godfather (1979; Rudy Ray Moore), Coffee House Rendezvous (1968; Ted Steeg), The Great Moment (1944; Preston Sturges), Single Room Unfurnished (1968; Matt Cimber), Through The Olive Trees (1994; Abbas Kiarostami).