Press Release:
August 7-13
Ever since William Lustig came to Anthology last summer to present his MANIAC ..COP.. films as part of our New York City Vigilantes series, we’ve been hoping to bring him back in the guise of guest-curator. Undersung filmmaker and founder of the indispensable Home Media label Blue Underground, Lustig is a veritable fountain of wisdom on the subject of the cinema’s unsavory margins. This summer, Lustig will be turning his attention to the subversive genre films of 1970s Hollywood, unearthing a handful of treasures that have been languishing in studio vaults for decades. Unavailable on DVD , and very rarely shown, these films are itching to explode back onto the screen. Homicidal Vietnam vets, escaped convicts, crime syndicates, and a treasure-trove of seventies character actors –Joe Don Baker, Timothy Carey, Karen Black, Rip Torn, Stacy Keach, Angie Dickinson, James Caan, and many more – will be storming Anthology come August. Prepare yourself!
Very special thanks to William Lustig; and to Caitlin Robertson (20th Century Fox), Ross Klein (MGM), Jared Sapolin & Grover Crisp (Sony), Marilee Womack (Warner Brothers), and Adam Lounsbery.
BRONSON & DUVALL VS. THE MOB!
Michael Winner
THE STONE KILLER
1973, 95 minutes, 35mm. With Charles Bronson and Martin Balsam.
In this pre-DEATH WISH collaboration between Charles Bronson and director Michael Winner, Bronson is a pitiless cop who uncovers an unlikely plot by a Mafia don (Balsam) to avenge a decades-old attack by using Vietnam veterans to eliminate the heads of the major mob families. This is Bronson in his prime, and features one of Hollywood’s finest uses of a free-falling dummy (for more information, consult the November 7, 2007 post at www.destructibleman.com).
–Friday, August 7 at 7:00 and Thursday, August 13 at 9:15.
John Flynn
THE OUTFIT
1973, 105 minutes, 35mm. With Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Robert Ryan, Elisha Cook Jr., and Timothy Carey.
“Excellent adaptation of a novel by Richard Stark (Donald Westlake), who also provided the source material for POINT BLANK…and Godard’s MADE IN USA. A taut, grim thriller, it sees Duvall, just out of prison and with revenge burning in his heart for the murder of his brother, taking on the Syndicate with the help of heavy, Joe Don Baker. [I]t’s a cool, exciting thriller in the Siegel tradition, paying more than passing reference to classic film noir with its host of character actors [including the great Timothy Carey], a cruel performance from Ryan as the mob leader, and its vision of people caught up in a chaotic, confused and treacherous world.” –Geoff Andrew
–Friday, August 7 at 9:30, Sunday, August 9 at 4:00, and Thursday, August 13 at 7:00.
CRIMINALS YOU DON’T WANT TO SCREW WITH!
Jacques Deray
THE OUTSIDE MAN / UN HOMME EST MORT
1972, 104 minutes, 35mm. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, and Angie Dickinson.
This Melville-inspired thriller stars Trintignant as a French hit man sent to Los Angeles to whack a mob kingpin. Once the job is finished, though, he finds himself trapped in an early-1970s nightmare of strip clubs, Jesus freaks and Star Trek re-runs, chased by muscle-car driving assassin Roy Scheider and helped by friendly go-go girl, Ann-Margret.
–Saturday, August 8 at 2:45 and Monday, August 10 at 7:00.
Douglas Hickox
SITTING TARGET
1972, 93 minutes, 35mm. With Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, and Ian McShane.
Though it wasn’t meant as high praise, the ..NEW.. ..YORK.. TIMES description of this film pretty much sums it up: “This is brutal, garish pulp stuff, with a repulsively sadistic Oliver Reed busting out of prison and snaking into London for the sole purpose of killing his unfaithful wife, played by a bug-eyed Jill St. John.” Brutal, garish, pulp, Oliver Reed? What’s not to like?
–Saturday, August 8 at 5:00 and Monday, August 10 at 9:15.
VIETNAM VETS GONE WILD!
John Flynn
ROLLING THUNDER
1977, 95 minutes, 35mm. With William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, and Dabney Coleman.
Among the very greatest – and most disturbing – revenge flicks, ROLLING THUNDER stars Devane as a Vietnam vet determined to track down the men who killed his wife and child. Written by a young Paul Schrader, it’s a classic of its kind.
“Working from another intelligent script from Schrader, Flynn spins his yarn…with an impossibly steady hand, turning what could have been yet another DEATH WISH knock-off into an authentically understated work of gritty 70s cinema.” –THE FILM FIEND
–Saturday, August 8 at 7:00 and Tuesday, August 11 at 9:00.
Richard Compton
WELCOME HOME, SOLDIER BOYS
1972, 91 minutes, 35mm. Archival print courtesy of 20th Century Fox. With Joe Don Baker.
Four battle-fatigued and well-armed Vietnam vets, driving cross-country, accidentally kill a woman before heading to their hometown. Disillusioned with their homecoming, the four vets unleash their fury in a blood-crazed rampage that has to be seen to be believed. In its down-and-dirty way, this film lays bare the uncomfortable truth of the damaged psyches left in the wake of the Vietnam war.
–Saturday, August 8 at 9:30 and Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00.
WACKY COPS!
Richard Rush
FREEBIE AND THE BEAN
1974, 113 minutes, 35mm. With James Caan and Alan Arkin.
“In retrospect [FREEBIE AND THE BEAN] seems like the missing – and absolutely essential – link between the gritty potboilers of the 1970s, such as THE FRENCH CONNECTION, and the glib, profane thrillers of the 80s and 90s…. [Starring] Alan Arkin as a Hispanic detective (i.e., ‘The Bean’), and James Caan as his determined-to-be-corrupted partner (hence ‘Freebie’)…it’s an amazing, explosive, almost self-destructive exercise in action, comedy, racism, and property damage, not necessarily in that order.” –Todd Gilchrist, CINEMATICAL
–Sunday, August 9 at 6:15 and Wednesday, August 12 at 9:00.
Peter Hyams
BUSTING
1974, 92 minutes, 35mm. With Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, and Allen Garfield.
This archetypal buddy cop movie stars Elliott Gould as a cynical, rebellious cop and Robert Blake as his inexperienced young partner. Tired of toiling away on insignificant small-time busts, they decide to buck their corrupt police force and single-handedly target a protected crime boss, incurring the wrath of their superiors.
–Sunday, August 9 at 8:45 and Wednesday, August 12 at 7:00
Location: 32 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Kill Your Cash! New Horror DVDs for 06.23.2009
Well. This week we have a lot of interesting titles. Most of which I have never heard of before but then again I have lived a sheltered life. Anyway, not much in the way of comments from me, which I’m sure you appreciate. One thing to add though, in trying to expand my horizons I looked up the IMDB of Hobgoblins and first line of the review was “This movie is not just bad, not just corny, it is repulsive.” Winner! Peace out.
Grindhouse Double Feature: Make Them Die
Grindhouse Double Feature: Lady Revenge
--Monstar
Monday, March 2, 2009
Kill Your Cash! New Horror DVDs for 03.03.2009
Only a few new Horror DVD releases this week, but a couple of interesting titles nonetheless. Dead in 3 Days hits from Dimension Extreme looks like this weeks pick for me even though it's premise sounds kinda "The Ring" meets "I Know What You Did Last Summer" type of way. Cool kids receive calls that they will be dead in the 3 days, and then are killed. There ya go.
Anyway, let's check out the DVDs that are going to kill your cash for this week! ..or in this case, slightly maim.
Anyway, let's check out the DVDs that are going to kill your cash for this week! ..or in this case, slightly maim.
...And while not a Horror DVD I do wanna give a special shout out to Wonder Woman. It's an all new animated movie from DC. I've seen it and it is actually really well done. A nice addition to the collection.
Wonder Woman 2009 (Two-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) (2008)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Kill Your Cash! New Horror DVDs for 02.24.2009
Are you ready for The Last House on The Left remake? Maybe you are or maybe you'll take a pass on it. Either way, for DVD fans it's a good thing as it gives MGM a reason to give us this unrated collector's edition. This new version includes commentary by Actors David Hess, Marc Sheffler, and Fred Lincoln, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Outtakes and more.
Also on tap this week is an entry from the legend Dario Argento and Cyclops starring Eric Roberts. ...seriously. I'd drop some loot on that ride.
Soooo...Kill your cash on these DVDs:
Also on tap this week is an entry from the legend Dario Argento and Cyclops starring Eric Roberts. ...seriously. I'd drop some loot on that ride.
Soooo...Kill your cash on these DVDs:
Dario Argento's Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1972)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)
The Long Hair of Death/An Angel for Satan (1964)
Scorpion with Two Tails (1982)
The Whip and the Body/Conspiracy of Torture (1963)
House on Haunted Hill: 50th Anniversary (1958)
Sweeny Todd/Incredible Crimes at the Dark House (1936)
--Monstar
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Kill Your Cash! New Horror DVDs for 02.010.2009
A list of this week’s new Horror DVD includes some pretty interesting titles. Bruce Campbell is back, the second season of one of my favorite TV shows Friday the 13th and a late night TV fav Tales from the Darkside: The First Season are all dropping.
Here are the new Horror On DVD releases:
Here are the new Horror On DVD releases:
Friday the 13th the Series: The Second Season
Tales from the Darkside: The First Season
Otto; Or, Up With Dead People (2008)
Suzie Heartless / Phoenix - Exploitation Double Feature
Binge & Purge/Killers By Nature
--Monstar
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Kill Your Cash! New Horror DVDs for 02.03.2009
Friday the 13th fever is all over the place in anticipation of the new movie and this Tuesday is a big day for fans of the franchise as several DVDs are dropping this week.
First up: Deluxe Editions of the first three movies, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th Pt. 2 and Friday the 13th Pt.3 3-D! Yes! Part 3 is in 3-D! Also, a box set that contains the last three in the series, the New Line set, called The Jason Slasher Collection. It contains Jason Goes To Hell, Jason X and Freddy Vs. Jason.
And let’s not forget the documentary that takes a look at the entire series, His Name Was Jason. A must have for Friday the 13th fans out there as it takes a look at the entire series and talks to a host of heads the were integral to the series.
Lots of good stuff, let’s take a look at what is going to kill your cash this week:
--Monstar
First up: Deluxe Editions of the first three movies, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th Pt. 2 and Friday the 13th Pt.3 3-D! Yes! Part 3 is in 3-D! Also, a box set that contains the last three in the series, the New Line set, called The Jason Slasher Collection. It contains Jason Goes To Hell, Jason X and Freddy Vs. Jason.
And let’s not forget the documentary that takes a look at the entire series, His Name Was Jason. A must have for Friday the 13th fans out there as it takes a look at the entire series and talks to a host of heads the were integral to the series.
Lots of good stuff, let’s take a look at what is going to kill your cash this week:
Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981)
Friday the 13th, Part 3 3-D (1982)
Jason Slasher Collection (2009)
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
--Monstar
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