Monday, June 9, 2025

Holly Woodlawn Takes Manhattan in Musical Comedy Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers

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SCARECROW IN A GARDEN OF CUCUMBERS  (Robert J. Kaplan, USA, 1972, 82 minutes)  I'm not certain if Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers wa...
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Saturday, June 7, 2025

Stranger Flashback: Doom Metal Pioneer Bobby Liebling Rises from the Grave in Last Days Here

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Here is a revived version of a 2012 Line Out post about  Last Days Here (these posts were purged from the internet some time after The Stra...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Stranger Flashback: A Peek Inside Jonathan Furmanski's The Weird World of Blowfly

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This is a revived version of a 2011 Line Out post ( The Stranger purged them from the internet some time after they pulled the plug on thei...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

A Thriller with Purpose: Norman Jewison's Best Picture Winner In the Heat of the Night

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IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT  (Norman Jewison, USA, 1967, 110 minutes)  “We talk a lot about freedom, but it's a country based on slavery....
Saturday, May 24, 2025

SIFF 2025 Dispatch #8: Cat Town, USA Celebrates a Sanctuary for Cats in Florida

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CAT TOWN, USA  (Jonathan Napolitano, 2025, USA, 73 minutes)  Terry and Bruce Jenkins, the couple at the center of Jonathan Napolitano's ...
Friday, May 23, 2025

SIFF Dispatch #7: Robinson Devor Profiles Sara Jane Moore, the Would-Be Presidential Assassin Next Door, in Suburban Fury

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SUBURBAN FURY  (Robinson Devor, USA, 2025, 118 minutes)  "Part of my having a good name on the streets was innocence and stupidity....
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

SIFF 2025 Dispatch #6: An Irish Girl Grows Up Fast in Claire Frances Byrne's Ready or Not

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READY OR NOT (Claire Frances Byrne, 2024, Ireland, 84 minutes) Claire Frances Byrne's directorial debut is a potent piece of work rooted...