Thursday, 30 March 2023

The Arrangement (1969)

 

On the set: Faye Dunaway and Elia Kazan

Hedda Gabler (1962)


 

A scheming woman marries a nice but dimwitted intellectual out of convenience. She hears that her old lover is back in town. She decides to destroy his life, jealous of his love affair with another.

A TV production with a stellar cast, in which Ingrid Bergman shines the best, is unfortunately a brutally condensed, stubbed up adaptation of the classic play.  



 

 

The Black Hole (1979)


 1979 concept art for  The Black Hole by Peter Ellenshaw

New acquisition: Deux de la Vague (2010)

 



Tuesday, 28 March 2023

A Cinderella Story (2004)


 

The Return of Dracula (1958)


 

After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.

Interesting and unusual low budget horror film is skillfully set in suburban America with a slight touch of Noir.

Halliwell*: "Quite nicely made low-budget horror film with a good balance of the supernatural and the ordinary."

Maltin**: "Lederer thwarted by a mediocre script."