Supporting Actress Smackdown – 1990

Every month Brian who runs the terrific StinkyLulu blog hosts a Supporting Actress Smackdown covering Oscar nominated performances for a particular year, depending on whatever year his blog readers vote for. This month they voted to have him cover the nominees for 1990 and Brian was kind enough to ask me to participate in this … Continue reading »

The Fine Art of Fashion: Yves Saint Laurent

Catherine Deneuve and Yves Saint Laurent, 1966 Since Flickhead’s Buñuel Blog-a-thon is sill going strong and I’ve clearly got Belle de Jour on my brain, I couldn’t resist sharing a few more brief thoughts about my favorite Louis Buñuel film. One of the most memorable things about Buñuel’s Belle de Jour is the fabulous fashions … Continue reading »

Ode to Marcel

Pierre Clementi in Belle de Jour (1967) “He had a legend, the aura of genius, a friend to the mysterious and the strange. I arrived full of holy terror and mad hope all at the same time. I was struck immediately by one thing, only one: he’s a man of whom you only see the … Continue reading »

What’s In the Box?

Critics and film scholars have spent countless hours analyzing Luis Buñuel’s film Belle de Jour (1967) and the mysterious Asian box that appears in one of the movies most memorable and erotic scenes. As someone who has read a lot of Marquis de Sade’s work, I’ve personally never seen the box as being very mysterious … Continue reading »

DVD of the Week: From Beyond the Grave

Peter Cushing in From Beyond the Grave (1973) It’s hard to keep track of all the great horror films finding their way onto on DVD lately and this week is no exception. My DVD pick of the week is the great Amicus horror anthology From Beyond the Grave (1973) from Warner Home Video which was … Continue reading »

Music on Film

The Who, 1966 I don’t often talk about new cinema here at Cinebeats, but an exciting trend in modern filmmaking is occurring this year that is impossible to ignore. It seems like every month I read something about a brand new band documentary or biopic about the life (or lives) of a musician that’s being … Continue reading »

News Flash

Barbara Steele in Fellini’s 8½ (1963) The Results Are In . . . The results for Edward Copeland’s Foreign Language Film Poll are now online. Four films from my own Top 25 didn’t make the Top 100, but six of my picks managed to make the Top 25. I personally think the most grievous omission … Continue reading »

DVD of the Week: Anne of the Thousand Days

Genevieve Bujold as Anne Boleyn, 1969 I have a confession to make. I love British historical dramas. In fact, I’m a bit obsessed with British history in general, and one of my favorite historical dramas is Anne of the Thousand Days (1969, dir. Charles Jarrott) which is finding its way onto NTSC Region-1 DVD for … Continue reading »

Seven Nights of Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock on the set of Frenzy, 1971 I only have access to what we call “Standard Basic Cable” TV in the San Francisco Bay Area so I don’t watch a lot of television because there isn’t a lot to watch. The only semi-24-movie channel I get is AMC and this week they’re offering viewers … Continue reading »

Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls

“I could never walk on the streets. I had to wear a veil. They used to go berserk when they saw me.” – Helen I’ve been feeling rather awful about forgetting to include any of my favorite Bollywood films such as Jewel Thief (1967) and Gumnaam (1965) when I wrote up a list of Favorite … Continue reading »

DVD of the Week: Vincent Price – MGM Scream Legends Collection

The many faces of Vincent Price 1962-1973 The leaves are starting to turn brown and the days are getting shorter. Autumn is fast approaching and with it comes Halloween. This is easily my favorite time of the year and in September I always start getting a spring in my step and an insatiable craving for … Continue reading »

The Night of the Sorcerers (1973)

I neglected to mention that I reviewed Amando de Ossorio’s The Night of the Sorcerers (a.k.a. La Noche de los brujos, 1973) last month for Cinedelica. Out of the five or six Amando de Ossorio films I’ve seen The Night of the Sorcerers is my least favorite, but it’s still mildly entertaining and it might … Continue reading »

DVD of the Week: They Call Me Trinity

This week’s Recommended DVD Release of the Week is the Trinity Twin Pack from Hen’s Tooth Video which contains the films They Call Me Trinity (1970) and Trinity Is Still My Name (1971). The Trinity movies have been available on DVD for awhile, but this new DVD set features all-new digital transfers remastered from the … Continue reading »

Site News and Updates!

Over the recent weekend holiday I took the free time I had and invested it in redesigning Cinebeats.com. If you visit or link to Cinebeats you’ll find that you’re taken to a new index page with links to my Blog, the Blog Archives, a Cinebeats Amazon Shop, a new About Me page, a new and … Continue reading »

Spotlight on Koji Wakamatsu

Images from Koji Wakamatsu’s Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969) I recently reviewed Koji Wakamatsu’s impressive Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969) for Cinedelica. If you’re interested in Japanese avant-garde cinema and pink films, I highly recommend giving Koji Wakamatsu’s films a look. I’ve also recently been helping Michael over at his excellent French language … Continue reading »