Cinephoria!

Also available on Youtube. In the midst of these hot Summer days, we look at the myriad amounts of films on sale this month from Criterion, Kino, Vinegar Syndrome and MVD. As well, continuing the talk from last week of The Last Emperor. Topping it all off with talk of the work of Todd Solondz and some of his films including Happiness, Storytelling and Palindromes. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.co...

Also available on Youtube. We're halfway through 2024 and now is the time to properly evaluate where we've gone and where we're going! Discussing the lightning in a bottle moments in films that leave us speechless, recent contemporary theatrical films and brief talk of Bernardo Bertolucci and his 1987 film, The Last Emperor. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. A look at Chuck Vincent and Cecil Howard's, Farewell Scarlet from the Command Video Blu Ray. Starring J.P. Paradine, Eric Edwards, Kim Pope, Roger Caine and Darby Lloyd Rains. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. The first day of Summer challenges us to stay focused on our goals but we will persevere. Topic of conversation includes the directed work of Vittorio De Sica with films like Shoeshine, The Children are Watching Us and Umberto D as well as the experimental documentary, Koyaanisqatsi.

Also available on Youtube. Beautiful Summer days bring on our creative dreams. Discussing the work of Gus Van Sant and his 2005 film, Last Days.

Also available on Youtube. May or may not have brought up the wonderful, The Taste of Things but here we are to talk again! As well as the first decade or so of the work of Jean-Luc Godard, some discussion of Luis Bunuel and tying it all up with the wildly entertaining German techno classic, Run Lola Run. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. All about Emmanuelle. Discussing the 1974 Just Jaeckin, Sylvia Kristel film adaptation of the novel and the future legacy of the franchise. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. Today, we look at Gerard Daminao's dark, ambiguous, dreamlike puzzle that is Memories Within Miss Aggie. Starring Deborah Ashira, Patrick L. Farrelly, Kim Pope, Eric Edwards, Mary Stuart and Harry Reems. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. As we approach the halfway point of the year, we reflect on the films that have encapsulated it so far. As well, discussing the recent Cannes ceremony including the work of Sean Baker before finishing off with the documentary, Tarr Bela: I Used To Be a Filmmaker and the accompanying film, The Turin Horse. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. Apologies for confusing Al Pacino with Dustin Hoffman! With that said, Dustin Hoffman bridges the discussion of the work of John Schlesinger from the book, Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger by William J. Mann. That leads right into talk of his co-directed and starring work in Straight Time from 1978.

Also available on Youtube. With the recent release of The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed, the 2000s & 2010s indie comedies / dramas are brought to the front of the talk. Titles like Funny Ha Ha, Wristcutters: A Love Story and Something, Anything lead a trip down memory lane. Finally, the episode wraps up with a reminder of the Irish drama, Nowhere Special now fully availa...

Also available on Youtube. A review of Midnight Desires directed by Shaun Costello and the Quality X Blu Ray. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. Talk of two notable genre films of Goodbye Uncle Tom and Orzoco The Embalmer. Both of which are bookended by talks of various works from Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola.

Also available on Youtube. The clouds are out but the heavenly breezes set the stage appropriately for this cozy episode. Talks of the new Criterion Blu Ray of Nancy Savoca's, Dogfight with the primary talk being Jan Svankmajer's, Alice. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. Another bit of rambling but mostly focused! ...Mostly! Discussion on the new Blue Underground 4K of Gualtiero Jacopetti & Franco Prosperi's Goodbye Uncle Tom before talk of John Sayles' filmography (with highlights of City of Hope, Men with Guns and Limbo.) Wrapping up the episode is some long overdue documentary talk! This time of Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sin...

Also available on Youtube. A look at the Quality X Blu Ray of Suze Randall's 1984 film, Stud Hunters. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. Sam Wasson's book, The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story kickstarts a talk of his work, the recent passing of Eleanor Coppola and what's to come with Megalopolis. The main feature of the episode being the newest work from Alice Rohrwacher, La Chimera. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. With the upcoming sale from Indicator, this "hangout" episode delves into casual talk about the last decade and some of collecting films and some of the contemporary titles and companies. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. This ain't no Aprils Fools! Talk of the new documentary, Steve! (martin) before two Westerns, Support Your Local Sheriff and The Gunfighter. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. A review and discussion of the recent Quality X Blu Ray of Chuck Vincent's and Rick Marx's, Roommates starring Samantha Fox, Veronica Hart and Kelly Nichols. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. With the upcoming Kino Lorber sale, some talk on recent Jean-Luc Godard titles being and to be released. In the conversation of great filmmakers with a drive to create, we talk about both Wim Wenders' newest releases, Perfect Days and Aselm. Capping it all off is talk of the recent, underseen but excellent, The Monk and the Gun from writer / director Pawo Choyning Do...

Also available on Youtube. A brief talk on the recent Academy Awards leads right into a discussion of two wildly different films! At once considered "one of the worst films ever" turned into a cult classic, Tom Green's infamous Freddy Got Fingered. On the flipside, the quiet, subdued, drama Sometimes I Think About Dying from Rachel Lambert. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/dantheca...

Also available on Youtube. A review of the Distribpix DVD of R.C. Horsch's The Erotic Memoirs of a Male Chauvinist Pig starring Paul Taylor, Georgina Spelvin, Tina Russell and Helen Madigan. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. Vittorio de Sica, John Ford, Howard Hawks and more great filmmakers on the table of discussion here. The headliner of the episode being Cameron Crowe's, Vanilla Sky. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/

Also available on Youtube. On the first episode of Peephole Pictures, we take a look at the Peekarama double feature Blu Ray of two early Fred Lincoln directed films. A Formal Faucett (1978) and Daisy May (1979) Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/danthecameraman/