Film of the Day – The Naked Kiss (Samuel Fuller, 1964)
When I think of a classic “movie director” type, I always think of Samuel Fuller. While hardly wanting for favourable critical attention (not when you can count the likes of Scorsese and Tarantino as fans), it’s a bit of a wonder that Fuller isn’t more widely known. In an age when the vast majority of [...]
Single Of The Day – Don Froth – Foam
DON FROTH – FOAM (FROTH N’ US) Today’s SOTD is a tasty little balearic number from new Californian label Froth ‘N. With a limited pressing of 300 copies (my copy is 166), unsurprisingly it has flown off the record shelves in record time. Bubbling cosmic beats meet dubbed out disco bumpiness with a cowbell [...]
Film of the Day – Hatchet for the Honeymoon (Mario Bava, 1970)
Back when Days Are Numbers ran its giallo special, we rightfully acknowledged the great Mario Bava as the indisputable godfather of the Italian slasher-cum-murder mystery. Perhaps less correctly, however, we listed the horror/sci-fi/fantasy/sex comedy maestro’s contributions to the genre as numbering four; The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Blood and [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
A Fistful of Dynamite (Sergio Leone, 1971) Of all the many directors Ennio Morricone collaborated with and whose films he contributed his astounding talents to, without doubt the one his music is most synonymous with is Sergio Leone. Widely and rightfully acknowledged as one of the most imaginitive and influential film directors of all time, [...]
Film of the Day – Nixon (Oliver Stone, 1995)
Today’s Film of the Day is a timely choice, for a couple of reasons. For one thing, America has just held perhaps the most rapturously received Presidential inauguration in its history, welcoming Great Black Hope (is it ok to call him that?), Barack Obama into the White House. Many are confidently predicting that [...]
Single Of The Day – Zombi – Spirit Warrior
ZOMBI – SPIRIT WARRIOR (TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM ‘SPIRIT ANIMAL’) (RELAPSE) Hurrah! Kraut-psych-electronic-rock geniuses Steve Moore and A.E Pattera AKA Zombi return with a brand-spanking new album. Best known for channeling the spirit of bands like Goblin, Tangerine Dream, Isis, early Genesis (etc) whilst adding their own individual alternate cinematic slant to [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Exorcist II: The Heretic (John Boorman, 1977) I am somewhat notorious in certain circles for preferring Exorcist II: The Heretic to the original Exorcist. The first film, in fact, is a film I downright dislike, so as far as I’m concerned anyway, it wouldn’t be too hard for any sequel to [...]
Single Of The Day – Cage & Aviary – Television Train
CAGE & AVIARY – TELEVISION TRAIN (DISSIDENT/DFA) Originally released back in October 2007 on the Dissident label, this slo-motion, lo-slung leftfield leaning disco chugger is getting a worthy re-release on the mighty DFA label and I thought it would be nice to post it up to remind everyone what a special [...]
Film of the Day – Loves of a Blonde (Milos Forman, 1965)
From here on in I intend to follow Aneet’s cue, and on alternate days, after my esteemed colleague has offered you up another mind-blowing Single of the Day, I’m going to hit you with my Film of the Day. “What could I do as my inaugral film of the day?”, [...]