More Mario Bava, but sure.

I am not. Spartan is great.

You've got another think coming.
(I didn't write the hed, FWIW.)

"It's called a confidence game. Why? Because you give me your confidence? No. Because I give you mine."

A Star for Bram is one of RH's best albums, despite having been mail-order only.

How do you figure a limited edition doesn't pay royalties?

How do you figure a limited edition doesn't pay royalties?

And that the original draft was by Sarah Kernochan, director of the Oscar-winning documentary short "Thoth."

You know they weren't made with "scratches and pops," right? Lloyd was forward-thinking enough to maintain ownership of his own negatives, and they've weathered the years in practically pristine condition. 35mm, especially safety stock, is an extremely durable and stable storage medium.

I feel the same about Warner Bros.

Incidentally, my review copy of Lifeforce didn't arrive until yesterday, but it's a beautiful transfer. Not the equivalent of a freshly minted 70mm print, but spectacular-looking all the same, and I'm not just talking about, you know.

She did a stint on Big Love, then made a movie that was taken away, recut and released as Thin Ice.

Well, I do think it's worth watching, and thinking about, although evidently YMMV.

I'm not sure if it's an official corollary of auteurism or not, but it's definitely been my experience that the movies in which auteurs most directly address their pet themes tend to be among their worst. It's as if they do better when they have something to push against.

I'm pretty sure watching Sucker Punch in no way prevents you from watching Mizoguchi—or Naruse, if you really want to go down that road. Horses for courses.

I'm not saying it's bad on purpose. I'm saying that there's more to movies than whether they're good or bad, and while Sucker Punch isn't a good one, it's a lot more interesting than more coherent and less personal movies like, well, everything else Zack Snyder has ever made.

Are all sex workers sexualized? Are "cross-genre action heroes"? You have to engage the images in the first place to work with them. The lack of "payoff" is the point.

@avclub-cfc0f51c3e5d754e57558f4d79ca1637:disqus Not as much as I'd like to be. I have the UK "Leigh at the BBC" collection but haven't had time to watch it all.

That outfit, including the cap with an oversize brim spelling out "Peyote" in Pop Art letters, is quite something.

Assuming you're in the US, I'd suggest either Topsy-Turvy or Naked, Secrets and Lies being unforgivably out of print. Another Year, All or Nothing and Vera Drake are all excellent.