Lost and Found
I recently re-read two of my favourite film books. The first was published in 1971, and I’ve read it maybe five times since then. The second was published twenty years later, in 1991, and I’d only read it once before, back in the […]
Review: Forgotten Silver (1995)
Director: Costa Botes
Cast: Jeffrey Thomas, Peter Jackson, Costa Botes, Beatrice Ashton, Leonard Maltin,
Jeffrey Thomas
Peter Jackson
Costa Botes
Beatrice Ashton
Leonard Maltin
Plot: The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
Read More
The real pleasure of fake commentaries
Back in the dark days before DVD, when elitists spent large sums on laserdisks because the quality was so superior to the ubiquitous VHS tapes of home video, the commentary track was born. This was a terrific innovation, enhancing the value of a […]