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Bava does S&M

Published by Reverend February 10th, 2009 in bavapick, film and movies. 2 Comments

I watched Mario Bava’s The Whip and the Body (1963) last night, and I found it rather provocative, or should I say evocative? I hadn’t yet seen this “lost classic” of Bava’s, and I finally talked Antonella into watching it with me, which was no small feat. We were ready for an over-the-top [...]

Two Must-See Melodramas by Douglas Sirk

Published by Reverend November 12th, 2007 in YouTube, bavapick, film, films and movies. 4 Comments

if you’re not yet a Douglas Sirk fan, you really should be. All that Heaven Allows (1955) and Written on the Wind (1956)–both starring the beautiful and extremely talented Rock Hudson–are two of his best 1950s melodramas and would make an awesome double feature.
Don’t believe me? Check out the the following scene from [...]

Miracle Mile

Published by Reverend November 6th, 2007 in YouTube, bavapick, film, films, movies and video. 5 Comments

Given the state of the world that Brian Lamb describes with such profound eloquence in this post, I think it’s time to reach into the movie vault and pull out Miracle Mile, a surreal, end-of-the-world love story the whole family can enjoy. To echo something Roger Ebert says in his review of the film [...]