Tag Archives: mario bava

Diabolik: a Cultural Revolution Comic on Film

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Reverend

I already blogged a bit about using OBS to produce and stream a class visit Paul Bond and I did for Antonio Vantaggiato‘s Italian Cinema course last week. I wanted to use this post to talk briefly about the clips … Continue reading →

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Introducing Danger: Diabolik to a Live-Streamed Audience

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Reverend

A year ago Antonio Vantaggiato invited Paul Bond and I into his Italian Cinema course to talk about Mario Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963). I was fairly new to Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) at the time, but … Continue reading →

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The Evil Eye

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Reverend

As Paul Bond already noted, there was a reprisal of the Bavafest last week. We got to talk about the maestro of b-movies, Mario Bava, with Antonio Vantaggiato’s class on Cine y Cultura Italiana at Sagrado. Short version of this post: it … Continue reading →

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Bava’s Odyssey

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Reverend

#HappyBirthday MARIO BAVA (1914–1980) master of #Giallo , #Horror & #Light !!! pic.twitter.com/oxpxxjLla0 — Dr. Giallo (@Dr_Giallo) July 31, 2018 I learned on Twitter that today is Mario Bava’s birthday. This blog has been inspired by this Italian film director … Continue reading →

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Reclaim Video on a Thursday Afternoon

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Reverend

While Reclaim Video officially opened two weeks ago,  it did not really dawn on me until almost a week later.  After the grand opening we locked in with MBS  then road tripped to get Centipede. But as it turns out people … Continue reading →

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The Blog that Knew Too Much

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Reverend

Today I picked up this very large, colorful French film poster for Mario Bava’s 1963 film giallo The Girl Who Knew Too Much. It’s pretty special, and not just because it’s a cool piece of vintage film poster art for … Continue reading →

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bava branding update

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Reverend

So, I did a couple of Daily Creates yesterday and today, and wham just like that I feel like I stepped through a portal that brought me back to the generative internet of people and things. It’s amazing how far just … Continue reading →

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Nacho Cerdá is Phenomena!

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Reverend

Saw 2001: A Space Odyssey last night in 70MM at the relatively new movie theater Phenomena http://t.co/B23lwemtwC was awesome — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) June 11, 2015 One of the things I have been dying to writing about is the awesome … Continue reading →

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Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Reverend

@jimgroom Bava Snob — Martin Weller (@mweller) October 27, 2014 I try not to be, but whenever I see a Dario Argento film it’s hard not to compare his work to the master, Mario Bava. And with such a pairing, Argento always … Continue reading →

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Hitchcock Motifs

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Reverend

UMW Art History professor JeanAnn Dabb is teaching a Freshman Seminar on Alfred Hitchcock. Few subjects in this world are more compelling than Hitchcock’s films, and it’s hard to think of a better excuse to run a course blog. So, that’s … Continue reading →

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