“A privilege to work in films”: Sam Peckinpah among friends
[Originally published in Movietone News 60-61, February 1979] Sam Peckinpah visited Seattle for several days in July, 1978, under the joint auspices of the Seattle Film Society and the Academy of...
View ArticleReview: The Killer Elite
[Originally published in Movietone News 50, June 1976] Sam Peckinpah’s newest film opens with a whirling drill bit boring through a wall. But, whether by design or accident, The Killer Elite is not the...
View ArticleVideophiled Classic: Sam Peckinpah’s ‘Noon Wine’
The Killer Elite / Noon Wine (1966) (Twilight Time, Blu-ray) – By even the most generous measure, The Killer Elite (1975) is one of Sam Peckinpah’s weakest film. Which, by Peckinpah standards, is still...
View ArticleVideophiled Best of 2014 on Blu-ray and DVD
The death of Blu-ray and DVD has apparently been prematurely called. Streaming and cable VOD still dominates home viewing but Redbox and other kiosk-based disc vendors have kept disc rentals alive (if...
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“A privilege to work in films”: Sam Peckinpah among friends
Originally published in Movietone News 60-61, February 1979] Sam Peckinpah visited Seattle for several days in July, 1978, under the joint auspices of the Seattle Film Society and the Academy of Motion...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review: The Killer Elite
[Originally published in Movietone News 50, June 1976] Sam Peckinpah’s newest film opens with a whirling drill bit boring through a wall. But, whether by design or accident, The Killer Elite is not the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Videophiled Classic: Sam Peckinpah’s ‘Noon Wine’
The Killer Elite / Noon Wine (1966) (Twilight Time, Blu-ray) – By even the most generous measure, The Killer Elite (1975) is one of Sam Peckinpah’s weakest film. Which, by Peckinpah standards, is still...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Videophiled Best of 2014 on Blu-ray and DVD
The death of Blu-ray and DVD has apparently been prematurely called. Streaming and cable VOD still dominates home viewing but Redbox and other kiosk-based disc vendors have kept disc rentals alive (if...
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