THE THING (1982) in 4k digital and the nature of image quality
Since the beginning of the cinema, whenever we watched movies from the past they have always been in deteriorated forms.
In the earliest days of the medium, nitrate prints of old movies were hauled out of make-shift storage facilities for re-examination. This practice was occasionally done in the silent era, but really picked [...]
Wear your large lapels tonight, it’s BLACK CAESAR (1973)
Dir. Larry Cohen
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 2/3/10, 11:59pm
Another week, another Weird Wednesday review. This go-round, we’ve got blaxploitation classic Black Caesar, a sort of hybrid between Super Fly and Public Enemy. Here, Tommy Gibbs is an aspiring mafioso, getting himself involved with the Italian mafia in order to rule Harlem, the South Bronx, and, [...]
