The Man with Kaleidoscope Knowledge
Video Watchdog editor Tim Lucas on the novel based on the screenplay based on an incident in legendary producer Roger Corman’s life and career.
Reunion Day Reading: An Interview with Denny Lawrence
A TV play, banned in Australia sixty years ago because of sensitivities over Anzac Day, is to receive its first public performance in Sydney this week.
Megaforce: Back with a Vengeance
The bikes. The hair. The thumb kiss. Yes, we’re talking about the 1982 ‘classic’ Megaforce, which is coming to Blu-Ray via Umbrella Entertainment.
Live Performance of a TV Play that has been banned for 60 years
Oz culture trivia test time: what 1960s Australian play by one of our leading writers concerns Anzac Day, received excellent reviews on its release, but was banned because of condemnation that it was attacking the “diggers”?
The Campy, Yet Surprisingly Interesting Cinema of Jon Hall
Stephen Vagg’s series on movie stars takes a detour to backlot Hollywood, with this look at the work of 1940s film star, Jon Hall.
Movie Star Cold Streaks: Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills has a memoir out, entitled, aptly enough, Forever Young. Stephen Vagg thought it was time to look back on her life and times.
Francis Talks!
On May 2, Kino Lorber is issuing a Francis the Talking Mule collection featuring all seven films in the series plus commentaries for each of the films. One of the commentaries is from regular FilmInk contributor Stephen Vagg who agreed to talk with us about it.
Vertigo’s Romantic Spectrum
Inspired by its naming as the greatest film of all time, scholars, filmmakers and theorists have contributed to Haunted by Vertigo, a new collection of essays on the Hitchcock classic.
Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Four from George F. Kerr
Stephen Vagg’s series on forgotten Australian television plays looks at four written locally by George F. Kerr: Enemy of the People (1958), Blue Murder (1959), Heart Attack (1960) and Jenny (1962).
Forgotten Australian television plays: Cross of Gold and Goodbye Gloria Hello
Stephen Vagg’s series on forgotten Australian television plays looks at two efforts directed by Pat Barton at the ABC, Cross of Gold (1965) and Goodbye Gloria Hello (1967).
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