Category Archives: Film
“MICHAEL SCHENKER—TEMPLE OF ROCK: LIVE IN EUROPE”— A Live Concert
“Michael Schenker – Temple Of Rock: Live In Europe (2012)” A Live Concert Amos Lassen Michael Schenker (lead guitar), Doogie White (vocals), Herman Rarebell (drums), Francis Buchholz (bass) and Wayne Findley (rhythm guitar and keyboards) bring us a love concert from Tilberg, the Netherlands now on DVD. It was recorded in May, 2012 so it …
“BULLET COLLECTOR”— An Intense Tale of Russian Youth
“BULLET COLLECTOR” An Intense Tale of Russian Youth Amos Lassen Artsploitation is a new DVD releasing company that is now bringing us some very notable films, all of which are reviewed here (“Gandu”, “Vanishing Waves”, “Hard Romanticker”, etc.). These are films with an edge and probably otherwise would not get a chance to see. “Bullet …
“SUPERPOWER”— The Quest for Global Dominance
“Superpower” The Quest for Global Dominance Amos Lassen “Superpower”, a new documentary from Cinema Libre shows how the United States has found its way to insure its position “for unilateral world domination through absolute economic and military superiority and government deception”. Do we find this statement disturbing? If we look carefully at the way it …
“VANISHING WAVES”— An Erotic Thriller
“Vanishing Waves” (“Aurora”) An Erotic Thriller Amos Lassen Scientists have discovered a way to get into the brain of Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a comatose woman and for the first time get the chance to see what goes on the mind when a person is totally inactive. Part science fiction and part erotic drama, we get …
“CLIP”— Serbian Youth
“Clip” (“Klip”) Serbian Youth Amos Lassen “Clip” gives us a disturbing yet dynamic look at contemporary Serbian youth. At the center of the film is Jasna (Isidora Simijonovic), a teen, who lives in the poor suburbs of Belgrade. Her mother has lost the spirit of life and her father is terminally ill. The unglamorous life …
“Angels in America” by Tony Kushner— An Epic Drama
Kushner, Tony. “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes”, Theater Communications Group, 1993. An Epic Drama Amos Lassen I doubt if any other drama has been so honored in the last 20 years as Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” the Pulitzer Prize winning drama for 1993 It is a large, provocative, witty and …
“I’M NOW: THE STORY OF MUDHONEY”— Coming on DVD in February
“I’m Now: The Story of Mudhoney” Coming on DVD in February Amos Lassen Mudhoney began its 25 year old career in the Pacific Northwest and went on to become one of the world’s most influential and loved rock bands. Someone described the band’s story as “Citizen Kane” but with more grunge. I honestly had never …
“LES MISERABLES”— Right, Wrong and Redemption
“Les Misérables” Right, Wrong and Redemption Amos Lassen I finally got a chance to see Les Miz and I loved it, loved, loved, loved it. Of course, I had seen it on the stage in various incarnations including both the Hebrew and French versions and thought to myself that they will never be able to …
“PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE”— Singer/Actor /Songwriter
“Paul Williams Still Alive” Singer/Actor /Songwriter Amos Lassen Paul Williams won Grammys and an Academy Award; wrote many #1 songs; starred in a Brian DePalma movie; put out his own hit records and albums; was a guest on The Tonight Show fifty times; and is the president of ASCAP and I am sure that many …
“PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY”— Father and Son
“Photographic Memory” Father and Son Amos Lassen Ross McElwee brings us a documentary about his relationship with his twenty year old son, Adrian, and he compares himself to the young man when he was the same age. Adrian seems to intentionally provoke his father and McElwee then decides to return to the French town where …
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