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Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman

A wandering masseur speaks truth to power in a corrupt 19th century Japan

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Apr. 16

Imagine you are a comic filmmaker in the 1930s who just happens to resemble a Nazi nutjob

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Mar. 19

McCartney story is a good one

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Mar. 5

It's all in your head

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Feb. 12

Shades of Damon Runyon in Hong Kong

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Oct. 9

Sammo Hung Kicks Ass

A six-film collection on the Criterion Channel

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Sep. 11

A 1943 film that predicted Nazis losing the war and facing a world court

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday May. 22

Here’s a cruise you wouldn’t want to take

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Apr. 17

Ed Gein – ‘a monster in plain sight’

Documentary is based on recently discovered interrogation tapes

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Aug. 8

Two films directed by actors

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Aug. 1

Mario Bava’s gothic horror debut

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Jul. 11

Western showdown as witchhunt allegory

Jim Lundstrom  |  Wednesday Jul. 3

War – what is it good for?

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Jun. 13

You can't keep a good B down

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Jun. 6

Brainstorm is sure to make your brain ache

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday May. 23

Now for something completely different: Timothy Carey as God

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday May. 9

Charles Laughton’s one-hit wonder

The Night of the Hunter’s dismal reception crushed the veteran actor’s spirit

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday May. 2

A celebration of pre-code horror

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Oct. 12

Henry Hathaway's Western gem

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Oct. 5

We're all in Duck Soup

Jim Lundstrom  |  Thursday Sep. 28

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