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Brooklyn Castle | Review

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Jordan M. Smith - October 17, 2012

Dellamaggiore Makes Major Moves: Despite Budget Cuts, Young Chess Players Are Building An Empire Inner city public schools are generally not known for their successful...

Shut Up And Play The Hits | Blu-ray Review

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Jordan M. Smith - October 16, 2012

At the pinnacle of the band's critical and financial success, the decision to lay LCD Soundsystem to rest was and remains a conundrum. James...

Oslo, August 31st | DVD Review

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Jordan M. Smith - October 2, 2012

Norwegian director Joachim Trier is known to some as the other Trier, the one making equally inquisitively bold films as his distant relative Lars,...

Monsieur Lazhar | DVD Review

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Jordan M. Smith - October 2, 2012

Writer and director Philippe Falardeau's most recent film (in many books the Best Foreign picture runner-up), Monsieur Lazhar is a surprisingly tender reconnaissance of...

Chico & Rita | Blu-ray Review

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Jordan M. Smith - October 2, 2012

There always seems to be a shortage of animated features created with an adult audience in mind. Only once or twice a year there...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

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Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Film Festivals November 8, 2026 0

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.