Jordan M. Smith

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China Heavyweight | Review

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Jordan M. Smith - July 5, 2012

Pulling No Punches, Boxing Gives Hope For Poor Rural Youth Modern China is a place that revels in tradition, honor, and hard work - ethics...

Criterion Collection: And Everything Is Going Fine | Blu-ray Review

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Jordan M. Smith - July 3, 2012

Master monologist Spalding Gray, a proven stage and part time screen actor, as well as the man behind such cinematic creations as Swimming To...

God Bless America | Blu-ray

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Jordan M. Smith - July 3, 2012

Bobcat Goldthwait has been kicking around the entertainment biz for quite some time – not necessarily as a film director, but as a stand...

The Nine Muses | DVD Review

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Jordan M. Smith - June 26, 2012

After nearly a decade of focusing his energy on music history television docs, director John Akomfrah has returned to one of his favorite topics,...

Kumare | Review

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Jordan M. Smith - June 24, 2012

Kumare is an Illusion, and Illusion is Truth After growing up in the U.S. as part of a highly traditional Indian family, and later, graduating...

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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.