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Landmark's Ken Cinema to close its doors March 22
Dear Mr. Marks, I have just finished watching the double feature of "Gun Crazy" and "Hot Rods to Hell." I especially enjoyed John Dall's slimy trim as juxtaposed against Peggy Cummins' barbaric bunniness. This first feature reminded me of Miles Davis' electric period as it resisted the easy thrills I found myself urging it to in order to forge a path that was more rudimentary, ritualistic and turbulent in its search for new possibilities of expression within a tiring format. And the second? Well, I truly admired how, similar to that other gilded chamberpot, "Der Blaue Enge," Dana Andrew's masterfully crafted portrayal of a semi-paralyzed self-hating square (Judgement) is almost cancelled out by a half-feral hotcake (Oh Mercy Mercy Me!) with an additional unifying figure, perhaps, in the form of the motel owner who just wants to take the money and run before he commits murder via shovel. I worried for the film when the she-cat was rudely disinvited to the third act showdown but this is compensated by the plight of... of... Oh Poor Poor Tina! The cruelty of it all! (Runs from the room, sobbing.) I just thought you might want to know.— March 7, 2020 11:43 p.m.
Landmark's Ken Cinema to close its doors March 22
Scott Marks for President!!! (Well, at least until I receive my copy of "Hot Rods to Hell"...)— March 4, 2020 5:31 a.m.