TIM MARLOW AT THE COURTAULD (DVD)

Year Released: 2012
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 75 minutes

The handsome videography details the genius of the artists’ compositions and color mixtures…

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Phil Hall

THE BOOTLEG FILES: COAL BLACK AND DE SEBBEN DWARFS

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil considers one of the most notorious cartoons of all time…

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Phil Hall

COME BACK, AFRICA

Year Released: 2012
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 85 minutes

Barely seen since its initial theatrical release, Lionel Rogosin’s 1959 drama is significant for offering one of the first ground-level views of South African life under the apartheid system…

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Phil Hall

THE BOOTLEG FILES: MOVE

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil mistakenly unearths a deservedly forgotten obscurity…

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Phil Hall

THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil digs up a notorious pre-code drama…

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Phil Hall

IN SEARCH OF THOMAS INCE: INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN TAVES

A new biography explores the career and personal life of pioneering film producer Thomas Ince…

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Phil Hall

PEACE COMMANDOS: TRANSFORMING THE CONGO

Year Released: 2012
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 27 minutes

Presenting the concept of peace in a country that has suffered some of the most extraordinary levels of wartime fatalities in modern times is no mean feat…

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Phil Hall

THE BOOTLEG FILES: MOTOWN 25 – YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil stops in the name of love…

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Phil Hall

IRAQ N’ ROLL

Year Released: 2012
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 55 minutes

The al-Kuwaiti Brothers were so popular that they performed for Iraqi’s monarchy, and they were credited with creating the nation’s distinctive modern music sound…

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Phil Hall

ATLANTIC CROSSING: A ROBOT’S DARING MISSION (DVD)

Year Released: 2012
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 55 minutes

Dena Seidel’s documentary, which was produced by Rutgers University, focuses on an oceanographic milestone: the 2009 launch of the first autonomous underwater robot to cross the Atlantic Ocean…

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Phil Hall

300 MILES TO FREEDOM

Year Released: 2012
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 33 minutes

This wonderful documentary short by Richard Breyer and Anand Kamalakar traces Jones’ remarkable odyssey, while sharing the stories of the courageous abolitionists that provided Jones and his traveling companions with food and shelter…

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Phil Hall

THE BOOTLEG FILES: ALAKAZAM THE GREAT!

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil goes ape for an old Japanese monkey movie…

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Phil Hall

THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil brings back a classic variety show from old-time television…

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Phil Hall