R. Emmet Sweeney
@robert-emmet.bsky.social
Kino Lorber / occasional film critic at oldnew.substack.com
BOTD DP Bruce Surtees!! Shot 20 #70s Film (!!) - incl Play Misty, Dirty Harry, Blume in Love, Lenny, Night Moves We just lauded his magnificent contribs to Harry and Night Movies on recent eps of That '70s Movie Podcast! More via @robert-emmet.bsky.social: r-emmetsweeney.com/2020/01/17/t...
For OLD NEW I wrote about André de Toth's demonic noir Crime Wave (53), out now on Blu-ray from Warner Archive: oldnew.substack.com/p/dark-city-...
Dark City: Crime Wave (1953)
On André de Toth's demonic noir, out now on Blu-ray from Warner Archive
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Chuffed to be a guest on Nicolas Rapold's The Last Thing I Saw podcast, talking Qin Pengfei's Wings of Dread, MoMA's Silent Film Week, and Ketan Mehta's Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India! (1995): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Ep. 415: R. Emmet Sweeney on Wings of Dread, MoMA Silent Movie Week, Oh Darling Yeh Hai India, Blades of the Guardians, Driver’s Ed
Podcast Episode · The Last Thing I Saw · August 3 · 53m
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For OLD NEW I wrote about André de Toth's demonic noir Crime Wave (53), out now on Blu-ray from Warner Archive: oldnew.substack.com/p/dark-city-...
Dark City: Crime Wave (1953)
On André de Toth's demonic noir, out now on Blu-ray from Warner Archive
oldnew.substack.com
Outraged nobody alerted me to this new Lea Jacobs joint.
For those who truly support cinema, I will see you at tonight's 8pm screening of Jesse V. Johnson's Above and Below at the AMC Empire
Mack Chandler, Timothy Carey, and Charles Bronson in Crime Wave (1953)
The cinematic event of the summer is out this week: Jesse V. Johnson's Above & Below. Exhibited on luminous DCP and presented in only one aspect ratio to simplify your decision-making process.
Andre de Toth on why he preferred working on lower budget films
Julien Leclercq is better suited for 80-minute crime movies (i.e. The Crew, The Bouncer, Earth and Blood, Sentinelle) than 6-hour "limited series", but checking out Elite Force (2026) anyway.
Border Incident (1949) is on the Movies! Network rn. John Alton went hard on this one.
Best use case for Christopher Nolan films is as source material for ZAZ-style parodies. A string of contemporary Zero Hours.
To honor the late Christa Lang - actress, producer, Samuel Beckett scholar, and Sam Fuller's widow - I republished my 2009 interview with her at OLD NEW: oldnew.substack.com/p/good-sam-a...
Good Sam: An Interview with Christa Lang
My 2009 interview with the late Christa Lang, the widow of Sam Fuller
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Available on Blu-ray from, you guessed it, Kino Lorber: kinolorber.com/product/ulys...
Ulysses (Special Edition) | Kino Lorber - Experience Cinema
After victory in the Trojan War, Ulysses embarks on a ten-year journey back to his kingdom. But before he can reunite with his beloved wife, he must defeat the brutal Cyclops, escape the spell of Circ...
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Keith Phipps@kphipps3000.bsky.social · 2w agoToday at @thereveal.bsky.social: Did you know that Homer's ODYSSEY has inspired many movies but only one other attempt to adapt the whole work as a feature film: 1954's ULYSSES. It's strikingly different from Nolan's film but there are some overlapping bits that suggest Nolan knows it well:
To honor the late Christa Lang - actress, producer, Samuel Beckett scholar, and Sam Fuller's widow - I republished my 2009 interview with her at OLD NEW: oldnew.substack.com/p/good-sam-a...
Good Sam: An Interview with Christa Lang
My 2009 interview with the late Christa Lang, the widow of Sam Fuller
oldnew.substack.com
Disney has all the media rights responsible to bring this Kool Keith lyric to life and they’re doing other stuff instead
RIP king. I just made Alice watch Shaolin Soccer, and he is wonderful as the suitably slimy head coach of Team Evil.
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP@hongkongfp.com · 2w agoHong Kong screen legend Patrick Tse has died aged 89, his children said on Monday. Known as “Fourth Brother,” the veteran actor passed away “after a period of declining health,” according to a statement issued by his two children, Nicholas and Jennifer. Photo: Hong Kong Film Awards.
Here's my second NYAFF 2026 dispatch, covering more archival films: You Shoot, I Shoot; Ichi the Killer; Initial D; and My Sassy Girl www.thechinesecinema.com/nyaff-2026-p...
NYAFF 2026 Part Two
Reviews of You Shoot, I Shoot, Ichi the Killer, Initial D, and My Sassy Girl.
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Sean Gilman@theendofcinema.bsky.social · 2w agoJapan Cuts closes today with a new Kore-eda Hirokazu movie. My coverage of the festival is here: www.thechinesecinema.com/japan-cuts-2...
At OLD NEW I wrote about my Top 5 Movies + Albums of 2026 (so far).
Top 5 Movies + Albums of 2026 (So Far)
You know you want it (two lists)
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At OLD NEW I wrote about my Top 5 Movies + Albums of 2026 (so far).
Top 5 Movies + Albums of 2026 (So Far)
You know you want it (two lists)
oldnew.substack.com
