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The Scarlet Hour from '56 and China Gate from '57 make for a great Nat "King" Cole Double Feature. You can't go wrong with a Michael Curtiz then by following it up with a Sam Fuller. A recommendation from yours truly on April 2nd, 2026.

I suppose all of my "blog" entries will show up on every page. I plan on regularly giving recommendations, especially double features.

David Hemmings directs The Survivor, an oddball of an Ozploitation flick starring Hemmings' co-star from Harlequin, Robert Powell. Like so many international co-productions, the film feels woozily out-of-step with time, space and geography - for all these reasons, I recommend Harlequin as the second feature on this double bill. Some may even find some narrative parallels between The Survivor and Powell and Pressburger's eternal A Matter of Life and Death. Brian May's synth-driven score should give any retro-synth nerd a synth-gasm. Also along for the ride are a bored out of his skull Joseph Cotten, and the always ravishing Jenny Agutter. I do not believe The Survivor to be some lost classic or even cult classic, however; if you watch the longest cut, and give it some time to breathe, I think Hemmings' feature sticks the landing (pun intended). Out now from Indicator on a sparkling new 4K UHD disc. It's a weird one!

April 2nd, 2026

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