Film Friday Weekly Roundup

And… another week is conquered! Which is what it feels like sometimes – you grab that week and wrestle it to the ground, just beat it into submission. Of course, those are the best weeks. On the not-so-best, it beats you into submission. The jury is still out on this one, friends and neighbors. But stuff is looking up at PCF headquarters. It’s Friday, the weather is beautiful, and the spoils of my latest Kino binge arrived this week. Looks like my weekend is booked solid! Now, down to business – what went down on the interwebs this week? Happy reading and happy viewing!

I still have a hard time embracing Harry Langdon, but the Cinementals make a good case.

Just in time for Father’s Day, the Movie Morlocks talk Bad Dads.

Silent Volume visits The Cinementals and drops off a primer on silent shorts.

There’s is something so subtly subversive about Cecil B. DeMille and Mythical Monkey pulls back the curtain.

Confessions of a Film Philistine goes a little nuts with Bedlam. Gotta love Karloff.

Jean Arthur is All Good Things classic movie godess of the month. Jean Arthur, I wish I were you.

More good news from the film preservation front – The NFPF awards grants to save 60 movies.

Film Junk reviews the upcoming Blu-Ray of The Gold Rush.

A Person in the Dark looks at silent cinema’s body language.

Last but so not least… exploitation studio Troma, has been generating marginal and low-quality entertainment for 40 years, and to celebrate their streaming a whole load of so-bad-they’re-good movies on YouTube. Check back often cause they’re gonna update. Might I recommend A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell! to start?

 

Need more links to kill more time?

• Film Friday Weekly Roundup June 8, 2012
• Film Friday Weekly Roundup June 1, 2012
• Film Friday Weekly Roundup May 25, 2012

 

 

 

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