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29 Jan

How Roger Corman Finally Restored His Uncensored Vision for The Masque of the Red Death

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The Masque of the Red Death, Roger Corman’s masterful 1964 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, has been fully restored and can now be seen in all its diabolical splendor. The seventh of eight “Poe Cycle” films Corman made in the 1960s, Masque is arguably the best. Before its release, Poe had already delivered Corman from the low budget black and white films he shot in 10 days in the 1950s to the relative luxury of three-week shoots and psychedelic underworlds. The new DVD/Blu-Ray is the first fully uncut, extended version of the film to be available. Besides restoring…

26 Jan

The Masque of the Red Death: Roger Corman Talks Pandemics and Restoration

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During the 2020 lockdowns and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, people at home sought isolated comfort. News reports continued to count the number of dead while people in charge downplayed its seriousness or offered dubious advice on dealing with the disease. It certainly didn’t interrupt many golf games. As workers were furloughed from jobs, they binged. One of the movies at the top of the playlist was The Masque of the Red Death, Roger Corman’s 1964 low budget masterpiece. It told the tale of a wealthy medieval prince in a country decimated by an epidemic. The satanic overlord, played by the legendary…

21 Jan

When Paul McCartney Braved the Set of Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death

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Jane Asher is as well-known for acting as she is for dating an ex-Beatle, and in 1964 she brought Swinging London to the canteen of Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death. Based on the gothic short story “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy,” the film remains the most ambitious installment in Corman’s Edgar Allen Poe cycle of movies, contrasting the bleak landscape of a dying village with the psychological torment of six rooms of color, and one with no color at all, just a deep black with a blood red crimson glow cast on it. Vincent…

07 Aug

Deep Purple’s Roger Glover Gets to the Bottom of the Band’s Dynamics

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Deep Purple’s 21st studio album Whoosh! comes with dire warnings and dry wit, all propelled by one of the tightest still-working bands playing today. The record was produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin, who helped Pink Floyd build The Wall, taught Tim Curry to Read My Lips, and brought suspense to the Alice Cooper discography. For their third collaboration, Ezrin invited Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Steve Morse, and Don Airey back to Nashville, where Deep Purple recorded 2013’s Now What?! and 2017’s inFinite. The first single off the album, “Nothing At All,” is a cautionary observance on what…

06 Dec

Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

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Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes deftly fuses the personal, the political and the just plain surreal as it charts the rise and fall of Fox News Chairman, Roger Ailes. Variously called a bulldog, a kingmaker, and the Ernest Hemingway of campaign advisors, Ailes was a key media consultant to Presidents Nixon, Reagan and George H.W. Bush, powerfully shaping American political history over the last fifty years. After creating a ratings powerhouse, with more viewers than all its direct competitors combined, in 2016 Ailes was forced out of Fox amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. He died in…

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How Roger Corman Finally Restored His Uncensored Vision for The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death: Roger Corman Talks Pandemics and Restoration

When Paul McCartney Braved the Set of Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death

Deep Purple’s Roger Glover Gets to the Bottom of the Band’s Dynamics

Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

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