Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur

Deciphering the Code of Cinema From the Center of Los Feliz by Peter Avellino

Thursday, May 8, 2008

One of Them's Going to Win

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For several days now I’ve tried to write a piece on David Mamet's REDBELT but have gotten sidetracked by various matters in addition to ...
Monday, May 5, 2008

Some Semblance of Excitement

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What is it about various 70s horror films that manage to be somewhat scary and creepy, even if they don’t really work? What is that bizarre ...
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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Waiting To Do Something

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One night a number of years ago I was waiting to cross the street over to my building when I noticed Curtis Hanson walking by with a woman. ...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

On the Edge of an Active Volcano

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After several weeks of seeing films programmed by Joe Dante, am I supposed to go back to seeing the same boring new releases? Is that really...
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Monday, April 28, 2008

What's Meant To Be Wild

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As one last taste of Dante’s Inferno, the New Beverly ran THE HOWLING, one of the best of all werewolf movies, at midnight on Saturday. Few ...
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

270 Minutes

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I’ve fallen behind here, but the week has been pretty crazy. To get through it quickly, Sunday night at the New Beverly for Dante’s Inferno ...
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Monday, April 21, 2008

Sometime in the Near Future

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The double feature at the New Beverly on Friday night for the Dante's Inferno festival seemed to be a pair of films focusing on a subjec...
Saturday, April 19, 2008

The Boundaries Which Divide

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The Dante’s Inferno double bill on Thursday night at the New Beverly was a pair of Roger Corman films, both of which have nothing to do with...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Twisted Pleasures

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A long, long time ago a friend of mine who worked at a video store tossed a tape at me one night when I was visiting. “You should see this, ...
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Monday, April 14, 2008

In No Sense Civilized

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As an excited New Beverly audience waited for the midnight show of GREMLINS 2 THE NEW BATCH to begin on Saturday night—well, by this point i...
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Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellino
Los Angeles, CA, United States
I'm a writer. I live in Los Feliz. Sometimes I go to the movies. There's more to tell, but not just now.
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