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

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Selling The American Dream

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The lack of availability of Joseph Ruben’s THE STEPFATHER these days is unfortunate and probably part of the reason there was a decent-sized...
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Sunday, November 9, 2008

Morality is a Social Invention

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A lot of people had a fear that there would be nonsense going on during the election, possibly resulting in it being stolen. As we all know,...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008

We Could Be Married

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The election is over now and I genuinely feel a sense of triumph and relief, but as it was occurring I was reminded that the occasion marked...
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Monday, November 3, 2008

Narrow Horizons

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Yeah, I know, I’ve been going to the New Beverly a lot lately. I really have been seeing movies elsewhere, but my trips to that particular t...
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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Finding What's There

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There’s something appealing about seeing a film that a studio has essentially buried. Certainly there have been plenty of cases where it hap...
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The Day After He Came Home

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I just discovered that fellow blogger Emily Blake has tagged me to list my favorite Halloween movies and since she’s a teacher I do what she...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

To Hollywood and Glory

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There was next to nothing that could get me out of the house the night of the MAD MEN finale. Well, that’s not exactly true. I’m only human....
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Twelve For A Long Time

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It was a pretty sizable crowd at Skylight Books in Los Feliz on Saturday night for the reading of the excellent collection “The Book of List...
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Hysterical Paralysis

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SCREAM OF FEAR feels like it belongs somewhat apart from similar Hammer thrillers made during the post-PSYCHO/DIABOLIQUE period. Screenwrite...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

A Product of Bourgeois Morality

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Exploring the different worlds of the Giallo can feel like swimming through unchartered waters sometimes. A few months ago I saw THE FORBIDD...
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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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