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RETRO SHORTS VOLUME FOUR After a hiatus, we're back with another collection of mind-bending ephemeral shorts. Dig: The Party's Over, as booze swilling swingers talk about seatbelt safety and then wonder why a certain couple hasn't shown up yet; It Must Be The Neighbors is a hilarious look at how people carelessly throw trash all over, which attracts vermin; Purely Coincidental is a hilarious scare film of two different factory workers (one at a dog food plant, the other at a baby formula manufacturer) whose lives intersect over poor health standards at the workplace; plus another great employee managment short, Promotion Bypass, and thrill to the antics of Squeak The Squirrel. Price: $5.00 plus S&H |
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RETRO SHORTS VOLUME THREE In this third collection, we have another set of cool educational films for your enjoyment (or bewilderment). The brilliant, sick scare film ONE GOT FAT shows a bunch of kids in papier mache monkey masks getting in all kinds of mayhem by not treating their bicycle like a proper vehicle. But the fun doesn't stop there. For the sci-fi fan in the family we have WAY STATIONS IN SPACE, featuring some really cool miniatures. And if you think making educational films is so bloody marvelous,then check out THE VICIOUS CIRCLE for a second opinion-- see how the poor educational filmmaker must endure the corporate ladder and the unending parade of "yes-men" just to make one of these things!& And the hilariety continues with A CASE FOR BEER, a hysterical piece of propaganda that teaches store owners how underage kids will try to buy beer.GHOST RIDER has all the bad special effects and cheesy action one could ask for in this tale of the lonely new kid in school who befriends the ghost of a girl who was killed in a bus accident, and learns a thing or two about bus safety.WHAT ABOUT JUVENILE DELINQUENCY is an absolute screamfest about a kid who blows the whistle on what is probably the gimpiest street gang in movie history. This collection is one for the ages. No kidding! Price: $5.00 plus S&H |
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RETRO SHORTS VOLUME TWO In this volume, we present not one, but two films featuring the most ungodly superhero of them all.... Guardiana, Safety Woman! In SAFETY: HARM HIDES AT HOME and SAFETY: IN DANGER OUT OF DOORS, kids learn the dangers of loaded handguns and leaky boats. But check out this superhero in an aluminum suit, headband, sunglasses and a plastic shield! Whenever I show these films, there is usually applause. In fact, people now have "Safety Woman Parties" thanks to this disk. Don't miss out on the excitement! Have Guardiana in your home today! And no less remarkable, we feature the cool documentary WJR: ONE OF A KIND, a futuristic headtrip from GE called OUT OF THIS WORLD, and more fun in the workplace with BRIGHT YOUNG NEWCOMER. Price: $5.00 plus S&H |
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RETRO SHORTS VOLUME ONE This first collection of oddball educational shorts and documentaries features a cross-section of brainwashing. This collection was a big hit at various trade shows in the fall of 2004. Enjoy this collection of weird and wonderful films from the high school library of yesteryear. We present COFFEE BREAK (see what happens when
people
take 11 minutes for a coffee break instead of ten), the cold war
classic DUCK AND COVER, the
beatnik short GREENWICH VILLAGE SUNDAY,
an animated
safety film STOP DRIVING US CRAZY
(in which a Martian bug or car or spaceship
or something hears firsthand from our automobiles about the abuse they
suffer from humans); and the wild WHAT'S
THE BIG HURRY, a driving scare
film set entirely in a junkyard.
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MAGAZINES Here is a display of every printed issue of ESR. To learn more about the contents of a particular issue, click on the image of its magazine cover. |
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A TRIBUTE TO LATE NIGHT TELEVISION In this special issue, we remember all of the great programming that used to be on television in the wee hours, before being replaced by infomercials. From movie hosts to quirky programming, this is a nostalgic look at a part of pop culture. Price: $2.50 plus S&H |
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| To add a hi-res DVD of our debut episode of ESR Late Nite, featuring the classic Daughter of Horror, the cost is 5.00 plus S&H. |
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INDEPENDENT VOICES A celebration of filmmakers who have continued to resist Hollywood gloss, and make innovative films on the fringes, including Craig Baldwin, Lizzie Borden and more. Price: $3.00 plus S&H |
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VHS R.I.P. In this special issue, a record number of contributors offer reminisces and cultural histories of the ways in which the VHS videotape has taken part in our lives. Price: $3.50 plus S&H Bonus! To be mailed a bonus mystery VHS tape, please inquire about rates. |
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ESR EIGHTEEN: Discoveries After a turbulent year on the independent film scene, with theatre closures and the movie experience becoming ever more impersonal, Discoveries sets out to rekindle that wide-eyed "look what I found" feeling, now almost impossible in the age of information overload. While this issue covers familiar terrain of independent and offbeat films, we approach things with a bit of a more socio-cultural bent. During this treasure hunt, we show why these films stand out from the rest of the pack of personal filmmaking. Click on the cover to check the contents. Price: $3.00 plus S&H |
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THE ROGER CORMAN SCRAPBOOK In ESR's biggest project to date, this mammoth of collection of reviews, celebrating the huge filmography of the king of the B movie, Roger Corman, printed during his 80th year. With over 100 reviews of all the favourites like Little Shop of Horrors, The Raven, The Wild Angels, The Big Doll House, and many others, you'll be re-acquainted with the films you loved, and pleased to discover others. (Click on the image to see the complete listing.) This special edition comes with a Bonus DVD of the hilarious monster spoof Creature From the Haunted Sea. Price: $8.00 plus S&H |
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SEVENTEEN: The Rock and Roll Issue This special issue completely devotes itself to coverage of rock and roll movies, from the 1950s to the 00s... Films include: Alan Freed classics (Rock Rock Rock; Go Johnny Go), Beatles movie ripoffs (Ferry Cross the Mersey; Head); Velvet Underground and Nico; Peter Watkins' Privilege; The Stones in Rock and Roll Circus and Gimme Shelter; the 60s go awry in Medicine Ball Caravan, Rainbow Bridge and The Day the Music Died; Wattstax; punk films (including Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains), reggae movies, Kurt and Courtney, and much much more... Price: $5.00 plus shipping |
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NUMBER FIFTEEN: Otherwise known as the rant issue... we open with Rob Craig's infamous article on the cinematic year of 1984 and the death of Hollywood, and the rant spills over into the sorry state of repetory cinemas. But we also look at the cult classic Tetsuo The Iron Man, and include a lot of book reviews. Price: $4.00 (plus S&H) |
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NUMBER FOURTEEN: Back to the 70s Because we just couldn't leave the 70s alone after our milestone issue, here is another fun-filled issue of reviews of movies from the last great decade of American Cinema. We include analyes on films about Vietnam and paranoia, paranormal documentaries and neo-noir, plus explore the works of Emile deAntonio and Robert Downey Sr. We conclude with a lengthy study on the 1970s western. A full index of films reviewed can be seen on its own page by clicking on the image to your left. Price: $4.00 (plus S&H) |
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NUMBER THIRTEEN: Noir In one of ESRs best sellers, we examine the much-loved genre of film noir. Of course there is a midsection examining some classics from the American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s, but then we diverge from there into offbeat paths. We study how the genre has manifested in the French films of Jean-Pierre Melville, Jon Jost's experimental movie Angel City, the quirky spoof-homage Crimewave, and even Ray Dennis Steckler's bargain basement Body Fever. A complete listing of films and articles can be found by clicking on the image to your left. Price: $4.00 (plus S&H) |
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NUMBER TWELVE: Back to School In another one of ESR's best sellers, we take a thorough look at those campy educational films we all used to be shown in public school, and discuss their continued appeal (although usually for the wrong reasons). With reviews of over 80 classroom films we examine such genres as social conditioning, drivers ed., safety, juvenile delinquency, alcohol and drug abuse, as well as office politics (yes Virginia, they even made educational films for grownups) and a special section on the pessimistic classroom films of Sid Davis. A complete listing of films is found by clicking to your left. Price: $4.00 (plus shipping) |
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is SOLD OUT, but click on the image to your left anyway, to see what was in it. |
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NUMBER TEN: This was the first of our looks at the American cinema of the 70s... but sorry to say, it's SOLD OUT. However, click on the image to your left to see what we talked about, |
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NUMBER NINE: This issue is also SOLD OUT-- but we did articles on the passing of Stan Brakhage, a big section on Jonas Mekas, Peter Mettler and more. Yes, the image will show you the contents, anyway. |
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NUMBER EIGHT: Up until this point, this issue was the most indie-related, with a big rant about the state of the independent scene in general, followed by a huge section devoted to experimental films we had seen recently, (including a look at the works of Jack Chambers)... also, the Mexican films of Luis Bunuel (part two), the 3D sex films of The Stewardesses, and more.... Price: 2.00 (plus S&H) |
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NUMBER SEVEN: The good old "Screw this, let's have our own film festival" cover captures the spirit of this issue featuring a grab bag of films like BETWEEN THE LINES, STARDUST MEMORIES, the first part of our study of the Mexican films of Luis Bunuel, a huge article on the sexploitation movies on Doris Wishman, and more. Price: $2.00 plus S&H |
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NUMBER SIX: Our second annual drive-in issue is SOLD OUT, but click on the image to see the full contents anyway. |
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CINEMA OF LARRY BUCHANAN: This special issue devoted to the seven science fiction-horror films of Larry Buchanan is no longer in print, but you can read it here. |
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NUMBER FIVE: In this issue, reviews of Metropolis, Sadie Benning films, Larry Buchanan, Daughter of Horror, the documentaries of Ron Mann, and more.... PRICE: $2.00 plus S&H |
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NUMBER FOUR: A look at wacked out Christmas movies (like the perennial favourite Santa Claus Conquers the Martians), the experimental films of James Broughton, George Romero's long-lost There's Always Vanilla, and more.... PRICE: $1.50 plus S&H |
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NUMBER THREE: This issue features a look at the films of Chantal Akerman, Jonas Mekas' The Brig, the Canadian classic Skip Tracer, the Hammer horror favourite Blood From the Mummy's Tomb, the JD masterpiece High School Confidential, the long-lost early films of Stanley Kubrick, and more... Price: $1.50 plus S&H |
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NUMBER TWO: Our first annual drive-in issue features reviews of Mister Rock and Roll, Tarantula, Journey to the Centre of Time, Beach Blanket Bingo, Teenage Thunder, The Trip, The Glory Stompers.... plus a big article on the Grade Z films of Coleman Francis. Price: $1.50 plus S&H |
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NUMBER ONE: Hey, thanks for making it to the bottom of the page... yes, we still have copies of our first issue for sale, and here's what you can find inside... A look at the late night movie show The Cat's Pajamas, the underground classic Flaming Creatures, the Finnish films of Aki Kaurismaki, the great films of Arch Hall Jr., and more... Price: $1.50 plus S&H |