It was over 40 years ago that I first discovered Buster Keaton--my parents took me to Village Inn Pizza in Durham, NC (sometime in 1975 or 1976) where they projected Super 8mm movies on the wall to entertain patrons while they waited. It was there that I saw "One Week" and my life was transformed forever. Earlier this summer I heard that the fine folks at Eureka's Masters of Cinema were putting out a Blu-Ray box set of several Buster Keaton films in glorious new 4k transfers. Due to rights issues, the Kino Lorber Blu Rays are now out of print, meaning the audio commentary I recorded for Sherlock Jr. is no longer available. Well, doesn't that sound like a solution waiting for a problem?
That's right--my book A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series is now available in every form you could wish--hard cover, paperback, *and* now on Kindle as well! In case you haven't heard of my book before, here's what Library Journal has to say: Like Godzilla trashing Tokyo, U.S. critics have stomped all over Toho Studio's venerable series of monster films. Kalat's project is consequently a rehabilitation. A writer and independent filmmaker, Kalat questions cultural biases and supplies a welter of information in the form of complete synopses and credits for the 23 Godzilla features, impressive production notes, and analyses of sociopolitical subtexts. Although his analys
