This week on The Stacks, in part one (0:00-1:15:47), we discuss the fourth volume of Kinji Fukasaku's epic crime series Yakuza Papers / Battles Without Honor and Humanity, with 1974's Police Tactics, as well as "Miracle Man" - the 18th episode of season 1 of X-Files. In part two (1:15:48-2:43:11) we talk in shorter format about nine-ish additional features - the 1994 psychedelic Patrick McGuinn short Desert Spirits, the 1991 Kazuhiru Kiuchi v-cinema manga adaptation Carlos, the feature-length 2007 David "Rock" Nelson free-association interview Can't Stop the Rock (as well as his 1992 The Giant Fly short), Nick Millard's 1980 action picture One-Armed Warrior (aka The Terrorists), the 2004 M. Night Shyamalan Amish twist film The Village, the 1994 Chuck Russell indie-comic movie The Mask, the 1995 Joseph F. Parda SOV giallo 5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas, the chilly 1973 Torgny Wickman sexploitation landmark Anita: Swedish Nymphet, the 1991 Coen Brothers masterpiece Barton Fink, and we discuss the first couple episodes of the widely-hated MCU TV series Secret Invasion. In part three, we talk briefly about the other stuff we've watched since last time, make our picks for next week.
The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/
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