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Yeah, teenage me got a crush on Sasha Mitchell watching this film and that's how I spent hours of my life watching "Step by Step."

Interesting that Fun City are claiming a "disc premiere" of Spike of Bensonhurst

There was in fact an undated Australian DVD release under the title Mafia Kid some time in the last 20 years. It wasn't aimed at the Morrissey-curious. Production credits on the cover are printed dark blue on black, as if everyone was ashamed.

The film is a highly professional production unrecognisable as the work of a Warhol associate. Unfortunately, the script is a bland teen drama with a relentlessly perky score as a sign someone wanted to alleviate the commercial torpor.

Unexpectedly for Morrissey, it's a mainly heterosexual story (except for the casting and framing of the male cast), but for Spike's mother having "turned dyke". Ernest Borgnine even says "dyke" three times, which must be a first. The production shows signs of wanting to steer clear of a restrictive rating. Despite two pregnancies occurring during the action, there's not a single sex scene.

There are repeated "jokes" about how Mafia-controlled areas don't have drug dealers, unlike Hispanic areas. The Puerto Rican mother carries on like Carmen Miranda. Anyone laughing yet?

Warhol followers may be interested that Baby Jane Holzer has an associate producer credit.

I guess this is for Morrissey completists, like me. I finally found Beethoven's Nephew, about the tempestuous family conflict between the controlling composer and his impassive nephew. It started life as a Visconti project, but after his death it emerged with a Morrissey script and, as the New York Times review said, most of the cast speaking English with "early Schwarzenegger" accents. Paralysingly dull, despite the game participation of Jane Birkin as the sister-in-law, speaking the best English in the cast.

The only other Morrissey rarity is The Hound of the Baskervilles where he utterly wasted the talents of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore before sulking off to spit venom at progressive causes across the US.

dwk wrote: Wed Apr 09, 2025 4:05 pm FCE has teased that they are releasing Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains later this summer.

Coming in January

FCE has revealed they are releasing Patti Rocks sometime in early 2026.

jt938 wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:35 am FCE has revealed they are releasing Patti Rocks sometime in early 2026.

WOW. I hope they can somehow include its semi-prequel Loose Ends as well. This is a pretty obscure title for them to handle, but it’s a real gem

Great interview w/ Morris & Wozniak back in 2022 revealed this tidbit:

Split Tooth Media wrote:A Blu-ray release of Loose Ends was unfortunately shelved after the film received a beautiful restoration. Can you tell us what prevented the release?

Morris: I was out in California and a guy called from Vinegar Syndrome who said he’d found the negative in a warehouse in New Jersey. He wanted to know if I was interested in doing a DVD release, and I said, ‘Yeah, that would be great.’ This took some time, a process of a year or two. They fixed the negative, they did interviews — one with me and one with Chris Mulkey — and then a commentary with Victoria and me.

But the release was always being delayed, quarter by quarter. First of all, when they first told me they wanted to do this, I thought, ‘Well, who’s going to want to buy a DVD of Loose Ends?’ It’s so old. And Vinegar Syndrome primarily releases genre films — horror, kung fu, and stuff like that. Eventually it never happened because I don’t think it fit into anything they wanted to do. I think they wanted to do a whole art film side of the business and I don’t know if they ever got the films, or what, so, when it kept getting postponed, I eventually just said, ‘Why don’t you give it back to me?’ and they gave it to me.

Deluxe edition of Ladies and Gentlemen… the Fabulous Stains has been delayed by about a month due to manufacturing issues. However, Fun City cryptically referred to new additions made to the package due to the time delay (and since the regular disc has already been released, these are unlikely to be on disc extras)

Though some may think me an idiot, my favourite Morrissey - Spike of Bensonhurst - is finally be released in digital format:

https://www.funcityeditions.com/shop/p/ ... tslipcover

Hasn’t had a physical release since VHS. This is actually the perfect film for this label.

Very excited to see them release Patti Rocks, co-written by and starring the wonderful character actor Chris Mulkey. Imagine Carnal Knowledge in the Midwest during the long shadow of Reaganomics

They'll be screening a new 4K restoration of The Fan (1982) from the original camera negative at the Metrograph this August.

Honestly disappointed that it's not the trashy 1981 Lauren Bacall thriller. That actually seems more in line with other stuff Fun City's released. (Yes, I know there's a Shout Factory Blu-ray.)