What movies did you watch or buy this week? (6-24)

I'll try to get this posted on Sunday from now on.

I have so little time for movies anymore but I managed to revisit Baba Yaga (1973) a few nights ago. I had it on DVD but decided to replace it with the Blu-ray. It was worth it - the colors look a little richer and you can see more in the dark scenes than before. I don't remember if this movie ever got mentioned on the old board but I always liked it. It's a little different than anything else I've ever seen, possibly due to the unusual source material (an Italian erotic comic strip). It had a troubled production history and the director was furious with the final product which omitted 20 minutes of footage he shot. He also wasn't completely satisfied with Carroll Baker in the title role, and chose her against better judgment after the original actress walked off the project. She did okay but I would agree she maybe wasn't physically right for the role. The Baba Yaga of Russian folklore is an old hag who lives in a house that stands on giant chicken legs, but this movie isn't about Russian folklore. This Baba Yaga is an older predatory lesbian seductress, and Carroll Baker is maybe not quite imposing enough for that. A modern remake could probably do well with someone like Shohreh Aghdashloo.