Reminiscent of the Quentin Tarantino / Robert Rodriguez collaboration Grindhouse with its throwback features and faux trailers for non-existent movies, filmmaker and artist Pat Tremblay’s new book Terror in the Ailien Realms: Transdimensional Horror Movie Posters & Their Film Reviews consists of posters for and reviews of movies that have never existed!
An explanation of what this book is all about was provided in a press release (via Variety), “Drawn by the deep nostalgia of roaming video rental stores to find cool movies to watch by judging what its VHS box’s artwork would entice or beguile, filmmaker & artist Pat Tremblay has created a series of horror movie posters with the assistance of AI. He then proposed to talented individuals within the horror movie scene to write imaginary reviews for them. The result is a captivating mixture of styles, ranging from the enigmatic and alluring to the outrageously hilarious. The dimensional...
An explanation of what this book is all about was provided in a press release (via Variety), “Drawn by the deep nostalgia of roaming video rental stores to find cool movies to watch by judging what its VHS box’s artwork would entice or beguile, filmmaker & artist Pat Tremblay has created a series of horror movie posters with the assistance of AI. He then proposed to talented individuals within the horror movie scene to write imaginary reviews for them. The result is a captivating mixture of styles, ranging from the enigmatic and alluring to the outrageously hilarious. The dimensional...
- 7/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
John Agar never asked to be a movie star, but when the question is put to you by David O. Selznick, you say yes every damn time.
Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, Agar was a physical training instructor for the U.S. Army Air Corps when, in 1945, he found himself at a glitzy party rubbing shoulders with Hollywood's heaviest hitters, as Shirley Temple's date. Selznick, the legendary producer whose dogged determination brought Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" to the big screen, was struck by the handsome, twentysomething, 6'1" man on the arm of filmdom's most famous child star, and the filmmaker offered him a five-year contract at 150 a week -- that's twice what the Army was paying him. Though he'd never performed before, he signed on and began taking acting lessons.
Three years later, Agar got a chance to prove himself as Second Lieutenant Mickey...
Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, Agar was a physical training instructor for the U.S. Army Air Corps when, in 1945, he found himself at a glitzy party rubbing shoulders with Hollywood's heaviest hitters, as Shirley Temple's date. Selznick, the legendary producer whose dogged determination brought Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" to the big screen, was struck by the handsome, twentysomething, 6'1" man on the arm of filmdom's most famous child star, and the filmmaker offered him a five-year contract at 150 a week -- that's twice what the Army was paying him. Though he'd never performed before, he signed on and began taking acting lessons.
Three years later, Agar got a chance to prove himself as Second Lieutenant Mickey...
- 1/9/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Here are many more movies to watch when you’re staying in for a while, featuring recommendations from Jim Gavin, Karyn Kusama, Matt Christman, and Jonah Ray.
Please support the Hollywood Food Coalition. Text “Give” to 323.402.5704 or visit https://hofoco.org/donate!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Three Tough Guys (1974)
Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)
Tower of Evil a.k.a. Horror on Snape Island (1972)
Blow-Up (1966)
Blow Out (1981)
Body Double (1984)
Rififi (1955)
The Big Clock (1948)
No Way Out (1987)
Funeral In Berlin (1966)
The Ipcress File (1965)
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
The Innocents (1961)
Miracle Mile (1988)
Femme Fatale (2002)
Main Street Women (1980)
Sleepwalkers (1992)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Dracula’s Dog (1977)
Moneyball (2011)
Together (2000)
Contagion (2011)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
The Satan Bug (1965)
A Prophet (2009)
Point Break (1991)
The Thing (1982)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Hit! (1973)
Outbreak (1995)
The Island (2005)
6 Underground (2019)
Pain And Gain (2013)
The Invitation (2015)
High-Rise (2015)
The ’Burbs (1989)
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable...
Please support the Hollywood Food Coalition. Text “Give” to 323.402.5704 or visit https://hofoco.org/donate!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Three Tough Guys (1974)
Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)
Tower of Evil a.k.a. Horror on Snape Island (1972)
Blow-Up (1966)
Blow Out (1981)
Body Double (1984)
Rififi (1955)
The Big Clock (1948)
No Way Out (1987)
Funeral In Berlin (1966)
The Ipcress File (1965)
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
The Innocents (1961)
Miracle Mile (1988)
Femme Fatale (2002)
Main Street Women (1980)
Sleepwalkers (1992)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Dracula’s Dog (1977)
Moneyball (2011)
Together (2000)
Contagion (2011)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
The Satan Bug (1965)
A Prophet (2009)
Point Break (1991)
The Thing (1982)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Hit! (1973)
Outbreak (1995)
The Island (2005)
6 Underground (2019)
Pain And Gain (2013)
The Invitation (2015)
High-Rise (2015)
The ’Burbs (1989)
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable...
- 4/3/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Growing up in the ‘50s with duck-and-cover drills in grade school, Steve De Jarnatt would have terrible nightmares about the end of the world.
“I was absolutely certain we were going to have this war,” the writer/director tells The Hollywood Reporter about living with the fear that a hostile foreign power could rain bombs or ICBMs all over our land at any time. The disturbing conviction prompted him to write the screenplay for 1989’s jarring “what if” thriller Miracle Mile, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on May 19.
In Miracle Mile, Anthony Edwards plays Harry, a young musician ...
“I was absolutely certain we were going to have this war,” the writer/director tells The Hollywood Reporter about living with the fear that a hostile foreign power could rain bombs or ICBMs all over our land at any time. The disturbing conviction prompted him to write the screenplay for 1989’s jarring “what if” thriller Miracle Mile, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on May 19.
In Miracle Mile, Anthony Edwards plays Harry, a young musician ...
- 5/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Growing up in the ‘50s with duck-and-cover drills in grade school, Steve De Jarnatt would have terrible nightmares about the end of the world.
“I was absolutely certain we were going to have this war,” the writer/director tells The Hollywood Reporter about living with the fear that a hostile foreign power could rain bombs or ICBMs all over our land at any time. The disturbing conviction prompted him to write the screenplay for 1989’s jarring “what if” thriller Miracle Mile, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on May 19.
In Miracle Mile, Anthony Edwards plays Harry, a young musician ...
“I was absolutely certain we were going to have this war,” the writer/director tells The Hollywood Reporter about living with the fear that a hostile foreign power could rain bombs or ICBMs all over our land at any time. The disturbing conviction prompted him to write the screenplay for 1989’s jarring “what if” thriller Miracle Mile, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on May 19.
In Miracle Mile, Anthony Edwards plays Harry, a young musician ...
- 5/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, Abra, Colman Domingo, Bill Skarsgård, Joel McHale, Anika Noni Rose, Bella Thorne, Maude Apatow, Cody Christian, Danny Ramirez | Written and Directed by Sam Levinson
The Salem witch trials are brought screaming into the 21st century through the lens of the modern teenage experience. This is the story of how the town “lost its f-ing mind.” With its cellphone alerts and glitchy, grindy soundtrack, it’s a snapshot of youth today. It will date instantly, of course. But right now it’s enough to make you ditch your smartphone and go back to the 3310. Assassination Nation is a sensory shotgun to the face. It’s multi-layered and it feels vital.
The highly fractured story gravitates around four high school friends. Popular and trendy, they lead their private lives, share some of it online, and then come together and chat about the bits they shared.
The Salem witch trials are brought screaming into the 21st century through the lens of the modern teenage experience. This is the story of how the town “lost its f-ing mind.” With its cellphone alerts and glitchy, grindy soundtrack, it’s a snapshot of youth today. It will date instantly, of course. But right now it’s enough to make you ditch your smartphone and go back to the 3310. Assassination Nation is a sensory shotgun to the face. It’s multi-layered and it feels vital.
The highly fractured story gravitates around four high school friends. Popular and trendy, they lead their private lives, share some of it online, and then come together and chat about the bits they shared.
- 4/2/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
There’s a sly mood of imminent surprise to music-video director Noble Jones’ narrative feature debut “The Tomorrow Man.” John Lithgow and Blythe Danner play somewhat eccentric older small-town denizens drawn together, though each has a secret life that could be a deal-breaker.
Once we suss what those secrets are, it becomes clear that this is really just a cute autumnal romance cloaked in a little mystery that only goes so deep. If the ultimate effect is a little more slight than one might’ve hoped, Jones and his appealing cast nonetheless sustain a low-key charm even after the enigmatic initial promise burns off like morning fog. Prospects will be modest for Bleecker Street’s pre-Sundance pickup, which is slotted for a May 17 theatrical release.
Ed Hemsler (Lithgow) is a retired systems analyst who spends a lot of time dispensing wisdom to strangers in online forums, but otherwise has so...
Once we suss what those secrets are, it becomes clear that this is really just a cute autumnal romance cloaked in a little mystery that only goes so deep. If the ultimate effect is a little more slight than one might’ve hoped, Jones and his appealing cast nonetheless sustain a low-key charm even after the enigmatic initial promise burns off like morning fog. Prospects will be modest for Bleecker Street’s pre-Sundance pickup, which is slotted for a May 17 theatrical release.
Ed Hemsler (Lithgow) is a retired systems analyst who spends a lot of time dispensing wisdom to strangers in online forums, but otherwise has so...
- 2/1/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, Abra, Colman Domingo, Bill Skarsgård, Joel McHale, Anika Noni Rose, Bella Thorne, Maude Apatow, Cody Christian, Danny Ramirez | Written and Directed by Sam Levinson
The Salem witch trials are brought screaming into the 21st century through the lens of the modern teenage experience. This is the story of how the town “lost its f-ing mind.” With its cellphone alerts and glitchy, grindy soundtrack, it’s a snapshot of youth today. It will date instantly, of course. But right now it’s enough to make you ditch your smartphone and go back to the 3310. Assassination Nation is a sensory shotgun to the face. It’s multi-layered and it feels vital.
The highly fractured story gravitates around four high school friends. Popular and trendy, they lead their private lives, share some of it online, and then come together and chat about the bits they shared.
The Salem witch trials are brought screaming into the 21st century through the lens of the modern teenage experience. This is the story of how the town “lost its f-ing mind.” With its cellphone alerts and glitchy, grindy soundtrack, it’s a snapshot of youth today. It will date instantly, of course. But right now it’s enough to make you ditch your smartphone and go back to the 3310. Assassination Nation is a sensory shotgun to the face. It’s multi-layered and it feels vital.
The highly fractured story gravitates around four high school friends. Popular and trendy, they lead their private lives, share some of it online, and then come together and chat about the bits they shared.
- 11/23/2018
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Let’s take a trip back to Bronson Caverns, but with new and better photos! Once you visit this hiding-in-plain-sight Hollywood location, you’ll start seeing it every time you tune into an old movie.
CineSavant Article
The most frequent ‘unknown’ location in film history?
Part of what was cool about moving to Los Angeles in 1970 was realizing that, since the majority of Hollywood movies were filmed locally, just about every interesting sight in the city has been used as a movie location. You don’t have to be ga-ga about movie stars to see the ‘historicity’ in famous locations, or feel saddened when a special place is torn down. The art deco Pan-Pacific Auditorium was one such example. It featured prominently in the King Bros. movie Suspense (1946) and can be glimpsed briefly in the opening of Steve De Jarnatt’s Miracle Mile (1989), which was filmed just before it burned...
CineSavant Article
The most frequent ‘unknown’ location in film history?
Part of what was cool about moving to Los Angeles in 1970 was realizing that, since the majority of Hollywood movies were filmed locally, just about every interesting sight in the city has been used as a movie location. You don’t have to be ga-ga about movie stars to see the ‘historicity’ in famous locations, or feel saddened when a special place is torn down. The art deco Pan-Pacific Auditorium was one such example. It featured prominently in the King Bros. movie Suspense (1946) and can be glimpsed briefly in the opening of Steve De Jarnatt’s Miracle Mile (1989), which was filmed just before it burned...
- 9/8/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Kirsten Howard Sep 8, 2017
80s sci-fi romance Cherry 2000 was set in the year 2017, but how close was it to envisioning society as it is today?
This article contains spoilers about Cherry 2000…
To a sheltered girl growing up on the outskirts of the New Forest, where the most exciting thing happening in 1988 was a demonstration day at the village candle-making shop, the trailer for Cherry 2000 landing at the start of nearly every VHS rental atop the shelves was an event. This film promised to be the height of 80s futuristic sci-fi hedonism - explosions, hot sex robots, outlandish stunts, apocalyptic gunfights and Melanie Griffith taking her top off again.
Did it deliver? Kinda, but in order to establish why the movie failed to ignite the masses, we’ll need to rewind a little further back in time and teleport to a little place full of glitz, glamour and showbusiness called Hollywood,...
80s sci-fi romance Cherry 2000 was set in the year 2017, but how close was it to envisioning society as it is today?
This article contains spoilers about Cherry 2000…
To a sheltered girl growing up on the outskirts of the New Forest, where the most exciting thing happening in 1988 was a demonstration day at the village candle-making shop, the trailer for Cherry 2000 landing at the start of nearly every VHS rental atop the shelves was an event. This film promised to be the height of 80s futuristic sci-fi hedonism - explosions, hot sex robots, outlandish stunts, apocalyptic gunfights and Melanie Griffith taking her top off again.
Did it deliver? Kinda, but in order to establish why the movie failed to ignite the masses, we’ll need to rewind a little further back in time and teleport to a little place full of glitz, glamour and showbusiness called Hollywood,...
- 9/5/2017
- Den of Geek
Director of Miracle Mile, Steve De Jarnatt, talks about his controversial film at the time, and its relevance with today's headlines. Granted, I don't think things are nearly as serious as they were back in the Cold War with nuclear missile crisis...at least I hope that's the case! Either way this short video offers a cool retrospective on the film, and gives you a little behind the scenes information you might not have known previously. ...
- 5/25/2017
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
What is Shelf Life? I recently moved into a new apartment, which means I had to box my entire movie collection. Now I’m trying to figure out how much of my physical media actually fits here. Each and every title is now up for grabs, new or old, and it’s time to decide what goes on the shelf and what just plain goes. Title: Strange Brew Year: 1983 Director: Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas Screenwriter: Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas and Steven De Jarnatt Format: Blu-ray Purchased Or Sent: Purchased What Is It? Beloved Sctv characters Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) jump to the big screen in a loose retelling of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Seriously. Add hockey, mind-control, and mice trapped in beer bottles, and you’ve got a very strange and silly movie. Random Thoughts: What’s crazy is that Rick Moranis somehow never...
- 8/17/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
The “end of the world” sub-genre is filled with all kinds of variations from thrillers to horror to comedy, but some of the best (and least seen) are the ones that use mankind’s annihilation as the backdrop for romance. Two relatively recent films — Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and These Final Hours — touch on it well and are great movies too, but neither match the romantic drive at the heart of 1988’s Miracle Mile. Writer/director Steve De Jarnatt‘s film — his second and, inexplicably, last feature — is a terrific little genre-bender that eases viewers into the first hours of a new relationship only to shift gears, both tonally and speed-wise, as the clock starts ticking towards an unknown possibility. It’s a great entry in the category of films taking place over one night, offers action beats, comedy, and a fun variety of interesting side characters, and...
- 1/28/2016
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Hey, Toronto! Here's a chance for something odd and unique coming your way from the Neon Dreams Cinema Club. On November 12th - that'd be tomorrow - Neon Dreams will be hosting an ultra rare screen of the apocalyptic Miracle Mile, screening from 35mm at the Royal Cinema. But that's not all. They're kicking things off with a pre-show party to welcome the coming apocalypse and director Steve De Jarnatt will be in attendance!In Los Angeles, musician Harry Washello (Anthony Edwards) meets and immediately falls in love with waitress Julie Peters (Mare Winningham). They schedule a late night date in Miracle Mile, but his alarm clock fails and Harry misses the date, arriving three and a half hours late. Harry answers a misdialed pay phone...
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- 11/11/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Shock wants to send you to see Miracle Mile in Toronto with director Steve De Jarnatt in attendance. Yesterday, we unloaded the mother of all interviews with cult film director Steve De Jarnatt, the mind behind the masterful 1989 apocalyptic mind-bender Miracle Mile. Today, Shock in collusion with The Royal Cinema’s ongoing Neon Dreams…
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- 11/6/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Shock’s David Bertrand does the distance with writer/director Steve De Jarnatt about his apocalyptic cult film Miracle Mile. After ten years in gestation, Miracle Mile finally nuked theatres in 1989. The ultimate apocalyptic romance, as Anthony Edwards races in desperation to find his new beau in and around Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile with nuclear war…
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The post Interview: Director Steve De Jarnatt Looks Back on Cult Classic Miracle Mile appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 11/5/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
From anime to pitch-black thrillers, here's our pick of the underappreciated movies of 1987...
Sometimes, the challenge with these lists isn't just what to put in, but what to leave out. We loved Princess Bride, but with a decent showing at the box office and a huge cult following, isn't it a bit too popular to be described as underappreciated? Likewise Joe Dante's Innerspace, a fabulously geeky, comic reworking of the 60s sci-fi flick, Fantastic Voyage.
What we've gone for instead is a mix of genre fare, dramas and animated films that may have garnered a cult following since, but didn't do well either critically or financially at the time of release. Some of the movies on our list just about made their money back, but none made anything close to the sort of returns enjoyed by the likes of 1987's biggest films - Three Men And A Baby, Fatal Attraction...
Sometimes, the challenge with these lists isn't just what to put in, but what to leave out. We loved Princess Bride, but with a decent showing at the box office and a huge cult following, isn't it a bit too popular to be described as underappreciated? Likewise Joe Dante's Innerspace, a fabulously geeky, comic reworking of the 60s sci-fi flick, Fantastic Voyage.
What we've gone for instead is a mix of genre fare, dramas and animated films that may have garnered a cult following since, but didn't do well either critically or financially at the time of release. Some of the movies on our list just about made their money back, but none made anything close to the sort of returns enjoyed by the likes of 1987's biggest films - Three Men And A Baby, Fatal Attraction...
- 5/13/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Our look at underappreciated films of the 80s continues, as we head back to 1988...
Either in terms of ticket sales or critical acclaim, 1988 was dominated by the likes of Rain Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Coming To America. It was the year Bruce Willis made the jump from TV to action star with Die Hard, and became a star in the process.
It was the year Leslie Nielsen made his own jump from the small to silver screen with Police Squad spin-off The Naked Gun, which sparked a hugely popular franchise of its own. Elsewhere, the eccentric Tim Burton scored one of the biggest hits of the year with Beetlejuice, the success of which would result in the birth of Batman a year later. And then there was Tom Cruise, who managed to make a drama about a student-turned-barman into a $170m hit, back when $170m was still an...
Either in terms of ticket sales or critical acclaim, 1988 was dominated by the likes of Rain Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Coming To America. It was the year Bruce Willis made the jump from TV to action star with Die Hard, and became a star in the process.
It was the year Leslie Nielsen made his own jump from the small to silver screen with Police Squad spin-off The Naked Gun, which sparked a hugely popular franchise of its own. Elsewhere, the eccentric Tim Burton scored one of the biggest hits of the year with Beetlejuice, the success of which would result in the birth of Batman a year later. And then there was Tom Cruise, who managed to make a drama about a student-turned-barman into a $170m hit, back when $170m was still an...
- 5/6/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The thought of reading a 200 page essay-review hybrid, a monograph, on a single film may appear to be a daunting task. Some time ago, Johnathan Lethem and Softskull Press proved just how delightful and rewarding that can be with their series of monographs starting with John Carpenter's They Live (but also, Death Wish, Heathers, and others). These books are not stories of production, or interviews with the director, but rather a single vision of what a particular film fits into the mental space of a single author. Walter Chaw, the principle (and often cantankerous) critic over at Film Freak Central for over a decade, takes the concept to the next level with his Lulu published monograph on Miracle Mile. Steve De Jarnatt's film wherein Anthony...
- 8/26/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Miracle Mile
Directed by Steve De Jarnatt
Written by Steve De Jarnatt
1989, USA
Miracle Mile may have been a box office flop, but the film has garnered a loyal cult following throughout the years, and with good reason. Mile is a clever and suspenseful apocalyptic drama, which just so happens to boast one of the ten greatest endings of all time.
Writer/Director DeJarnatt wrote the original draft of the screenplay in 1978 but it only began to attract attention five years later when American Film magazine listed it as “one of the 10 best unmade scripts” floating around Hollywood. The script kicked around for about a decade while DeJarnatt worked on other people’s movies trying to find a way to get his project made. The story goes that when Steve DeJarnatt sold the script to Warners, he also placed a clause in his contract that bound him to the project as a director.
Directed by Steve De Jarnatt
Written by Steve De Jarnatt
1989, USA
Miracle Mile may have been a box office flop, but the film has garnered a loyal cult following throughout the years, and with good reason. Mile is a clever and suspenseful apocalyptic drama, which just so happens to boast one of the ten greatest endings of all time.
Writer/Director DeJarnatt wrote the original draft of the screenplay in 1978 but it only began to attract attention five years later when American Film magazine listed it as “one of the 10 best unmade scripts” floating around Hollywood. The script kicked around for about a decade while DeJarnatt worked on other people’s movies trying to find a way to get his project made. The story goes that when Steve DeJarnatt sold the script to Warners, he also placed a clause in his contract that bound him to the project as a director.
- 4/1/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Hey peeps! My girls behind Bleedfest are throwing a Fantasian event on March 6th. Fantasian you ask? The theme is films and musicals by female asian filmmakers! Check it out below and if you're in the area go hangout with these talented women in film. For immediate release:
Los Angeles, California-- March 4, 2011 --
Monthly badass genre film festival BleedFest continues its quest for gender equality in movies and moviemaking with its March 2011 charity and screening event. The theme of BleedFest's March 6th event is FantAsian: Fantasy and musicals by female Asian filmmakers.
Deepika Daggubati will be present for a Q &A after her fantasy musical feature Waking Dreams, as will Anna Biller for a retrospective of her subversive retro shorts including Three Examples Of Myself As Queen. Carly Lyn will receive her Inanna Award statue for A Foundling, and Nora Jesse will receive the Best Producer certificate award for her satirical short Grandpa.
Los Angeles, California-- March 4, 2011 --
Monthly badass genre film festival BleedFest continues its quest for gender equality in movies and moviemaking with its March 2011 charity and screening event. The theme of BleedFest's March 6th event is FantAsian: Fantasy and musicals by female Asian filmmakers.
Deepika Daggubati will be present for a Q &A after her fantasy musical feature Waking Dreams, as will Anna Biller for a retrospective of her subversive retro shorts including Three Examples Of Myself As Queen. Carly Lyn will receive her Inanna Award statue for A Foundling, and Nora Jesse will receive the Best Producer certificate award for her satirical short Grandpa.
- 3/5/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
'I hear you control your explosions,' Sharon Stone purrs to Sly Stallone in The Specialist. It makes you wish more film directors could control theirs
Towards the end of Tetsuya Nakashima's stunning revenge psychodrama Confessions, there's a bomb blast filmed in a way I can't recall having seen before. No mean feat, because explosions are now such an integral part of the film-maker's train set that it's hard to think of a modern action movie that doesn't feature at least one orgasmic detonation, followed by cool guys strolling away with nary a singed eyebrow, not even (as the song goes) bothering to look back.
It wasn't always thus. Explosions in movies used to be memorable. Their natural bailiwick was the war film, but they also cropped up in gangster movies ("Made it Ma! Top of the world!" from White Heat) and thrillers. Hitchcock, who famously blew up a...
Towards the end of Tetsuya Nakashima's stunning revenge psychodrama Confessions, there's a bomb blast filmed in a way I can't recall having seen before. No mean feat, because explosions are now such an integral part of the film-maker's train set that it's hard to think of a modern action movie that doesn't feature at least one orgasmic detonation, followed by cool guys strolling away with nary a singed eyebrow, not even (as the song goes) bothering to look back.
It wasn't always thus. Explosions in movies used to be memorable. Their natural bailiwick was the war film, but they also cropped up in gangster movies ("Made it Ma! Top of the world!" from White Heat) and thrillers. Hitchcock, who famously blew up a...
- 2/18/2011
- by Anne Billson
- The Guardian - Film News
Judd Hollander attends Rubiaux Rising short fiction series performance.Photo copyright richard shotwell / PR Photos. Sally Shore attends Rubiaux Rising short fiction series performance.Photo copyright richard shotwell / PR Photos. Judd Hollander attends Rubiaux Rising short fiction series performance.Photo copyright richard shotwell / PR Photos. Judd Hollander attends Rubiaux Rising short fiction series performance.Photo copyright richard shotwell / PR Photos. Steve De Jarnatt attends Rubiaux Rising short fiction series performance.Photo copyright richard shotwell / PR Photos. 01/09/2011 - Elena Fasan - "Rubiaux Rising" Short Fiction Series Performance - Arrivals - Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Barnsdale Art Park - Los Angeles, CA, USA © richard shotwell / PR Photos 01/09/2011 - Sally Shore -...
- 1/12/2011
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Ok, I'm not going to lie to you: today's recommendation for Free Flick of the Day, Cherry 2000, isn't exactly what you would call a good movie. But before you scroll away, keep in mind, sometimes a bad movie can be as much fun as a good one -- and as bad movies go, Cherry 2000 is one of the best. The 1987 sci-fi action flick was directed by Steve De Jarnatt (director of the Canadian classic Strange Brew) and centers on a pampered businessman living in the distant future of (gasp!) 2017 who hires a sexy bad-ass tracker (played for some reason by Melanie Griffith) to help him find a replacement sex doll (sorry...sex robot, much better) after his top of the line 'Cherry 2000' shorts out in the laundry room. And yes, you read that entire plot right.
By 1987, Ms. Griffith had already landed some pretty respectable...
By 1987, Ms. Griffith had already landed some pretty respectable...
- 5/4/2010
- by Jessica Barnes
- Cinematical
The off-beat 1967 comedy The President's Analyst is among the films being screened by Joe Dante. Director Joe Dante has sent us this press release regarding an exciting classic and cult movie festival he is hosting at the New Beverly Cinema in L.A. Don't miss his appearance on August 5 when he and Bruce Dern will be screening The Burbs and Smile.
I had so much fun hosting last year's film series that we're doing it again at The New Beverly Cinema, one of La's last bastion of movie worship! Remember, Movies Are Your Best Entertainment! Down With Pay TV! Aug. 5-6 The Burbs/Smile - It's cheeky of me to pair my own behavioral neighborhood comedy with Michael Ritchie's brilliantly observed social satire (American Beauty eat your heart out!), but both feature one of the movies' best, most underappreciated actors, Bruce Dern. From countless tv western bad guys through...
I had so much fun hosting last year's film series that we're doing it again at The New Beverly Cinema, one of La's last bastion of movie worship! Remember, Movies Are Your Best Entertainment! Down With Pay TV! Aug. 5-6 The Burbs/Smile - It's cheeky of me to pair my own behavioral neighborhood comedy with Michael Ritchie's brilliantly observed social satire (American Beauty eat your heart out!), but both feature one of the movies' best, most underappreciated actors, Bruce Dern. From countless tv western bad guys through...
- 8/3/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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