Remembering Anita Pallenberg, the Muse at the Center of The Rolling Stones’ Tumultuous Love Triangle
With the death of Anita Pallenberg , the world lost an icon of the Swinging Sixties. The Italian-German model became a fashion It Girl of the age and her friendship with Andy Warhol integrated her into the cutting edge art world. She appeared in cult movie classics including Candy (featuring Ringo Starr) and Jane Fonda’s Barbarella, but her most famous role is undoubtedly that of muse for the Rolling Stones. Her high-profile relationships with two of the band’s guitarists, Brian Jones and Keith Richards, made her an enduring part of the Stones’ mythology. It became one of rock ‘n...
- 6/14/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
“Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one…” because they were zombies?! That’s author C.A. Verstraete’s proposition in the horror novel Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter. Also in today’s Highlights: new promos for American Horror Story Season 6, Satanic Panic release details, and info on the world debut of Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse.
Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter Book Release Details & Cover Art: On September 13th, C.A. Verstraete’s Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter will be released in paperback and on Kindle.
“Every family has its secrets…
One hot August morning in 1892, Lizzie Borden picked up an ax and murdered her father and stepmother. Newspapers claim she did it for the oldest of reasons: family conflicts, jealousy, and greed. But what if her parents were already dead? What if Lizzie slaughtered them because they’d become zombies?...
Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter Book Release Details & Cover Art: On September 13th, C.A. Verstraete’s Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter will be released in paperback and on Kindle.
“Every family has its secrets…
One hot August morning in 1892, Lizzie Borden picked up an ax and murdered her father and stepmother. Newspapers claim she did it for the oldest of reasons: family conflicts, jealousy, and greed. But what if her parents were already dead? What if Lizzie slaughtered them because they’d become zombies?...
- 8/19/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Been meaning to catch up with Sam and Dean Winchester, but just haven't found the time? Our Supernatural tips for beginners may help...
Maps To TV Shows: Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then Maps To TV Shows is for you!
In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation? Do you want to...
Maps To TV Shows: Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then Maps To TV Shows is for you!
In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation? Do you want to...
- 1/13/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Here's what Anastasia thought of Supernatural's season 9 finale, Do You Believe In Miracles?
Review
This review contains spoilers.
9.23 Do You Believe In Miracles?
Well, that was… unsurprising.
Do You Believe In Miracles? was not a bad season finale. It’s just that it felt like it was missing those jaw-dropping plot twists, shocking cliffhangers, and high tension that’s been the stuff of most of Supernatural finales. In fact, last week’s episode felt like much more of a season finale, while this episode, though it had some truly moving moments, honestly felt like it wasn’t doing anything much more exciting than setting up next season.
That makes sense, though, because according to showrunner Jeremy Carver, season ten is going to be the final act in the three-season story arc he planned when he took over in early season eight, where everything from the past two seasons comes to fruition.
Review
This review contains spoilers.
9.23 Do You Believe In Miracles?
Well, that was… unsurprising.
Do You Believe In Miracles? was not a bad season finale. It’s just that it felt like it was missing those jaw-dropping plot twists, shocking cliffhangers, and high tension that’s been the stuff of most of Supernatural finales. In fact, last week’s episode felt like much more of a season finale, while this episode, though it had some truly moving moments, honestly felt like it wasn’t doing anything much more exciting than setting up next season.
That makes sense, though, because according to showrunner Jeremy Carver, season ten is going to be the final act in the three-season story arc he planned when he took over in early season eight, where everything from the past two seasons comes to fruition.
- 5/23/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
A couple of months ago I featured some exquisite silkscreened King Kong prints designed by the British design studio La Boca. I’ve been following La Boca’s work for the past few years and so I thought a great way to end the year would be to ask the founder of La Boca, Scot Bendall, to talk about some of their influences by sharing with us his ten favorite movie posters of all time.
Scot chose ten posters that have meaning for them as designers. “I think there have been better, and more successful, poster designs for sure—I mean, there isn’t one Saul Bass here for example!—but, the only way I could wrangle down to ten was by selecting posters that have had some personal resonance to our work. I’m also a (very amateur) Czech/Polish poster collector, so they feature quite prominently.”
Here are...
Scot chose ten posters that have meaning for them as designers. “I think there have been better, and more successful, poster designs for sure—I mean, there isn’t one Saul Bass here for example!—but, the only way I could wrangle down to ten was by selecting posters that have had some personal resonance to our work. I’m also a (very amateur) Czech/Polish poster collector, so they feature quite prominently.”
Here are...
- 12/20/2013
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Before the light there was darkness. A white-bearded wizard invites us into his dimly lit lair to hang with his mysterious friends in Jesse Malmed’s magick-al Goth Movie (Chemirocha) before the film swerves into a desert travelogue, then back inside in a conceptually contrasting yet complementary whole.
The whole notion of practicing magick is, ostensibly, about connecting to the Earth. It’s not about the supernatural, but celebrating what’s super about the natural. (Ok, that’s kind of bad pun-ny, but lets stick with it.) Malmed makes this allusion by giving us brief glimpses of the denizens of a dark interior space, then our introduction to the exterior desert space is a focusing on the gaping maw of an entrance into a cave. Are the wizard — who, by the way, really gives a fantastic, piercing look as if he can actually see the viewer — and his cohorts performing...
The whole notion of practicing magick is, ostensibly, about connecting to the Earth. It’s not about the supernatural, but celebrating what’s super about the natural. (Ok, that’s kind of bad pun-ny, but lets stick with it.) Malmed makes this allusion by giving us brief glimpses of the denizens of a dark interior space, then our introduction to the exterior desert space is a focusing on the gaping maw of an entrance into a cave. Are the wizard — who, by the way, really gives a fantastic, piercing look as if he can actually see the viewer — and his cohorts performing...
- 9/19/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This week’s Must Read is a first-person account by Kenneth Anger about the making of his classic troubled production Lucifer Rising. He gets into his personal relationships with Charles Manson cohort Bobby Beausoleil and star Marianne Faithful. Fascinating, fascinating reading. This week’s Must Listen is the radio program The Film Show on Kboo community radio in which host Jenn Chavez chats with Journal good friend Bob Moricz about the upcoming blowout Portland Underground Film Festival. But, they also talk about underground films in general and Moricz’s unique thoughts on our little subculture. Lots of good thoughts on the subject. Nathaniel Dorsky announces that his latest films, Song and Spring, will be debuting later in the year. Read about ‘em and look at some very pretty film stills. “I Am Film, not steel, O user, have mercy.” And so beginith the Film Prayer. (Courtesy of Cineflyer.) Mike White...
- 7/28/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Floating Cinema 2013: Extra-ordinary | A Weekend Of Anger: The Films Of Kenneth Anger | Robert Beavers | Brighton's Big Screen/The Duke's at Lewes House
The Floating Cinema 2013: Extra-ordinary, London
This cinema will come to you, if you're situated alongside a London canal. It's an appealing initiative, which began last year but returns with a new design, converting an old industrial barge into an eclectic touring show. You can step on to the boat for an intimate show of specially commissioned works and Michael Smith's new film about the River Lea plays later this month. There's also a horror weekend at Granary Square in King's Cross (9 & 10 Aug), and a fancy-dress screening of Tim Burton's Frankenweenie outside 3 Mills Studio, where it was made (23 Aug).
Various venues, Sat to 30 Sep
A Weekend Of Anger: The Films Of Kenneth Anger, London
That Anger is considered a pioneer of both salacious celebrity...
The Floating Cinema 2013: Extra-ordinary, London
This cinema will come to you, if you're situated alongside a London canal. It's an appealing initiative, which began last year but returns with a new design, converting an old industrial barge into an eclectic touring show. You can step on to the boat for an intimate show of specially commissioned works and Michael Smith's new film about the River Lea plays later this month. There's also a horror weekend at Granary Square in King's Cross (9 & 10 Aug), and a fancy-dress screening of Tim Burton's Frankenweenie outside 3 Mills Studio, where it was made (23 Aug).
Various venues, Sat to 30 Sep
A Weekend Of Anger: The Films Of Kenneth Anger, London
That Anger is considered a pioneer of both salacious celebrity...
- 7/27/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
The big story
One word floated over this cinema week: Partridge. After years of coy suggestions, knock-backs and false starts, the Alan Partridge film – codenamed Alpha Papa – finally saw the light of day.
The film-makers bowed to a social media campaign they certainly didn't have any hand in or encouragement and agreed to hold the world premiere in Norwich – for which Partridge donned a particularly fetching powder-blue
safari suit – before sticking Partridge in a helicopter and flying him to London.
Fortunately, our reviewer liked the film. Jurassic Park…
In the news
Nelson Mandela biopic: watch Idris Elba in the first full-length film trailer
Gwyneth Paltrow and Ewan McGregor join Johnny Depp on Mortdecai
South Africa's censors ban film about predatory teacher as 'child porn'
Despicable Me 2 blocked by Chinese censor, but Smurfs sequel approved
Skyfall highest grossing...
The big story
One word floated over this cinema week: Partridge. After years of coy suggestions, knock-backs and false starts, the Alan Partridge film – codenamed Alpha Papa – finally saw the light of day.
The film-makers bowed to a social media campaign they certainly didn't have any hand in or encouragement and agreed to hold the world premiere in Norwich – for which Partridge donned a particularly fetching powder-blue
safari suit – before sticking Partridge in a helicopter and flying him to London.
Fortunately, our reviewer liked the film. Jurassic Park…
In the news
Nelson Mandela biopic: watch Idris Elba in the first full-length film trailer
Gwyneth Paltrow and Ewan McGregor join Johnny Depp on Mortdecai
South Africa's censors ban film about predatory teacher as 'child porn'
Despicable Me 2 blocked by Chinese censor, but Smurfs sequel approved
Skyfall highest grossing...
- 7/25/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
The director of the 1966 occult classic talks about how an anti-British massacre paid for his film, and the debt it owes to Jimmy Page and a bunch of jailed killers
This was the first really big film about black magic or white magic or whatever you want to call it. I'm a member of the Oto – Ordo Templi Orientis – an occult order founded by British genius Aleister Crowley, who was maligned by the gutter press. The Express's rightwing jerk editor Lord Beaverbrook sold a lot of papers calling Crowley a satanist, with headlines like "The man we want to hang", to provoke people to murder him. Crowley's like a bogeyman –, which was unfair. He wrote wonderful books and poetry. Lord Beaverbrook loved to call Crowley a cannibal: eating human beings makes good headlines, and Crowley couldn't countersue.
Lucifer Rising was about Egyptian gods summoning the angel Lucifer – in order to...
This was the first really big film about black magic or white magic or whatever you want to call it. I'm a member of the Oto – Ordo Templi Orientis – an occult order founded by British genius Aleister Crowley, who was maligned by the gutter press. The Express's rightwing jerk editor Lord Beaverbrook sold a lot of papers calling Crowley a satanist, with headlines like "The man we want to hang", to provoke people to murder him. Crowley's like a bogeyman –, which was unfair. He wrote wonderful books and poetry. Lord Beaverbrook loved to call Crowley a cannibal: eating human beings makes good headlines, and Crowley couldn't countersue.
Lucifer Rising was about Egyptian gods summoning the angel Lucifer – in order to...
- 7/23/2013
- by Chris Michael
- The Guardian - Film News
The director of the 1966 occult classic talks about how an anti-British massacre paid for his film, and the debt it owes to Jimmy Page and a bunch of jailed killers
This was the first really big film about black magic or white magic or whatever you want to call it. I'm a member of the Oto – Ordo Templi Orientis – an occult order founded by British genius Aleister Crowley, who was maligned by the gutter press. The Express's rightwing jerk Lord Beaverbrook sold a lot of papers calling Crowley a satanist, with headlines like "The man we want to hang", to provoke people to murder him. Crowley's like a bogeyman, which was unfair. He wrote wonderful books and poetry. Lord Beaverbrook loved to call Crowley a cannibal: eating human beings makes good headlines, and Crowley couldn't countersue.
Lucifer Rising was about Egyptian gods summoning the angel Lucifer – in order to usher in a new occult age,...
This was the first really big film about black magic or white magic or whatever you want to call it. I'm a member of the Oto – Ordo Templi Orientis – an occult order founded by British genius Aleister Crowley, who was maligned by the gutter press. The Express's rightwing jerk Lord Beaverbrook sold a lot of papers calling Crowley a satanist, with headlines like "The man we want to hang", to provoke people to murder him. Crowley's like a bogeyman, which was unfair. He wrote wonderful books and poetry. Lord Beaverbrook loved to call Crowley a cannibal: eating human beings makes good headlines, and Crowley couldn't countersue.
Lucifer Rising was about Egyptian gods summoning the angel Lucifer – in order to usher in a new occult age,...
- 7/22/2013
- by Interview by Chris Michael
- The Guardian - Film News
Every Supernatural finale fills me with both joy and dread because even when the Winchesters succeed, things still end badly for them. Car crashes, Lucifer rising, getting trapped in Purgatory; Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) just can't catch a break when it comes to finales! With the stakes even higher this year, I get the feeling their sacrifice will be respectively dire (the fact that the episode is called "Sacrifice" doesn't bode too well, either).
With any details about the finale (Wednesday at 9/8c on The CW) on lockdown, it's up to us to theorize about what's to come. Here's are my predictions:
Read More >...
With any details about the finale (Wednesday at 9/8c on The CW) on lockdown, it's up to us to theorize about what's to come. Here's are my predictions:
Read More >...
- 5/15/2013
- by Sadie Gennis
- TVGuide - Breaking News
April is a banner month for Rob Zombie, who made two bloody splashes in one week: last week not only marked the theatrical release of his long-awaited feature film The Lords of Salem (check out our Salem interview with Rob here), but he also rolled out his fifth full-length solo album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor, the first release on his own label Zodiac Swan. The follow-up to 2010's Hellbilly Deluxe 2 is a strong career move for Rob, who opted to dig deeper and tap into his late '90s roots in White Zombie, namely the legendary Astro-Creep 2000. HD2 was still a cool album in itself, and a solid sequel to Rob's career-defining solo debut, but the Z-man has wisely chosen to diversify his style while balancing his old and new musical strengths on this project. Zombie's signature sound has certainly not been overthrown for anything radically new here, but the...
- 4/29/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
For years, guitarist John 5 – formerly of Marilyn Manson's band (rejoining them temporarily for last year's Manson/Zombie “Twins of Evil” tour) and an acclaimed solo artist – has been an integral part of Rob Zombie's sound, having been Rob's official guitarist since 2005's Educated Horses. His talents are so intertwined with Rob's work that he was tapped to compose the original score for his much-anticipated film The Lords of Salem, which hits theaters April 19th. That very same week, you'll hear John's mighty axe swing again on Rob's next full-length studio album, Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor. John has stated that his first gig as composer was both challenging and rewarding: “It was like 10 times the intensity of writing a record,” he says. “It took months and months, as the timing is key to each scene. The music was very challenging and sometimes there was no key signature or time signature for this music,...
- 2/22/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Where would we be without music in our favorite films? While some may rely mostly on score, the needle drop of a pop tune can be quite satisfying when paired with a memorable scene. There could be a few opportunities for this type of moment on the way thanks to some exciting music news that also concerns the film world.
While we’d still love to get our hands on the score by “Jeff Who Lives At Home” and “Cyrus” composer Michael Andrews, we’ll definitely settle for a new track from Beck from the former film. The Duplass’ latest film has helped give Beck fans a pretty stellar new track in “Looking For A Sign” that falls right between Mutations and Sea Change-era Beck, which is certainly a good thing. The mostly acoustic-driven track is also a step away from the work he did as Sex Bob-Omb on the...
While we’d still love to get our hands on the score by “Jeff Who Lives At Home” and “Cyrus” composer Michael Andrews, we’ll definitely settle for a new track from Beck from the former film. The Duplass’ latest film has helped give Beck fans a pretty stellar new track in “Looking For A Sign” that falls right between Mutations and Sea Change-era Beck, which is certainly a good thing. The mostly acoustic-driven track is also a step away from the work he did as Sex Bob-Omb on the...
- 3/21/2012
- by Benjamin Wright
- The Playlist
Trailer for The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol 1,
released by Fantoma in 2007
Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer was born on this day in 1927 and if you pay him a call at his official site, you'll find a biographical overview he's got to relish. In 2003, Maximilian Le Cain, writing for Senses of Cinema, cut straight to the chase in his opening paragraph: "Offering a description of himself for the program of a 1966 screening, Kenneth Anger stated his 'lifework' as being Magick and his 'magical weapon' the cinematograph. A follower of Aleister Crowley's teachings, Anger is a high level practitioner of occult magic who regards the projection of his films as ceremonies capable of invoking spiritual forces. Cinema, he claims, is an evil force. Its point is to exert control over people and events and his filmmaking is carried out with precisely that intention."
Then: "Whatever one's view of this belief may be,...
released by Fantoma in 2007
Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer was born on this day in 1927 and if you pay him a call at his official site, you'll find a biographical overview he's got to relish. In 2003, Maximilian Le Cain, writing for Senses of Cinema, cut straight to the chase in his opening paragraph: "Offering a description of himself for the program of a 1966 screening, Kenneth Anger stated his 'lifework' as being Magick and his 'magical weapon' the cinematograph. A follower of Aleister Crowley's teachings, Anger is a high level practitioner of occult magic who regards the projection of his films as ceremonies capable of invoking spiritual forces. Cinema, he claims, is an evil force. Its point is to exert control over people and events and his filmmaking is carried out with precisely that intention."
Then: "Whatever one's view of this belief may be,...
- 2/2/2012
- MUBI
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This is part one of a three-part series looking at the season 6 story of Castiel.
“It’s his soul, it’s missing.” – Cas (speaking about Sam) (ep. 6.7)
“I'm an angel, you ass. I don't have a soul to sell.” – Cas (6.20)
“It all comes down to the souls in the end.” – Crowley (6.20)
Season 6 of Supernatural started with the reintroduction of Sam, but it didn’t take long before it became obvious that there was something wrong with him. We learned the answer in Family Matters – that his soul was missing. As the first half of the season continued, we saw the importance of a soul by witnessing one of our favorite characters altered. Sam, who was known for his puppy dog eyes – his ability to see into others’ souls and nonverbally express compassion, became an ice-cold...
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This is part one of a three-part series looking at the season 6 story of Castiel.
“It’s his soul, it’s missing.” – Cas (speaking about Sam) (ep. 6.7)
“I'm an angel, you ass. I don't have a soul to sell.” – Cas (6.20)
“It all comes down to the souls in the end.” – Crowley (6.20)
Season 6 of Supernatural started with the reintroduction of Sam, but it didn’t take long before it became obvious that there was something wrong with him. We learned the answer in Family Matters – that his soul was missing. As the first half of the season continued, we saw the importance of a soul by witnessing one of our favorite characters altered. Sam, who was known for his puppy dog eyes – his ability to see into others’ souls and nonverbally express compassion, became an ice-cold...
- 8/1/2011
- by chris684
- SpoilerTV
Previously on Torchwood, humans stopped dying, which was good for some people, but bad for other people. Good for: Guys who had minor heart attacks. Bad for: Guys who got blasted to smithereens.
Also bad for: Guys who were tired of watching Rex Matheson mouth-off and smash things. Somebody tried to take “Torchwood” out of Google, and so Captain Jack returned to earth to keep Gwen safe, which, of course, resulted in Gwen getting wrapped up in the most dangerous thing she’s been wrapped up in since the last time Captain Jack tried to keep her safe. Rhys called Jack “Captain Jack Bollocks,” which was funny. Rex took Torchwood hostage, which was not.
Opening Credits
Once upon a time: People didn't die.
Heathrow International Airport Backlot
Rex: Just to reiterate what I said last week, I am taking you to America in handcuffs. Also, I will be stealing your personal possessions,...
Also bad for: Guys who were tired of watching Rex Matheson mouth-off and smash things. Somebody tried to take “Torchwood” out of Google, and so Captain Jack returned to earth to keep Gwen safe, which, of course, resulted in Gwen getting wrapped up in the most dangerous thing she’s been wrapped up in since the last time Captain Jack tried to keep her safe. Rhys called Jack “Captain Jack Bollocks,” which was funny. Rex took Torchwood hostage, which was not.
Opening Credits
Once upon a time: People didn't die.
Heathrow International Airport Backlot
Rex: Just to reiterate what I said last week, I am taking you to America in handcuffs. Also, I will be stealing your personal possessions,...
- 7/16/2011
- by Heather Hogan
- The Backlot
Supernatural season finales are always a bit of a downer. There was the car accident in season 1, opening the Devil's Gate in season 2, Dean going to Hell in season 3, Lucifer rising in season 4, Sam going to Hell in season 5 and now, maybe the worst ending ever. I don't mean that it's not a good episode, I mean that it's a very bad situation for Sam and Dean.
- 5/20/2011
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
“The day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind.” That’s a quote by Kenneth Anger made back in 1969 in an article in the British magazine Cinema and reprinted in P. Adams Sitney’s book Visionary Film. In a much more jovial mood in the above embedded video, watch Anger entertain the crowd live onstage at the 48th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival during a retrospective of his films. The video reveals lots of interesting things, like he loathes Marilyn Manson and hangs out backstage at Jonas Brothers concerts.
That’s how you know that Anger is the real deal. Wearing a bright red sweater and an ecstatic smile, he looks more like your eccentric uncle at the family Christmas gathering than the master of Satanic cinema like Scorpio Rising, Lucifer Rising, Invocation of My Demon Brother, Ich Will! and more. The man, if anything, is no poseur.
That’s how you know that Anger is the real deal. Wearing a bright red sweater and an ecstatic smile, he looks more like your eccentric uncle at the family Christmas gathering than the master of Satanic cinema like Scorpio Rising, Lucifer Rising, Invocation of My Demon Brother, Ich Will! and more. The man, if anything, is no poseur.
- 12/29/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
In an effort to mix things up a bit, I’ve tried to do some searching to find random oldies, but goodies. I’ll try to keep doing this in the future so these weekly link roundups don’t start to get stale.
First, I dug up an interesting, older article by longtime underground film writer Fred Camper about the problems naming the avant-garde, experimental, underground, etc. He also comes up with a six-part “test” to determine if a film is underground or not. And, yes, there’s lots of hostility to the term “underground,” but, obviously, it’s what I personally go with. On the other hand, there’s this cute attempt at underground film history. Back in 2002, Gary Morris wrote an interesting appraisal of Andy Warhol’s Chelsea Girls for Bright Lights Film Journal. The Los Angeles Times reports that Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer Bobby Beausoleil,...
First, I dug up an interesting, older article by longtime underground film writer Fred Camper about the problems naming the avant-garde, experimental, underground, etc. He also comes up with a six-part “test” to determine if a film is underground or not. And, yes, there’s lots of hostility to the term “underground,” but, obviously, it’s what I personally go with. On the other hand, there’s this cute attempt at underground film history. Back in 2002, Gary Morris wrote an interesting appraisal of Andy Warhol’s Chelsea Girls for Bright Lights Film Journal. The Los Angeles Times reports that Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer Bobby Beausoleil,...
- 12/19/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Flaming Creatures midnight screening
Jonas Mekas’ Movie Journal: The Rise Of The New American Cinema 1959-1971 is essential reading for anybody interested in underground film. The book contains excerpts from the “Movie Journal” column Mekas wrote for the Village Voice alternative weekly newspaper for a dozen years. Also included in the book are a couple of movie posters and newspaper ads from that era, which I’ve scanned and uploaded to a photo gallery. If you click on each image in this post, it will take you to an embiggened version of it so you can look at them in better detail.
It’s tough for me to pick an absolute favorite poster out of the bunch, but I inserted the most striking above. It’s for a special midnight screening of Jack Smith’s classic Flaming Creatures. I’m guessing from the date on the poster and the year the film was completed,...
Jonas Mekas’ Movie Journal: The Rise Of The New American Cinema 1959-1971 is essential reading for anybody interested in underground film. The book contains excerpts from the “Movie Journal” column Mekas wrote for the Village Voice alternative weekly newspaper for a dozen years. Also included in the book are a couple of movie posters and newspaper ads from that era, which I’ve scanned and uploaded to a photo gallery. If you click on each image in this post, it will take you to an embiggened version of it so you can look at them in better detail.
It’s tough for me to pick an absolute favorite poster out of the bunch, but I inserted the most striking above. It’s for a special midnight screening of Jack Smith’s classic Flaming Creatures. I’m guessing from the date on the poster and the year the film was completed,...
- 11/23/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Looking for a way to celebrate the premiere of "Supernatural" Season Six next Friday, September 24th? How about a marathon of 20 episodes from the show's previous seasons?
From the Press Release:
TNT will air a 20-hour marathon of favorite "Supernatural" episodes to get fans ready for the latest season of the hit series. The haunting drama will take over TNT’s lineup Thursday, September 23, at midnight (Et/Pt) through Friday, September 24, at 8 p.m. (Et/Pt) to build excitement for the series’ sixth season premiere on The CW (Friday, September 24, at 9 p.m.). That gives fans one hour between the end of the marathon and the start of Season Six to freshen up and maybe grab a bite to eat!
TNT’s marathon will kick off with the fourth season finale, “Lucifer Rising,” followed by the fifth-season premiere, “Sympathy for the Devil.” Along with a few random episodes from Seasons...
From the Press Release:
TNT will air a 20-hour marathon of favorite "Supernatural" episodes to get fans ready for the latest season of the hit series. The haunting drama will take over TNT’s lineup Thursday, September 23, at midnight (Et/Pt) through Friday, September 24, at 8 p.m. (Et/Pt) to build excitement for the series’ sixth season premiere on The CW (Friday, September 24, at 9 p.m.). That gives fans one hour between the end of the marathon and the start of Season Six to freshen up and maybe grab a bite to eat!
TNT’s marathon will kick off with the fourth season finale, “Lucifer Rising,” followed by the fifth-season premiere, “Sympathy for the Devil.” Along with a few random episodes from Seasons...
- 9/17/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Kenneth Anger rocks the theremin in this performance of his band Technicolor Skull at the 40th anniversary bash for the Anthology Film Archives held on May 19 in NYC. The band is actually just Anger and fellow occult filmmaker Brian Butler, who perform in front of a giant screen showing clips — some seeming to be remixed or rejiggered somehow — from various Anger films, such as Lucifer Rising and other sources.
It’s not known if any devils were actually raised at this performance, but the roof certainly was! (Sorry, that’s a lame attempt at some occult humor.)
The event was also a fundraiser for the Anthology to raise funds for a project to digitize over 70,000 rare film titles in its library before they completely disintegrate.
It’s interesting to watch this performance as Anger’s playing of the theremin appears to be somewhat random, except he keeps looking back at the screen,...
It’s not known if any devils were actually raised at this performance, but the roof certainly was! (Sorry, that’s a lame attempt at some occult humor.)
The event was also a fundraiser for the Anthology to raise funds for a project to digitize over 70,000 rare film titles in its library before they completely disintegrate.
It’s interesting to watch this performance as Anger’s playing of the theremin appears to be somewhat random, except he keeps looking back at the screen,...
- 5/26/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Kenneth Anger's crazy, gorgeous, disturbing films almost landed him in jail. The avant-garde pioneer talks Simon Hattenstone through all his demons
The gallery is so tiny I think I've walked into somebody's front room. A 10-minute film plays on a loop. Weirded-out rock stars who look like Mick Jagger, or who are Mick Jagger, preen, strut and do their late-1960s satanic thing. White dots form a pyramid on a black background, naked boys lounge on a sofa, marines jump from a helicopter. There's a cat, a dog, an all-seeing Egyptian eye, people smoking dope out of a skull. A synthesiser makes an unbearable noise. There are no words, no story.
Around the screen, in London's Sprüth Magers gallery, a bunch of 21st-century trendies and stoners are watching this film, called Invocation of My Demon Brother, in awe, their ages ranging from late teens to late 80s. Next door,...
The gallery is so tiny I think I've walked into somebody's front room. A 10-minute film plays on a loop. Weirded-out rock stars who look like Mick Jagger, or who are Mick Jagger, preen, strut and do their late-1960s satanic thing. White dots form a pyramid on a black background, naked boys lounge on a sofa, marines jump from a helicopter. There's a cat, a dog, an all-seeing Egyptian eye, people smoking dope out of a skull. A synthesiser makes an unbearable noise. There are no words, no story.
Around the screen, in London's Sprüth Magers gallery, a bunch of 21st-century trendies and stoners are watching this film, called Invocation of My Demon Brother, in awe, their ages ranging from late teens to late 80s. Next door,...
- 3/10/2010
- by Simon Hattenstone
- The Guardian - Film News
The 48th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival is another exciting celebration of underground film past and present, featuring two retrospectives of two master filmmakers and dozens of short films and features from some of the most gifted talents working today.
For the retrospectives, first, Kenneth Anger will be in attendance at the festival for two programs of his classic work, including Fireworks and Scorpio Rising. Plus, for the first Anger screening, the filmmaker will be joined on-stage by film critic Dennis Lim for a discussion of his work and career. The second retrospective is of the work of the late Chick Strand, who sadly passed away in 2009. Strand’s Angel Blue Sweet Wings (1966) will actually open the entire festival, then there will be two retrospective screenings of her work, the first of which will be presented by film scholar Irina Leimbacher.
The rest of the Aaff lineup reads like a...
For the retrospectives, first, Kenneth Anger will be in attendance at the festival for two programs of his classic work, including Fireworks and Scorpio Rising. Plus, for the first Anger screening, the filmmaker will be joined on-stage by film critic Dennis Lim for a discussion of his work and career. The second retrospective is of the work of the late Chick Strand, who sadly passed away in 2009. Strand’s Angel Blue Sweet Wings (1966) will actually open the entire festival, then there will be two retrospective screenings of her work, the first of which will be presented by film scholar Irina Leimbacher.
The rest of the Aaff lineup reads like a...
- 3/8/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
For your post-Christmas enjoyment, here’s a more pagan-y ode to the winter holidays. The song is “Solstice” by Andy Ditzler; a chipper ’60s pop sounding tune about Mr. Wodan, Saturnalia and Sol Invictus; with a music video directed by underground film legend George Kuchar.
The video is bright and chaotic, with Kuchar really focusing in on the “fertility rites” part of the lyrics in the first half. It’s quite the Christmas orgy where the colors and the chick lying on the floor on her back reminds me of the ending of Sins of the Fleshapoids, the classic film directed by George’s twin brother Mike. Then, in the second half during the sacrifice of the bull, the headdress of another actress coupled with the sunny background is reminiscent of the desert-set sequences in Kenneth Anger’s Lucifer Rising.
Overall, it’s a cute, happy, cheery song and video.
The video is bright and chaotic, with Kuchar really focusing in on the “fertility rites” part of the lyrics in the first half. It’s quite the Christmas orgy where the colors and the chick lying on the floor on her back reminds me of the ending of Sins of the Fleshapoids, the classic film directed by George’s twin brother Mike. Then, in the second half during the sacrifice of the bull, the headdress of another actress coupled with the sunny background is reminiscent of the desert-set sequences in Kenneth Anger’s Lucifer Rising.
Overall, it’s a cute, happy, cheery song and video.
- 12/26/2009
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Cradle of Filth is a band we've covered at length on Fangoria Musick, and tonight we received word that the band will soon release a coffee table book entitled The Gospel Of Filth, penned by music journalist Gavin Baddeley (Dissecting Marilyn Manson, Lucifer Rising) and CoF frontman Dani Filth.
The "all encompassing compendium of all things dark and taboo" will appropriately see a release on Halloween.
Full details below the jump!
Official PR:
For decades, music writers have been penning tell-all artist biographies and their personal interpretation of rock history. But on Halloween 2009, Fab Press will unleash a book that takes readers on a much deeper and darker journey into the inspirations behind the world of rock music.
The history of Cradle of Filth is but the linchpin that ties the expansiveness of The Gospel of Filth together. With over 500 pages of content, the book reveals the unspoken and debaucherous...
The "all encompassing compendium of all things dark and taboo" will appropriately see a release on Halloween.
Full details below the jump!
Official PR:
For decades, music writers have been penning tell-all artist biographies and their personal interpretation of rock history. But on Halloween 2009, Fab Press will unleash a book that takes readers on a much deeper and darker journey into the inspirations behind the world of rock music.
The history of Cradle of Filth is but the linchpin that ties the expansiveness of The Gospel of Filth together. With over 500 pages of content, the book reveals the unspoken and debaucherous...
- 9/24/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
Then: Supernatural reached new heights of awesomeness with angels, Azazel's master plan to bring Lucifer to Earth, Sam drinking demon blood, suicidal teddy bears, an epic Winchester fight, Chuck the Prophet, betrayal by the angels and, in the end, Lilith and Ruby got real dead, which wasn't so good since it led to Lucifer rising.
Now: After another amazing montage of what happened last season (Supernatural, hands down, has the best season opening montages ever), we pick up right where we left off, with Sam and Dean in a church as Lucifer rises. They try to escape, but the doors lock them inside with the light.
Now: After another amazing montage of what happened last season (Supernatural, hands down, has the best season opening montages ever), we pick up right where we left off, with Sam and Dean in a church as Lucifer rises. They try to escape, but the doors lock them inside with the light.
- 9/10/2009
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Chicago – With the fifth and reportedly final season of “Supernatural” starting tonight, September 10th, 2009, on The CW, what better time to sing the praises of this often clever and always underrated show via a review of the recently released fourth season Blu-Ray and DVD editions? If you’ve never seen “Supernatural” start at the beginning, but if you’ve seen the first three seasons, don’t give up on number four.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0 By its fourth year, “Supernatural” had settled into a confident, unpredictable groove, beautifully weaving individual urban legends in a mystery-of-the-week format while also telling an interesting overall story. Of course, I don’t expect to see “Supernatural” on ten-best lists next to shows like “Lost” or “Mad Men,” but there’s something to be said for a show that’s been consistently entertaining for four years and counting. “Supernatural” has been incredibly entertaining.
“Supernatural” works for the...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0 By its fourth year, “Supernatural” had settled into a confident, unpredictable groove, beautifully weaving individual urban legends in a mystery-of-the-week format while also telling an interesting overall story. Of course, I don’t expect to see “Supernatural” on ten-best lists next to shows like “Lost” or “Mad Men,” but there’s something to be said for a show that’s been consistently entertaining for four years and counting. “Supernatural” has been incredibly entertaining.
“Supernatural” works for the...
- 9/10/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Those of you who are of a certain age no doubt remember the phrase "Must See TV" and its application to NBC's Thursday night lineup of shows during the 1990's. It's been a while since any other network could make that same claim, but starting this Thursday, September 10th, it's possible horror fans will have their own "Must See TV" night on The CW thanks to the pairing of The Vampire Diaries with Supernatural.
We have new previews from each below. First up, at 8:00 pm Et/7:00 pm Ct is the freshman season of The Vampire Diaries:
Four months after the tragic car accident that killed their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev, "DeGrassi: The Next Generation") and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen, "Everwood"), are still adjusting to their new reality. Elena has always been the star student - beautiful, popular, and involved with school and friends,...
We have new previews from each below. First up, at 8:00 pm Et/7:00 pm Ct is the freshman season of The Vampire Diaries:
Four months after the tragic car accident that killed their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev, "DeGrassi: The Next Generation") and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen, "Everwood"), are still adjusting to their new reality. Elena has always been the star student - beautiful, popular, and involved with school and friends,...
- 9/8/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
It's almost time, fiends – time to salt and burn! In one week Supernatural will return with "Sympathy For the Devil", and will present us with an honest to god Lucifer to, possibly, sympathize with. Chances are, though, we'll be rooting for Supernatural's dynamic duo of brotherly beast hunters Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) Winchester to sent Mr. Splitfoot back to hell for an extended appointment with Dr. Faustus. Lots of spoilers out there already, and we recently had that iTunes clip to whet our appetite, but now the entertainment gods at theCW have shined on us with three new clips from Supernatural's highly anticipated fifth season premiere. Click on for more info, and of course… the clips.
First, here is the official description for Supernatural "Sympathy For the Devil"
Apocalypse Now — Picking up where the finale left off, Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki) watch...
First, here is the official description for Supernatural "Sympathy For the Devil"
Apocalypse Now — Picking up where the finale left off, Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki) watch...
- 9/4/2009
- by Jon Lachonis
- TVovermind.com
Established 1974! Our news column watches the Baxter Building as the Fantastic Four reboots.
Comics Scene
While hits, the first two Fantastic Four films weren’t all they could be creatively—or so many fans think. Apparently, 20th Century Fox agrees since the studio has hired writer-producer Akiva Goldsman (Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Lost In Space) to “reboot” the Stan Lee & Jack Kirby-created Marvel Comics film franchise. As Variety reports, he’ll function as producer while Michael Green (Heroes, Green Lantern) will script. It’s far too early to tell if past cast (Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon) will be involved in this movie, but if it’s a True reboot, probably not. For more details, see the link, http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/08/fox-reboots-marvels-fantastic-four.html
Genre icon and Sandman comics scribe Neil Gaiman will write and direct “Statuesque,” one of 12 short Silent films being...
Comics Scene
While hits, the first two Fantastic Four films weren’t all they could be creatively—or so many fans think. Apparently, 20th Century Fox agrees since the studio has hired writer-producer Akiva Goldsman (Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Lost In Space) to “reboot” the Stan Lee & Jack Kirby-created Marvel Comics film franchise. As Variety reports, he’ll function as producer while Michael Green (Heroes, Green Lantern) will script. It’s far too early to tell if past cast (Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon) will be involved in this movie, but if it’s a True reboot, probably not. For more details, see the link, http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/08/fox-reboots-marvels-fantastic-four.html
Genre icon and Sandman comics scribe Neil Gaiman will write and direct “Statuesque,” one of 12 short Silent films being...
- 9/1/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell)
- Starlog
The chance that "Supernatural" will end next season is getting bigger but also slimmer at the same time. Creator Eric Kripke told EW over the weekend that he never expected the show to survive five years but won't conclude that it will be the end of the Winchester brothers' saga.
"I did set out [to] tell a five-season storyline," Kripke said. "Quite frankly, I never expected [the show] to make it to five years. But now that we're in our fifth year, I have every intention of ending the story with a bang and not drawing it out or watering it down."
He continued, "That having been said, I'm looking at this season as the last chapter in this particular story. That doesn't mean there can't be a new story. Buffy did it. The X-Files did it. You close a chapter on a big mythology storyline and then you begin a new one.
"I did set out [to] tell a five-season storyline," Kripke said. "Quite frankly, I never expected [the show] to make it to five years. But now that we're in our fifth year, I have every intention of ending the story with a bang and not drawing it out or watering it down."
He continued, "That having been said, I'm looking at this season as the last chapter in this particular story. That doesn't mean there can't be a new story. Buffy did it. The X-Files did it. You close a chapter on a big mythology storyline and then you begin a new one.
- 8/31/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Report by Morag Cuddeford-Jones
Supernatural creator Eric Kripke has answered some pressing questions about where the hell - if you'll excuse the pun - the Lucifer story arc is going to take the show in season five.
Kripke (pictured) revealed first and foremost that his depiction of the underworld wasn't going to be as tortuous for fans as season four's finale made many think.
"It's a fun apocalypse. It's light, it's rollicking, it's fun. I give a lot of credit to the writers. They've really looked for the humor in it.
"Not only is it not grim; it feels different. It just feels like really fun and rollicking because either we're finding quirky humor, or there's a gallows humor from fighting a fight that you know you can't win."
We know that Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) will be eating a lot of humble pie this season but it seems that...
Supernatural creator Eric Kripke has answered some pressing questions about where the hell - if you'll excuse the pun - the Lucifer story arc is going to take the show in season five.
Kripke (pictured) revealed first and foremost that his depiction of the underworld wasn't going to be as tortuous for fans as season four's finale made many think.
"It's a fun apocalypse. It's light, it's rollicking, it's fun. I give a lot of credit to the writers. They've really looked for the humor in it.
"Not only is it not grim; it feels different. It just feels like really fun and rollicking because either we're finding quirky humor, or there's a gallows humor from fighting a fight that you know you can't win."
We know that Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) will be eating a lot of humble pie this season but it seems that...
- 8/28/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
By Michael Atkinson
Every now and then, the natural world and the massive self-satisfying erections of man provide filmmakers with ready-made metaphors of massive torque and resonance. Werner Herzog is an expert at locating these visual/thematic El Dorados; Marker, Kiarostami and Ghobadi are current explorers of the paradigm, which necessitates an embrace of documentary reality. (Slavic artists are just beginning to make use out of the ex-Soviet landscape of unfinished and derelict public projects, from decommissioned nuclear power plants to entire cities left abandoned after infrastructure support dried up.) But Jia Zhang-ke is the filmmaker bringing new life and commitment to the idea of finding universalized meanings in real-life monstrosities. Jia's "Platform" used its traveling theater troupe as a stand-in for the average citizen watching Chinese history pass chaotically before them, but it was with "The World" that Jia discovered the surreal significances that emanated organically from the titular,...
Every now and then, the natural world and the massive self-satisfying erections of man provide filmmakers with ready-made metaphors of massive torque and resonance. Werner Herzog is an expert at locating these visual/thematic El Dorados; Marker, Kiarostami and Ghobadi are current explorers of the paradigm, which necessitates an embrace of documentary reality. (Slavic artists are just beginning to make use out of the ex-Soviet landscape of unfinished and derelict public projects, from decommissioned nuclear power plants to entire cities left abandoned after infrastructure support dried up.) But Jia Zhang-ke is the filmmaker bringing new life and commitment to the idea of finding universalized meanings in real-life monstrosities. Jia's "Platform" used its traveling theater troupe as a stand-in for the average citizen watching Chinese history pass chaotically before them, but it was with "The World" that Jia discovered the surreal significances that emanated organically from the titular,...
- 12/12/2008
- by Michael Atkinson
- ifc.com
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