So long, Beverly Garland (1926-2008)
In addition to losing Forry Ackerman (see below), we lost another icon of the classic horror genre, Beverly Garland, this weekend. Garland was a true Hollywood survivor, battling and slinking[…]
Bye Bye Forry (Forrest J Ackerman, 1916-2008)
I just learned by way of CINEBEATS that Forrest J Ackerman, a man who inspired so many of us – as film fan and friend to film fans, as a[…]
Happy Birthday, California Mountain Snake!
It’s a birthday today for DARYL HANNAH, beloved uber-babe whose been immoralized in at least two classic films: Bladerunner and Kill Bill. Even if these were the only two roles[…]
Actors & Personalities · Reviews
Links: Fifteen years in the wilderness, THIRTEEN & the womb of fear
Time keeps on slippin’ and the internet expands fast as the universe itself, which means we should all link to each other, lest distance grow long. I’ve had transcendence on[…]
Smoking in the rain outside the House of Demme
Finally saw RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, which is like a Demme film reunion party that everyone’s invited to, but after you leave, you never see any of them again. And there’s[…]
Book review: The Impossible David Lynch, by Todd McGowan
The Impossible David Lynch Todd McGowan. New York: Tarcher/Group, 2007. Paperback, $26.50, 280pp. ISBN: 0-231-139551 The wacky world of David Lynch has seemed to grow into a cottage industry in[…]
Directors · Experimental & Underground
An Evening With Kenneth Anger
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending a screening of some of Kenneth Anger’s most recent short films – hosted by Mr. Anger himself. The legendary “underground filmmaker” was[…]
The Amnesiac Bond
I’ve been revisiting the Sean Connery Bonds lately, on widescreen projection, where the immaculate detail and lush photography of airports, country roads, mosques, and Ealing Studio interiors come alive. But[…]
“She’s Gone to the ends of the universe…. on STP.” – Late Tonight, on TCM, do tape it, flower-bama
If you can’t remember, I’ll tell you, tonight is that greatest of all time travel movies, La Jatee (1961) at 1 AM EST on Turner Classic Movies. It’s short, it’s[…]
Activist & Political · African American · Reviews
Sinful Remake: The Women Problem
“Wife, get a real life for yourself. Career woman, the career isn’t everything. Hussy, men still marry ladies. Lesbian, explore your ‘male’ issues … “
Lost Watches and Lost Souls: From New Jersey to Old Istanbul
Fresh Starts Don’t Come Easy
Vicky and Woody and François: On Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The return of Jules and Jim?
Quickies: Random Short Reviews from Affinity to Cthulhu to War Dance
“Don’t these children deserve the respect of a beautiful film?”
Faust Goes to Hollywood: Revisiting John Frankenheimer’s Seconds
“Think, for Pete’s sake. What have you got now?”
Festivals & Awards · LGBT & Queer
What’s Up, QDoc? Portland’s 2008 Queer Documentary Festival
Seeing queer lives from the U.S. and Canada to South Africa and Iran
Festivals & Awards · LGBT & Queer
Queer Angles: The 2008 Portland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Feisty orthodox Jewish dykes, globe-trotting ladyboys, fascistic Armani queens you know, the gang
Norma Shearer: The Primrose Path to MGM Stock
“She hovered somewhere between the realest of realities and the most blatant of impersonations.”
Activist & Political · Essays · Silents
Metropolis, Ezra Pound, Mammon: And the Law of Too-Large Numbers
“The old world is dying away, and the new world struggles to come forth: now is the time of monsters.”
Music in the Making: Highlights from the 2008 Melbourne International Film Festival
“The surprise musical number can represent a facile avoidance of complexity, a moment of true strangeness, or a way of harmonizing existing, underlying themes.”
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