The episode of "The Twilight Zone" called "Once Upon a Time" is one of the show's attempts at comedy and, by most viewers' gauges, didn't really work. "Once Upon a Time" starred the silent film superstar and immortal filmmaker Buster Keaton as a sad sack janitor named Woodrow Mulligan living in a small middle-American town called Harmony in 1890. Mulligan hates the fancy-pants modern inventions like bicycles and resents that livestock roam the street. The 1890 sequences were filmed in the style of a silent movie with no dialogue, plinking piano music, and intertitles. Mulligan works for a mad scientist who has invented a time-travel helmet that can bring its wearer into the year 1961, but only for 30 minutes. Mulligan, desperate to see his hometown grown up, gives it a shot.
In the year 1961, now filmed with sound, Mulligan meets Rollo (Stanley Adams) a scientist who feels nostalgia for a simpler time, a...
In the year 1961, now filmed with sound, Mulligan meets Rollo (Stanley Adams) a scientist who feels nostalgia for a simpler time, a...
- 1/14/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Our first episode back in the studio! Robert Weide discusses a few of his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
Mother Night (1996)
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition (1989)
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998)
Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Mary Poppins (1964)
The French Connection (1971) – Dennis Lehane’s trailer commentary, Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Jesus Treviño’s trailer commentary
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Patton (1970) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary
Mash (1970)
Short Cuts (1993) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Lenny...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
Mother Night (1996)
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition (1989)
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998)
Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)
W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Mary Poppins (1964)
The French Connection (1971) – Dennis Lehane’s trailer commentary, Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Jesus Treviño’s trailer commentary
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Patton (1970) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary
Mash (1970)
Short Cuts (1993) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Lenny...
- 11/30/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
A Night at the Opera
Blu ray
Warner Archive
1935/ 1.33:1
Starring The Marx Brothers, Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle
Directed by Sam Wood
When the Marx Brothers bolted the scrappy but frugal Paramount for the gilded halls of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, fans of the comedians feared the worst—would the anarchic trio maintain their punk rock cred or had they sold out for the Top 40? The answer was revealed in their first go-round with the studio, 1935’s A Night at the Opera. And it was a standoff—though the Brothers remained world class provocateurs, MGM survived with its reputation intact and a big hit on their hands.
Opera‘s basic plot stays close to the Marxian blueprint; three agents of chaos, a fast-talking con man, a pun-happy piano player, and a tongue-tied hedonist, infiltrate a revered if musty institution, upend said institution, and go on their merry way. Though that premise...
Blu ray
Warner Archive
1935/ 1.33:1
Starring The Marx Brothers, Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle
Directed by Sam Wood
When the Marx Brothers bolted the scrappy but frugal Paramount for the gilded halls of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, fans of the comedians feared the worst—would the anarchic trio maintain their punk rock cred or had they sold out for the Top 40? The answer was revealed in their first go-round with the studio, 1935’s A Night at the Opera. And it was a standoff—though the Brothers remained world class provocateurs, MGM survived with its reputation intact and a big hit on their hands.
Opera‘s basic plot stays close to the Marxian blueprint; three agents of chaos, a fast-talking con man, a pun-happy piano player, and a tongue-tied hedonist, infiltrate a revered if musty institution, upend said institution, and go on their merry way. Though that premise...
- 10/12/2021
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Despite the proliferation of streaming services, it’s becoming increasingly clear that any cinephile only needs subscriptions to a few to survive. Among the top of our list are The Criterion Channel and Mubi and now they’ve each unveiled their stellar April line-ups.
Over at The Criterion Channel, highlights include spotlights on Ennio Morricone, the Marx Brothers, Isabel Sandoval, and Ramin Bahrani, plus Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard, Frank Borzage’s Moonrise, the brand-new restoration of Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk, and one of last year’s best films, David Osit’s Mayor.
At Mubi (where we’re offering a 30-day trial), they’ll have the exclusive streaming premiere of two of the finest festival films from last year’s circuit, Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Labyrinth of Cinema, plus Philippe Garrel’s latest The Salt of Tears, along with films from Terry Gilliam, George A. Romero,...
Over at The Criterion Channel, highlights include spotlights on Ennio Morricone, the Marx Brothers, Isabel Sandoval, and Ramin Bahrani, plus Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard, Frank Borzage’s Moonrise, the brand-new restoration of Joyce Chopra’s Smooth Talk, and one of last year’s best films, David Osit’s Mayor.
At Mubi (where we’re offering a 30-day trial), they’ll have the exclusive streaming premiere of two of the finest festival films from last year’s circuit, Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Labyrinth of Cinema, plus Philippe Garrel’s latest The Salt of Tears, along with films from Terry Gilliam, George A. Romero,...
- 3/26/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With David Fincher’s film Mank reviving the legend of screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, a descendant of the Citizen Kane scribe and his equally fabled brother, Joseph, will have his dual biography published next summer by Knopf.
Competing with Idiots by Nick Davis takes its title from a telegram Herman Mankiewicz sent after he left his career as a New York theater critic for Hollywood in 1926. “Millions Are To Be Grabbed Out Here And Your Only Competition Is Idiots. Don’T Let This Get Around,” he wrote to Ben Hecht, who would soon join the Westward migration of writing talent.
Davis, who is the grandson of Herman and great-nephew of Joe, followed in the family line and has accumulated a number of writing, producing and directing credits for television and film work. He is directing a multi-part documentary under ESPN’s 30 for 30 banner about the 1986 New York Mets and has also...
Competing with Idiots by Nick Davis takes its title from a telegram Herman Mankiewicz sent after he left his career as a New York theater critic for Hollywood in 1926. “Millions Are To Be Grabbed Out Here And Your Only Competition Is Idiots. Don’T Let This Get Around,” he wrote to Ben Hecht, who would soon join the Westward migration of writing talent.
Davis, who is the grandson of Herman and great-nephew of Joe, followed in the family line and has accumulated a number of writing, producing and directing credits for television and film work. He is directing a multi-part documentary under ESPN’s 30 for 30 banner about the 1986 New York Mets and has also...
- 12/29/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Paleface
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1948 / 91 min.
Starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell
Cinematography by Ray Rennahan
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
In 1934 Al Christie directed Going Spanish, a 19 minute farce billed as “An Educational Musical Comedy.” The movie is notable only for the film debut of Bob Hope whose wisecracks about the movie’s incompetence provoked Christie to cancel the comedian’s contract. Another filmmaker made his mark with the irascible producer too—Norman Z. McLeod got his feet wet working as title cartoonist for a series of silent films known as Christie’s Comedies. Pretty soon McLeod would be dealing with funny men in the flesh; W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, Danny Kaye and Hope himself. He would direct—and with those particular artists, “manage” might be a more appropriate term—some of the greatest comedies to emerge from the studio system.
McLeod’s technique, a hands-off approach that was the opposite of showy,...
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1948 / 91 min.
Starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell
Cinematography by Ray Rennahan
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
In 1934 Al Christie directed Going Spanish, a 19 minute farce billed as “An Educational Musical Comedy.” The movie is notable only for the film debut of Bob Hope whose wisecracks about the movie’s incompetence provoked Christie to cancel the comedian’s contract. Another filmmaker made his mark with the irascible producer too—Norman Z. McLeod got his feet wet working as title cartoonist for a series of silent films known as Christie’s Comedies. Pretty soon McLeod would be dealing with funny men in the flesh; W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, Danny Kaye and Hope himself. He would direct—and with those particular artists, “manage” might be a more appropriate term—some of the greatest comedies to emerge from the studio system.
McLeod’s technique, a hands-off approach that was the opposite of showy,...
- 9/5/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
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“Bob Hope’S 10 Gallon Hats”
By Raymond Benson
Sometimes a little Bob Hope goes a long way. There’s no denying that Hope was one of the more popular comic stars of the 1940s and 50s. His star began to wane in the 60s, and then most of the Baby Boomer generation knew him as perhaps the greatest host that the Academy Awards ceremony ever had.
During Hope’s most active years, he made many solo pictures that were truly funny. He was also established as Bing Crosby’s partner in the massively successful “Road to…” movies, which arguably launched Hope’s career as a leading or co-leading man in 1940. When the scripts and direction were good, then Hope’s solo films were superb. That was not always the case.
The Paleface (1948) was co-written by Frank Tashlin (with Edmund Hartmann), who would also...
“Bob Hope’S 10 Gallon Hats”
By Raymond Benson
Sometimes a little Bob Hope goes a long way. There’s no denying that Hope was one of the more popular comic stars of the 1940s and 50s. His star began to wane in the 60s, and then most of the Baby Boomer generation knew him as perhaps the greatest host that the Academy Awards ceremony ever had.
During Hope’s most active years, he made many solo pictures that were truly funny. He was also established as Bing Crosby’s partner in the massively successful “Road to…” movies, which arguably launched Hope’s career as a leading or co-leading man in 1940. When the scripts and direction were good, then Hope’s solo films were superb. That was not always the case.
The Paleface (1948) was co-written by Frank Tashlin (with Edmund Hartmann), who would also...
- 8/15/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The tirelessly joke-packed 1980 film might have dated in some ways but its relentless desire to amuse still makes it an undeniable winner
Even in the anarchic heyday of the Marx brothers at Paramount Pictures, when they turned out vaudevillian free-for-alls such as Horse Feathers and Duck Soup, or Mel Brooks parodies like Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein, audiences had never encountered the sheer volume of gags that hit them in Airplane!, which are so relentless that the bad ones don’t have time to develop an odor. There are puns, pratfalls, provocations, foreground/background dynamics, double entendres, references to film and TV and popular commercials, random acts of silliness and absurdity, and every possible strain of what would later be categorized as a “dad joke”. Even at 40, when a handful of the references and bits have grown whiskers, Airplane! still absolutely kills. Rarely has a film so eager to please...
Even in the anarchic heyday of the Marx brothers at Paramount Pictures, when they turned out vaudevillian free-for-alls such as Horse Feathers and Duck Soup, or Mel Brooks parodies like Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein, audiences had never encountered the sheer volume of gags that hit them in Airplane!, which are so relentless that the bad ones don’t have time to develop an odor. There are puns, pratfalls, provocations, foreground/background dynamics, double entendres, references to film and TV and popular commercials, random acts of silliness and absurdity, and every possible strain of what would later be categorized as a “dad joke”. Even at 40, when a handful of the references and bits have grown whiskers, Airplane! still absolutely kills. Rarely has a film so eager to please...
- 7/2/2020
- by Scott Tobias
- The Guardian - Film News
"Wtf Value"
By Raymond Benson
Only serious film history aficionados and perhaps viewers of Turner Classic Movies will be aware that there was once a live-action version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland adapted by Hollywood in the early pre-code years. It was released in 1933 by Paramount and directed by Norman Z. McLeod, the guy who had helmed the Marx Brothers’ comedies Monkey Business (1931) and Horse Feathers (1932). McLeod would go on to make such titles as It’s a Gift (1934), Topper (1937), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), and The Paleface (1948).
The production of Alice in 1933 boasts a screenplay by none other than heavyweights Joseph L. Mankiewicz and William Cameron Menzies, the man behind Things to Come and a production designer whose hands were all over Hollywood and British productions over the next two decades. The script also borrows heavily from the popular and then-current stage production written by Eva La Gallienne and Florida Friebus,...
By Raymond Benson
Only serious film history aficionados and perhaps viewers of Turner Classic Movies will be aware that there was once a live-action version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland adapted by Hollywood in the early pre-code years. It was released in 1933 by Paramount and directed by Norman Z. McLeod, the guy who had helmed the Marx Brothers’ comedies Monkey Business (1931) and Horse Feathers (1932). McLeod would go on to make such titles as It’s a Gift (1934), Topper (1937), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), and The Paleface (1948).
The production of Alice in 1933 boasts a screenplay by none other than heavyweights Joseph L. Mankiewicz and William Cameron Menzies, the man behind Things to Come and a production designer whose hands were all over Hollywood and British productions over the next two decades. The script also borrows heavily from the popular and then-current stage production written by Eva La Gallienne and Florida Friebus,...
- 5/18/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Movies to watch when you’re staying in for a while, featuring recommendations from Dana Gould, Daniel Waters, Scott Alexander, and Allison Anders.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Destroy All Monsters (1969)
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
Beneath The Planet of the Apes (1970)
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971)
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes (1972)
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (1973)
Suparpie
The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
Hello Down There (1969)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Thirteen Days (2000)
Stalker (1979)
Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
No Exit (1962)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Sleeper (1973)
The Tenant (1976)
Final Cut: Ladies And Gentlemen (2012)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
La classe américaine (1993)
The Sex Adventures of a Single Man a.k.a. The 24 Hour Lover (1968)
The Omega Man (1971)
Soylent Green (1973)
Knives Out (2019)
The Hunt (2020)
Banana Split (2020)
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Monkey Business (1931)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Duck Soup (1933)
A Night At The Opera (1935)
The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant (1971)
Susan Slade (1961)
My Blood Runs Cold...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Destroy All Monsters (1969)
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
Beneath The Planet of the Apes (1970)
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971)
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes (1972)
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (1973)
Suparpie
The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
Hello Down There (1969)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Thirteen Days (2000)
Stalker (1979)
Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
No Exit (1962)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Sleeper (1973)
The Tenant (1976)
Final Cut: Ladies And Gentlemen (2012)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
La classe américaine (1993)
The Sex Adventures of a Single Man a.k.a. The 24 Hour Lover (1968)
The Omega Man (1971)
Soylent Green (1973)
Knives Out (2019)
The Hunt (2020)
Banana Split (2020)
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Monkey Business (1931)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Duck Soup (1933)
A Night At The Opera (1935)
The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant (1971)
Susan Slade (1961)
My Blood Runs Cold...
- 3/27/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Filmmaker Woody Allen has penned a memoir, titled “Apropos of Nothing,” that will hit shelves on April 7, its printing house Grand Central Publishing announced on Monday. According to Deadline, the book will contain “a comprehensive account of his life, both personal and professional, and describes his work in films, theater, television, nightclubs, and print. Allen also writes of his relationships with family, friends, and the loves of his life.” The book will come out in hardcover print, e-book, and audio editions. (IndieWire has reached out to the publisher to confirm who will read for the audio edition.)
According to the publisher, along with the United States, the memoir will be released this spring in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, followed by a rollout in other countries around the world. Grand Central Publishing reportedly acquired the title a year ago, and while the memoir has long been rumored, more specific...
According to the publisher, along with the United States, the memoir will be released this spring in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, followed by a rollout in other countries around the world. Grand Central Publishing reportedly acquired the title a year ago, and while the memoir has long been rumored, more specific...
- 3/2/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
As promised back in June, Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema revival house is throwing its doors open again December 1.
The theater was closed back in January for near-year long enhancements and upgrades.
First pics scheduled to play on the marquee is Tim Burton’s 1992 sequel Batman Returns, Richard Linklater’s 1993 comedy Dazed and Confused, and during the evening it’s Richard Lester’s Oscar-nominated 1979 title Butch and Sundance: The Early Years starring Tom Berenger as Butch Cassidy and William Katt as the Sundance Kid, and George Roy Hill’s 1969 four-time Oscar winner Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
On Christmas Day: The March of the Wooden Soldiers, the Marx Brothers’ Horse Feathers and Tarantino’s own The Hateful Eight is scheduled to play.
The 300-seat theater opened in 1929 at Beverly Boulevard near Labrea Boulevard in Los Angeles. The two-time Oscar winner Tarantino subsidized New Beverly owner Sherman Torgan to...
The theater was closed back in January for near-year long enhancements and upgrades.
First pics scheduled to play on the marquee is Tim Burton’s 1992 sequel Batman Returns, Richard Linklater’s 1993 comedy Dazed and Confused, and during the evening it’s Richard Lester’s Oscar-nominated 1979 title Butch and Sundance: The Early Years starring Tom Berenger as Butch Cassidy and William Katt as the Sundance Kid, and George Roy Hill’s 1969 four-time Oscar winner Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
On Christmas Day: The March of the Wooden Soldiers, the Marx Brothers’ Horse Feathers and Tarantino’s own The Hateful Eight is scheduled to play.
The 300-seat theater opened in 1929 at Beverly Boulevard near Labrea Boulevard in Los Angeles. The two-time Oscar winner Tarantino subsidized New Beverly owner Sherman Torgan to...
- 11/20/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – It’s the opening Sunday of the NFL, and what better time to celebrate the films that celebrate the sport that celebrate the ballers. Film history has a steroid-free stack of pro football films in all categories. Patrick McDonald, Jon Lennon Espino and Spike Walters of HollywoodChicago.com take on three prime examples.
Da Boyz! James Caan and Billy Dee Williams Bear Down in ‘Brian’s Song’
Photo credit: Columbia TriStar Home Video
The earliest known footage of a football game was a 1903 match-up between powerhouses Princeton and Yale, filmed by Thomas Edison. The earliest narrative films dealt with the college game, from Harold Lloyd’s “The Freshman” (1925) to the Marx Brothers in “Horse Feathers” (1932). An early example of a pro football movie is “The Cowboy Quarterback” (1939), which involves a scout for the “Chicago Packers” (gee, even in olden days screenwriters were lazy as shit).
The backfield in motion and HollywoodChicago.
Da Boyz! James Caan and Billy Dee Williams Bear Down in ‘Brian’s Song’
Photo credit: Columbia TriStar Home Video
The earliest known footage of a football game was a 1903 match-up between powerhouses Princeton and Yale, filmed by Thomas Edison. The earliest narrative films dealt with the college game, from Harold Lloyd’s “The Freshman” (1925) to the Marx Brothers in “Horse Feathers” (1932). An early example of a pro football movie is “The Cowboy Quarterback” (1939), which involves a scout for the “Chicago Packers” (gee, even in olden days screenwriters were lazy as shit).
The backfield in motion and HollywoodChicago.
- 9/11/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveriesNEWSJohn Huston, Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich on the set of The Other Side of the WindWe're still holding our breath, but it looks like we may all get to see Orson Welles' beleaguered film project The Other Side of the Wind, to be released in some fashion by Netflix.The Tribeca Film Festival, running April 17 - 30, has announced its full lineup. Robert Osborne, Turner Classic Movies host and defacto representative in the United States for the appreciation of older films, has died at the age of 84. With his passing, the number of venerable, welcoming advocates for classic cinema is dropping precariously low.Recommended VIEWINGThe proof is the pudding: Director Terrence Malick actually participated in a public, recorded conversation! He was at SXSW to promote his new film, Austin-set Song to Song, and took place in a discussion with Richard Linklater...
- 3/14/2017
- MUBI
Above: 1960s French stock poster for Marx Brothers revivals.This weekend New York’s Film Forum begins a week-long series entitled The Marx Brothers & The Golden Age of Vaudeville which is as good an excuse as any to look at the representation of the greatest sibling comedy team in cinema through movie posters. It has long been a tradition in movie poster illustration to render comedy stars as caricatures—often with oversized heads on small bodies—and Groucho, Harpo and Chico were a caricaturist’s dream. (Zeppo, the straight man, less so, but he left the act after Duck Soup in 1933, and re-release posters for the films he appeared in tend to ignore him, as in the Belgian Duck Soup and the Danish Horse Feathers below). With their distinctive props—Groucho’s oversized greasepaint mustache and cigar, Harpo’s curly blonde wig and Chico’s Alpine hat—the threesome could...
- 9/23/2016
- MUBI
The recent box office success of The Boss firmly establishes Melissa McCarthy as the current queen of movie comedies (Amy Schumer could be a new contender after an impressive debut last Summer with Trainwreck), but let us think back about those other funny ladies of filmdom. So while we’re enjoying the female reboot/re-imagining of Ghostbusters and those Bad Moms, here’s a top ten list that will hopefully inspire lots of laughter and cause you to search out some classic comedies. It’s tough to narrow them down to ten, but we’ll do our best, beginning with… 10. Eve Arden The droll Ms. Arden represents the comic sidekicks who will attempt to puncture the pomposity of the leading ladies with a well-placed wisecrack (see also the great Thelma Ritter in Rear Window). Her career began in the early 1930’s with great bit roles in Stage Door and Dancing Lady.
- 8/8/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Well, another year spent in the company of classic cinema curated by the TCM Classic Film Festival has come and gone, leaving me with several great experiences watching favorite films and ones I’d never before seen, some already cherished memories, and the usual weary bag of bones for a body in the aftermath. (I usually come down with something when I decompress post-festival and get back to the working week, and this year has been no exception.) There have now been seven TCMFFs since its inaugural run in 2010. I’ve been lucky enough to attend them all, and this time around I saw more movies than I ever have before—18 features zipping from auditorium to queue and back to auditorium like a gerbil in a tube maze. In order to make sure I got in to see everything I wanted to see, I had to make sure I was...
- 5/7/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
I live in Los Angeles, and my residency here means that a lot of great film programming-- revival screenings, advance looks at upcoming releases and vital, fascinating glimpses at unheralded, unexpected cinema from around the world—is available to me on a week-by-week basis. But I’ve never been to Cannes. Toronto, Tribeca, New York, Venice, Berlin, Sundance, SXSW, these festivals are all events that I have yet to be lucky enough to attend, and I can reasonably expect that it’s probably going to stay that way for the foreseeable future. I never attended a film festival of any kind until I made my way to the outskirts of the Mojave Desert for the Lone Pine Film Festival in 2006, which was its own kind of grand adventure, even if it wasn’t exactly one for bumping shoulders with critics, stars and fanatics on the French Riviera.
But since 2010 there...
But since 2010 there...
- 4/24/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Groucho Marx in 'Duck Soup.' Groucho Marx movies: 'Duck Soup,' 'The Story of Mankind' and romancing Margaret Dumont on TCM Grouch Marx, the bespectacled, (painted) mustached, cigar-chomping Marx brother, is Turner Classic Movies' “Summer Under the Stars” star today, Aug. 14, '15. Marx Brothers fans will be delighted, as TCM is presenting no less than 11 of their comedies, in addition to a brotherly reunion in the 1957 all-star fantasy The Story of Mankind. Non-Marx Brothers fans should be delighted as well – as long as they're fans of Kay Francis, Thelma Todd, Ann Miller, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Allan Jones, affectionate, long-tongued giraffes, and/or that great, scene-stealing dowager, Margaret Dumont. Right now, TCM is showing Robert Florey and Joseph Santley's The Cocoanuts (1929), an early talkie notable as the first movie featuring the four Marx Brothers – Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo. Based on their hit Broadway...
- 8/14/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Bill Hader has come a long way since his stint on Saturday Night Live, creating many popular characters and impersonations such as Stefon, Vincent Price and CNN’s Jack Cafferty. He is one of the highlights in such films as Adventureland, Knocked Up, Superbad and Pineapple Express, and so it is easy to see why author Mike Sacks interviewed him for his new book Poking A Dead Frog. In it, Hader talks about his career and he also lists 200 essential movies every comedy writer should see. Xo Jane recently published the list for those of us who haven’t had a chance to read the book yet. There are a ton of great recommendations and plenty I haven’t yet seen, but sadly my favourite comedy of all time isn’t mentioned. That would be Some Like It Hot. Still, it really is a great list with a mix of old and new.
- 8/28/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
A quarter-century ago, Kevin Costner hit a double-play, following up "Bull Durham" with "Field of Dreams" and becoming king of the sports movie. Twenty-five years later, as "Field of Dreams" marks its 25th anniversary (it was released on April 21, 1989), Costner is back with "Draft Day." The movie's about football, not baseball, and Costner's character plays in the executive suite, not on the field, but his mere presence still offers a reminder of great sports movies past.
And after all, isn't nostalgia a key element of sports movies? "Field of Dreams" makes this explicit -- we long for the sports heroes of our childhood, for a supposed long-gone golden age of our preferred sport, as a way of connecting with our past and bridging the generational divide that separates us as adults from our parents. Sports movies offer more than just the drama of winners and losers, or the journey from dream to achievement,...
And after all, isn't nostalgia a key element of sports movies? "Field of Dreams" makes this explicit -- we long for the sports heroes of our childhood, for a supposed long-gone golden age of our preferred sport, as a way of connecting with our past and bridging the generational divide that separates us as adults from our parents. Sports movies offer more than just the drama of winners and losers, or the journey from dream to achievement,...
- 4/20/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Just for fun, on this Easter holiday, take our trivia challenge. Can you place all these quotes? If you’re stumped, scroll down for the answers.
Where are the Following Quotes From?
1) "Into the garbage chute, flyboy!"
2) "I never drink...Wine."
3) "Did you ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?"
4) "You've got the brain of a five year old child, and I bet he was glad to get rid of it."
5) "I spent eight years trying to reach him and another seven trying to see that he never got released, because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply evil!"
6) "I love dead! Hate living!"
7) "I'm like a dog chasing a car. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it!"
8) "I am big! It's the pictures that got small!"
9) "If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.
Where are the Following Quotes From?
1) "Into the garbage chute, flyboy!"
2) "I never drink...Wine."
3) "Did you ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?"
4) "You've got the brain of a five year old child, and I bet he was glad to get rid of it."
5) "I spent eight years trying to reach him and another seven trying to see that he never got released, because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply evil!"
6) "I love dead! Hate living!"
7) "I'm like a dog chasing a car. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it!"
8) "I am big! It's the pictures that got small!"
9) "If I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.
- 4/20/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Three significant early Paramount comedies make an appearance in our Great Global Search, Horse Feathers and Monkey Business starring the Marx Brothers and It’s A Gift with W.C. Fields. Groucho and company are nothing less than essential but in the grand scheme of things, Fields’ dysfunctional family portrait stands apart from its contemporaries as one of the greatest comedies of all time.
The plot line is merely a thread; Harold Bissonette, an embattled New Jersey grocer makes plans to move his reluctant family to a recently purchased orange grove in California. The action is bare-bones as well, detailing the mundane daily regimen of poor Harold, at home, at work and even in bed; nearly fifteen minutes of the film’s 68 minute running time focuses on the persecuted shopkeeper simply trying to fall asleep.
Fields generally worked within one of two personas, the scheming, bellicose carnival barker or the put-upon...
The plot line is merely a thread; Harold Bissonette, an embattled New Jersey grocer makes plans to move his reluctant family to a recently purchased orange grove in California. The action is bare-bones as well, detailing the mundane daily regimen of poor Harold, at home, at work and even in bed; nearly fifteen minutes of the film’s 68 minute running time focuses on the persecuted shopkeeper simply trying to fall asleep.
Fields generally worked within one of two personas, the scheming, bellicose carnival barker or the put-upon...
- 3/29/2014
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Here’s a montage showing the “evolution of film” from vimeo user Scott Ewing that grabbed my attention. It’s well put together and definitely reminds you of just how far we have come in terms of size, scope and technology when it comes to film. He describes it as:
The following montage chronicles the evolution of film from its conception in 1878 by Edward J. Muybridge to the Lumiere brothers in 1895. Georges Melies a trip to the moon in 1902 was a total game changer and from there we go to the first theatrical releases starting in 1920-2014.
Read his full description of the work here and watch the video below along with a list of the movies shown:
Film Clips Used
1878 – Eadweard J. Muybridge – Pioneer of Motion Photography
1895 – Auguste & Louis Lumière- Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon
1902 – A Trip to the Moon – Viaje a la Luna – Le Voyage dans la lune...
The following montage chronicles the evolution of film from its conception in 1878 by Edward J. Muybridge to the Lumiere brothers in 1895. Georges Melies a trip to the moon in 1902 was a total game changer and from there we go to the first theatrical releases starting in 1920-2014.
Read his full description of the work here and watch the video below along with a list of the movies shown:
Film Clips Used
1878 – Eadweard J. Muybridge – Pioneer of Motion Photography
1895 – Auguste & Louis Lumière- Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon
1902 – A Trip to the Moon – Viaje a la Luna – Le Voyage dans la lune...
- 3/20/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
If you've had enough fireworks and barbecue and outdoor holiday fun, perhaps you'd like to spend some time in a nice air-conditioned movie theater. You've got all kinds of choices, luckily.
This is an excellent week to catch Austin movies. On Saturday afternoon, Austin Film Festival hosts a special screening of family-friendly Holes, which local author Louis Sachar adapted from his novel, at the Texas Spirit Theater in the Texas State History Museum. Trash Dance (Don's review), the delightful doc about the choreographed Austin Waste Services project (pictured above), screens at Alamo Ritz on Tuesday night. And Aff teams up Wednesday night with the Texas Film Commission to screen the locally made film Holy Hell (Aff 2009 review) at the Texas Spirit Theater, as part of the Made in Texas series.
The Paramount and Stateside movie calendar is full this week. One of my all-time favorite movies screens Tuesday at the...
This is an excellent week to catch Austin movies. On Saturday afternoon, Austin Film Festival hosts a special screening of family-friendly Holes, which local author Louis Sachar adapted from his novel, at the Texas Spirit Theater in the Texas State History Museum. Trash Dance (Don's review), the delightful doc about the choreographed Austin Waste Services project (pictured above), screens at Alamo Ritz on Tuesday night. And Aff teams up Wednesday night with the Texas Film Commission to screen the locally made film Holy Hell (Aff 2009 review) at the Texas Spirit Theater, as part of the Made in Texas series.
The Paramount and Stateside movie calendar is full this week. One of my all-time favorite movies screens Tuesday at the...
- 7/5/2013
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Since The Rock's in everything these days, we imagined a world where he's in some of our favorite classic movies. And yes, that does include "The Rock." Edited by Avaryl Halley.
Movies Used (Click to Buy)
Fast Five | Spaceballs | The Mummy Returns | Be Cool | Bring It On | The Game Plan | Horse Feathers | Taxi Driver | Race To Witch Mountain | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | The Jerk | Casablanca | Et | The Rock | Faster...
Movies Used (Click to Buy)
Fast Five | Spaceballs | The Mummy Returns | Be Cool | Bring It On | The Game Plan | Horse Feathers | Taxi Driver | Race To Witch Mountain | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | The Jerk | Casablanca | Et | The Rock | Faster...
- 5/28/2013
- by flasterc
- NextMovie
His first column appeared in April 1963 and he would become the doyen of UK film critics. Having announced he will soon file his last column, he talks about meeting Chaplin, and Hollywood's greatest canine actors
Philip French's international reputation as a film critic is unrivalled. As recently as February, after a career with the Observer that began in 1963, an American film journal rated him as Britain's "greatest living movie analyst". But at the end of August he is to file his last column as this newspaper's film critic. After an illustrious half century, French, who was honoured with an OBE in January, has decided to step down following his 80th birthday the same month.
In his first column for the Observer, he bemoaned the lack of British films offering a believable picture of criminathe underworld. He noted "the tired vignettes of sub-Runyon characters" in The Small World of Sammy Lee starring Anthony Newley.
Philip French's international reputation as a film critic is unrivalled. As recently as February, after a career with the Observer that began in 1963, an American film journal rated him as Britain's "greatest living movie analyst". But at the end of August he is to file his last column as this newspaper's film critic. After an illustrious half century, French, who was honoured with an OBE in January, has decided to step down following his 80th birthday the same month.
In his first column for the Observer, he bemoaned the lack of British films offering a believable picture of criminathe underworld. He noted "the tired vignettes of sub-Runyon characters" in The Small World of Sammy Lee starring Anthony Newley.
- 5/4/2013
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
The Spirit Of '45 & Ken Loach | A Grammar Of Subversion | Flatpack | Reel Iraq
The Spirit of '45 & Ken Loach, Nationwide
Remembering the days when national solidarity meant more than just buying a Keep Calm And Carry On tea towel, Ken Loach's timely new documentary recalls that rose-tinted moment at the end of the second world war when the country was ready to pull together and rebuild bombed-out Britain. Those were the days: universal healthcare, decent public housing, Clement Attlee and the greater good. Couldn't we do with some of that spirit now? No one is better qualified than Loach – something of a national institution himself – to ask. After a special screening this Sunday afternoon at the Ritzy in south London he'll be joined by the comedian Jeremy Hardy and the author of Chavs, Owen Jones, plus interviewees from the film, for a satellite Q&A that will go out...
The Spirit of '45 & Ken Loach, Nationwide
Remembering the days when national solidarity meant more than just buying a Keep Calm And Carry On tea towel, Ken Loach's timely new documentary recalls that rose-tinted moment at the end of the second world war when the country was ready to pull together and rebuild bombed-out Britain. Those were the days: universal healthcare, decent public housing, Clement Attlee and the greater good. Couldn't we do with some of that spirit now? No one is better qualified than Loach – something of a national institution himself – to ask. After a special screening this Sunday afternoon at the Ritzy in south London he'll be joined by the comedian Jeremy Hardy and the author of Chavs, Owen Jones, plus interviewees from the film, for a satellite Q&A that will go out...
- 3/16/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Last year, the lovable Domo made is his first iOS appearance in the wonderfully goofy Domo Photo Bomb app. Now the viral sensation is returning to the App Store for his mobile gaming debut in "Domo The Journey," set to launch for iPhone in early February. Details and a teaser after the break!
A return to the side-scrolling genre that we're all so familiar with, "Domo The Journey" will have players racing through 25 levels across five different zones to rescue Tashanna, who's been kidnapped by the grouchy Hungry Bear. Sprinting through the forest while dodging deadly traps and enemies, the teams behind the game insist that players will be treated to rich visuals and animations the whole way through.
"Domo has been able to infiltrate every medium of pop culture and it was only a matter of time until the viral sensation made his gaming debut on the iPhone," said Rich Maryyanek,...
A return to the side-scrolling genre that we're all so familiar with, "Domo The Journey" will have players racing through 25 levels across five different zones to rescue Tashanna, who's been kidnapped by the grouchy Hungry Bear. Sprinting through the forest while dodging deadly traps and enemies, the teams behind the game insist that players will be treated to rich visuals and animations the whole way through.
"Domo has been able to infiltrate every medium of pop culture and it was only a matter of time until the viral sensation made his gaming debut on the iPhone," said Rich Maryyanek,...
- 1/16/2013
- by Don Hatfield
- MTV Multiplayer
Steve Davis is the artist behind Memories of Elvis., a show he’s been performing in the St. Louis area for decades. Steve has dedicated over 20 years to perfecting the Elvis experience by paying incredible attention to detail and now he’ll be bringing that experience to Super-8 Elvis Movie Madness Tomorrow Night! This is a last-minute addition to the program which consists of condensed (average length: 15 minutes) versions of several of Elvis.s greatest films on Super-8 sound film projected on a big screen. Here.s the Elvis line-up: Blue Hawaii, Tickle Me, Roustabout, Girls Girls Girls, an Elvis Blooper Reel, and episode of The Steve Allen Show featuring guests Elvis Presley and Andy Griffith (who perform together!), and the 1978 biopic Elvis The Movie directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell as Elvis. . Steve Davis will take the stage during the break and perform some acoustic Elvis tunes.
- 9/4/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There have been many TV bios of Elvis Presley but Elvis, The Movie, the once-elusive 1979 feature starring Kurt Russell, was the first and is still the best. When Elvis died August 16 1978 at age 42, it sent shock waves around the world, comparable to the deaths of Princess Diana or Michael Jackson in later decades. A carnival atmosphere developed in Memphis as thousands of mourners gathered around the gates of Graceland and sales of Elvis. music skyrocketed. The 3-hour epic Elvis The Movie, produced by Dick Clark for the ABC network premiered 18 months later on February 11 1979 and, despite CBS airing Gone With The Wind the same night, was one of the highest rated made-for-television movies ever shown (it played theatrically on other parts of the world . in Japan it was called The Singer!). The script by Antony Lawrence, who had penned two Elvis movies earlier in his career (Paradise Hawaiin Style and...
- 8/23/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It is the delicate nature of Justin Ringle’s voice that creates space for the music of his music collective, Horse Feathers, whose fingerpicked guitars, building tracks and potent material has drawn comparisons to Nick Drake and Fleet Foxes. We caught up with Ringle to discuss his latest album, the baroque-pop-filled Cynic’s New Year, which was released last month through Kill Rock Stars. Ringle brought us up to speed on the album’s themes, the set of collaborators featured on the album and Portland’s influence on his music....
- 5/11/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
Justin Ringle and his band of merry musicians collectively known as Horse Feathers have put forth a very inspiring baroque pop album for their forth release. Cynic’s New Year is filled with layer upon layer of instruments allowing the band a grander scale that presents the band as a happy-go-lucky Oregon band. Yet, if you listen beneath the slides, horns and whistles and bells, there is a murky undertone hiding in Ringle’s lyrics.
- 4/25/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
A trio of films this week for me, on top of a couple of Criterion titles I'll be reviewing soon.
Fright Night (1985) Quick Thoughts: In August the remake arrives and I've heard from people how much fun the original is, so I had to see it. As it turns out, it's not too bad, but it is certainly a product of its time. This is an '80s feature that is probably best seen in the '80s, which I would assume is when most people that think of it fondly first saw it.
I do have respect for its use of practical effects, which I did enjoy, and at times had me thinking a little of John Carpenter's The Thing. Looking at the two films' credits, this shouldn't be a surprise since The Thing was made three years earlier and a few of the people that worked on...
Fright Night (1985) Quick Thoughts: In August the remake arrives and I've heard from people how much fun the original is, so I had to see it. As it turns out, it's not too bad, but it is certainly a product of its time. This is an '80s feature that is probably best seen in the '80s, which I would assume is when most people that think of it fondly first saw it.
I do have respect for its use of practical effects, which I did enjoy, and at times had me thinking a little of John Carpenter's The Thing. Looking at the two films' credits, this shouldn't be a surprise since The Thing was made three years earlier and a few of the people that worked on...
- 6/12/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
I stumbled upon a list of 41 of Woody Allen's favorite films over at This Recording, which were actually pulled from Allen's 2007 biography written by Eric Lax titled "Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking" which you can buy from Amazon for $16.47.
Allen comments on the lists, of which he breaks up into different categories, saying, "My tastes seem to me unremarkable except in the area of talking plot comedies where I seem to have little tolerance for anything and certainly not my own films."
Unfortunately, he's pretty much right as I would bet most avid movie watchers will have seen the majority of the films he lists and then when he does get to talking plot comedies he waves a white flag in fear of looking foolish saying, "[My] taste is eccentric and there are any number of comedies I love that would make me seem foolish or should I say,...
Allen comments on the lists, of which he breaks up into different categories, saying, "My tastes seem to me unremarkable except in the area of talking plot comedies where I seem to have little tolerance for anything and certainly not my own films."
Unfortunately, he's pretty much right as I would bet most avid movie watchers will have seen the majority of the films he lists and then when he does get to talking plot comedies he waves a white flag in fear of looking foolish saying, "[My] taste is eccentric and there are any number of comedies I love that would make me seem foolish or should I say,...
- 6/7/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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Deal Alert: I don't catch the deals at Amazon all that often, but when I do I like to share them and I noticed that right now you can buy the Alien Anthology (Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection) on Blu-ray for only $52.99 (list price $139.99) and for anyone that read my review you already know I consider this one of the best Blu-ray sets ever released. Click here to purchase.
Additionally, the Back to the Future Blu-ray trilogy is on sale for just $24.99 (list price $79.98) and it's another one where I reviewed it and was thoroughly impressed with the transfers. You can click here to purchase that one.
That said, the deals are done, though one thing I point out below is that with this week's releases all of the ten films in my top ten movies of 2010 are now available to own.
Deal Alert: I don't catch the deals at Amazon all that often, but when I do I like to share them and I noticed that right now you can buy the Alien Anthology (Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection) on Blu-ray for only $52.99 (list price $139.99) and for anyone that read my review you already know I consider this one of the best Blu-ray sets ever released. Click here to purchase.
Additionally, the Back to the Future Blu-ray trilogy is on sale for just $24.99 (list price $79.98) and it's another one where I reviewed it and was thoroughly impressed with the transfers. You can click here to purchase that one.
That said, the deals are done, though one thing I point out below is that with this week's releases all of the ten films in my top ten movies of 2010 are now available to own.
- 6/7/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
On top of the one film I mention below, I also watched Blue Crush 2, which hits DVD and Blu-ray this Tuesday, June 7. I considered adding it below, but I think I'll just talk about it on Tuesday, but I have to tell you... I don't have anything good to say about it. Let's move on...
Monkey Business (1931) Quick Thoughts: Last week I mentioned how Universal was releasing five Marx brothers movies on DVD this coming Tuesday. I had just watched Duck Soup and this week I followed that up with Monkey Business, which I believe is "laugh out loud" funnier than Duck Soup, but on a whole I'd say Duck Soup is a better and funnier film, but then again, there really is no reason to compare the two.
Monkey Business features Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo as four stowaways aboard a transatlantic crossing and as they do their...
Monkey Business (1931) Quick Thoughts: Last week I mentioned how Universal was releasing five Marx brothers movies on DVD this coming Tuesday. I had just watched Duck Soup and this week I followed that up with Monkey Business, which I believe is "laugh out loud" funnier than Duck Soup, but on a whole I'd say Duck Soup is a better and funnier film, but then again, there really is no reason to compare the two.
Monkey Business features Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo as four stowaways aboard a transatlantic crossing and as they do their...
- 6/5/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Along with the following two films, I watched five Criterion titles of which I will be reviewing throughout the week as I attempt to play catch up for all the reviews I missed while at Cannes. But more on those later, for now here are a couple movies I took some time to see...
Duck Soup (1933) Quick Thoughts: Universal sent me five Marx brothers movies that will all be available on June 7 and, of course, I decided to watch the only one of the five I had seen before. The other four, which I will be watching very soon and plan on reviewing all five as a set, are Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers. I'm interested to dive into the others as I have seen clips and snippets of them over the years but never seen any of them outside of Duck Soup, which is actually...
Duck Soup (1933) Quick Thoughts: Universal sent me five Marx brothers movies that will all be available on June 7 and, of course, I decided to watch the only one of the five I had seen before. The other four, which I will be watching very soon and plan on reviewing all five as a set, are Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers. I'm interested to dive into the others as I have seen clips and snippets of them over the years but never seen any of them outside of Duck Soup, which is actually...
- 5/29/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Special Guest: Elisabeth Rappe – A writer for Chud.com and Film.com.
This is the podcast dedicated to The Criterion Collection. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher, & James McCormick discuss Criterion News & Rumors and Criterion New Releases, they also analyze, discuss & highlight Cc #041 Laurence Olivier’s 1944 film, Henry V.
What do you think of their show? Please send them your feed back: CriterionCast@gmail.com or call their voicemail line @ 347.878.3430 or follow them on twitter @CriterionCast or Comment on their blog, http://CriterionCast.com.
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Our next episode they will highlight and discuss film Criterion #507 Nicholas Ray’s 1956 film, Bigger Than Life.
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This is the podcast dedicated to The Criterion Collection. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher, & James McCormick discuss Criterion News & Rumors and Criterion New Releases, they also analyze, discuss & highlight Cc #041 Laurence Olivier’s 1944 film, Henry V.
What do you think of their show? Please send them your feed back: CriterionCast@gmail.com or call their voicemail line @ 347.878.3430 or follow them on twitter @CriterionCast or Comment on their blog, http://CriterionCast.com.
Thank You for listening. Don’t forget to subscribe to their podcast and please leave your reviews in their iTunes feed.
They broadcast every episode Live on UStream every Friday @ 8pm Est/5pm Pst. Join in on the conversation @ CriterionCast.com/Live
Our next episode they will highlight and discuss film Criterion #507 Nicholas Ray’s 1956 film, Bigger Than Life.
Add It To Your Netflix Queue.
Show Notes:
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- 3/15/2011
- by Rudie Obias
- CriterionCast
This is the podcast dedicated to The Criterion Collection. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher, & James McCormick discuss Criterion News & Rumors and Criterion New Releases, they also analyze, discuss & highlight Cc #475 Peter Yates’ 1973 film, The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
Special Guest: Matt Singer – The On-Air Host of IFC.com.
What do you think of their show? Please send them your feed back: CriterionCast@gmail.com or call their voicemail line @ 347.878.3430 or follow them on twitter @CriterionCast or Comment on their blog, http://CriterionCast.com.
Thank You for listening. Don’t forget to subscribe to their podcast and please leave your reviews in their iTunes feed.
They broadcast every episode Live on UStream every Friday @ 8pm Est/5pm Pst. Join in on the conversation @ CriterionCast.com/Live
Our next episode they will highlight and discuss film Cc #041 Laurence Olivier’s 1944 film, Henry V.
Add It To Your Netflix Queue or Watch It Via Netflix Watch Instantly.
Special Guest: Matt Singer – The On-Air Host of IFC.com.
What do you think of their show? Please send them your feed back: CriterionCast@gmail.com or call their voicemail line @ 347.878.3430 or follow them on twitter @CriterionCast or Comment on their blog, http://CriterionCast.com.
Thank You for listening. Don’t forget to subscribe to their podcast and please leave your reviews in their iTunes feed.
They broadcast every episode Live on UStream every Friday @ 8pm Est/5pm Pst. Join in on the conversation @ CriterionCast.com/Live
Our next episode they will highlight and discuss film Cc #041 Laurence Olivier’s 1944 film, Henry V.
Add It To Your Netflix Queue or Watch It Via Netflix Watch Instantly.
- 3/8/2011
- by Rudie Obias
- CriterionCast
Back in summer 2010, we posted the ‘100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time‘ which turned out to be our highest hit post ever! Now, the same people have gone back to the drawing back to create the 2011 version called ‘The Other 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time’!
Both videos were created by Harry Hanrahan who has done yet another fantastic job making them. Great to see Hook, Cool Runnings and Coming to America (you sweat from a baboon’s balls!) both making it into this one. We hope you’ll enjoy this one as much as you did the previous!
Thanks to Pajiba for the heads up on this. Below the embed is the list of movies used in this video. Please note this video contains swearing and depending on how fun your boss is, may not be safe for work!
Click here to view the original 100 Insults video after watching the one below
0’05 – Dumb & Dumber,...
Both videos were created by Harry Hanrahan who has done yet another fantastic job making them. Great to see Hook, Cool Runnings and Coming to America (you sweat from a baboon’s balls!) both making it into this one. We hope you’ll enjoy this one as much as you did the previous!
Thanks to Pajiba for the heads up on this. Below the embed is the list of movies used in this video. Please note this video contains swearing and depending on how fun your boss is, may not be safe for work!
Click here to view the original 100 Insults video after watching the one below
0’05 – Dumb & Dumber,...
- 1/6/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In June 2010, we had the pleasure of debuting Harry Hanrahan's video, "The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time," which would not only become our biggest post of 2010, but would launch the video toward what is now closing in on 5 million views and counting.
Today, we are debuting the follow-up to that video, "The Other 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time." The video includes lots of quotes that didn't make the cut the first time around, plus scads of omissions that were raised by commenters here and around the Internet.
It's not as vicious as the first video, but it is more playful, and nearly as rife with profanity, so it's not safe for work, unless your employers have a sense of humor, in which case, call them over before you watch.
Enjoy, you long streaks of paralyzed piss. You smell like a burger.
For a complete list of Harry Hanrahan's videos,...
Today, we are debuting the follow-up to that video, "The Other 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time." The video includes lots of quotes that didn't make the cut the first time around, plus scads of omissions that were raised by commenters here and around the Internet.
It's not as vicious as the first video, but it is more playful, and nearly as rife with profanity, so it's not safe for work, unless your employers have a sense of humor, in which case, call them over before you watch.
Enjoy, you long streaks of paralyzed piss. You smell like a burger.
For a complete list of Harry Hanrahan's videos,...
- 1/5/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Let's show some Christmas spirit towards these much maligned minions with their emotional baggage and superior masters
A "henchman" was originally nothing more sinister than a loyal servant who held your horse – or "hengst", from the German. In cinematic terms, of course, the word has since become synonymous with strongarmed subordinates responsible for ruthlessly executing the wishes of deranged masterminds, and it's these villanous vassals I'd like to put on display this week.
Rather than highlighting evil deeds only, I'd like to throw a slightly kinder light on these much maligned minions – after all, they're generally loyal to a fault, often have a nice line in witticisms, while even if they do tend to be murderous scum, they seldom come without damaging psychological baggage.
In going about their business they often display a thoroughness alien to their over-elaborate masters and their charisma often outshines the good guys and gals they're set up against,...
A "henchman" was originally nothing more sinister than a loyal servant who held your horse – or "hengst", from the German. In cinematic terms, of course, the word has since become synonymous with strongarmed subordinates responsible for ruthlessly executing the wishes of deranged masterminds, and it's these villanous vassals I'd like to put on display this week.
Rather than highlighting evil deeds only, I'd like to throw a slightly kinder light on these much maligned minions – after all, they're generally loyal to a fault, often have a nice line in witticisms, while even if they do tend to be murderous scum, they seldom come without damaging psychological baggage.
In going about their business they often display a thoroughness alien to their over-elaborate masters and their charisma often outshines the good guys and gals they're set up against,...
- 12/15/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
The Marx Brothers in:
Horse Feathers
Monday 11/15 & Wednesday 11/17, 7:00 @Ritz
Advance tickets available here
Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo star in the movie that made them famous. Yes, the Marx Brothers come to the Alamo Drafthouse, bringing their unique brand of anarchy and hilarity to unsuspecting and potentially drunken audiences.
No comedy group was ever as funny, as satirical, or as disrespectful as these four brothers, and Horse Feathers is their tour-de-force, demonstrating the uncanny wit of wiseguy Groucho, the trouble-making hustling of Chico, and the mute antics of Harpo (and Zeppo plays the straight man, as usual).
Horse Feathers has Groucho as Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley College who is interested only in destroying the university and making off with the money and the women. Harpo and Chico, who work in a speakeasy, are mistakenly enlisted to join the college football team as ringers, and...
Horse Feathers
Monday 11/15 & Wednesday 11/17, 7:00 @Ritz
Advance tickets available here
Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo star in the movie that made them famous. Yes, the Marx Brothers come to the Alamo Drafthouse, bringing their unique brand of anarchy and hilarity to unsuspecting and potentially drunken audiences.
No comedy group was ever as funny, as satirical, or as disrespectful as these four brothers, and Horse Feathers is their tour-de-force, demonstrating the uncanny wit of wiseguy Groucho, the trouble-making hustling of Chico, and the mute antics of Harpo (and Zeppo plays the straight man, as usual).
Horse Feathers has Groucho as Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley College who is interested only in destroying the university and making off with the money and the women. Harpo and Chico, who work in a speakeasy, are mistakenly enlisted to join the college football team as ringers, and...
- 11/15/2010
- by Daniel Metz
- OriginalAlamo.com
Do you yearn for the days when imbibing spirits was a secret gesture, underground and illegal? When you went to the “pet shop” to get a highball with gin, arsenic, and sugar water? Lack of police raids in bars getting you down?
Fret no more! On November 15th and 17th, the Ritz will be transformed into a speakeasy out of 1932, with our Cinema Cocktails Presentation of the great Marx Brothers farce Horse Feathers. That’s right, our favorite brothers of anarchy Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo will be running around the screen in their famous comedy of academic disaster, football folly, and anti-prohibition glee.
In Horse Feathers, Groucho plays Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the newly appointed dean of Huxley College. His first order of business? He establishes his complete stubbornness and unwillingness to consider the opinions of others in song:
I don’t care what they have to say
It...
Fret no more! On November 15th and 17th, the Ritz will be transformed into a speakeasy out of 1932, with our Cinema Cocktails Presentation of the great Marx Brothers farce Horse Feathers. That’s right, our favorite brothers of anarchy Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo will be running around the screen in their famous comedy of academic disaster, football folly, and anti-prohibition glee.
In Horse Feathers, Groucho plays Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the newly appointed dean of Huxley College. His first order of business? He establishes his complete stubbornness and unwillingness to consider the opinions of others in song:
I don’t care what they have to say
It...
- 11/5/2010
- by Daniel Metz
- OriginalAlamo.com
This is the podcast dedicated to The Criterion Collection. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher, & James McCormick discuss Criterion News & Rumors and Criterion New Releases, they also analyze, discuss & highlight Cc #516 John Ford’s 1939 film, Stagecoach.
Special Guest: Moisés Chiullan – Writer for Hollywood Elsewhere.
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Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Carl Th. Dryer’s 1932 film Cc #437, Vampyr.
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Show Notes:
(00:...
Special Guest: Moisés Chiullan – Writer for Hollywood Elsewhere.
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Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Carl Th. Dryer’s 1932 film Cc #437, Vampyr.
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(00:...
- 10/6/2010
- by Rudie Obias
- CriterionCast
This is the podcast dedicated to The Criterion Collection. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher, & James McCormick discuss Criterion News & Rumors and Criterion New Releases, they also analyze, discuss & highlight Cc #006 Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film, Beauty and The Beast.
Special Guest: Laremy Legel – Senior Producer and Editor at Film.com.
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They broadcast every episode Live on UStream every Friday @ 8pm Est/5pm Pst. Join in on the conversation @ CriterionCast.com/Live
Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Criterion #516 John Ford’s film, Stagecoach.
Add It To Your Netflix Queue and Also Available Via Netflix Watch Instantly.
Special Guest: Laremy Legel – Senior Producer and Editor at Film.com.
What do you think of their show? Please send them your feed back: CriterionCast@gmail.com or call their voicemail line @ 347.878.3430 or follow them on twitter @CriterionCast or Comment on their blog, http://CriterionCast.com.
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They broadcast every episode Live on UStream every Friday @ 8pm Est/5pm Pst. Join in on the conversation @ CriterionCast.com/Live
Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Criterion #516 John Ford’s film, Stagecoach.
Add It To Your Netflix Queue and Also Available Via Netflix Watch Instantly.
- 9/28/2010
- by Rudie Obias
- CriterionCast
This is the podcast dedicated to The Criterion Collection. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher, & James McCormick discuss Criterion News & Rumors and Criterion New Releases, they also analyze, discuss & highlight Criterion #009 John Woo’s 192 film, Hard Boiled.
What do you think of their show? Please send them your feed back: CriterionCast@gmail.com or call their voicemail line @ 347.878.3430 or follow them on twitter @CriterionCast or Comment on their blog, http://CriterionCast.com.
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Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Cc #006 Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film, Beauty and The Beast.
Add It To Your Netflix Queue and Also Available Via Netflix Watch Instantly.
Show Notes:
(00:00 – 00:26; Fantastic Fest Promo)
(00:...
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Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Cc #006 Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film, Beauty and The Beast.
Add It To Your Netflix Queue and Also Available Via Netflix Watch Instantly.
Show Notes:
(00:00 – 00:26; Fantastic Fest Promo)
(00:...
- 9/21/2010
- by Rudie Obias
- CriterionCast
This is the podcast dedicated to The Criterion Collection. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher, & James McCormick discuss Criterion News & Rumors and Criterion New Releases, they also analyze, discuss & highlight Criterion #266 Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 film, The King of Kings.
What do you think of their show? Please send them your feed back: CriterionCast@gmail.com or call their voicemail line @ 347.878.3430 or follow them on twitter @CriterionCast or Comment on their blog, http://CriterionCast.com.
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Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Criterion #009 John Woo’s 1992 film, Hard Boiled.
Add It To Your Netflix Queue.
Show Notes:
(00:00 – 00:26; Fantastic Fest Promo)
(00:27 – 00:44; “A United Theory” by God...
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They broadcast every episode Live on UStream every Friday @ 8pm Est/5pm Pst. Join in on the conversation @ CriterionCast.com/Live
Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Criterion #009 John Woo’s 1992 film, Hard Boiled.
Add It To Your Netflix Queue.
Show Notes:
(00:00 – 00:26; Fantastic Fest Promo)
(00:27 – 00:44; “A United Theory” by God...
- 9/13/2010
- by Rudie Obias
- CriterionCast
Disc 2 episodes are bonus/supplement episodes of The CriterionCast. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher, Travis George & James McCormick ramble on and on about movies and movie experiences. “On The Screen” is where they discuss anything and everything that has been on their screens in the week. So anything from TV & movies to music & web junk, everything “On The Screen” is up for grabs. This is what they recommend to you, their listeners.
Special Guest: Moises Chiullan – The Arthouse Cowboy at Hollywood Elsewhere.
What do you think of their show? Please send them your feed back: CriterionCast@gmail.com or call their voicemail line @ 347.878.3430 or follow them on twitter @CriterionCast or Comment on their blog, http://CriterionCast.com.
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Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Cc #266 Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 film,...
Special Guest: Moises Chiullan – The Arthouse Cowboy at Hollywood Elsewhere.
What do you think of their show? Please send them your feed back: CriterionCast@gmail.com or call their voicemail line @ 347.878.3430 or follow them on twitter @CriterionCast or Comment on their blog, http://CriterionCast.com.
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Our next episode they will highlight and discuss Cc #266 Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 film,...
- 9/10/2010
- by Rudie Obias
- CriterionCast
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