There are countless reasons to rejoice in the TCM Classic Film Festival, held every year in Hollywood. And this past April was no exception. Beyond the many cinematic pleasures, well-known and obscure that screen side-by-side, […]
The schlock-meisters at Cannon Group actually put out a good film when they released Runaway Train in 1985. Not that I don’t absolutely love their weirdo camp films like Masters of the Universe (shirtless Dolph […]
It’s like Gone with the Wind on Mescalin. That’s how the main character John Kelso, of the film, Midnight in the Garden in the Good and Evil (1997), describes his time in Savannah, Georgia. His […]
Juzo Itami’s Tampopo is perhaps sadly destined to be forever overshadowed by its own reputation as the greatest food porn movie ever made. It’s tragic because behind all the luscious close-ups of scrumptious food is […]
You know what I appreciate most about the classic movie era? The 80 minute movie. I love me a less than 2 hour — hell — hour-and-a-half movie. Doesn’t waste time. Story in, story out, […]
The Bruno Walter Auditorium is home to the Silent Clowns Film Series, which boasts itself as “New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase.” For twenty years now, the series has provided the public with […]
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