Jun 14 2010
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
What do you think about the auteur theory?
Although the auteur theory (the belief that [...]
Filed In: Assignments
Tags: Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Sarris, Ben Hecht, Bernard Hermann, Brigitte Bardot, Casino, Charlie Kaufman, Contempt, David Cronenberg, Francois Truffaut, Frenzy, Goodfellas, His Girl Friday, Howard Hawks, Jean-Luc Godard, Martin Scorsese, Marx Brothers, Pauline Kael, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Raging Bull, Roger Corman, Sally Menke, Saul Bass, Sergio Leone, Taxi Driver, Thelma Schoonmaker, Tom Schatz, Woody Allen
Mar 09 2010
This past week, we were lucky enough to have been visited by directer Philippe Mora, who’s Howling 2 pleased both a Terror Thursday and Terror Tuesday audience. Mora is a hilarious storyteller, and the comments he made on the Ritz stage had both Tuesday and Wednesday night crowds in stitches. Zack and [...]
Filed In: Reviews
Tags: Big Love, Blue Velvet, Bob Clark, Bonnie and Clyde, Che, Crawlspace, David Cronenberg, Dead of Night, Dennis Hopper, El Topo, Howling 2, Klaus Kinsky, Luke Askew, Mad Dog Morgan, Philippe Mora, Robin Hood, Terror Tuesday, The Beast Within, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, Une aventure de Billy le Kid, Weird Wednesday
Mar 01 2010
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
Are there any actors/directors whose new films you will see regardless of any conditions?
Daniel
I [...]
Filed In: Assignments
Tags: 21 Jump Street, Alice in Wonderland, and Strange Wilderness, Anne Hathaway, Aziz Ansari, Becket, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, Body of Lies, Breaking and Entering, Brian De Palma, Brick, Bruno, Caligula, Carl Dreyer, Caveh Zahedi, Charlie Kaufman, Chloe Sevigny, Chris Eigeman, Christopher Guest, City of Ember, Coen Brothers, Craig Robinson, Danny Boyle, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Lynch, Deception, Drillbit Taylor, Eager to Die, Ethan Hawke, Frank Capra, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Horton Hears a Who!, It's a Wonderful Life, James Spader, Jared Hess, Jason Schwartzman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jim Jarmusch, Jimmy Stewart, Jody Hill, John Lasseter, John Waters, Johnny Depp, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Julianne Moore, Katharine Hepburn, Kevin Smith, Larry Charles, Lawrence of Arabia, Leonardo DiCaprio, Looper, Luke Wilson, Madagascar, Maid in Manhattan, Man of La Mancha, Mark Wahlberg, Mars Attacks!, Martin Scorsese, Max Payne, Michel Gondry, Michelle Williams, Miss March, My Favorite Year, Next, Nicole Kidman, Nine, Noah Baumbach, Owen Wilson, Panic Room, Paul Thomas Anderson, Pedro Almodovar, Peter O'Toole, Quentin Tarantino, Ratatouille, Rian Johnson, Richard Burton, Richard Linklater, Rob Zombie, Robert Bresson, Robert Englund, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sam Raimi, Scoop, Seth Rogen, Shadow of Fear, Spike Jonze, Spike Lee, State of Play, Steven Soderbergh, Sunshine, Supergirl: The Movie, The Brothers Bloom, The Jacket, The Lion in Winter, The Marc Pease Experience, The Rocker, The Ruling Class, Tim Burton, Troy, Venus, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Werner Herzog, Wes Anderson, What's New Pussycat?, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen, xXx: State of the Union, Zodiac
Feb 26 2010
Dir. Breck Eisner
Alamo Village, 2/15/10, 11:00am
I really enjoyed this film, a remake of a George Romero film that I started and couldn’t finish this past weekend. In this film, a town is contaminated with a biological weapon and the community is set in quarantine. The result of the outbreak? People become what [...]
Filed In: Reviews
Tags: Alamo Village, Breck Eisner, Danny Boyle, David Cronenberg, Friday the 13th, George Romero, Melinda and Melinda, Radha Mitchell, The Brood, The Crazies, The Road, Woody Allen, [Rec]
