La Jetée Finally Coming To DVD
The inspiration behind Terry Gilliam's "12 Monkeys," Chris Marker's 1962, 28-minute experimental science-fiction film, "La Jetée" is finally coming to DVD (and by that we mean regular, not hard to find dvd). Th...
“I Was Out Of Bullets” – AKA The Worst Film Ever Made
Man, the new Die-Hard 4 trailer is just a doozy of a laugh, ha, ha, one. Did you hear the sudden whoosh of air after that clip was done? That was all the intelligence left on earth being sucked out of the room...
Shaun of the Dead Crew Help Save Fu Manchu, Moriarty and Dracula
The nerds that brought you the U.K. zombie romp "Shaun of the Dead," are back with "Hot Fuzz," which is already a huge sensation in the U.K. Without reading a word about it, one can assume it's another one of ...
Nice Little Movie Score Mixtape
Girl Pants put together this great little movie scores mixtape back in May '06 (don't think I'm not planning on doing the same soon), but I think it's great, I love the layout and perhaps those reading would en...
David Gordon Green’s Long-Awaited “Snow Angels” Gets BAM Premiere In May
Sorry rest of the world. You're out of luck again. And I don't mean to be smug at all; this is the reason I can't leave New York (yes i can). David Gordon Green ("George Washington," All The Real Girls") long-a...
David Lynch: Not So Fond of Product Placement
The silence at the end is priceless....
Herzog Coming To Film Forum (NY-Centric)
New York's amazing repertory theater Film Forum is having an amazing (non-fiction) Werner Herzog retrospective starting May 15. There's many an amazing film playing, but highest recommendation goes out to the l...
Quentin Tarantino Apes and Odes With “Death Proof ” Soundtrack
Ok, odes isn't a verb, but...In typical fashion, Quentin Taratino's "Death Proof" soundtrack (his half of the "Grindhouse" double feature), repurposes music from past movies. Now this isn't a major crime and is...
Killer of Sheep: A Long-Lost Classic Rediscovered
Everyone is raving about the film "Killer of Sheep," a film that has been languishing in obscurity for nearly 30 years. Directed in 1977, by then-UCLA film school student Charles Burnett, "Killer of Sheep" is w...
The Soundtrack Series Moves to the Interweb; Noah Baumbach & Quentin Tarantino Playlists
No, this isn't an April Fool's joke. I have this little project called the Playlist Soundtrack Series where I create imaginary soundtracks of directors I like. I call them the, "If I Were______ (insert filmmak...