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Category Archives: Classics

He’s Lost Control: Sympathy For the Devil and Godard in 68

June 9, 2008 – 1:00 pm

What if Godard’s Rolling Stones film isn’t just a novel artifact of its era, but a flailing confession from a filmmaker on the brink of losing it, and stab at using the personal to ameliorate the loss of political control?

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Foreign Films, Uncategorized | Comments (2)

When Back to the Future Nostalgia Goes too Far

June 6, 2008 – 11:21 am

Look, I’m on the record: the first two Back to the Future films are my favorite blockbuster-and-sequel set of all time. And as maybe the most powerful cinematic treatment of the conflict between nostalgia (romance) and the true weight of history (responsibility) to come along since the dawn of the blockbuster era, it’s a no [...]

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Hollywood | Comments (1)

Dial S&M For Marnie

June 4, 2008 – 4:32 pm

Lauren Wissot reclaims the misunderstood Hitchcock film as a rigorous work of erotic art.

By Lauren Wissot | Also posted in Film watching | Comments (3)

There Will Be a Wonderful Life. Clip of the Day

June 4, 2008 – 10:45 am

What if George Baily, of It’s a Wonderful Life, was more like Daniel Plainview, of There Will Be Blood?

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Business, Film marketing and distribution | Comments (1)

Universal Fire To Have Major Impact on Rep House Booking?

June 3, 2008 – 4:05 pm

Two days after the Universal Studios fire, there are a lot of rumors going around as to the extent of the damage. A FishbowlLA tipster from a revival house in Alabama fed the blog an email that they say came directly from Universal, warning that “nearly 100% of the archive prints kept” on the lot [...]

By Karina Longworth | Comments (1)

Fred Astaire’s Smooth Criminal Collapses Space Time Continuum

May 30, 2008 – 11:03 am

Dance mashups have a way of making fifty years of history seem meaningless.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Video | Comments (1)

Bad Ideas in the Name of Box Office Equivalency. Trade Roughage 05/29/08

May 29, 2008 – 9:06 am

Two questionable projects, each inspired by something having something do with Shia LaBeouf.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Hollywood | Comments (1)

Mommie Dearest Author Says Celebs Shouldn’t Adopt

May 28, 2008 – 10:52 am

History’s most famous celebrity adoptee says celebrities shouldn’t adopt.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Stars | Comments (0)

Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Remake.

May 27, 2008 – 11:00 am

Bloody-Disgusting calls Plan 9 From Outer Space “arguable one of [Ed Wood's] only ‘good’ films” [sic], but the general consensus is that it’s one of the worst films of all time. But, um, maybe the remake will be better! Motivated by no logical reason other than the fact that they could have it ready in [...]

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Horror | Comments (3)

Sydney Pollack, Dead at 73

May 26, 2008 – 9:48 pm

Oscar-winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack has died at the age of 73, reportedly due to cancer. Pollack’s death comes just two months after that of his producing partner Anthony Minghella, who, though almost 20 years Pollack’s junior, also suffered from cancer. Here’s the NY Times obit; see a clip from my favorite film [...]

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Hollywood, Obits, Stars | Comments (3)