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The Hills Is Neither Awful, Nor Like The Truman Show

November 5, 2007 – 9:36 am

So hot right now: taking MTV’s pseudo-reality show seriously enough to use half-baked cinematic references to trash it.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Technology & Web | Comments (2)

Trigger Man. Clip of the Day.

October 16, 2007 – 1:02 pm

From the “Yes, I do occasionally leave my house” file: tomorrow I’m looking forward to seeing Trigger Man, which is screening at the Pioneer Theater, which is screening for one week as part of their Fourth Annual Month of Horror, Terror, and General Mayhem. Someone, at some point described Trigger Man to me as “Mumblehorror”; [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Clip of the Day, Horror | Comments (0)

Antonioni and Bergman’s Archives In Danger

August 15, 2007 – 6:37 am

The two European masters not only died on the same day, but now it looks like their respective legacies may be headed towards the same, depressing fate.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Classics, Foreign Films | Comments (0)

Camille Paglia: Star Wars is a Classic Epic, and Kelly Clarkson Will Save Fine Art

August 8, 2007 – 2:18 pm

Everyone’s favorite contrarian third-wave feminist has high praise for George Lucas. Or does she?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Culture/art | Comments (3)

Bergman & Antonioni in Pop

August 7, 2007 – 6:30 am

We can talk for days about the Antonioni and Bergman’s alleged influence, but the proof is in pop culture.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Culture/art, Music | Comments (0)

Antonioni’s Unfinished Masterpiece

August 3, 2007 – 10:00 am

Via The House Next Door comes this post from Scanners, where Jim Emerson (editor of Roger Ebert’s website) pays tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni by posting a letter to Ebert from actor Ronan O’Casey. The letter dates back to 1999: Casey, who played the corpse at the center of Antonioni’s biggest commercial hit Blow-up, read an [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Filmmaking | Comments (0)

The Three

August 2, 2007 – 12:27 pm

Putting a tragic triptych to bed.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Culture/art | Comments (0)

Clip of the Day: Kevin Lee on Dario Argento

June 20, 2007 – 10:54 am

A video essayist takes on Dario Argento’s death-by-cat masterpiece.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Horror | Comments (0)