September is here, which means there is still a “back to school” feeling in the air, even for people who work year-round. I still have a wistful sadness at the…
Film
Legendary spaghetti western director Sergio Leone was obsessed with genre pictures but was ignorant of the constraints traditional Hollywood studios forced on directors. He made some incredible films and his…
I’m becoming a big fan of Fathom Events. They’ve reinvigorated what going to the movie theater means for me. For a while, revivals and reissues were completely dead. There was…
I remember when Iron Man was released in 2008. At the time, Everyone considered it a mad experiment. Tony Stark was not someone known to a large audience and Robert…
I’ve never liked the concept of the “guitar gods” – Page is alright, but I look at Zeppelin as a whole; I never cared for Eric Clapton and there are…
I was two years old when the Berlin Wall came down and four when the Soviet Union dissolved. For most of my life, the idea of a nuclear war was…
It’s a little difficult to be completely objective after watching New Wave: Dare To Be Different, the story of WLIR radio, from Long Island. I listened to the station religiously…
These days, it seems like Sam Peckinpah will be remembered more for his outrageous behavior than for his films – if he’s remembered at all. Once Hollywood’s greatest enfant terrible,…
Rian Johnson gave fans more than another seething fighter with a war boner and a snazzy costume.
I’ve long been fascinated by movies that, for one reason or another, were never filmed or released. What would it have been like if Stanley Kubrick actually got to film…
Film genres can be susceptible to changing tastes. Hollywood has abandoned many ideas that were once standard. But that doesn’t mean the impact those genres had went away. This series…
“David Bowie: The Last Five Years” — with many detours back to the ’60s, ’70s, and early 2000s.
There are two very clear sides to viewing Gordon Sumner, a.k.a. Sting, the former singer/songwriter/bass player for The Police and solo star (since 1985). One is the objective eye, which…
I’ve been a fan and was influenced very early on by The Yardbirds. I was never keen on Eric Clapton (and still am not) or Jimmy Page (although I do…
I have long been a fan of Terry Gilliam. His Brazil is my favorite film of all time. But to say he’s been an inconsistent filmmaker is an understatement. I…
Ridley Scott is unusual amongst A-list directors. He has several classics to his name, but is still not mentioned in the same breath as directors like Steven Spielberg or James…
You don’t really get to hear a great deal about Mick Ronson, the legendary guitarist who worked with David Bowie in those critical years, when Bowie’s star was finally on…
Daniel Suddes imagines what the sequels to five ’80s cult classics would look like.
A long day’s journey into the dark soul of “Blade Runner 2049”
In memory of Tobe Hooper, we look at the three movies he directed for Cannon Films in the ’80s.
Let us return to a time when la vida seemed a little less loca.
The loss of George A. Romero earlier this year robbed us one of the great American filmmakers. But everyone used the opportunity to only discuss the Dead films. It’s not…
What happens when 5 brilliant comic minds meet 12 cheesy movies? In a word (or two), “Cinematic Titanic.”
In the last decade, Kathryn Bigelow has become the most famous female American director. She has become the new chronicler of recent American history. Much like Oliver Stone’s films, her…
At a time when five out of every four films contain superheroes, this year’s Wonder Woman feels fresh and amazing. After more than a decade of the Marvel Universe, the…
Only two years after the long-dormant festival was resurrected, one of the bands who left a pretty timeless mark previously at the storied festival, returned to play another blistering set,…
Jonathan Demme’s passing was marked by tributes to Silence of the Lambs, an American horror classic. Demme would still be considered one of the great American directors even if that…