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…
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Rob Ross
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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…
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Rob Ross
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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…
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Daniel Suddes
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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,…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Rian Johnson gave fans more than another seething fighter with a war boner and a snazzy costume.
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Ted Asregadoo
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“David Bowie: The Last Five Years” — with many detours back to the ’60s, ’70s, and early 2000s.
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Rob Ross
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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…
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Rob Ross
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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…
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Rob Ross
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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…
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Daniel Suddes
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Daniel Suddes imagines what the sequels to five ’80s cult classics would look like.
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Ted Asregadoo
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A long day’s journey into the dark soul of “Blade Runner 2049”
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Daniel Suddes
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In memory of Tobe Hooper, we look at the three movies he directed for Cannon Films in the ’80s.
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Robert Cass
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Let us return to a time when la vida seemed a little less loca.
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Tony Redman and Dan Wiencek
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What happens when 5 brilliant comic minds meet 12 cheesy movies? In a word (or two), “Cinematic Titanic.”
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Daniel Suddes
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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…
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Rob Ross
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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,…
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Daniel Suddes
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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…