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Tag Archives: film
“Hey, Nancy, no running in the hallways”
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) remains one of the great films of the slasher genre, I actually taught it back in the Summer of 2000 as part of a discussion of recent Horror film cycles. Not only does it pick … Continue reading
What the Magnificent Ambersons can teach us about the Internet
Last night I stumbled upon Orson Welles’s The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) on TCM and I have to admit I’d never seen it before. In fact, I didn’t see the whole film I just caught a piece of it, but it … Continue reading
Slavoj Zizek on the Horror of Tulips
In the following clip from The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, Slavoj Zizek riffs on tulips a la the opening to David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. Found via Mikhail Gershovich’s YouTube channel for his Fear, Anxiety, and Paranoia film class. How cool … Continue reading
“My Students were Teenage Zombies”
Update: A much better post about this course and its use of the blog was written by Luke Waltzer here, read that instead. Mikhail Gershovich’s “Fear Anxiety and Paranoia” film class had some unexpected visitors: student zombies! Something Tom Woodward … Continue reading
The Bava Headers
Yesterday Tyler commented about the header images on the bava, suggesting that they are just one more reason to read God’s only blog. His comment went like this: OK, I did find this useful. [referring to an old WP tutorial … Continue reading
Public Demonstration of Affection Will Not be Tolerated Here
Playing around with the Drive-In Movie Ads at Internet Archive, oh what a joy. Via “What’s New at the Internet Archive.“
Clash of the Titans (2010)
One of the formative 10 is being remade, and it looks to be another favorite of my destroyed by CGI. Where have you gone, Ray Harryhausen? A nation turns its starving eyes to you (woo hoo hoo).
A Fassbinder Fix
For some reason I started thinking about Ranier Werner Fassbinder films this evening. I had nothing on tap, so I went to YouTube and got a different kind of experience—interviews. I love this one he gives about what Berlin Alexanderplatz … Continue reading
Bloggers, as seen by Hollywood
I just saw a part of Made of Honor (2008)—couldn’t stomach the whole thing—which is a derivative romantic comedy that is nothing more than a vehicle for the “dreamy” Patrick Dempsey. I have been musing about the scene and how … Continue reading
The Endless Night: A Film Noir Valentine
Here’s an amazing mashup/tribute by RubyTuesday717 to the greatest of all film genres, the Noir. Thanks to Leo Parascandola for the link.