Turns out John Waters was hitchhiking because he's writing a book about it
Waters says his mustache got him rides.
There’s more to Russ Meyer’s films than breasts, though those are pretty important
Exploring the sometimes-sexy, always-weird work of a breast fetishist with a gift for filmmaking.
Men In Black 3 director Barry Sonnenfeld on creating character and managing 3-D
Barry Sonnenfeld, director of all three Men In Black movies, discusses returning to the franchise after a decade of downtime and how the whole thing came from a Will Smith idea.
Vampire’s Kiss features one of Nicolas Cage’s best, most out-of-control performances
Nicolas Cage gets an appropriately weird home in this ’80s “vampire” movie.
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Turns out John Waters was hitchhiking because he's writing a book about it -
Gateways To Geekery
There’s more to Russ Meyer’s films than breasts, though those are pretty important -
Interview
Men In Black 3 director Barry Sonnenfeld on creating character and managing 3-D -
The New Cult Canon
Vampire’s Kiss features one of Nicolas Cage’s best, most out-of-control performances
Recent Film Reviews
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Chernobyl Diaries
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A real-life ongoing mass tragedy gets the Paranormal Activity treatment.
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Virginia
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The Oscar-winning writer of Milk turns his attention to the American South.
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Men In Black 3
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A time machine brings the franchise back to Tommy Lee Jones’ youth and revives it in the process.
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Oslo, August 31st
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The director of Reprise returns with a perceptive drama about a young heroin addict struggling to find purpose after rehab.
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The Intouchables
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Worlds collide when a white quadriplegic hires a Senegalese caregiver in this French box-office smash.
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John Huston’s Let There Be Light
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John Huston's documentary about WWII combat veterans gets a rare (and free) screening.
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Moonrise Kingdom
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A comic fantasy contrasts first love with adulthood.
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What To Expect When You’re Expecting
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A star-filled ensemble ovulates in harmony in this pregnancy-themed Love Actually.
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Battleship
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Peter Berg's long-awaited, if not exactly anticipated, board-game adaptation makes a big, noisy splash.
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Elena
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In this Russian drama with Hitchcockian touches, a subservient Russian housewife faces a moral quandary over her husband’s money.
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Hysteria
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The invention of the vibrator ruffles feathers—among other things—in the Victorian era.
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Mansome
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Director/muckraker Morgan Spurlock blows the lid off male grooming habits.
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Beyond The Black Rainbow
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Panos Cosmatos’ trippy sci-fi fantasia makes up in experimental grandeur what it lacks in coherence.
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American Animal
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Made-up words aren’t required to describe how bad this indie is, but they help.
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Polisse
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Maïwenn’s docudrama about a Child Protection Unit in northern Paris draws convincingly on real-life cases.
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Lovely Molly
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The co-director of The Blair Witch Project integrates camcorder-horror into a Repulsion-like tale of psychological dread.
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The Samaritan
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Samuel L. Jackson, as you’ve never not seen him before.
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Quill: The Life Of A Guide Dog
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The life and death of a Labrador companion makes for uniquely awkward fiction.
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The Dictator
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Following Brüno’s diminishing returns, incognito rapscallion Sacha Baron Cohen goes back to an even older well: the Marx Brothers.
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Girl In Progress
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No coming-of-age cliché goes untouched in this Eva Mendes-starring drama.
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I Wish
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Two young brothers dream of reuniting their divorced parents in a sweet, whimsical tale from the director of After Life and Still Walking.
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A Bag Of Hammers
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A love story between two unctuous rockers plays out against the far more interesting backdrop of a Scottish music festival.
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Patience (After Sebald)
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Joy Division director Grant Gee takes his unconventional style to an inspired exploration of W.E. Sebald’s work.
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P.O.W.: Portrait Of Wally
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The disappearance of a major painting by Egon Schiele in World War II prompts a compelling cinematic investigation.
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The Road
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A rare production from the Philippines offers a triptych of Grudge-style horror.
Recent DVD Reviews
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A Hollis Frampton Odyssey
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A great experimental filmmaker encourages viewers to find their own path through film history.
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Stony Island
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An early thriller by Andrew Davis, director of Above The Law and The Fugitive, captures the mood of late-‘70s Chicago.
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DVDs In Brief: May 23, 2012
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Our weekly DVD review round-up.
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Being John Malkovich
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13 years later, one of most audacious and original modern comedies reveals itself to be one of the most touching, too.
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Diana Ross: Live In Central Park
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Weather cleaved the great singer’s dramatic performance at Central Park into two distinct parts.
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Films Of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie
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For fans and newbies alike, this documentary about martial arts movies serves as a fine overview.
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DVDs In Brief: May 14, 2012
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Our weekly DVD review round-up.
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Lafayette Escadrille / My Man And I / Westward The Women
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Three new DVDs offer a cross-section of director William Wellman's work, from the beginning of his career through its end.
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Murder Obsession / Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show
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Two decades separate these Italian horror films, but both pay homage to the same giallo influences.
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Ganja & Hess
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An attempt to capitalize on the success of the blaxsploitation horror of Blacula resulted in this 1973 cult oddity.
Film newswire
- Amazon opens "Never Before On DVD" store, mostly collects stuff already available
- Turns out John Waters was hitchhiking because he's writing a book about it
- Billionaire gives world the In The Army Now sequel no one wanted
- The director of Martha Marcy May Marlene wants to turn The Exorcist into TV series that will make your head spin
- Zach Galifianakis latest actor tied to Confederacy of Dunces film that will probably never get made anyway
- Kevin Smith launches new talk show, frees movies from the tyranny of criticism
- Johnny Depp now officially a Native American, meaning The Lone Ranger no longer has potential to be offensive
- Hook prequel centered on Rufio is in the works, according to the guy who played Rufio
- And now Tom Cruise is going to remake The Magnificent Seven
- Jorma Taccone is pretty sure there will be a MacGruber 2
- Don't worry, Wes Anderson's next movie will have Owen Wilson
- Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are making a buddy cop movie
- Robert De Niro to star in another gangster movie that makes light of his starring in gangster movies
- Duncan Jones is making a movie about James Bond creator Ian Fleming
- Nick Stahl is no longer missing and is going to rehab
- Weekend Box Office: Audiences force catchphrase out of Battleship
- Jackie Chan is going to stop making action movies and be the "Asian Robert De Niro"
- There can be only one to star in that Highlander remake, and apparently it's Ryan Reynolds
- The Avengers continues to take your money, their money, all the money
- Anthony Bourdain's crime novel is going to be a movie
- Alex Proyas to give Egypt its very own Clash Of The Titans, basically
- Blade Runner screenwriter returns for sequel, which is now officially a sequel
- Morgan Freeman joins Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas' old man bachelor party in Last Vegas
- Idiocracy's Brawndo is now available in a drinking fountain, with electrolytes
- Sin City 2 has a release date and poster and everything
Film Features
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Great Job, Internet!
Behold, a Joker-only supercut from The Dark KnightAll Joker, all the time
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Great Job, Internet!
Tim Burton caketrope is scarily delicious looking, wants to eat youThe cake's eyes can see into your soul.
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Cannes Film Festival
Cannes 2012, Day Nine: The director of Precious drops another prestige stinkbomb and an unfilmable novel gets filmedJohn Waters meets Stanley Kramer in the festival's first unmitigated disaster.
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Great Job, Internet!
Top voice actors give new life to Star Wars at script readingTop voice actors give new life to Star Wars at script reading
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Cannes Film Festival
Cannes 2012, Day Eight: The director of Silent Light drops a bold curiosity and Bernardo Bertolucci makes his first movie in nearly a decade.Our critic's most anticipated movie disappoints with flair and Bernardo Bertolucci returns to the fold.
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Random Roles
Actress, memoirist, and set dresser Sissy Spacek looks back on some key roles“It’s never boring or dull.”
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Interview
Milk’s Oscar-winning writer Dustin Lance Black on directing Jennifer Connelly and kinky MormonsThe Big Love and Milk writer talks about his new film Virginia and growing up poor with a disabled mom.
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My World Of Flops
Bonfire Of The Vanity Projects Case File #16: Give My Regards To Broad Street and Magical Mystery TourYoung McCartney vs. Middle-Aged McCartney.
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Cannes Film Festival
Cannes 2012, Day Seven: Leos Carax's bugfuck masterpiece strikes Cannes like a lightning boltBrad Pitt re-teams with his Jesse James director and Takashi Miike makes another musical, but the mad visions of Leos Carax rule the day (and the festival so far).
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Great Job, Internet!
Buzzed Bill Murray wants to take you on a tour of the set of Moonrise KingdomTake a look at a bunch of tiny rooms with short ceilings, plus some tents.
