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EXCLUSIVE: ALEX LEMAY: DESERT BAYOU by Ben Poster

BOOK REVIEW: DYING TO BELONG by Del Harvey

BOOK REVIEW: INSIDER'S GUIDE TO INDIE DISTRIBUTION by Matt Wedge

BOOK REVIEW: MR. SKIN'S SKINTASTIC VIDEO GUIDE by Gary Schultz

BOOK REVIEW: STEVE ZAHN: RESCUE DAWN by Matthew Vasiliauskas

Gary Schultz Talks With ROB ZOMBIE

PAUL FISCHER at COMIC CON 2007!

PAUL FISCHER AT TORONTO FILM FEST 2007

EXCLUSIVE: STEVE ZAHN: RESCUE DAWN by Matthew Vasiliauskas

EXCLUSIVE: KASI LEMMONS: TALK TO ME by Matthew Vasiliauskas

EXCLUSIVE: THE PALM SPRINGS FILM NOIR FESTIVAL 2007 by Alan Rode
The premiere film noir festival in the U.S.

Nancy Drew: The PC Game for Nancy Drew Fans

EXCLUSIVE: BARBRA STANWYCK RETROSPECTIVE by Alan Rode
Don't miss this classic actress' finest work.

EXCLUSIVE: JIM VERARROS: STAR OF EATING OUT 2 by Sawyer J. Lahr
Exciting young actor/singer gives Sawyer an exclusive!

EXCLUSIVE: GUY MADDIN: BRAND UPON THE BRAIN by Matthew Vasiliauskas

EXCLUSIVE: THE HOT FUZZ BOYS TALK ! by Gary Schultz
Edgar Wright, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg get provincial on Gary.

8th Annual Festival of Film Noir @ American Cinematheque
by Alan Rode, host of this year's festival!

23rd Chicago Latino Film Festival April 13-25, 2007

The 2007 Tribeca Film Festival April 25 - May 6, NYC

EXCLUSIVE: THE HOT FUZZ BOYS TALK ! by Gary Schultz
Edgar Wright, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg get provincial on Gary.

8th Annual Festival of Film Noir @ American Cinematheque
by Alan Rode, host of this year's great festival!

23rd Chicago Latino Film Festival
April 13-25, 2007

The 2007 Tribeca Film Festival
April 25 - May 6, NYC

BOOK REVIEWS: CRYSTAL LAKE MEMORIES by Gary Schultz
Peter M. Bracke's superb book on Jason and Friday the 13th.

DIMENSIONS BEHIND THE TWILIGHT ZONE by ECW Books

MOTION BY DESIGN by Titan Books, Review by Joe Steiff

FANGORIA Weekend of Horrors February 23-25, 2007

TOP TEN 2006
OUR PICKS FOR THE BEST AND WORST FILMS OF '06!
The staff provides you with their annual lists for good, bad, and ugliest films of 2006.

CRITICS POLL 2006
You know which films are up for Oscar, but which films would we give an award to? Read it here.

MOVIESIDE HORROR FEST 2006 by Gary Schultz
The best horror fest in Chicago!
6th Annual Doughboy Awards
Oscar Predictions 2006
Visual Effects Society's
5th Annual Awards

THE TIMES BFI 50th LONDON FILM FESTIVAL by Kevin Holmes
Covering the UK's best film fest!

VIVA PEDRO ALMODIVAR! by Ben Poster

EXCLUSIVE: Alan Rode reports from the TRIBUTE TO OTTO PREMINGER

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Fischer's live report from TORONTO FILM FEST 2006

EXCLUSIVE: Alan Rode reports from the WORLD 3-D EXPO 2006

AFI announced theirs, so Wayne Case shares his list of the Best Movie Musicals of All Time.

EXCLUSIVE: Dianne Lawrence at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Rojas talks with Larry Clark about his film "Wassup Rockers"

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Vasiliauskas interviews Effie Brown

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Vasiliauskas interviews "Who Killed The Electric Car?" filmmakers Chris Paine and Chelsea Sexton

Alan K. Rode: IN MEMORIAM: GLENN FORD

Alan K. Rode: IN MEMORIAM: MICKEY SPILLANE

Alan K. Rode: IN MEMORIAM: VINCENT SHERMAN

Alan K. Rode: IN MEMORIAM: HUBERT CORNFIELD

Alan K. Rode: IN MEMORIAM: ARTHUR FRANZ

Mike Wood takes a look at Captain Beefheart Under Review and Takagi Masakatsu: life so beautiful.

EXCLUSIVE: Stone Wallace interviews classic character actor in
Mickey Knox and the Hollywood Blacklist

Alan K. Rode covers the 8TH ANNUAL FILM NOIR FESTIVAL AT AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE

Dreams of Destiny: Chen Kaige: Matt conducts an interview with the director of The Promise.

EXCLUSIVE: Alan Rode attends Glenn Ford's 90th Birthday Tribute in Hollywood

EXCLUSIVE: Dianne Lawrence attends The Los Angeles Indian Film Festival 2006

EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Riccio at The Fifth Annual Tribeca Film Festival 2006

Special Report: 2005 Doughboy Awards: Oh, come on...you know you want to!

EXCLUSIVE: Matt talks to actors Lance Reddick and Mike McGlone of Dirty Work here

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew looks at Oscar Night 2006 here

THE YEAR IN FILM 2005: Find our staff's annual lists here.

EXCLUSIVE: HAROLD RAMIS on The Ice Harvest

EXCLUSIVE: EFFIE BROWN on Real Women Have Curves, In The Cut, more!

See what you missed at CRASHFEST'S HALLOWEEN CRASH BASH 2005.

THE NEXT REEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2005

At the NEW YORK KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL 2005 with Christopher Bourne

Christopher Bourne also visits THE 43rd NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2005

At the BFI TIMES LONDON 49TH FILM FEST with Kevin Holmes

At the 30TH TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL with Paul Fischer

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Scott talks with MIRANDA JULY - ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW

ANNE BANCROFT, star of stage and screen, passed away on June 6th.

EXCLUSIVE: PAWEL PALIKOWSKI, EMILY BLUNT on My Summer of Love

FM POLL: THE VOTES ARE IN! SEE WHO WON - THE TOP SUPERHERO FILMS!by Gary Schultz

Midwest Independent Film Festival - Running First Tuesday of every month. See our coverage here.

ANNE BANCROFT, star of stage and screen, passed away on June 6th.

EXCLUSIVE: CHRIS DELEO on his great indie documentary Why Neal

EXCLUSIVE: BILL GOLDBERG talks about his life as actor in The Longest Yard

EXCLUSIVE: ENRICO COLANTONI discusses his new series, Veronica Mars

EXCLUSIVE: TIFFANY SHEPIS gets mean in The Hazing

EXCLUSIVE: RODNEY LEE CONOVER on indie hit Bachelorman

EXCLUSIVE: EDGAR WRIGHT & NICK FROST are about to unleash Shaun of the Dead on unsuspecting US audiences.

EXCLUSIVE: RUSTY NAILS talks Acne and Movieside

EXCLUSIVE: YASUAKI NAKAJIMA talks about his indie silent sci-fi hybrid After the Apocalypse

EXCLUSIVE: JACK HILL, infamous 60's & 70's cult director

EXCLUSIVE: JR BOOKWALTER, infamous indie horror filmmaker

EXCLUSIVE: Experimental filmmaker ALIX UMEN on Cahun and Moore: The Complete Picture

EXCLUSIVE: TORRIE WILSON on being the most beautiful woman in the WWE, and on breaking into film.

EXCLUSIVE: GREG GLASS & DAVID LEVINE, the geniuses behind those great 10-pack DVD's from BCI.

EXCLUSIVE: PATRICK WARBURTON on being the coolest guy in blue tights, The Tick, on being Puddy, and other roles, including The Family Guy.

EXCLUSIVE: GEORGE BARRIS on making cools cars for Devil's Knight.

DANNY FISHER discusses the making of the new horror film Tamara.

EXCLUSIVE: TOM SAVINI talks about his new films and what it's like to be the King of Splatter.

BRUCE CAMPBELL in Bubba Ho-Tep.

An interview with JASON STEPHENS, Indie filmmaker, on The Cliffhanger.

FRANCO COLUMBU flexes considerable muscle in Ancient Warriors.

EXCLUSIVE: THE QUIROZ BROS. on their latest, DopeGame2.

The cast of MAMBO ITALIANO talks about their big, fat, gay Italian wedding movie.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER returns in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, directed by JONATHAN MOSTOW, and with new co-stars KRISTANNA LOKEN as the latest model Terminatrix, and CLAIRE DANES, and master craftsman STAN WINSTON works his usual magic.

EXCLUSIVE: Maverick filmmaker MICHAEL MOORE on Fahrenheit 9/11.

A.I. In-Depth by Jon Bastian
Jon takes an in-depth analysis of Kubrick's ghost in Spielberg's machine. WARNING: SPOILER VERSION!

AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE
by Jon Bastian
Rescued from neglect, Grauman's Egyptian Theatre is back and, thanks to American Cinematheque, the programming is worthy of this unique and beautiful venue.

THE AMERICAN DREAM AIN'T 28 DAYS AND THIS FILM AIN'T FOR THE KIDDIES by Paul Rosenblum
What is it makes an American family expose their kids to drugs, violence, and sex in the cinema? Don't they get enough of this at home?

THE BIG COUNTRY/CHARLTON HESTON LIVE AT AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE
by Wayne Case

This classic film was recently featured at American Cinematheque at The Egyptian Theatre, as part of a tribute called "Larger Than Life: Charlton Heston."

10 Minutes: Would You Put Your Career On The Line To Be In The Movies?
by Marcus Chidgey

STEVE MENKIN JOINS CITY LIGHTS PICTURES
Indie Film Veteran Menkin brought on to oversee expansion of growing Film Division.

GOOD FIGHT FILMS LAUNCHES WITH 51.50
Good Fight Films launches with the short film 51.50, which derives its name from the police and hospital code meaning insane, crazy, mentally ill or deranged.

COCO'S ANNUAL RED CARPET RANT - OSCARS 2004
Our fave femme fatale gives us her 2 cents worth on th 2004 Oscar experience.

HORROR FILMS: THE DECLINE OF FEAR by Del Harvey
Remember when you actually got scared watching a horror movie? Yeah, it's been a while.

HOW TO MAKE A BLOCKBUSTER: PART 1 - MUSIC by Yancey Strickler
Yancey argues that music makes the movie...sort of.

HOW TO MAKE A BOX OFFICE SMASH by Jon Bastian
Direct from the FM labs, Mr. Bastian has stumbled upon the formula for instant success. Just combine a comedian, an alien, and a guy named Tom. (No animals were harmed during the writing of this article.)

SUCCESS WITH EXCESS, PART 1 by Jon Bastian
Good, bad, and ugly, Ken Russell has a unique vision as a director. That vision is sometimes 20-20, sometimes astigmatic. Jon looks at Russell's films and offers his humble opinions in this first of a two part commentary.

ArtsMagic UK
Purveyor of hard-to-find Eastern cult cinema breaks into the US Market.

ELLIOTT GOULD by Del Harvey
One of the cinema's most popular male stars grants an interview and talks about The Long Goodbye, Raymond Chandler, and filling the shoes of other great film stars.

LILI TAYLOR & KRIS KRISTOFFERSON by Del Harvey
Two of FM's favorite actors, both of whom were in biographic films about other celebrities in 1999.


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