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Chris’ Top 5 Picks for Best Movies of 2012
Near the end of the 2000 movie High Fidelity (based on the Nick Hornby book of the same name), main character and record store owner Rob Gordon (John Cusack) starts his own label and decides to call it: “Top 5 Records.” Throughout the movie, Gordon and his staff, Barry (Jack Black) and Dick (Todd Louiso), [...]
Film 2012
THE BEST In Alphabetical Order: Argo – What? You disagree? Argo-fuck-yourself! The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Warm, funny, sad, tender, real. The Cabin In The Woods – Horror comedy that is pure pleasure to watch. Deadfall – Sweet little crime drama w/quirky characters and lots of twists. [...]
48th CIFF: Antiviral
The very first image of Syd March (Caleb Landry Jones) in Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral, emotes a major feeling that permeates throughout the films entirety, unease. With this introduction to our world and protagonist of Antiviral, Brandon Cronenberg unveils a major satire of celebrity status, society’s infatuation with it and does so with such fierce bravado [...]
48th CIFF: Room 237
Rodney Ascher’s Room 237 is an interesting journey into different interpretations of analysis of Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror masterpiece, The Shining. At 102 minutes, the film takes five, distinct interpretations and runs back and forth from them, while only showing clips from Kubrick’s filmography, found footage and several reenactments that serve the various narratives that [...]
48th CIFF: Beyond the Hills (Dupa dealuri)
Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu has delivered another wonderful and complex film in his latest offering, Beyond the Hills (Dupa dealuri). The film won for Best Screenplay and the two lead actresses won a shared award earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival. The film centers around Voichita (Cosmina Stratan) and Alina (Cristina Flutur), two [...]
RiffTrax Live!: “Manos” The Hands of Fate
Every time I sit down to watch “Manos” The Hands of Fate, I can’t help but wonder what the hell I’m doing. I mean, there’s absolutely no reason to watch Manos. The film has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It’s ugly, poorly-written, poorly-dubbed, and sheer friggin’ torture to sit through. Even with the aid of Joel [...]
An Interview with Joan Benedict Steiger
There’s no business like show business, and that famous lyric seems to ring true for Joan Benedict Steiger. A veteran of television, film and stage, she has never been afraid to live a life in the spotlight; from real life Hollywood romances (including one with Academy Award-winning actor Rod Steiger) to a one-woman show about [...]
Interview with Michaël R. Roskam, Director of Bullhead
It’s amazing and quite the achievement to find out that the 2011 Belgian film Bullhead is Michaël R. Roskam’s first feature. The sheer bravery of it and its subject matter would make one think that it was made by veteran of the industry. Yet, Roskam’s abilities behind the camera and the sheer dedication of his [...]
Tanna Frederick: Winner of the 2012 CineCause Award at Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
FM: Ms. Frederick, thank you very much for taking part in this interview. It is a pleasure to speak with you. You have just been honored with the 2012 CineCause Award at Julien Dubuque International Film Festival for your work with Project Cornlight, an organization aimed at promoting Iowan filmmakers. Can you please tell us [...]
Music and Story – An Interview with Film and TV Composer, Joey Newman
For film and television composer, Joey Newman, writing music for the big and small screens runs in his family. But for Newman, the desire to work as a composer evolved organically, starting with learning both the drums and piano at a very young age, attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, and falling in love [...]
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