Walker, Alex Cox, And The Stupid Bastards of The Late ‘80s
Walker, Alex Cox’s 1987 sort-of-but-not-really biopic about William Walker, an American who in the 1850s became President of Nicaragua, is a very weird movie.
Mind Control Double Feature #70: If It’s the Last Thing I Ever Do
You’re dying. In twenty years, or in six months, or on this coming Wednesday you’re going to die. Whichever it is; there’s no escape. So what are you doing with […]
The Haunting Is A Very Silly Movie
Martin Scorsese calls Robert Wise’s ’63 haunted house movie, The Haunting, the scariest movie of all time. Though it didn’t make too big a splash when it came out, it’s […]
Doctor Who, Indiana Jones, a Pornographer, and Rabbi Walk Into a Bar…
Who gets the banana daiquiri? Which one picks up the tab? Let’s ask the man who speaks for them all — including the recently revived eighth Doctor Who — in this exclusive interview.
Purple Rain, And The Shame of Movies Never Seen
“That ain’t Lake Minnetonka.”
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom
Unless you are one of the more annoying contrarian film buffs, there seems to be a consensus about the best and the worst Indiana Jones movies.
Lisztomania Blitzophrenia Aphrodelia
If one takes things at face value, then Ken Russell’s 1975 film Lisztomania is about composer Franz Liszt. Regardless of how one takes things, however, the film is completely unhinged, unabashed, […]
Mind Control Double Feature #69: Kick-Ass Women Kicking Ass
In which gangs of dangerous women destroy every man in sight! Then destroy themselves!
Best of Bay Area Film — November 2013
New releases, rep picks, double features, film festivals, and movie marathons all demand your popcorn crunching, babysitter funding, brain whittling attention this November. But what if you can only make it to […]
The Visitor is a Turd Cake Full of Turds
It is beyond terrible. And I say this, having just sat through M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water, a film which is clearly better than The Visitor because it is at least dreadful in a new and surprising way.
The Lone Ranger: The Best Movie Of 2013 You Didn’t Bother To See
Unplug your ears and listen, people! You have missed one of the best movies of the year.
All Is Lost: Get a Good Dose of Anti-Gravity
I’m sorry. I know that means little at this point, but I am. I tried. I think you would all agree that I tried. To be true, to be strong, to be kind, to love, to be right. But I wasn’t. All is Lost.
Thor: The Dark World – A Darkness Comes A Darkenin’
When it comes to super-hero movies, Marvel Studios has it figured out. Over at Warner Bros., where all things D.C. Comics are produced, they’ve relied on hiring notable filmmakers to […]
Mind Control Double Feature #68: Thug Life
Damn it’s good to be a gangster. Unless that means pulling someone’s beating heart out of their chest, because that can get really messy.