April 2010
11 posts
Caravaggio (1986): Three's Company.
My first post for LURVE magazine. Check it out here.
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Midnight Cowboy (1969): Everyday I'm Hustlin'.
With all of the films and stories centered around hookers with a heart of gold (see: Nights of Cabiria, Pretty Woman, Striptease, and Mary Magdalene); it’s nice to see a man take on this sort of role. John Voight (Brangie’s dad) plays Joe Buck, a naive Texas dishwasher who heads north in hopes of becoming a kept man in New York City. He packs his boots, hops on a bus, and sets up...
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BONUS: William Klein's The Greatest (1977)
Did you know the Whitney Houston schmaltz power ballad Greatest Love of All was originally recorded by George “Give Me the Night” Benson for this film? Crazy. (via filmartgallery)
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West Side Story (1961): First of the Gang to Die.
Is there any better way to solve a dispute than through the art of dance?! Oh I think you know the answer to that. Maybe the bloods and crips could learn a lil’ something from their well coordinated counterparts the Jets and the Sharks.
It opens with a few snaps and we’re dancing with the Jets, an American gang heel-toeing and protecting their turf against against a gang of Puerto...
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Fritz the Cat (1972): The Times They Are...
Do you remember this film? I remember seeing it when I was really young on one of many nights when I wasn’t supposed to be watching cable. Ah, Skinemax, molding young minds one steamy night at a time.
Fritz stays in your mind because when you’re accustomed to light Disney fare it’s a bit jarring to see a cartoon cat with a hard on or a poodle engaged in a colorful drug filled orgy. Fritz began...
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I love Rick Moranis.
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Film in Art: William Kentridge at MOMA
While my love of cult films, pop culture, and pure cheez borders on obsession, I also have a soft spot for films and art that get you pondering world history and social issues. William Kentridge’s work achieves just that. On one hand, it’s stunning: Earthy, gestural charcoal and ink drawings, often on large sheets of paper. You almost picture his hands drawing right in front of you. But...
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Ekstase (1933): What a girl wants.
“City girls just seem to find out early/How to open doors with just a smile/A rich old man/And she won’t have to worry/She’ll dress up all in lace and go in style…
Late at night a big old house gets lonely/I guess every form of refuge has its price/And it breaks her heart to think her love is only/ Given to a man with hands as cold as ice”
—Lying Eyes by The...
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I’m not a huge Nicolas Cage fan, BUT I do love this picture.
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BONUS: Toys Are Not for Children (1972)
(via wrongsideoftheart)
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Lipstick (1976): Sisters are doing it for...
Even super babe Margaux Hemingway and her lovely caterpillar like eyebrows couldn’t save this rape/revenge stinker. It’s pretty bad, even by rape and revenge movie standards, so I’d advise you to only watch the first and last fifteen minutes of this film. That’s it! The rest is just a big ole snooze and all kinds of ridiculous; But let’s get back to Margaux, the one...