November 2011
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Film Tees: Pulp Fiction (1994)
I’m having a Pulp Fiction moment. “Bitch be cool” and let me ride it out. Banana Slugs!
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Found Stills: Videodrome (1983)
I reviewed Videodrome a few years ago (man time flies!) but somehow missed these brilliant stills. Better late than never! Cronenberg sure loves an exploded head. Possibly NSFW.
October 2011
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Happy Halloween (!!!)
Boo! A still from It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966).
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Rumble Fish (1983): Yo, Little Brother.
Rumble Fish is the handsome companion to The Outsiders. And I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what Francis Ford Coppola wanted. Released the same year and also based on a novel by Outsiders’ author S.E. Hinton, what it lacks in the boyhood nostalgia of Ponyboy et al, it adds in rich visuals. Coppola’s choice to shoot in high contrast black and white gave the film at...
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Type: The Comedians (1967)
I love that these letters look like they have been cut out of construction paper.
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“That’s a pretty fucking good milkshake. I don’t know if it’s...”
– Vincent Vega (John Travolta) in Pulp Fiction (1994)
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BONUS: Simon, King of the Witches (1971)
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The Miss Piggy Calendar '82: Bride of Frankenstein...
Another gem from the 1982 Miss Piggy calendar where she and Kermy take on Great Lovers of the Silver Screen. I love Rizzo as Fritz, the devoted assistant. Need this calender in my life.
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Vampire's Kiss (1988): She Drives Me Crazy.
If there is one movie with which to introduce the crazy that is Nicholas Cage, I’d like to nominate his masterpiece Vampire’s Kiss. I cannot stress enough how much I adore this movie but I will say that my metal armor of hatred for Nick Cage now has a little ding in it. Cage plays Peter Loew, a literary agent turned lunatic and possible vampire in this black comedy penned by Joseph...
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People: Faye Dunaway by Terry O'Neill (1977)
A beautiful image of Faye Dunaway on the morning after winning an Oscar for Network, taken by then boyfriend and famed photographer Terry O’Neill.
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BONUS: Andy Warhol's Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)...
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Things to Do: Halloween Movies Edition 10/22-10/31
I’ve got a chicken wing sized bone to pick with my local theater programming directors: Halloween should be playing ever year, on Halloween day, everywhere. Forever, and ever, amen. The Exorcist too! And as much as I love you BAM, The Warriors does not count as a Halloween movie, no matter how scary grown men in overalls on roller skates is. Fine, you’re offering beer, you’re...
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I met Emahn a few summers ago at a mutual friends’ rooftop BBQ. Our conversation probably began the way most do in New York social situations: through the topic of real estate (“Where do you live?”) or careers (the always abrupt “What do you do?”). Come to think of it, I still don’t know what Emahn does for a living and I like that. Mystery is underrated....
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BONUS: Poltergiest (1982)
Love this trippy Japanese poster for Steven Spielberg’s Poltergiest: a movie that I still haven’t seen due to my self diagnosed Phasmaphobia. Maybe it’s time.
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Found Stills: The Exorcist (1979)
Only eleven days till Halloween (!!!)
Editor’s Note: Regan’s head turning puppet is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of the Moving Image. The museum itself is a must see for film and tv fans of all ages. Perfect Sunday afternoon in Queens.
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Hubba Hubba: Diane Lane in Interview Magazine...
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Dressed to Kill (1980): Cuts Like a Knife.
Brian De Palma isn’t afraid to open with a slow-mo shower scene. And God bless him. Four years prior we met Carrie in a locker room shower suddenly experiencing the horrors of a girl’s first period. We quickly learned of her character’s isolation when the soft music was broken by the shrieks of her cruel classmates hurling maxi pads at her. It’s an interesting way to...
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BONUS: Une femme douce (1969)
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Type: Raising Arizona (1987)
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Leon, the Professional (1994): How I Could Just...
Leon is a loner. Making friends isn’t exactly part of the life of a seasoned hit man, though he prefers the gentler term “cleaner”. His spends his non killing time in a modest tenement apartment caring for a houseplant, drinking lots of milk and taking in Gene Kelly matinees. All of that changes when his neighbor Matilda lands on his doorstep after her family is brutally...
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In the Realm of the Senses (1976): Wicked Game.
In the Realm of the Senses is an arty excuse to watch two people having lots and lots of sex. Note: unsimulated sex. I knew going into it that the film was controversial, but I didn’t realize exactly how much bumping n’ grinding I would be witness to. Despite this fact, somehow I never found the film to be vulgar. I found it strangely romantic. Maybe it was all of those pretty silk...
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Books: The Film Snob*s Dictionary (2006)
Despite an off-putting title, The Film Snob*s Dictionary is an informative and hilarious read. A CliffsNotes of film for those looking to deepen their movie related conversations or get a quick refresher course. Chock full of directors and actors from Kenneth Anger to Steve Zahn, behind the scenes factoids, terms, and etiquette every “snob” should know. Did you know that Martin Scorcese has...
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People: Jack Nicholson in Chinatown (1974)
(via TheGoodFilms)
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Classics: John Carpenter's Halloween (1978)
It’s almost that time of year (!!!)
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Found Stills: Dead Calm (1989)
The beauty of this still lies in it’s editorial feeling. The clean line of Kidman’s stretched neck against the seeming peacefulness of the sea until that bloody ‘lil hand creeps into frame.
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Props: Dorothy's Ruby Slippers (1939)
If you’re sick of buying Loubs (and who isn’t?) and are sitting on a cool two million, a pair of Dorothy’s iconic ruby slippers will be auctioned off in California this December. The pair is one of four created for the film. One pair resides at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, another has a private owner (Travolta?), and the fourth was stolen from Minnesota’s Judy...
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Best of Netlfix Watch Instantly: Cocaine, One...
Thank you Netflix. For all of your non sequitur suggestions (“Because you enjoyed Annie Hall: You might like Roots”) you really got it right on this one. A PSA style film about cocaine’s effect on a middle class father featuring a young James Spader. Mama likes. Dennis Weaver (a poor mans Burt Reynolds) is Eddie Gant, a middle aged father whose growing paunch, spreading crows...
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Type: Sexy Baby (1967)
This French poster for the 1967 adult film Sexy Baby is on sale at Etsy. Check it out here!
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Found Stills: Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Need this poster in my bedroom. (via finestrasulcortile)
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Crossovers: Paul Sorvino foods.
So I guess Paul Newman isn’t the only actor in the marinara game.
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BONUS: Creeping Poison (1946)
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Wild Zero (2000): Kill or Be Killed.
Kind of like Dawn of the Dead with better music, hotpants and motorcycles.