By Cory Casciato The original Maniac hit theaters in 1980, and quickly became a slasher classic by heralding a new era in on-screen depravity. The grimy, gritty film about a serial killer who scalps women and collects mannequins famously depicted a close-up of a shotgun blast to the head, multiple ... More >>
This morning's storm seems to have passed, but you can live through one of the greatest rainy day scenes in all of cinema tonight at UCLA. As part of their ongoing tribute to Humphrey Bogart, the UCLA Film & Television Archive is screening The Big Sleep tonight at 7:30. Before the film thru ... More >>
Talk about L.A.-bashing being a cottage industry! Loved how the Guardian UK began a description of renovated cottages in Venice: "Once a bundle of crack houses frequented by the un-great and no-good of Los Angeles back in the 80s . . ."Reminds us of the great Paul Newman line to Lauren Bacall in Har ... More >>
The Sleaze Factor-y
Rediscovering the pre-talkie résumés of three moviemaking greats
Cast against type, Woody Harrelson delivers as a gay escort caught in a D.C. scandal
Envy and spite will determine Academy Award winners
Cate Blanchett exhumes Hollywoods golden era
For the week of February 3 -10, 2006
The retro pleasures of Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle, plus The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl
Graham Greene’s centenary on the page and on the screen
Von Trier in Trollywood
Living with Dogville
Why those striking actors just can’t get respect — or a contract
Pictures of a gone world
