Return of Netflix Queue & A
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes you pry your eyelids open with toothpicks. Last month’s Netflix queue viewing was a respectable mix of all three.
Best Of Bay Area Film – December 2013
What movies of interest are coming your way this month, you lovely Bay Area folks? Come on inside and we’ll fill you in.
I Burn for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
I cannot tell a lie: I’ve not been a big proponent of The Hunger Games thus far.
Mind Control Double Feature #71: Let’s Get Nostalgic For High School Nostalgia
In which we go back 40 years to the ‘70s to remember the ‘60s, then ahead 20 years to the ‘90s to remember the ‘70s.
In Which I Heap Contempt On Godard’s Contempt
Let’s have a nice, friendly chat about Godard and his most beloved movie, Contempt.
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 […]