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PREVIEW: MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL

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A reissue worth revisiting (if only for the shrubbery). Continue reading

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DIG THIS: FILMSHIFT FESTIVAL

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If you missed last week’s kick-off to Jeremy Jed Hammel’s second-annual tribute to sustainable, community conscious cinema, then, uh … stop doing that. Ya jerk. Continue reading

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DIG THIS: COMPLETE CREMASTER CYCLE

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Clocking in at a full six and a half-hours, Matthew Barney’s unrelenting arthouse opus is one of the most universally-acclaimed epics of our lifetime, a phantasmagorical Gothic musical that defies description. And believe us, we are not just saying that. Continue reading

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DIG THIS: DEADBEAT AT DAWN

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“He quit the gangs. They killed his girl. He became …” And that’s it. The tagline just trails off right there. Like the He in question just kung-fu chopped the narrator in the voicebox before the big reveal. Continue reading

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DIG THIS: TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Devil’s Rejects. Sweet Home Alabama. Horror cinema is not kind to sons of the soil, painting them as either toothless, cackling harbingers of doom or overall-clad engines of sodomy-murder. Continue reading

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DIG THIS: CLASS OF 1984

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When there’s no less than Alice Cooper is singing the title theme, you know it’s something special. Continue reading

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DIG THIS: CAPE FEAR/ON DANGEROUS GROUND DOUBLE-FEATURE

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As we mentioned before, legendary composer Bernard Herrmann didn’t just know a thing or two about throwing in a dramatic spike or a moody lull to punch up the cinematic experience of the twentieth century—he knew all of it. Continue reading

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DIG THIS: THE MAKIOKA SISTERS

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Here’s a little known cultural tidbit: Japan’s got a reputation for being a tad on the conservative side when it comes to tradition. Continue reading

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CRITTERS @ COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE

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Ravenous hedgehogs from outer-space threaten to devour Kansas, and only Billy Zane, a pair of feathery-coiffed intergalactic bounty-hunters and the best gore-effects circa ‘86 can stop them! Continue reading