Allan Holzman talks about editing and directing for Roger Corman and about his new book on the making of BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
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It’s Okay to be Unpopular: Hal Hartley, The Deadpan Tragedian
This piece originally was published in Queens Free Press in April 2015 Ned Rifle, the third in Hal Hartley’s trilogy begun with Henry Fool in 1998 and followed by Fay Grim in 2006, is a fitting labor-of-love that both celebrates the past and points towards an uncertain future that reflects not only the characters’ situations but perhapsContinue reading “It’s Okay to be Unpopular: Hal Hartley, The Deadpan Tragedian”
The Secret Art of Light Comedy, and the Secret Release of THE REWRITE
With Fast and the Furious 7 making something like 500 million dollars worldwide in four days, it’s no surprise that Hugh Grant’s genial romantic comedy The Rewrite was unceremoniously dumped: A Video-On-Demand release coupled with a token one-week stay in a Manhattan theater purely for contractual reasons, followed by a DVD release so bankrupt I couldn’tContinue reading “The Secret Art of Light Comedy, and the Secret Release of THE REWRITE”
In Praise of Emily Mortimer, and why MARY is a “Humpback Movie.”
Emily Mortimer is an actress of prodigious talent. Everyone recognizes her but I guess some may still not know her name, as she is not “box-office” and sometimes stars in films that show up on Netflix or in Redbox without theatrical release with portentous regularity. But she rocks. I cannot deny that I found her,Continue reading “In Praise of Emily Mortimer, and why MARY is a “Humpback Movie.””
A 10 Year-Old Ranks all the Superhero movies that He’s Seen…Admittedly, He’s Missed a Few!
My son, Julian James Kenney, wrote this list in a frenzy after watching GHOST RIDER this weekend. Caveat: He hasn’t seen some key titles, but he’s also seen some deep cuts some of you might have missed! He wrote a biography for a story he’s working on with a friend, so I’ll reuse that toContinue reading “A 10 Year-Old Ranks all the Superhero movies that He’s Seen…Admittedly, He’s Missed a Few!”
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