Archive for the ‘Film Festivals’ Category
In a hypothetical world, someone with a huge cache of Hong Kong flicks but without clearance to show them might ask attendees of a movie marathon to stay mum about the actual movies shown. In unrelated news, the Alamo Drafthouse Hongkongathon was way better than I’d anticipated. I was expecting a bunch of exploitation stuff [...]
Sadly I’m not going again this year, for good reasons involving schedule and finances, but that’s OK. It will not stop me from considering the lineup at length. The ticketing is wild this year. The festival starts this Thursday; tickets go on sale tomorrow. The schedule only came out like Friday. Make your decisions quick. [...]
Noted: The Zombie Marathon, at the Somerville Theate. Movies include Shaun of the Dead, Fido, I Walked With A Zombie, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Zombie, and Dead Alive. I suspect that’s the full list, since it’s a 12 hour marathon and that’s 7 movies. No Romero? Shocking, but perhaps Diary of the Dead [...]
The TIFF Midnight Madness film list is out. It’s always interesting comparing their movies to Fantasia; you don’t generally see movies at both, because (as I understand it) there’s a mild rivalry. As is generally the case, Toronto got the big names — Romero and Gordon this year. Naturally, Fantasia has more depth in the [...]
We’re sadly not going to Fantasia this year, but next year with any luck, and it’s not like it doesn’t just keep getting better. I need to remember to call someone about ordering the program this year. Chris said something insane about a shortage of must-see movies this year. Naaaah.
Let's go to the tape, Chumley. I amended two grades; in retrospect, Wilderness was a touch better than I gave…
And finally… The Great Yokai War. Just, whoa. Miike isn't one of my top five artists in the world (David…
Saturday was our children's movie day. Aziris Nuna was the first of the pair, and it was pretty much a…
The first time I saw Five Deadly Venoms, I was not as kind as I might have been. I enjoyed…
Fantasia lists this as The Order of One, but IMDB has it as Order of One. Who knows? The official…