Giveaway Alert! Enter To Win a ‘Til Death Do Us Part DVD

Have you been on the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland lately? There’s a new bit with a bride who kills her newly wedded husbands in variety of fiendish ways (in one part she says, “I Do,” then holds up a knife, smiles and says, “I Did!”). In that fine tradition comes the new TV show ‘Til …

One of my favorite comedies has finally made its way to DVD

In 1980, a little movie called Airplane!  wowed audiences with its brilliant send-up of the films Zero Hour and Airport 1975. Eager to jump onto the parody bandwagon and facing a lull in future releases do the 1980 SAG strike, Paramount rushes a comedy/horror scab film into production. High Line was filmed …

Poll: What do you want to see on DVD?

This morning while browsing the Internet(s), I came across this link on the IMDb. It’s a Turner Classic Movies poll asking what currently unavailable on DVD film viewers most want to see released. They tallied their top 200 requests and put them up for a vote. TCM will use the results to lobby studios in …

Enter to win tickets for LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD

Hello all, we’ve got yet another ticket giveaway for you. This time around it’s a screening of Alain Resnais’ art house classic/film school staple Last Year at Marienbad. The screening is at SIFF Cinema on Friday, July 18th at 8pm. To enter, fill out a form at the big plexiglass entry box on …

Tickets on sale for the 2008 TWIN PEAKS/DAVID LYNCH FEST

Attention Twin Peaks fans! We’ve got tickets on sale here for the Seattle Art Museum’s annual celebration of the erstwhile TV show and all things David Lynch. This year they’ll be screening a brand new hush-hush secret film in the Lynch tradition. You can read a bit more about it and the whole evening …

Michel Gondry: our latest auteur

Michel Gondry is the latest auteur to grace our director’s section. He’s got a nice patch of shelf real estate in between Godard and Stuart Gordon.

Many of us have wanted him to get a section since Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, but we had to wait until Be Kind, Rewind came out on DVD. …

Movies, outside!

Now that we’ve suffered through our obligatory patch of questionable weather over the 4th of July weekend, it looks like the warmth will be sticking around for awhile and luring even the most sun-phobic folks outdoors. And if you’re going to be outside anyway, you might as well watch a movie. Here are some options; …

Staff Picks For July

Here’s an alphabetical list of the Staff Picks for July.
Avenging Force – Shawn F.
Aventurera – Kevin S.
Ballad of Narayama – Kevin C.
Berlin Super 80 – Kin F.
Boiling Point – Bryan T.
Anthony Bourdain – No Reservations – Jason D.
Brother of Sleep – Kirsten S.
Cabeza de Vaca – Leo M.
Candle for the Devil – Joel F.
Carandiru – …