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A closer look at Three Silent Classics by Josef Von Sternberg
For a closer look at this week’s new Criterion collection of three early works by director Josef Von Sternberg (Scarlet Empress, Blonde Venus), here’s former Scarecrow employee/film critic Sean Axmaker. –Madamecrow
Three Silent Classics by Josef Von Sternberg (Criterion)
Josef von Sternberg is the great stylist of the thirties, a Hollywood maverick with a taste for visual …
New to View: The Next Generation
Greetings and welcome to another episode of The MacGuffin Podcast. In advance of this week’s new theatrical films, Spencer and John discuss the work of The Last Exorcism’s producer (and the main focus of the film’s marketing other than the possessed girl’s contortions) Eli Roth. It includes talk of his blood drenched directorial efforts like …
A HandMade Tale: Four new titles on Blu-ray
This week we are celebrating the Blu-ray debuts of four terrific features from HandMade Films. The fact that this company even exists is a story in itself, and many beloved films owe their existence to the independent spirit that HandMade brought to the world of cinema.
To make a long story short, in 1979, Monty Python …
Anime Spotlight: Back 2 Scruel
The new section is up! It’s almost that time of year that I *used* to dread: Back to School time! thankfully I have long since graduated and plan on never going back. Just in case you happen to love school, or are returning once again– maybe you should take some time to study up on …
More Shameless Knock-offs From the Corman Factory
Minutes before I flew the Crow’s Nest to head for the Neptune and Piranha 3D, I posted the MacGuffin’s discussion on P3D director Alexandre Aja and called his latest film an “unabashedly fun three dimensional bloodbath.” Having now seen the movie, I must revise my statement to read, “an unabashedly carnage ridden installment of Girls …
New to View: MacGuffins talk blood and spoofs
The unabashedly fun three dimensional bloodbath PIRANHA 3D opens this weekend at our neighbors the Neptune and other theaters around town. Spencer and John over at the MacGuffin Podcast are gearing up for the gore with look back on the career of its director Alexandre Aja*, who has brought to the screen such violence & …
New to View: The Wright Stuff
Before you head out to the theaters for the action packed double feature of The Expendables and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, we recommend you watch the latest episode of The MacGuffin Podcast. The 54st installment of Spencer & John’s weekly film discussion is entitled The Wright Stuff. * Your hosts begin with a career …
Terry Zwigoff Documentaries Now on Criterion
Many great things are aligning today!
Robert Crumb who has made some of the most influential comics and illustrations on Earth along with Fantagraphics Books, who has been one of the best publishers to release his work to the public can stand next to The Criterion Collection who has just released Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb on …
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