by Gary Meyer
In my mid-teens I read about a small fanzine on classic movies called Profile that merged with Film Fan Monthly. I anxiously awaited the small envelope from Teaneck, New Jersey. Continue reading
Category Archives: Films: Book Reviews
Doing it in 12 Days – INDEPENDENT ED by Edward Burns (2015)
Insider accounts of the independent filmmaking scene, particularly the heyday from ’80s to the ’90s during the Sundance and Miramax era, were a publishing rage for a short while. Continue reading
The Magic Number: 13 GHOSTS and 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS From SHOWMANSHIP: THE CINEMA OF WILLIAM CASTLE by Joe Jordan
William Castle was cinema’s Abominable Showman—the marketing genius who thought “outside the coffin” to dream up outrageous PR gimmicks like PERCEPTO! and EMERGO! Continue reading
The Gift of the Gimmick: A Review of SHOWMANSHIP: THE CINEMA OF WILLIAM CASTLE
by Charlie Haas
William Castle, B-movie producer-director of sainted memory, occupies the almond in the Venn diagram where Hollywood meets the circus. Continue reading
Critics Corner: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Read two critical perspectives on Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015), by Pam Grady and Steve Englehart. Mad Max: Fury Road opens nationally on Friday, May 14. www.madmaxmovie.com. Continue reading
Brando in the Making: An Excerpt From WHY ACTING MATTERS by David Thomson
One of the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival‘s Marquee Presentations is Steven Riley’s documentary Listen to Me Marlon, in which a treasure trove of audio tapes—augmented by home movies, film clips and other archival materials—yields a unique autobiographical portrait of one of cinema’s greatest actors, Marlon Brando.
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