MALTIN AND THE MOVIES – An Interview with Leonard Maltin

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Kenn Fong

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 →

Doing it in 12 Days – INDEPENDENT ED by Edward Burns (2015)

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Kenn Fong

by Roger Leatherwood

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

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Kenn Fong

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

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Kenn Fong

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

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Kenn Fong

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

Posted on April 24, 2015 by garyedf

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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