Category Archives: News and Notes

And Joe Dante’s been stumping everywhere. Here’s a roundup of press!

Read More… THE HOLE is out on VOD and Blu-ray!

Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader premieres this weekend!

Read More… Roger Corman’s Catchline Contest: Winner Announced!

Don’t Knock the Rock continues!

Read More… Heads up, LA! LISZTOMANIA screens this weekend!

Read this. Joe goes in depth about his upcoming MOVIE ORGY screenings in Chicago. 

Originally, The Movie Orgy was closer to performance art than a completed film. “We would start a movie, and when the movie got boring we would switch projectors,” Dante says, calling from his office in Hollywood. “All told, the show would run seven hours and it would have five or six or seven different movies interspersed with a lot of other detritus.” The presentation, which first assumed its title at NYU, became popular with students. Seizing on that success, Schlitz offered Dante and Davison a promotional tie-in. The two separately toured college campuses, where a company representative would sell Schlitz at screenings and the movie would include since-removed commercials for the beer.

Let this also serve as a reminder: Joe’s in Chicago this weekend, presenting The Hole, Gremlins 2, and The Movie Orgy. More details here.

Lest you worry that we’re only concerned about the past work of Kathryn Bigelow this week, Columbia Pictures has just released the trailer for her next picture. And, it’s a doozy.

Read More… Kathryn Bigelow week: ZERO DARK THIRTY Trailer!

Mark Pellington, Roger Corman, Mick Garris, Bernard Rose, and more!

Read More… Blotter: Guru News!

The music documentary festival returns for another summer at Los Angeles’ Cinefamily.

Read More… Don’t Knock the Rock returns for 2012!

The horror filmmaker lines up another sure-to-be brutal movie.

Read More… Eli Roth Trips Into THE GREEN INFERNO