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All The King’s Men
When talk turns to Louisiana, we don’t really think of wine. Mint juleps, sure. Falstaff beer, of course. Absinthe, it makes the…
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VANISHING POINT
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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The Court Jester
Danny Kaye was one of my family’s favorite entertainers when I was a kid. His movie career was (mostly) before my time,…
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KATMANDU
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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I Was A Teenage Werewolf
When I was in college – way back when – the student center had a room where a different video each week…
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Deep Thrust AKA Lady Whirlwind
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Them
When I first saw the classic sci-fi movie, “Them!,” I didn’t know the meaning of needing a drink. Today, I do. It’s…
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THE CAT 0′ NINE TAILS
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Alien
So you meet your friends for some wine before the movie. You allow plenty of time, so you can relax and have…
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The Laughing Woman
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
TFH Saturday Matinee
Live From Delta House – Belushi and Me
One of our favorite writers, Dennis Cozzalio, is with us again for today’s Saturday Matinee. Dennis, not coincidentally, presides over one of our favorite…
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Arsenic and Old Lace
Pairing wine with certain movies requires a leap of faith. How would you really feel having fava beans and Chianti while watching…
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Satan’s Sadists
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Before Sharknado there was Leprechaun…
All the Warwick Davis LEPRECHAUN movies are coming out in a new Blu Ray combo pack. The commentary tracks offer some memories…
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Win Tickets to the TFH/Barnsdall presentation of ELECTION!
We’re giving away two pairs of tickets to this Saturday’s presentation of Election at the TFH/Barnsdall School Nights series! Ron Yerxa, the…
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Back to School with Trailers From Hell!
To make the return to late night study sessions a little less painful, Trailers From Hell has partnered with Barnsdall Art Park Foundation to present a…
TFH Saturday Matinee
Witchfinder General
The troubled young British director Michael Reeves was credited with only three films and then, just as his star was ascending, died…
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The Legend of Hell House
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Fave Heist Films
Drive Hard, Brian Trenchard-Smith’s latest ‘Crime Against Cinema’ is all over VOD this week (see the links at the end of this…
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Joe Dante ‘Buries the Ex’ in Venice!
Our Fearless Leader’s new film, Burying The Ex, premieres today at the Venice Film Festival. The touching story of “Boy meets girl,…
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Brian Trenchard Smith Puts the Pedal to the Metal with DRIVE HARD
Brian Trenchard-Smith has, by his own estimation, directed “42 crimes against cinema”… which brings us to his latest filmmaking infraction, Drive Hard starring John Cusack and…
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The Beast Must Die
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…
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DeMille’s Call Sheets
A friend passed on these pieces of moviemaking memorabilia. They’re call sheets for Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments starring, naturally, Charlton…
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TFH is Turning Japanese
Our friends at Maxam Inc. (a dvd and film distributor in Japan) have just released a brand new compilation of their favorite…
Blood of the Vines
Lord Love A Duck
If you are in the mood for an unhinged parody of the beach-blanket-teen-flesh movies of the early to mid-’60s – and when…
Joe Dante's Fleapit Flashbacks
The House that Dripped Blood
Here’s another installment featuring Joe Dante’s reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video…