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Max Landis’s Jane LA
TFH Guru Max Landis just wrapped a short film, Jane LA. Max describes it as “a short film about a girl who’s…
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Art of the Title – Long May It Reign!
Art of the Title is one of those small miracles on the internet, a beautifully designed site that is also beautifully written.…
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
I’ll bet if a poll were taken to determine which movie star would be the most popular companion for drinks, it would…
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Jerry Lee Lewis on Tour
Coinciding nicely with Allan Arkush’s High School Confidential commentary is the publication of a new book by Rick Bragg, Jerry Lee Lewis: His…
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The Trailers From Hell Twilight Zone Holiday Contest!
Submitted for your approval… well, actually submitted for our approval. We’re happy to announce the Trailers From Hell Twilight Zone Holiday contest…
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Caddyshack
Golfers love wine – after they are done golfing. While they are golfing, it’s beer. Those inconsiderate showoffs who can shoot in…
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The Godfather
What kind of wine would Don Corleone drink? When that question came to mind, I turned to the one and only source…
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The Man From Hong Kong
“The Man From Hong Kong” is cited as the first Australian/Hong Kong production in cinematic history, as well as the first Australian…
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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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Touch of Evil
Orson Welles wrote, directed and co-starred in “Touch of Evil” in 1958, at the end of what might be considered film noir’s…
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The Return of Zulu to the Big Screen
No home theater can contain Zulu, director Cy Endfield’s panoramic adventure tale pitting a small band of British soldiers against a swarm of Zulu warriors…
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars
The Curiosity rover has begun snooping about for evidence of life on Mars. I’ll be watching those pictures closely for evidence of…
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The Howling
For the dog days of summer, what could be better than a movie with some canine teeth? And some claws. And a…
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Dick Smith – The Original Transformer
Legendary Special Effects Make-Up master Dick Smith created the primordial transformations for 1981’s Altered States and Altered States would be a fitting job title for the…