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Revisiting a Cruel and Unusual Punishment
With last week’s news about a federal judge in California declaring the state’s death penalty “cruel and unusual punishment” and therefore unconstitutional along with this…
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A Hard Day’s Night opens Don’t Knock the Rock 2014
Andrew Sarris called it the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals but A Hard Day’s Night long ago broke free from the constraints of being “just”…
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Back to Andromeda
By David S. Schow Hall: “Where’s the library?” Dutton: “No need for books — everything’s in the computer.” One of the few…
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Godard and the Permanently New
Thoughts occasioned by the release of Adieu au langage Godard and the Permanently New One “It has to face the men of…
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Mogwai Madness! Gremlins is 30!
To mark the 30th Anniversary of Gremlins, Warner Bros. has released Joe Dante’s (first) subversive masterpiece on DVD and VOD today. Here’s a…
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The Student Teachers
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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Cannes award to legendary Vilmos Zsigmond
We here at TFH have always thought of the great Vilmos Zsigmond as one of “our” movie icons, having begun his distinguished…
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Kings of Cult – An Art Tribute to Roger Corman and Joe Dante
Our thanks to Adam Smasher and Soua Her of the Hero Complex Gallery for hosting the memorable opening night of Kings of Cult: An Art…
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Trailers From Hell and Hero Complex Gallery present…KINGS OF CULT: A TRIBUTE TO ROGER CORMAN AND JOE DANTE
Trailers From Hell is proud to announce our collaboration with Hero Complex Gallery: KINGS OF CULT: A Tribute to Roger Corman…
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Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird
“Gahan Wilson’s work was my introduction to dark humor.” — Stephen Colbert “For those of you who don’t get Gahan Wilson…That’s impossible! If…
Blood of the Vines
Withnail and I
In Withnail and I, two English chums go “on holiday by mistake” and seek refuge from their horrid lives in a bottle…
Blood of the Vines
The French Connection
While casting about for a French wine and movie pairing, it occurred to me how much French stuff we find all around…
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Rock ‘N’ Roll High School meets J-Pop!
Sherilyn Connelly, writer for the Village Voice and SF Weekly, alerted us to her interview with fashion designer Ayumi Seto in which…
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“Explosions, killer sharks and Superdogs…”
Alamo CEO/Founder Tim League and other members of the American Genre Film Archive (including Nicholas Winding Refn and Paul Thomas Anderson) have…
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Roger Corman Interviewed by Jonathan Demme
The new issue of Interview Magazine features a great interview with the legendary filmmaker, Roger Corman, conducted by one of the most…
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The Vampire and the Ballerina
Trailers From Hell welcomes all movies great and small but sometimes a particular trailer may not be up to the visual quality…
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It’s A Gift
Three significant early Paramount comedies make an appearance in our Great Global Search, Horse Feathers and Monkey Business starring the Marx Brothers and It’s A Gift with…
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A Bucket of Blood
Here’s another gem from the TFH Vault. From September 27, 2007, it’s Allan Arkush on Bucket of Blood. “Life is an…
Joe Dante's Fleapit Flashbacks
Together
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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Artists and Models
1955’s Artists and Models, directed by Frank Tashlin, neatly satirizes the cold-war paranoia of the fifties (and the McCarthy hearings in particular) by focusing on…
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20 Million Miles to Earth
Here’s another gem from the TFH Vault. From September 21, 2007, it’s Sam Hamm on 20 Million Miles to Earth. The…
It Came From the Web
10 Most Criminally Underrated Movies
Entertainment Weekly compiled a list of the 10 Most Criminally Underrated Movies, five of which can be found on TFH. We’re confident…
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The Hypnotic Eye
Most movie trailers boil down a film to its essence, resulting in 2½ minutes of unbridled sensationalism. That’s pretty much a trailer’s raison…
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Dracula, Prince of Darkness/Plague of the Zombies
Trailers From Hell welcomes all movies great and small but sometimes a particular trailer may not be up to the visual quality…
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The Horse Soldiers
Westerns – the Great American Movie Genre. Yes, the Italian cinema has its Spaghetti Western – Cameriere, more Sangiovese, please! But we’re talking…
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It’s In The Bag
A former vaudevillian, the great comedian Fred Allen found his fame in radio but was unable to navigate a suitable transition to…