It would happen this way: You may be walking one day and a car will slow down beside you. A door will open and someone you you know – perhaps someone you trust – will smile and offer you… a bottle of wine. The 1970s brought a new kind of spy movie to us –…
All throughout Adam Rifkin’s fundraising campaign with Penn Jillette, he’s been sending updates from the front in the form of off the cuff sketches celebrating each milestone. The campaign, already successful (and then some!) ends in just one day. To mark that date we’re presenting all of Adam’s sensational sketches in one place. But wait,…
It’s Roger Corman‘s world, we just live in it. This weekend the legendary director was given the George Eastman House award for distinguished contribution to the art of film (click on the pic to the left to get a better view of the happy recipient). He also found time to give this concise but nevertheless revealing…
On Friday, November 1st, Trailers From Hell attended the opening reception for Hero Complex Gallery’s newest exhibition, presented by PangeaSeed and artist Craig Drake, a tribute to JAWS: “Smile, You Son of a Bitch!” Needless to say, as a lifelong JAWS fanatic, I was curious as to how these artists of all shapes and stripes could rival the already…
Sunday we premiered Penn Jillette’s commentary on Adam Rifkin’s Look. Ever the raconteur, Penn riffed extemporaneously for nearly twelve-and-a-half minutes on Adam’s movie and only a fraction of that would fit into our normal format. So today we’re happy to present that epic version. You’ll find nearly 8 additional minutes of Penn’s insights with only…
About a year ago Adam Rifkin’s phone rang… on the other end was Penn Jillette. He’d written a script called Director’s Cut and wanted Adam to turn it into a movie. What compelled Penn to make that late night call? Adam’s 2007 film, Look, happens to be Penn’s favorite movie. Filmed entirely by hidden devices,…
On Thursday October 24, Turner Classic Movies is devoting over ten hours of their broadcast day (and night) to one of Trailers From Hell’s favorite actors, Vincent Price. Starting at 5:00 PM PST/8:00 EST with Price’s 3-D classic House of Wax, they dive head-first into seven of the more or less essential horror films of…
This was originally published on our Facebook page on September 25th, 2013: Hero Complex Art Gallery is nestled away in a corner of the busy South Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles, easily overlooked if not for the monolithic green numbers standing beside the sidewalk reading, simply, two-thousand-twenty. The building itself looks modern, nice, though hidden…