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FEARnet to add two-hour “Funhouse” weekend programming block
Channel Guide MagazineFEARnet — a multiplatform service dedicated to horror, suspense and thriller content currently available in more than 7 million American homes via its linear cable channel — is adding a new two-hour weekend programming block to that l... -
Oscar nominees take a look back with 'New Nostalgia'
![A couple of years ago, Bruce Sheridan, chair of the film program at Columbia College, noticed a curious thing happening. A few of the film majors who interned on the Chicago production of "The Dark Knight" had started making their student films and, as expected,Christopher Nolan's brooding, zeitgeisty, state-of-the-union-address of a superhero epic was a big influence. Less expected was the sort of movies it inspired. Film students have always gravitated to the shadows and stark lighting of classic noir; and Batman is the most noir-y of superheroes. Sheridan planned to see lots of noir. What he got were wide open urban spaces.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67734115-30144417.jpg "A couple of years ago, Bruce Sheridan, chair of the film program at Columbia College, noticed a curious thing happening. A few of the film majors who interned on the Chicago production of "The Dark Knight\" had started making their student films and, as expected,Christopher Nolan's brooding, zeitgeisty, state-of-the-union-address of a superhero epic was a big influence. Less expected was the sort of movies it inspired. Film students have always gravitated to the shadows and stark lighting of classic noir; and Batman is the most noir-y of superheroes. Sheridan planned to see lots of noir. What he got were wide open urban spaces.")
A couple of years ago, Bruce Sheridan, chair of the film program at Columbia College, noticed a curious thing happening. A few of the film majors who interned on the Chicago production of "The Dark Knight" had started making their student films and, as...Tags: Woody Allen, Super 8 (movie), Bennett Miller, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (movie), Martin Scorsese
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Roger Corman: Hollywood's original low-budget superhero
24 FramesRoger Corman was Hollywood's original indy rebel filmmaker... -
'Piranha 3D' director says it's 'Gremlins' for adults
The Hero ComplexFrench writer-director Alexandre Aja has a succinct and pithy way to describe his new horror movie, "Piranha 3D": " 'Gremlins' for adults." That might surprise anyone who has seen the 10 minutes of leaked footage from Aja's movie making the...... -
'Piranha 3D' director goes for the gory
Brand XHERO COMPLEX: French writer-director Alexandre Aja has a succinct and pithy way to describe his new horror movie, "Piranha 3D": "'Gremlins' for adults." That might surprise anyone who has seen the film. In a scene that leaked before its release, a... -
From the Vaults: 'The Howling' (1981)
The Daily MirrorWell, Joe Dante's horror classic "The Howling" was not at all what I expected! Every werewolf movie is necessarily idiosyncratic, of course -- it's not like "Dracula" or "Frankenstein," with an established storyline and characters to follow or riff on....... -
Who cares who directs the new Superman movie?
Baltimore Sun reporterFrom the blog Michael Sragow Gets Reel: Although the Internet was abuzz with rumors that Darren Aronofsky, director of "The Wrestler" and "The Black Swan," would direct the forthcoming " Superman: Man of Steel," I'm more concerned about the concept and...Tags: Christopher Nolan, Superman (fictional character), Movies, Tim Burton, Darren Aronofsky
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'Splatter' is vintage Roger Corman, fresh on the Web
The Hero ComplexContributor Susan King brings us some Halloween fun with this piece on the brilliant Roger Corman aiding Netflix with his cliffhanger genius. The result being an interactive three-parter, directed by Joe Dante, called "Splatter." -- Jevon Phillips When it... -
Ethan Hawke says 'Daybreakers' is no 'Twilight': 'It's a post-adolescent vampire film'
The Hero ComplexYvonne Villarreal sat down with Ethan Hawke last week to talk about "Daybreakers," the futuristic vampire-virus film that opens this Friday. Whatever happened to the 90-minute movie? Ethan Hawke is mulling that over, slouched in a dining chair inside a...... -
DVD REVIEW: 'Piranha' was a film with wit...and a big appetite
The Hero ComplexDennis Lim recently revisited a 1979 classic to see if it still has bite. Here's an excerpt from his Los Angeles Times article: Steven Spielberg's "Jaws," which opened 35 years ago this summer, is often credited — or blamed —...... -
Piranha
PIRANHA
Shout Factory / 1978 / 93 min. / R
In the summer of 1975, Steven Spielberg's JAWS not only changed the way Hollywood does business, it spawned a sharp-toothed array of cinematic imitators. From ORCA: THE KILLER WHALE to ALLIGATOR...Tags: Ron Howard, Genres, Disasters, Jack Nicholson, Steven Spielberg
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Where the movies pop
We're lucky. As blockbuster moviegoing season gets into full swing this Memorial Day weekend, we live in a place where it's just as easy to see that new, hot indie as it is to see that old, familiar Indy (think crystal skulls). We get to do so in any...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Los Angeles, Broadway Theater, AMC (tv network), Australia (movie)
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