Movies & TV

IF YOU WATCH Saturday morning television, you’ve probably seen Charlton Heston’s NRA infomercial where he wags his bony finger at President Clinton for daring to suggest that trigger locks might be a good idea. And though he may be a blithering, gun-happy grandpa, Chuck used to be, well, almost liberal–even marching on Washington with Martin […]

One major flaw with dying is that the event is a compelling reason to throw a party in your own honor–one to which your closest friends are invited–but you can’t attend. Take a lesson from these flicks: Cheat death of its grim countenance and plan your own funeral. Soft Fruit (1999)-A mother gathers her children […]

Thursday, August 17 9:00 WB CHARMED The girls take a walk on the witchy wild side by turning themselves into men. 9:30 NIK THE BRADY BUNCH Mike and Carol threaten suicide when Greg is caught smoking cigarettes!! Friday, August 18 9:00 FOX GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS A man tries to hold his breath for seven minutes. […]

OPENING ANIMATED WORLDS AUTUMN IN NEW YORK CECIL B. DEMENTED THE CELL CITY OF LOST CHILDREN GODZILLA 2000 GORDON’S WAR HARLEM IN THE THIRTIES I WANT TO GO HOME JIVIN’ IN BE BOP LOVE UNTO DEATH MEDITERRANEO MELO ORIGINAL KINGS OF COMEDY PROVIDENCE SHAFT’S BIG SCORE SHOW BOAT TEN MINUTES TO LIVE WONDER MAN MOVIES […]

You’d think employees of world-renowned SE video store Movie Madness would have more “arty” films for their favorite movies, like Wings of Desire or Trust. In actuality, they didn’t even mention Jean-Luc Godard! Movie Madness Employee: Angelo Favorite Movie: Repo Man Why: “It’s pretty zany. I like Alex Cox’s style.” Movie Madness Employee: Jamie Favorite […]

Thursday, August 10 8:00 WB POPULAR The gang gets sent off to “sensitivity camp”–and come back bigger assholes than before! 9:00 CBS FAMILY TELEVISION AWARDS A show that awards programs in the undeserving genre of family television, like Touched on the Swimsuit Area by an Angel. Friday, August 11 8:00 TBS ROADHOUSE–Movie (1989) Patrick Swayze […]

OPENING AUTUMN IN NEW YORK CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED EYES OF TAMMY FAYE L’ATALANTE REPLACEMENTS VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED MOVIES & EVENTS The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Once upon a time, a badly-drawn cartoon dependent upon pained sarcasm was shown on national television. This was clearly a horrible idea, appealing only to the least […]

GOOD FILMS DESERVE clear, competent examinations because they are complex and immortal; bad films deserve only experimental reviews, because, really, what else can you do with them except, as the British say, take the piss out of it. The Replacements certainly deserves the latter treatment, which is why Bruce and I decided to conduct a […]

THE DIRECTORS of The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey) certainly selected the raw materials needed for a brilliant documentary: a crazy, wannabe drag queen with 10-inch eyelashes who married another lunatic and started a multi-billion dollar television evangelism called Praise the Lord (PTL). Yet their analysis falls short because the film […]

Curb your end-of-summer lament with these short subjects: Midgets having sex with full-sized folk! Whee! Mondo Extreme Volume 16: Getting a Little–Sometimes a little goes a long way; these scenes of dwarves fucking are a prime example. Yeah, the box cover says they’re midgets but that’s because there aren’t any cool names that rhyme with […]

THE NEGATIVLAND EXPERIENCE is so enjoyable–they’re chaotic deconstructionists who eschew copyright laws, warp our familiar images, and feed them back. In their newest film with Trevor Maloney, Gimme the Mermaid, they bake their traditional humor-and-clusterfuck pie by co-opting Disney’s The Little Mermaid. A big-haired Ariel spouts gutteral threats of “It’s mine, you can’t use this […]