Stick Man vs. Liquid Man
Maybe an homage to the Japanese Atomic Age movie, The H-Man. Maybe not. “Stick Man vs. Liquid Man.”
Making the Valley of Gwangi
In honor of Ray Harryhausen’s birthday, a little documentary on the making of Valley of Gwangi.
RIP, Peter Falk
Actor Peter Falk has died. He was probably best known as Grandpa in The Princess Bride and Lt. Columbo in Columbo, but he worked for Frank Capra, Nicholas Ray, John Cassavetes, Wim Wenders, Robert Altman and Robert Wise. And gave probably the finest performance ever at The Dean […]
Interview with Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson interviewed on the set of St. Ives, with Jacqueline Bisset and John Houseman. (via @DailyGrindhouse)
The False Consciousness of the X-Men
Matthew Yglesias says “Magneto Was Right”: “The mutant pride message is a radical one. It’s too radical for those whose WASP male privilege in their non-mutant lives makes them instinctively want to identify with existing power structures. But a mutant who’s also a Jew, or a woman, or […]
Manga Eiga: Old Japanese Animation
The Japan Society had a program featuring Japanese animation from the 1910s-1940s. Even if you missed it, you can still see some shorts —a beautiful 1929 silent featuring Tengu; sing along with a 1930 papercut animation village festival; an unfortunate butterfly from 1931; tricks between a fox spirit […]
The Cultural Gutter 