Hammer Studios and Corman horror star, Hazel Court, died Wednesday. She starred with icons like Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Peter Lorre–and even Patrick McGoohan (Danger Man) and Rock Hudson on television.
At one point in the essay that introduces ¡Mas! Cine Mexicano, Sensational Mexican Movie Posters 1957-1990, author Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr. quotes philosopher and art critic Eugenio d’Ors, who called movie posters “a shout glued to a wall.” As someone who works in advertising, it’s an appealing metaphor. As […]
The same week that I walked over to the rep theater to see Persepolis. I watched the straight-to-DVD Justice League: The New Frontier. And, yes, it’s probably wrong to write about The New Frontier within pixels of Persepolis, even if they’re both comics that became animated movies with […]
Sad news: Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer and inventor/scientist, died recently – at the age of 90, he had a full life, but it’s still a great loss. To mark his passing, I picked up my favourite of his books, Childhood’s End, and gave it a re-read. […]
Is it ever too late for a horror short about the Easter Bunny? (An alternate link)
“I look at it as a movie about this funny, weird old guy. And I think, ‘That’s a funny, weird old guy. I’d love to know him. He’s really funny.’Harlan Ellison talks about Dreams With Sharp Teeth, a new documentary about him. (Salon article, here)
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The Cultural Gutter 