The world is full of unwanted VHS cassettes, which is a good thing for Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett. They mine comic gold from the unwanted dregs of the video universe, which they serve up every so often with their Found Footage Festival. The results are often shocking, absurd, and pathetic. But they are also, … Continue reading The Return of the Found Footage Festival
Month: December 2012
Blu-ray Review: Brazil
George Orwell might have created something like Brazil if he had had a sense of humor. But since he didn't (at least not any that shows up in his work), the task was left to Terry Gilliam to create this absurd, dark, tragic, yet hilarious look into a dystopian world of bureaucracy gone mad. A … Continue reading Blu-ray Review: Brazil
What’s Screening: December 7 – 13
Another Hole in the Head Film Festival continues through Sunday. But by then, it will be the Festival of Lights, which has nothing to do with movies. B+ Mysteries of the Krell: Making the Sci-Fi Epic Forbidden Planet, Rafael, Saturday, 7:00. The B+ goes to the feature, Forbidden Planet, although the accompanying talk could make … Continue reading What’s Screening: December 7 – 13
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