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Out One Spectre Specter

A few moments grabbed from Jacques Rivette‘s rarely screened OUT ONE: SPECTRE. Shot at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. [Silent] Click here to watch the video.

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Tabu

Tabu A sensual island masterpiece, Tabu began as the collaboration between two talented Hollywood outsiders — accomplished documentarian Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North), who had recently been fired from his first attempt at fiction filmmaking, and German expatriate Friedrich … Continue reading

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The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye Robert Altman was at the top of his craft when he made this revisionist detective gem in 1973 — one of a string of similarly skewed genre masterpieces that included McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Nashville. Elliott … Continue reading

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Brutal and Uncivilized

Quotes from “The STROMBOLI Affair” in MY METHOD: ROBERTO ROSSELLINI – We ask Maestro Renzo Rossellini, the director’s brother, also present at the interview, about the working conditions in Hollywood where he was himself at work on the soundtrack of … Continue reading

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Interview with Herschell Gordon Lewis

[Q&A from an interview with Herschell Gordon Lewis, originally written for Barnes & Noble.com] DG: How did Blood Feast differ from the films you had made before it? Herschell Gordon Lewis: Well, Blood Feast is generally regarded as the watershed … Continue reading

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The Howling

The Howling This witty update of the age-old werewolf genre, made by Roger Corman alumnus Joe Dante (Gremlins), helped breathe new pop-culture life into a near dormant myth. Dee Wallace-Stone (E.T.) portrays a TV news anchor whose harrowing brush with … Continue reading

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Interview with Clive Barker

[Q&A from an interview with Clive Barker, originally written for Barnes & Noble.com] DG: Did you dream of making films early on in your career? Clive Barker: It’s not as important to me as writing and painting; they were my … Continue reading

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