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May 27th, 2012: Q: The Winged Serpent

May27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Heist, Cops, Horror, Black Comedy, Kaiju, Cults, Monster, Movie of the Day, Independent, Stop Motion Animation, Addicition, Satire Tagged musical interlude, low-budget, it's not over, New York City, drug addict, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Larry Cohen, David Carradine, Richard Rountree, Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, Arkoff International, Larco Productions, Chrysler Building, nest, SWAT, ex-con, diamonds, Aztecs, gods, museum

May 24th, 2012: Brigadoon (1954)

May24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Romance, Fantasy, The Original, Movie of the Day, Musical Tagged MGM, alcoholic, New York City, warnings from townsfolk, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Scotland, cursed town, curse, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Gene Kelly, Arthur Freed, miracle, village, love at first sight, "love breaks the spell", Vincente Minnelli, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Elaine Stewart, deus ex machina

April 7th, 2012: Easter Parade (1948)

Apr7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Event Film, Fish-Out-of-Water, Holiday, May-September, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance Tagged "There's No Business Like Show Business", Albert Hackett, Ann Miller, Arthur Freed, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Broadway, dance, dancers, Frances Goodrich, Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin, Judy Garland, Jules Munshin, Loew's, love triangle, make-over, MGM, New York City, Peter Lawford, pygmalion, shopping for clothes, Ziegfeld Follies

It Came From Kuchar

Apr3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Documentary, Full Reviews, Independent, Indy, Reviews, Short Tagged 8mm, brothers, California, film clips, film history, filmmaking, George Kuchar, homage, insanity, low-budget, Mike Kuchar, New York City, outsider artist, San Francisco, The Bronx, twins, underground films

March 27th, 2012: The Producers (1968)

Mar27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Con, Movie of the Day, Musical, Satire, Spoof, The Original Tagged backstage, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Christopher Hewett, cross dressing, Crossbow Productions, Dick Shawn, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Gene Wilder, insanity, Joseph E. Levine, Kenneth Mars, Lee Meredith, Mel Brooks, Nazis, New York City, producer, scam, secretary, theater, William Hickey

March 8th, 2012: The Honeymoon Killers

Mar8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

January 29th, 2012: End of the Century (2003)

Jan29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Documentary, Independent, Movie of the Day, Music Tagged Arturo Vega, C.J. Ramone, Captain Sensible, CBGBs, Clem Burke, Deborah Harry, Dee Dee Ramone, Elvis Ramone, Glen Matlock, insanity, Jayne County, Joe Strummer, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Kirk Hammet, Legs McNeil, Marky Ramone, Max's Kansas City, musicians, New Wave, New York City, Punk Rock, punks, Richie Ramone, Rob Zombie, Rodney Bigenheimer, The Ramones, Tommy Ramone

January 24th, 2012: Marty (1955)

Jan24 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Drama, Romance, Black and White, Adaptation, Remake, Based on a TV Show, Movie of the Day, Independent Tagged Palme D'Or, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, United Artists, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, New York City, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, Paddy Chayefsky, Joe Mantell, meet cute, Best Actor, mother, dance, Harold Hecht, Jerry Paris, Betsy Blair, The Bronx, slice of life, butcher

December 30th, 2011: West Side Story (1961)

Dec30 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Romance, Adaptation, Coming of Age, Based on a Play, Movie of the Day, Musical, Juvenile Delinquent, Tragedy, Issue Film Tagged Arthur Laurents, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, double cross, Jerome Robbins, John Astin, Leonard Bernstein, Natalie Wood, New York City, Rita Moreno, Robert Wise, Russ Tamblyn, Seven Arts Productions, Simon Oakland, street gang, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists, William Shakespeare

December 10th, 2011: Party Girl (1995)

Dec10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, The Original, Workplace Tagged Daisy von Scherler Mayer, godmother, Guillermo Diaz, librarian, library, Liev Schrieber, New York City, Parker Posey, party, Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nomination, wild party

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