Articles tagged "grindhouse"

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[25.Jan.08] :. It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

 

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

 

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007

by Daynah Burnett

[4.Jan.08] :. When flipping through my mental catalog of the year's films, certain scenes stand out. This past year offered a veritable feast of visual goodies.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

 

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Q&A with Mike Vraney, the guru of `Grindhouse’

by Mark Rahner [The Seattle Times (MCT)]

[22.Jun.07] :. SEATTLE—Even if “Grindhouse” flopped in theaters, it’s put gloriously cheap, nasty old exploitation flicks back on the pop-cultural map and unleashed a slew of sleaze on DVD...

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Short Ends & Leader Recent Highlights

by PopMatters Staff

[26.Apr.07] :. Day in and day out, SE&L offers up insightful and in-depth film criticism, covering a wide range of cinematic issues from the historical to the front page entertainment headlines. Here are some recent highlights...

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Short Ends and Leader

The Front Page: Ground Down

by Bill Gibron

[16.Apr.07] :. Dear Weinstein Brothers. We know things aren’t going particularly well for you right now. After severing ties with the notoriously bothersome House of Mouse and striking out on your own,...

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Short Cuts - In Theaters: Grindhouse

by Bill Gibron

[12.Apr.07] :. Grindhouse is not a return to the sordid salad days of drive-in b-movies. It is not a careful or accurate recreation of the original raincoat crowd experience. The name is a gimmick, a...

 

Movies don’t always have to be picture perfect to gain our loyalty

by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)]

[9.Apr.07] :. Tarantino compares the "grindhouse" experience with the raw power of "punk rock."

 
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Film Review

Grindhouse (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Apr.07] :. Where the olden days movies were fierce, these are more nostalgic for a moment that's amplified in the remembering. These retreads are surely giddy, but they're also indulgent, just as they mean to be.

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Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Talk Grindhouse

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[6.Apr.07] :. The celebrated directors discuss their new double-feature, a salute to the grindhouse film era, and offer a hit list of grindhouse classics for your viewing pleasure.

 

The Front Page: Feeling Exploited?

by Bill Gibron

[2.Apr.07] :. In a little less than five days, maverick directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez will unleash their long awaited double feature phenomenon in the making, Grindhouse, onto an...

 

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

by Bill Gibron

[2.Mar.07] :. In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring.