Articles tagged "john waters"

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Guest of Cindy Sherman

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Apr.09] :. Paul H-O's hurt feelings over being the overlooked man in a relationship with a famous woman, are surely familiar and not especially provocative.

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Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[27.Mar.09] :. On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

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Obscene: A Biography of the Life and Career of Renowned Publisher Barney Rosset

by Christel Loar

[13.Mar.09] :. A fierce, funny and informative look at the most influential publisher of the 20th century, from Rosset's literary firsts to his crusade against censorship and continuing cultural impact.

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Column: Canon Fodder

DIY: Takahiko Iimura

by Michael Barrett

[8.Oct.08] :. Takahiko Iimura read about the American underground film movement and began making experimental works based only on what he'd read. Soon he was a leading experimental filmmaker.

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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

by Marc Calderaro

[25.Sep.08] :. We're given the legacy of one of the 20th century’s most influential avant-garde filmmakers and artists, but also the sad, thin-skinned ego of a societal outcast.

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Serial Mom: Collector’s Edition

by B.J. Carter

[29.Jul.08] :. John Waters’ broad satire on suburbia and celebrity still holds up. Just not in the way he might have expected.

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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

by Rob Horning

[30.Nov.07] :. They seem to be on one of the last American frontiers, where native optimism can still stubbornly face down an inhospitable climate, environmental wreckage, and state neglect to make for an unencumbered life that seems wholly one's own.

John Waters talks (and talks) about his subversive career

by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[8.Nov.07] :. Known at the beginning of his career as “The King of Sleaze,” “The Prince of Puke” and “The Pope of Trash,” provocative indie filmmaker John Waters has wormed his...

John Waters: A Date With John Waters

by Matt Cibula

[14.Feb.07] :. It's a foregone conclusion that this Waters-curated disc of love songs will be at least worth a chuckle.

Love and Frogs: Dating John Waters

by Michael Franco

[14.Feb.07] :. The unique filmmaker talks about his sweet compilation, his extreme romantic tastes, and the definitive way to divorce.

This Filthy World (2006)

by Emma Simmonds

[12.Dec.06] :. The 'Pope of Trash' may look like a fiend, but he has the authority and enthusiasm of a professor – the kind who can pack the auditorium.

Inside Deep Throat (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Feb.05] :. Inside Deep Throat is less interested in the film's making than in its cultural and political fallouts.

A Dirty Shame (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Sep.04] :. While such a fantastic love-love-love, all-pleasure-all-the-time scenario hardly seems likely in our near future, A Dirty Shame remains hopeful and even sweet.

The Cockettes (2002)

by Susan Glen

[26.Sep.02] :. A joyful, wild romp through the heyday of San Francisco's national cultural importance, filled with body glitter, feather boas, and important shoes.

Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

by Josh Jones

[3.Dec.99] :. Even though Sean Penn brings a phenomenally hysterical freshness to Emmett Ray (and he played a similarly mustachioed maniac in Hurly Burly, without the artistic genius), Sweet and Lowdown is familiar ground for Woody Allen, replete with his usual themes.

Cecil B. DeMented (2000)

by Todd Ramlow

In Cecil B. DeMented, John Waters takes the culture wars to the streets of Baltimore. Of course, Waters has long been at the center of these political skirmishes: his avant-garde, underground...