Articles tagged "terry gilliam"

Mixed Media

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus dir. Terry Gilliam (trailer)

by Matt Mazur

[10.Aug.09] :. This new Terry Gilliam film will surely get major play because it features the final performance of Heath Ledger, but that aside, the visual side of the movie looks mind-blowing. Add in Colin...

Mixed Media

Performing Arts Feature

The Secret Policeman’s Balls

by Emma Simmonds

[11.Mar.09] :. The seemingly smutty and initially baffling title is the collective moniker for a series of Amnesty International benefit concerts, held in London.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD Feature

Part 2 - Outsider Influences

by PopMatters Staff

[9.Oct.07] :. TV was at a standstill. On one side -- the status quo. On the other -- the innovators from outside the mainstream. Guess who ended up winning the 'classics’ argument?

PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD

Film Feature

Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction

by Bill Gibron

[29.May.07] :. The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath.

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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2007 Feature

Full Frame 3: The Bad, the Ugly, the Cute and the Delicious

by Kevin Greer, Jyllian Gunther, and Isaac Miller

[11.May.07] :. Subversive behavior is encouraged, girl-watching is indulged, Hunter S. Thompson gets some respect, and the pig-out at the wrap-up Awards Barbeque begins.

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2007

The Personal Best of Monty Pythons Flying Circus

by Sean O’Neal

[26.Sep.06] :. A nostalgia-tinged scrapbook satisfying to only the most ardent of collectors.

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Jan.06] :. 'This is why I love DVDs,' says Terry Gilliam. 'I can completely destroy the illusion of my film.'"

Monty Python’s Flying Circus: 16 Ton Megaset Collection

by Bill Gibron

[3.Nov.05] :. In the heavenly hierarchy of humor, Monty Python's Flying Circus is God. Its four-year run on the BBC resulted in 45 stellar examples of superior sketch comedy.

Monty Python’s Flying Circus - Eric Idle’s Personal Best

by Scott Carlson

[20.Sep.05] :. Monty Python pioneered the stream-of-consciousness comedy style, which meant every show was like a conversation that flowed from a start to an end.

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Aug.05] :. Will worries out loud, 'Nothing makes sense here, it's like being inside Jake's head.'"

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.04] :. This time around, Life of Brian might be seen for what it is: an icon of irreverent comic brilliance.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

by Jesse Hassenger

[21.Oct.03] :. The extras in this two-disc set are ample and appropriately Python-y.

Lost in La Mancha (2002)

by Stephen Tropiano

[9.Sep.03] :. What will most surely whet fans' appetites are the DVD's two 50-minute interviews with Terry Gilliam.

Lost in La Mancha (2002)

by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece

[13.Feb.03] :. Even in the midst of chaos and catastrophe, Gilliam's drive to create fantastic worlds can be as damning, and as appealing, as Quixote's.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975/2001)

by Susan Glen

The social/political commentaries . . . are still relevant and imaginative, and the inventive physical and verbal humor is still the stuff that bladder accidents are made of.