Quick and Dirty Tales of Murder and Journalism in Hollywood
Flicker Alley’s set of Hollywood B-films from 1934 provide sociological snapshots of the limits of respectable cinema.
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John Carpenter on the Pleasure of Making Horror Film Soundtracks
The hallowed B-movie director John Carpenter says making film scores with Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies comes naturally. But he still craves the unnatural.
Blood and Money – Four Filmmakers on Making B-Movies in These Times
Why do B-movies endure in the modern age? Filmmakers Richard MacQueen, Shawn Burkett, M. J. Dixon, B. J McDonnell weigh in.
Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story
Trace Adkins and company bring Western cosplay to the forefront in this 90-minute elegy to a once mighty genre.
Playing Sophisticated Trash: ‘Duke Nukem 3D’ and the History of the First Person Shooter
Trashy gameplay calls for trashy presentation, and sophisticated gameplay calls for sophisticated presentation. However, Duke Nukem 3D is a game that is constantly in tension between these two principles.
The 10 Films in ‘Attack of the Killer B’s’ Replicates the Ethos of B-films Rather Well
In B-films such as these, there’s usually something there to be found, a something resulting from a film’s flaws, rather than its flawlessness.