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Old Time Religion
In the span of 90 amazing minutes, The Green Pastures performs a feat untold in most religious cinema: it actually explains and illustrates faith.
09 Jun 2008
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A 'Head' of Its Time
In Head, a frighteningly original, career-defying work, The Monkees depict how they were forever trapped in a suffocating, inescapable situation.
26 Jul 2007
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Billy Jack, the Original Blockbuster
Through the era-defining "Billy Jack" character, director Tom Laughlin pushed the outlandish, over-the-top event movie into the motion picture mainstream.
04 Jun 2007
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Almost Auteurs: Elaine May
Elaine May's untapped filmmaking promise remains as recognizable as her realized films, ranging from the acclaimed The Heartbreak Kid to the disastrous Ishtar. She is missed as a filmmaking force.
29 Mar 2007
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Calling William Castle!
What we need today is a man who is willing to subject himself to ridicule, disrespect, and misrepresentation, all in the name of motion picture propaganda – someone like William Castle.
23 Jan 2007
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Dreck the Halls
For every cinematic stocking full of shiny bright goodies, there are large filmic lumps of dirty old coal.
26 Nov 2006
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Skunk Ape Confidential
From his humble roots as a woodland myth to his starring roles in several '70s monster movies, Bigfoot remains the Me Decades most misunderstood manbeast -- and most unlikely cultural icon.
03 Oct 2006
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Hit the Road, Bonejack!
Seaver is a true product of the post-modern media. Glued to the tube like most of the '80s underage denizens, he lived on a steady latchkey diet of Full House, Thundercats and Charles in Charge.
Bill Gibron
01 Aug 2006
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Big Girl Blues
In the realm of enormous breasts, she had no equal. But there is more to this grindhouse icon's enduring qualities than oversized boobs... or is there?
Bill Gibron
05 Jun 2006
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The Grindhouse's Greatest Hits
It's time to slap another nickel in the naughty jukebox as this month's look at outsider cinema celebrates the music that made the exploitation genre a decidedly different kind of 'aural' experience.
Bill Gibron
04 Apr 2006
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Findlay vs. Jason
So, you think a sinister "shape" and his hockey-masked compatriot are the founding fiends of the slice and dice film? Actually, according to our resident outsider cinephile, the true origins of the slasher film can be found inside the grit and grime of the grindhouse.
Bill Gibron
19 Feb 2006
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Trailer Fabulous
Call them examples of alcoholism as the avant-garde, or experimentalism accented with several cans of Spam, but actor/filmmaker Giuseppe Andrews is onto something with his masterful trailer park epics.
Bill Gibron
10 Jan 2006
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The Neo Neo-Realist
If you believe that Italians offered the best examples of neo-realism in cinema, think again. You haven't seen the mind-numbing dullness of true reality until you've witnessed the work of Coleman Francis.
Bill Gibron
28 Nov 2005
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Mudlark Movies: Lucky Stiff
Turning the spotlight on those unfortunate films that have somehow fallen through the cracks in the entertainment system, Gibron champions the mudlark movie -- cinematic orphans that truly deserve a second chance.
Bill Gibron
27 Oct 2005
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Rudy Can't Fail
Listen up, suckas. Dolemite is back on the scene...and to hear Gibron tell it, all them rat soap eating, born insecure jack-jawed wannabes better step aside.
Bill Gibron
29 Sep 2005
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The Science Behind the So-B.I.G.
Wonder what makes a bad movie bad? Gibron offers six easy lessons in those fabulous disasters known as the So-B.I.G. films.
Bill Gibron
21 Aug 2005
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The Undead Underground
Although Hollywood might have rotted the zombie film through insipid cliché, there's plenty of 'fresh meat' available from these straight-to-video auteurs.
Bill Gibron
27 Jul 2005
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