This had to have been one of the more diverse groupings of films we’ve had for the MOTM. True, it’s not as though there were any foreign films or silents or docs, but we had a classic horror flick, a classic noir, a sci-fi thriller, a sports comedy, and whatever Dark City fits into.
However, what started as a close race pretty quickly became a blowout, as Dan Heaton’s selection of Double...
Larry Clark is perhaps best known for the 1995 film Kids, which launched the careers of quite a few people: Rosario Dawson, Chloe Sevingy, Harmony Korrine, and Clark himself. But his 2001 film Bully – not to be confused with the 2011 documentary of the same name – is a similar piece of filmmaking, dealing with the angst and lifestyles of (mostly) teenagers, this time in Florida. It’s also based on a...
Submission Deadline: July 15, 2013
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Hey everyone! It’s Nick from The Cinematic Katzenjammer. This is a reminder to get your submissions in for the Director’s Chair: Zack Snyder. Get them in as soon as you can. I have extended the deadline another week, as I have received very few submissions. Check back here for the announcement post for more details. Also, remember...
** Some news and changes to the MOTM/MOTM Champions this month. Read on for the skinny. **
Well, it’s been an up-and-down week or so for the MOTM Champions angle. Your Shepherd, Joel Burman, was the only one to throw his hat into the ring for July, so I was all set to kill Champions and go back to just having me select five random films and having you vote on them.
But then a funny...
Long before Peter Jackson became known for becoming J.R.R. Tolkien or remaking King Kong, he was that big, hairy fella from New Zealand known for grossout horror comedies. His third feature was 1992’s Dead Alive , a film that wasn’t received all that well two decades ago but is now seen as a cult classic. The gang from French Toast Sunday championed the film after barely losing out to American...
Submission Deadline: July 6, 2013
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Hey everyone! It’s Nick from The Cinematic Katzenjammer. I know it’s been forever since the last edition of The Director’s Chair, but the feature is finally back just in time for one of the year’s biggest films.
Along with any movie reviews you send in, concerning the director of the month, I...