Presented by the Director himself, William Friedkin, Killer Joe played to a full house on the second night of the Los Angeles Film Festival 2012 and the entire room was laughing out loud, enjoying every minute of this dark and twisted tale. As Friedkin puts it, “It’s a comedy by the way, you must not […]
2012
Cinema Fearité presents The Stuff (Dir. Larry Cohen 1985)
In the world of horror movies, death can come from many places. Danger is all around, whether it comes from the axe of a masked serial killer, the claws of a rabid monster or the mouth of a mysterious alien. But what happens when the harm comes from something as seemingly innocent as desert? That […]
Film Rave: Beasts of the Southern Wild (Dir. Benh Zeitlin 2012)
The advent of cinema created a world where artists could create moving portraits, an artistic medium not bound my any form of limitations. Rarely a film is created that holds a transgressive quality, the ability to move you completely out of your comfort zone and violate the standard laws of filmmaking. Beasts of the Southern […]
Rainer Fassbinder Retrospective (Nearly) Over At The American Cinematheque
What a pleasure it has been to wallow in the 16-film Fassbinder retrospective this past two weeks. For various reasons it’s not been easy to see his films in the theater, but now that distributers Janus hold this selection of (very nice) subtitled prints, one can hope that they’ll resurface more frequently. The second […]
Thoughts, Theory, and Lore with Ridley Scott’s Prometheus
**SPOILER ALERT** –The following piece contains spoilers, lots of spoilers, about “Prometheus” (2012, Ridley Scott). If you have not seen the film I highly suggest you avoid reading any further. What you will find below are my own personal thoughts, conjectures, and to be completely honest, fan-girl ramblings that may, or may not, make any […]