02.21.13 :Advert: Up! & Emmanuelle
Up! (1976) (Cops!...Joints! and Wild Women!) &Emmanuelle (1974) (The Most Beautiful Picture of its Kind) From the February 16, 1977 Pasadena Star News.
View Article02.22.13 :Advert: Lucky Lady
Lucky Lady (1975)Lucky Lady! Lucky You! The Action of the French Connection"! The Spice of Cabaret"! The Suprise and Hustle of The Sting"! In Fast, Beautiful, Happy-Go-Lucky Entertainment Hey!...
View Article02.22.13 :Advert: The Premonition
The Premonition (1976) - Beyond the power of an exorcist... beyond the door of science lies the world of terror for two damned souls! I haven't seen this flick and can't find a trailer, but the intro...
View Article02.25.13 :News: Reel Distraction's 2012 Alternative Oscars
This year's Oscars were fine, as were the ones for 1975, I suppose. But in my ideal world, yesterday's Academy would have said fuck One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Jack Nicholson and honored one of...
View Article02.26.13 :Advert: The Twelve Chairs & Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
The Twelve Chairs (1970) &Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) - What Makes Mel Funnier Makes Gene Wilder Oh man. That tagline is almost too much. I can't handle it right now, so I'll...
View Article02.26.13 :Advert: Pick-up, The Sister-in-Law, Stepmother, Intimate Playmates,...
Pick-up (1975) (Get in kid, theres always room for one more...), The Sister-in-Law (1974) (She kept it all in the family!), &Stepmother (197?) First off, I'm not entirely sure which Stepmother is...
View Article02.27.13 :Advert: Torso, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Dolemite, & Super Dude
Torso (1973), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Dolemite (1975), &Super Dude (1974) Well damn, Elliott Theaters... kudos for lining up a fantastic horror double feature at one theater and a...
View Article02.27.13 :Advert: Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different
Monty Python And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) - If the Motion Picture Industry Dies... Monty Python Killed It (Worse Than The Holy Grail") Such a basic ad, but it makes me laugh. The...
View Article03.27.13 :News: SXSW 2013
:: Day One :: Day one of my ninth consecutive SXSW is in the books! (As an aside, people kept referring to this year's SXSW as the 25th anniversary of SXSW film. It wasn't. It was the 25th SXSW film....
View Article08.11.14 :News: AGFA Cinemapocalypse 2014
A rule I try to live by is that if theres a Cinemapocalypse event happening, Im going. I think it started as a road show Zack and Lars brought to several rep theaters on the west coast in early...
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