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A Look Back At The Black Dahlia Murder

September 5, 2006 Rich Drees

Although the upcoming film The Black Dahlia is being touted as based on the novel by James Ellroy, the writer of LA Confidential, Ellroy actually based his book on the 1947 Los Angeles murder of [click for more]

Kevin Smith: From Clerks To Cannes And Back Again

July 21, 2006 Rich Drees

“All right, calm down,” director Kevin Smith says to the crowd. “It’s been done already.” Smith is talking to the crowd in a sold out Red Bank, New Jersey theatre who has just seen a [click for more]

Andy Hardy’s Dilemma

June 19, 2006 Rich Drees

So this past Saturday night I fall asleep on the couch watching Turner Classics’ all-night William Powell-Myrna Loy marathon. No biggie, though, as I’ve seen all 13 of their collaborations numerous times, even the rather [click for more]

POUND: Revisiting A Neglected Cult Classic

April 7, 2006 Rich Drees

Although much has been written about the numerous films from early in Hollywood’s history that weren’t preserved, the same neglect can happen to more modern films as well. Case in point- writer/director Robert Downey, Sr.’s [click for more]

Kirby Dick Unrated: Taking on the Motion Picture Ratings System

April 2, 2006 Rich Drees

Since its debut at the Sundance Film Festival this past January, Kirby Dick’s documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated has been on the “must-see” list for many film fans. Ripping down the veil of [click for more]

Robert Towne On Los Angeles’ Dusty Past

March 17, 2006 Rich Drees

Some directors have become inexorably linked with certain locales. Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen have explored their own aspects of Manhattan, while Barry Levinson and John Waters have returned to Baltimore time and again for [click for more]

Action And Acting With Milla Jovovich

March 1, 2006 Rich Drees

Milla Jovovich appears to be anything but the stone-cold action heroines she plays in the movies. It is a week before the premier of her latest film, Ultraviolet, and Jovovich is on stage at the [click for more]

Hitman On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: Writer/Director Richard Shepard Talks About THE MATADOR

January 5, 2006 Rich Drees

It sounds like the set up to a Borscht Belt comedian’s routine. “A hitman and a traveling businessman walk into a bar…” And while there are some darkly comic moments in writer/director Richard Shepard’s The [click for more]

The Thing About Paul Reiser and Peter Falk

September 15, 2005 Rich Drees

Paul Reiser is beaming. Standing at the front of a Philadelphia movie theater, writer/comic/actor Reiser is basking in the applause from a packed auditorium following a screening of the film The Thing About My Folks, [click for more]

Jason Miller Remembers THE EXORCIST

August 15, 2005 Rich Drees

“There’s two ways to look at The Exorcist,” stated actor Jason Miller who portrayed Father Karras in the horror classic. It is September 2000, and Miller is speaking about the film during a workshop at [click for more]