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Me on Chicagoist- Chicagoist Presents A New Story By Barry Gifford: 'Role Model'
- One Of Chicago's Best Bartenders Just Released An Amazing (and Inexpensive) Rum
- Lost 1972 Film Starring Improv Legend Del Close Deserves A Wide Release
- The New Three Dots And A Dash Menu Is An Overpriced Disappointment
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- Buffalo Grove Is More Inspiring Than Hollywood For Filmmaker Brad Bischoff
- The Music Box's 70mm Film Fest Has A Kickass Line-up
- Gender-Bending Melodrama "The New Girlfriend" Is A Crowd-Pleaser
- The Intriguing Line-Up For This Year's LGBTQ Reeling Film Festival
- Watch The Best Of Vintage Film Noir All Weekend At The Music Box
- Wyndham Wallace Takes Us Inside The Very Special World of Lee Hazlewood
- 'Live From New York!' Is A Shrugworthy Portrait Of SNL
- J.R. Jones Explores The Many Lives Of Robert Ryan
- Kartemquin's Success Is Hard Earned
- 'Maps To The Stars' A Disappointing Drive On An Oft-Traveled Road
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Happy Halloween! Cocktail: Zombie
The long, mysterious saga of the famous Zombie (b. 1934) has been recounted elsewhere with a thoroughness that still amazes me. Therefore I shall make no attempt to summarize here. (Besides, I already did that at Chicagoist years ago.) Instead … Continue reading
3 things about Nobuo Nakagawa’s JIGOKU
Jigoku [1960] 1. Low angle long take: burlesque cocktail waitress plies her trade. 2. An endless vista of stones. 3. Needle hell. This movie is bats. And it’s from 1960! I’ve never seen anything like it.
3 things about Mark Robson’s THE GHOST SHIP
The Ghost Ship [1943] 1. Was the bar fight completely staged? 2. Swinging hook, rattling chains. 3. Does he administer the injection or not?
3 things about Jacques Tourneur’s THE LEOPARD MAN
The Leopard Man [1943] 1. A pair of glowing eyes. 2. He asks, “Want to dance, Helen?” She replies, bored, “I suppose so.” 3. They never do make it to Chicago.
3 things about Terence Fisher’s HORROR OF DRACULA
Horror of Dracula [1958] 1. Librarian/vampire hunter. 2. An old woman with a stake through her heart. 3. Crumbled foot, hand, face.
3 things about Terence Fisher’s THE DEVIL’S BRIDE (aka THE DEVIL RIDES OUT)
The Devil’s Bride [1968] 1. “Don’t look at its eyes!” 2. Spider and girl. 3. Time travel!
