But a bigger budget doesn’t diminish the director’s talent.
Tag: W.C. Fields
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Sperm blowout, hoop dreams deferred, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Great popular art, past and present, and the rest of this week’s movies
Noting new and notable movies playing in Chicago between August 9 and 15
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Nuns, superspies, wild animals, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Joe Dante’s fully clothed orgy, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Coming soon: Northwest Chicago Film Society’s winter calendar
A preview of Northwest Chicago Film Society’s winter calendar
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“Shades of Bacchus!” Joe Dante Talks W.C. Fields
One of my favorite series at the Toronto International Film Festival is Dialogues: Talking With Pictures, in which directors presenting their own work at the festival take time for a side appearance to introduce and talk about one of their own favorites. Joe Dante—director of such horror/fantasy features as Piranha (1978), The Howling (1981), Gremlins […]
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Everything’s Funnier With Weltanschauung
Joint review of Swedish black comedy You, the Living and Will Ferrell-produced gag-a-thon The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
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Harold Lloyd opens this year’s Silent Summer Film Festival
The Silent Summer Film Festival opens tonight with Harold Lloyd’s Speedy.