A key passage in Tom Wolfe’s blistering architectural critique, From Bauhaus to Our House, recounts a tumultuous public meeting attended by the residents St. Louis’ Pruitt-Igoe housing project, called by the city to get input on how to salvage the seriously deteriorating facility and notable for ending with the assembled tenants joining in on the …
Category Archive: Coming Soon
Jan
18
Trailer for INTRUDERS (Sponsored)
In the spirit of international cooperation comes INTRUDERS, a new film that kicks it old school in its tale about two children — a boy and a girl — in two, different countries who find themselves menaced by… ssssssomething… that visits them in the middle of the night with intentions that extend well beyond just …
Jul
21
Video: EW’s Exclusive Live Comic-Con 2011 Coverage
Can’t make it to Comic-Con 2011? Neither can I. Fortunately, Entertainment Weekly has the festivities locked down with live, streaming video coverage. Kick-off is on July 21, 9:15 AM PT/12:15 PM ET — click the player below, and geek out unashamedly.
Jun
30
DARK DAYS: 10th Anniversary Re-Release
Before everyone larks out for the long, long weekend, I just wanted to let NY’ers know that Marc Singer’s debut documentary, DARK DAYS is having it’s re-release at the Cinema Village starting July 1. The film will be out on homevid in a couple of weeks, but for those of us in Manhattan, seeing a …
Apr
23
No MMP Episode This Week
The interview we were trying to set up fell through, so MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST is taking a little break this week. Fear not, we’ve already got our next episode in the can: A conversation with director Tom Six about his outlandishly twisted horror film, THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Join us next week and, in the interim, …
Apr
09
ATTENTION LISTENERS IN GREAT BRITAIN: Help Send MMP to Camp!
Okay, let’s be blunt about this: I know nothing about comic actor Omid Djalili or screenplay writer David Baddiel, or their new film, THE INFIDEL, which is currently running in Great Britain. But the plot — about a British Muslim who discovers he was actually born Jewish — has potential and, more to the point, …
Jun
18
Tatia Rosenthal on $9.99
What with all the “family-oriented” animation that we’re going to be saddled with over the next few months, Tatia Rosenthal’s debut stop-motion animated feature, $9.99, comes as a welcome change. Based on the stories of Etgar Keret — who for the indie film crowd is probably best known for writing the seed story that became …
May
22
Trailer for THE SKY CRAWLER
Go ahead, call this self-indulgent. It’s not like I get blurbed every day, you know. BTW: The film really is stunning. embedded by Embedded Video
Apr
15
Preview of INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
“Business is a-boomin’.” Here’s the brief (too brief, some might say) glimpse of Tarantino’s upcoming INGLORIOUS BASTERDS that aired on AMERICAN IDOL. embedded by Embedded Video
