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TCM, now a film festival.
Thu, Nov 5 2009 2:36 PM

There are over 700 film festivals worldwide, but only a few are devoted entirely to showing old movies -- which is odd, considering that these days, it's just as hard to see most older films in a theater as it is to see any of the new festival darlings. Those that do exist tend towards the obscure and specialized. MoMA's annual "To Save and Project"... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Roger Corman, MoMA, repertory cinema, Cinema Ritrovato, Film Foundation, TCM, Slapsticon

Roger Corman strikes back.
Tue, Oct 20 2009 5:18 PM

Roger Corman's been laying low; since his last turn as a director with 1990's "Frankenstein Unbound," the legendary cheapie producer has pretty much kept to dabbling in direct-to-video fare like "Supergator." But now he's back, reteaming with alumnus Joe Dante for a three-episode web series for Netflix.com called "Splatter... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Odds, Siskel & Ebert, Roger Corman, Netflix, Joe Dante, Gremlins, William Castle, Corey Feldman, Splatter, Mr. Sardonicus, Mr. Payback

Unlikely Activist Success Stories, Pt. 2: LACMA lives.
Thu, Sep 3 2009 12:50 PM

I'm really impressed by how consistently the Los Angeles Times has thrown itself into the battle to preserve LACMA's repertory film program. Things have moved with surprising swiftness since the museum announced the shuttering of their repertory program for financial reasons. Enough money's been ponied up to keep the program running through next summer... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Roger Corman, Joe Dante, LACMA, Activism, Journalism, Michael Govan, The Los Angeles Times, Bertrand Tavernier

Odds: Download "Dementia 13," the fantastic Mr. Cocker, the Germs.
Mon, Jul 21 2008 5:53 PM

Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing points out that the 1963 Francis Ford Coppola/Roger Corman slasher film "Dementia 13" is in the public domain and available for download for free from Archive.org. Jarvis Cocker is writing songs for Wes Anderon's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," according to an interview with Time Out Chicago: Yet you wrote songs... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Odds, Jarvis Cocker, Dementia 13, Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson, Peter Coyote, What We Do Is Secret