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Week 6 (July 26 – Aug 1) – Generic Cartoon Tapes “Every day is Saturday Morning at this Jo-Ann Fabric. Every space is liminal in Sylvester’s head (hand-drawn for PS1)” – Scumbalina A young boy discovers a mysterious extraterrestrial visitor, and this alien, imbued with unique cosmic abilities, forms an immediate, telepathic bond with him. Is this E.T.? […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Body of Evidence was on USA Up All Night on June 3, 1998. Directed by Uli Edel and written by Brad Mirman (who scripted and produced another American Giallo, Knight Moves), Body of Evidence was yet one more attempt for Madonna to find the screen success that she had in Desperately Seeking Susan as a […]
A wealthy heiress (Virginie Solenn) is abducted and held hostage in an isolated hideout while her affluent father scrambles to pull together a massive ransom. Rather than a straightforward captive ordeal, the situation devolves into a tense psychological study of physical excess and psychological warfare among her captors. As the days drag on, the captive […]
The bohemian suburban enclave centers around the Cocoa Poodle bar — a real-life bar, if the credits are to be believed — which is a neighborhood hangout for eccentric artists, low-level gangsters and drifters. Janet (Joanna Mills) is a rather unassuming model who harbors an intense jealousy toward her mentor, an artist named Tanya (Irene […]
Struggling pulp fiction writer and hopelessly incompetent jewel thief Grant Henry (David Warbeck) finds himself failing at crime in the most spectacular way possible. No matter how hard he tries, he gets caught in the act every single time. However, armed with rugged charm and undeniable looks, he manages to turn his absolute criminal failures […]
A department manager finds himself standing in a courtroom, forced to defend his actions against serious charges of workplace harassment. To explain his side of the story, he takes the judge and the court through the chaotic, sprawling narrative of one exceptionally difficult day on the job. Meanwhile, a restless reporter takes to the streets […]
Week 6 (July 26 – Aug 1) – Generic Cartoon Tapes “Every day is Saturday Morning at this Jo-Ann Fabric. Every space is liminal in Sylvester’s head (hand-drawn for PS1)” – Scumbalina Man, talk about bleak. Born in an abandoned house alongside her mother, Duchess (June Foray, Rocky the Flying Squirrel), a bright-eyed English Springer Spaniel puppy named […]
In contemporary Taiwan, hip and sexy Ting (Polly Shang Kuan ) —dressed in flared polyester pants and platform shoes—is on a quest to avenge her father’s murder. She finds herself constantly on the run from a syndicate of hooligans trying to steal the seven-diamond ring she inherited, which conveniently holds the password to a secret […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Blindfold: Acts of Obsession was on USA Up All Night on May 27, 1994; April 27, 1996; March 7, 1997 and August 2, 1997. Premiering originally on the USA Network in 1994 before crossing the pond to Channel 4 in the UK in 1995, Lawrence L. Simeone’s Blindfold: Acts of Obsession stands tall as a […]
Week 6 (July 26 – Aug 1) – Generic Cartoon Tapes “Every day is Saturday Morning at this Jo-Ann Fabric. Every space is liminal in Sylvester’s head (hand-drawn for PS1)” – Scumbalina Michael (Jason Marsden) is a teenager whose life is spiraling downward due to marijuana use, leaving his younger sister, Corey (Lindsay Parker), worried. One morning, when […]
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