Exhibition On Screen: Sunflowers (2021)
Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers series are among his most famous works and in this film, the Van Gogh Museum took a new and revealing look at the five publicly-owned versions of these paintings rarely — if ever — seen all in the same place. In fact, all five paintings are now considered to be in […]
Drag Racing Week: Right On Track (2003)
Courtney and Erica Enders started drag racing as kids and Erica became the 2014, 2015 and 2019NHRA Pro Stock drag racing champion. This Disney Channel film tells the story about how they had to work harder — because they were women — than the men they raced against. Erica (Beverley Mitchell, Saw II) even quit for a […]
Drag Racing Week: Fast Company (1979)
Editor’s Note: This review ran on August 8, 2020. We’re bringing it back for our “Drag Racing Week” tribute. David Paul Cronenberg. The man who gave ex-pornographic actress Marilyn Chambers a vampiric armpit. The man who made us lifelong fans of Micheal Ironside (John Saxon, Part Deux!) when he exploded his head via psychic brain […]
Drag Racing Week: Wheels of Fire (1972)
Not to be confused (and it is) with the Wheels on Fire drag-doc made in Australia, this U.S. documentary focuses on the lives of five major drag racers of the era: Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme (Snake & Mongoose), Shirley Muldowney (Heart Like a Wheel), Richard Tharp and Billy Meyer, as they are each followed through […]
Drag Racing Week: Drag Racer (1972)
Editor’s Note: This review ran on December 12, 2020. We’re bringing it back for our tribute week to the funny cars and rails of drag racing of the ’60s and ’70s “(A) versatile and underrated B-movie Renaissance man.” — IMDb, about actor-director John “Bud” Carlos. That’s the understatement of the century, ye IMDb database scribe. […]
REPOST: The Stylist (2020)
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally reviewed this movie on March 26 of this year, but now that Arrow is releasing it on blu ray, we hope that more viewers will find it. Based on Jill Gevargizian’s award-winning short of the same name, The Stylist reunites the director with actress Najarra Townsend. She stars as Claire, a hairstylist who […]
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