Hollywood Releases Preview – August, 2011
by HELEN GEIB
Welcome to another edition of the Hollywood Releases Preview, Visual Style. Jump over the pictures for the full dates and titles list.
Top Director-Actor Teams?
by HELEN GEIB
This post at Anomalous Material on director-actor partnerships got me thinking about great filmmaking teams. Like John Woo and Chow Yun-fat (pictured above in Woo’s delirious, no holds barred Hong Kong actioner Hard Boiled). The only ground rule for this game: they must have made at least three movies together.
What’s your list of cinema’s greatest director and actor teams?
DVD of the Week – Three Double Features
by HELEN GEIB
Choose-your-own double features are all the rage on the movie blogosphere right now. In the spirit of the moment, for this week’s DVD recommendation I offer you three themed double features from my home library:
The Matrix and The Thirteenth Floor (both 1999)
My Life As an Indy Moviegoer – July, 2011 Recap
by HELEN GEIB
A monthly series in which I relate my reflections on life as an independent-minded moviegoer in Indianapolis, Indiana.
I had an ambitious movie-watching plan laid out for this year’s Indy Film Fest- until ridiculously long days at the office and a sudden business trip to Georgia intervened. In the event, I only made it to one film, The City Dark. A documentary about light pollution, it was entertaining and surprisingly informative. Read more 
Rewind: Films of the 60s, 70s, 80s – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
by RICHARD WINTERS
This is a classic horror film that managed to resurrect the sagging careers of acting legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. It also spawned a whole new “psychobiddy” film genre. The movie is based on the 1960 bestselling novel by Henry Farrell. Read more
