Interviews
Interview: Director Gil Reyes discusses “Searching for Elliott Smith”
I only had one opportunity to see Elliott Smith play live, at Silver Lake’s Sunset Junction music festival in August, 2001. For many who were there to see Smith’s strange, sad set of half-played songs, forgotten lyrics, and indecipherable mumbled apologies, coupled with news of heavy drug use and deep depression, the news of Smith’s [...]
Read More »Interview: Jeffrey Combs discusses “Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe”
Over a formidable Reuben sandwich at Studio City’s Twains Restaurant, I sat down with cult cinema and television icon Jeffrey Combs – Re-Animator’s Dr. Herbert West himself - to discuss the return of his one-man play Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe to Los Angeles’ Steve Allen Theatre. Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe will run [...]
Read More »Interview: Director Steven R. Monroe discusses his remake of “I Spit on Your Grave”
Remaking a groundbreaking and classic film – specifically during a time when studios, to much derision, have seemingly been churning out more remakes than ever – must be a particularly intimidating undertaking when your intent is to do it right. Credit director Steven R. Monroe with pulling off that rarest of cinematic feats – a [...]
Read More »Interview: Writer/Director Meir Zarchi discusses the legacy of his 1978 classic “I Spit On Your Grave”
Thirty-two years after the release of writer-director Meir Zarchi’s controversial film Day of the Woman (retitled I Spit On Your Grave by its distributors to capitalize on a then-popular string of violent thrillers), Cinetel Films and director Steven R. Monroe present I Spit On Your Grave, an unrated remake of the classic 1978 original. [...]
Read More »Interview: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbet discuss “Rifftrax Presents: Reefer Madness”
Television cult sensation Mystery Science Theatre 3000 may have left the air in 1999, but stars/writers Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy (“Tom Servo” himself), and Bill Corbett are still hard at work riffing movies we love to hate (and some we hate to love) on their popular RiffTrax website and downloadable soundtrack series. On Thursday [...]
Read More »Interview: Director Oliver Ralfe discusses his documentary “Journey of the Childmen: The Mighty Boosh on Tour”
On Friday June 4 2010 I attended a screening of Journey of the Childmen: The Mighty Boosh on Tour at Los Angeles’ Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theatre – read my ***1/2 review of the British documentary here. Before the film’s encore screening at Long Beach’s Art Theatre the following Sunday, I met with the film’s director, Oliver [...]
Read More »Interview: Director Aaron Marshall discusses his documentary “Zombie Girl: The Movie”
Entertaining, unique, and ultimately inspiring, the documentary Zombie Girl: The Movie is the behind-the-scenes story of the independent horror film Pathogen, and of its writer-director, Emily Hagins. Pathogen is Emily’s first feature-length film – an ambitious undertaking for anyone, let alone a sixth-grader. I truly enjoyed Zombie Girl: The Movie – read my review [...]
Read More »Interview: Rena Riffel talks to Mondo Celluloid – Part 2
We continue our interview with actress Rena Riffel at the Paranoia Film Festival premiere of Dark Reel, as well as the trailer for her directorial debut, Trasharella. Rena continues her discussion of her Mulholland Drive shoot… Our call time was really early that morning, and I was all showered and made up, and David Lynch [...]
Read More »Interview: Rena Riffel Talks to Mondo Celluloid – Part 1
Rena Riffel is experiencing the perils of the Red Carpet life firsthand. Looking stunning in a dark ensemble that speaks to both her class and her playfulness, she is realizing that, striking as they may be, the Vic Matie shoes she has been given to wear do not get along with her feet… Calling me [...]
Read More »Interview: San Francisco midnight cinema sensation Peaches Christ shares her secrets with Mondo Celluloid
It’s good to have role models… When I launched Mondo Midnights, it was with a healthy dose of inspiration from two beloved cinephiles – Monsieur Phil Blankenship of New Beverly Midnights, and San Francisco’s favorite drag phenomenon-turned-cult cinema programmer and emcee, Peaches Christ. Ms. Christ is the genius behind Midnight Mass, a screening series of [...]
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MONDO CONTEST: Win Dinner-For-Two at the Home of “Forbidden Zone” director RICHARD ELFMAN!
Richard Elfman wants YOU over for dinner! We're giving away a DINNER FOR TWO AT CASA ELFO! (yes, that's Forbidden Zone director/Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo founder Richard Elfman's L.A. home!), grilled by Grillmeister Elfman himself!!
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Egyptian Theatre presents 007 AT 50: THE COMPLETE JAMES BOND RETROSPECTIVE!
The American Cinematheque and The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Present… 007 at 50: The Complete James Bond Retrospective! Friday, June 8 – Sunday, June 24, 2012 10 Nights, 2 Theatres, 22 Films on the Big Screen! Egyptian Theatre · 6712 Hollywood Blvd · Los Angeles, CA · 90028 Aero Theatre · 1328 Montana [...]
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“The Avengers” smashes another record, crossing $1 Billion globally in 19 days
The Walt Disney Studios has announced that Marvel’s The Avengers is expected to cross the $1 Billion threshold at the global box office on May 13, its 19th day in release. This is the first Marvel Studios film and the fifth Walt Disney Studios release to reach this important milestone. The news comes just a week [...]
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Reviews
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Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" is a welcome return to style, complemented with fine performances from an ensemble class. Unfortunately, the film is nowhere near as compelling as its seemingly heady themes and examinations would suggest.
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Pick of the Week – Breakfast at Tiffany’s, August 23rd at Regency Buenaventura 6
"There once was a very lonely, very frightened girl. She lived alone except for a nameless cat..." Blake Edward's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S screens Thursday, August 26 at Regency Buenaventura, 7:30pm. Alicia's Pick of the Week.
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Tormented (AKA “Rabbit Horror 3D”)
Initially armed with the tremendous title Rabbit Horror 3D (tell me you wouldn't run out to see that immediately), this surreal, fantasy/horror blends elements from a number of children's films such as Alice in Wonderland and The Little Mermaid, but its final product is decidedly NOT for children...
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