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Tag Archives: cult movie
Saturday Matinee: Trust
“Trust” (1990) is an independent comedy written and directed by Hal Hartley about the relationship between misfits Maria (Adrienne Shelly) and Matthew (Martin Donovan) who are equally alienated in their stifling Long Island town. Equal parts stylized and realistic with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Adrienne Shelly, cult movie, Hal Hartley, Independent Film, Martin Donovan
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Saturday Matinee: Stalker
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Philosophy, Saturday Matinee, society, Video
Tagged Andrei Tarkovsky, Arkady, Boris Strugatsky, cult movie, Dystopia, Roadside Picnic, Russian Cinema, Science fiction, Stalker
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Sunday Matinee: The Spook Who Sat by the Door
“The Spook Who Sat by the Door” (1973) is one of the most unabashedly radical revenge fantasies ever filmed. Based on the 1969 novel by Sam Greenlee, the film was directed by Ivan Dixon, and co-produced by Dixon and Greenlee, … Continue reading
Saturday Matinee: Bad Boy Bubby
In “Bad Boy Bubby” (1993), an Australian film by writer/director Rolf de Heer, Nicholas Hope gives a brilliant performance as Bubby, a man who’s been kept confined and abused physically and emotionally by his mother for 35 years. He eventually … Continue reading
Posted in Art, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Film, Humor, Psychology, Saturday Matinee, society, Video
Tagged Australian film, Bad Boy Bubby, cult cinema, Cult film, cult movie, Nicholas Hope, Rolf de Heer
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Saturday Matinee: What to Do in Case of Fire?
“What to Do in Case of Fire?” (2001) opens with a montage of young anarchist squatters fighting police, making propaganda films, and constructing a homemade bomb in Berlin circa 1987. They plan to blow up a vacant mansion but the … Continue reading
Saturday Matinee: Battle Royale
With the recent release of the Hunger Games sequel, it seems fitting to feature a cult classic that may have been the inspiration for that series: “Battle Royale”. Released in 2000, it was Kinji Fukasaku’s final film, a director previously … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Art, conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Film, Saturday Matinee, society, Video
Tagged Battle Royale, Battle Royale II: Requiem, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, cult cinema, Cult film, cult movie, Hunger Games, Japan, Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku, World War II
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Saturday Matinee: Gridlock’d
“Gridlock’d” (1997) is a film most people remember for featuring one of Tupac Shakur’s last starring roles (he was murdered in a shooting just two months after its completion). While Tupac’s performance as Spoon, a level-headed but drug-addicted jazz musician, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, culture, Film, Humor, Saturday Matinee, society, Video
Tagged addiction, Cult film, cult movie, Detroit, Gridlock'd, healthcare system, John Sayles, Thandie Newton, Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur, Vondie Curtis Hall
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Saturday Matinee: The Blade
Director Tsui Hark is truly a visionary pioneer of Hong Kong cinema. He was one of the first in the Hong Kong film industry to use Hollywood-style special effects in “Zu Warriors From the Magic Mountain” (1983) and pushed the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged A Better Tomorrow, cult cinema, Cult film, cult movie, film, Hong Kong cinema, Jet Li, John Woo, Legend of Zu, Martial Arts, Once Upon a Time In China, The Blade, Tsui Hark, Wong Kar Wai, Wuxia, Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain
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