LISTEN >> Frankenstein and the creation of SAG
Take a look at the life and career of actor Boris Karloff and Karloff’s participation
in the creation of The Screen Actor’s Guild in 1933.
READ >> The 100 Funniest Films of All Time
These are the laughers that have stood the all-important test of time, from the brilliant silliness of of the Marx Brothers to the unrepentant juvenilia of Jim Carrey, the rapid-fire joke-a-thons of Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker to the scabrous political satires of Armando Iannucci. These are the movies that inspired intense guffaws the moment they first hit theatres and are still doing so generations later, and which we’re fairly confident will keep cracking up audiences another century from now. Or maybe not. What we are sure of is that no matter your sense of humour – silly or sophisticated, light or dark, surreal or broad – you’ll find it represented here.
GO TO >> The Satirical States of America @ Nitehawk NYC
Fame, greed, capitalism, exploitation, war, racism, and of course a white picket fence;
all are pillars of the “American Dream.” One of the greatest lies ever sold.
These are their stories. Unspooling all July long at NITEHAWK, Brooklyn.
READ >> The Binge Purge
TV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away.
For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show.
READ >> Olivier Assayas predicted the future with this 2002 thriller
Just like Cronenberg was saying almost 20 years earlier, Assayas is saying that our access to extreme violence at the click of a button is slowly rotting us away, and the access to this content is not coincidental, but rather something fought for and made accessible for the interests of those who can profit off it.
READ >> Scorsese, DiCaprio & Di Niro On How They Found The Emotional Handle For ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’
“We did a lot of work to try to help Marty do what he does best, which is to tell a very human story,
to get to the dark side of the human condition
but also understand the complexities.”
READ >> Writers Guild Calls First Strike in 15 Years
“All these rich showrunners have riled up the base, led us into battle and put the fate of working middle-class writers, which this is all supposed to be about, on the line. I just hope to God they have a plan now that it’s real.”
WATCH >> The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
In 1968, entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte hosts “The Tonight Show”
for a week alongside guests Aretha Franklin and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
READ >> 10 Most Stressful Movies Of All Time
Here are the ten most nerve-wracking, stomach-churningly
stressful pieces of cinema ever made.
READ >> 20 Biopics That Are Actually Worth Watching
Most true-story films are functional to a fault.
These ones break the mold.