CINEMA GALLERY: The ABCs of Cult Movies

In the interest of the recent worldwide blogger call to contribute the ABC's of any given category, I offer now a possible lexicon of cult movie magic:

A is for The Apple. (Menahem Golan, 80)

B is for Belle Du Jour. (Luis Buñuel, 67)

C is for Cutter's Way. (Ivan Passer, 81)

D is for The Devil Rides Out. (Terence Fisher, 68)

E is for Eating Raoul. (Paul Bartel, 82)

F is for The Fall. (

CINEMA GALLERY: The ABCs of Cult Movies

In the interest of the recent worldwide blogger call to contribute the ABC's of any given category, I offer now a possible lexicon of cult movie magic:

A is for The Apple. (Menahem Golan, 80)

B is for Belle Du Jour. (Luis Buñuel, 67)

C is for Cutter's Way. (Ivan Passer, 81)

D is for The Devil Rides Out. (Terence Fisher, 68)

E is for Eating Raoul. (Paul Bartel, 82)

F is for The Fall. (

SIDE ORDERS #9

For my first entry into this month's quickly-written SIDE ORDERS, we have the opening scene of Morton DaCosta's 1962 musical masterpiece The Music Man. If one were listing great opening scenes of any movie or stage production, one would have to include "Rock Island," the incredible white-rap penned by Meredith Wilson. The amazing thing about this scene is that only two of the characters on this

SIDE ORDERS #9

For my first entry into this month's quickly-written SIDE ORDERS, we have the opening scene of Morton DaCosta's 1962 musical masterpiece The Music Man. If one were listing great opening scenes of any movie or stage production, one would have to include "Rock Island," the incredible white-rap penned by Meredith Wilson. The amazing thing about this scene is that only two of the characters on this