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. (

Best of the Movies: 2008

For me, this past year was all about:The Fall (Tarsem Singh)Synecdoche, NY (Charlie Kaufman)Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)The Wrestler (Darrin Aronofsky)Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)Wall-E (Andrew Stanton)Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)In Bruges (Martin McDonagh) Smiley Face (Gregg Araki)The Promotion (Steve Conrad)Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller)JCVD (Mabrouk El

Best of the Movies: 2008

For me, this past year was all about:The Fall (Tarsem Singh)Synecdoche, NY (Charlie Kaufman)Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)The Wrestler (Darrin Aronofsky)Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)Wall-E (Andrew Stanton)Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)In Bruges (Martin McDonagh) Smiley Face (Gregg Araki)The Promotion (Steve Conrad)Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller)JCVD (Mabrouk El

Film #100, and The Best Movie of 2008: The Fall (and Its Most Overrated Movie: The Dark Knight)

In the spring of 2008, I was wandering around New York City when I saw a stunning poster plastered all over a city wall.Always on the lookout for new movie posters (which trump trailers as my preferred way of being notified about new films), I saw this masterful work of art glued to these battered bits of particle board and exclaimed inside "WHAT IS THIS??" I read the fine print. At the top, it

Film #100, and The Best Movie of 2008: The Fall (and Its Most Overrated Movie: The Dark Knight)

In the spring of 2008, I was wandering around New York City when I saw a stunning poster plastered all over a city wall.Always on the lookout for new movie posters (which trump trailers as my preferred way of being notified about new films), I saw this masterful work of art glued to these battered bits of particle board and exclaimed inside "WHAT IS THIS??" I read the fine print. At the top, it