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SPEED RACER — The Wachowskis go full throttle
Season 7 Episode 6
After THE MATRIX and V FOR VENDETTA, the Wachowskis were ready to turn from darkness, into the bright, bright candy-colored light. The result was SPEED RACER, an eyepopping postmodern explosion that …
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK — Charlie Kaufman’s movie of a lifetime
Season 7 Episode 5
When screenwriter Charlie Kaufman started making his epic, heartbreaking directorial debut SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK, he was the toast of Hollywood. Then it flopped, put a pause on his career, and arguabl…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
THE HUDSUCKER PROXY — The Coen Brothers fall from a great height
Season 7 Episode 4
In 1994, indie darlings the Coen Brothers went for the big time with a playful pastiche of classic Hollywood movies that pulled out every visual and comedic stop… and still crashed and burned at the …
Published on 9 months ago
SYLVIA SCARLETT — Katharine Hepburn pays for her transgressions
Season 7 Episode 3
It’s hard to imagine Katharine Hepburn as anything but a Hollywood icon. But in 1935, director George Cukor’s dreamy, gender-fluid comedy SYLVIA SCARLETT derailed her career for years. Host Rico Gagl…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
BABE: PIG IN THE CITY — George Miller makes one for the grownups
Season 7 Episode 2
The first BABE was a family-friendly megahit. So for the sequel, why did director George Miller thrust his sweet porcine hero into a family-unfriendly nightmare? Host Rico Gagliano takes a trot down…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
SORCERER — William Friedkin’s heart of darkness
Season 7 Episode 1
In the mid-’70s, legendary director William Friedkin — fresh off THE EXORCIST — helicoptered into South America with tens of millions of dollars… and emerged with malaria and a bleak, thrilling maste…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
SKINAMARINK — The Internet’s own haunted house
Season 6 Episode 5
Director Kyle Edward Ball had a nightmare as a child: "I was in my parents’ house, my parents were missing, and there was a monster." Turns out, this is a nightmare a lot of people have had. After ho…
Published on 10 months ago
HOUSE — The Japanese psychedelic masterpiece
Season 6 Episode 4
Few films have garnered the rabid, cult following over the years is a sight to behold. Giant cats. Talking houses. Heads coming out of wells. The images might be familiar, but the story behind the fi…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR — America’s most haunted home
Season 6 Episode 3
The most famous haunted house in America is a large Dutch Colonial family home that became a bestseller, super-successful horror movie and a franchise that has spawned over 60 movies (and counting). …
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE — Guillermo del Toro’s creative resurrection
Season 6 Episode 2
After a bad experience in Hollywood, Guillermo del Toro had lost his spark. He got it back with a story of a haunted orphanage during the Spanish Civil War, a script he wrote when he was still a stud…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago