Roger Corman Reviews, Interviews & More

Love him or hate him, director James Cameron has never been one to play it safe. But Cameron just announced that he is not open to developing any projects, original or otherwise, in the near future. Instead he will focus entirely on directing sequels to his groundbreaking 3D epic Avatar. This is cause for concern. In the past, some directors opted to coast off huge...

Seems to be a steady "eye" theme going on at this years Fantastic Fest. Odd and creepy -- it works! Just released were seven new posters for Let Me In, Red, White and Blue, Nevermore... An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe, Rubber, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, the...

The Oscar goes to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis. That's right, it's only September, but three people in the world of movie-making have been honored with the first Oscars of the season. According to the Associated Press, the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced...

Depending on how militant one is about their definition of “indie,” be it a budgetary classification or a faux-genre product of silent studio partners, Rachel Getting Married will either come across as scathingly honest or morbidly engineered. It’s an unsympathetic drama shot on video, chronicling a massive wedding weekend that’s just short enough on magic and emotional stability...

The Academy (Linwood Dunn Theatre): Fri 3 at 7.30 : Yojimbo (1961) Sat 4 at 7.30: Dersu Uzala (1975) The Academy's three-month tribute to Kurosawa Akira has of course been tremendous, but has hardly delved deep into his filmography (confining itself to those films the academy nominated in some category). Yojimbo was up for best black and white...