- First Movie I Ever Saw:
- Psycho
- First Binge
- 1981, a twelve-hour overight film festival at William Paterson College that I programmed and ran the projection for; titles included "The Day The Earth Stood Still," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and "Plan Nine From Outer Space"
- All-Time Faves
- "Psycho," "Repulsion," "The Shining," "Breathless," 'The 400 Blows," "A Hard Day's Night," "The Big Lebowski," "Stalker," "Some Like It Hot," "King Kong," "GoodFellas," "Trouble Every Day," "Touch of Evil," when do I stop
- Current Obsession
- Russian filmmaker Alexei German, John Zorn's organ music
- If I Were A GIF...
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The Latest
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The Problematics
The Problematics: 'Body Double' at 40, Drilling Down On Brian De Palma’s Most Brutal (And Misogynist?) Murderfest
By Glenn Kenny •It’s one thing to say you’re going to make a hardcore pornographic film, and another thing to actually do it. -
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The Problematics: Bob Guccione’s 'Caligula' Is An Unholy Cinematic Orgy
By Glenn Kenny •Is it worth watching? Of course it is. -
The Many Faces of Kris Kristofferson: Genius Songwriter, Questionable Singer, Cinema Icon
By Glenn Kenny •“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.” -
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The Problematics: 'Natural Born Killers' at 30, An Acid-Soaked, All-American Hellscape Of Violence and Venality
By Glenn Kenny •Are Mickey and Mallory still Menaces II Society after all these years? -
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The Problematics: 'The Joy Of Sex' At 40, A Movie That Paradoxically Offers Little Sex And Even Less Joy
By Glenn Kenny •Fortunately, Martha Coolidge was later able to turn lemons into sweet, sweet Val Kilmer lemonade. -
Sometimes her frankness is startling.
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Throwback
Bob Newhart's Movies, Remembered: His Unique Hilarity Was Not Just Limited To TV
By Glenn Kenny •In & Out screenwriter Paul Rudnick weighs in on his memories of working with Newhart. -
Stanley did a bad, bad thing.
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The Problematics
The Problematics: 'Bachelor Party' at 40, A Naughty Comedy That's Also The Most '80s Movie Ever
By Glenn Kenny •This movie delivers are a lot of moments in which you’ll say, “That joke was funnier in National Lampoon’s Animal House.” -
The Enigma of Faye Dunaway Is Still Intact Even After A Revealing New Documentary
By Glenn Kenny • 100 SharesShe's a Grand Dame of cinema. -
There was no one like her.
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Is Kevin Costner Dooming Himself To Be The Captain Ahab of Westerns With 'Horizon'?
By Glenn Kenny •Costner's dedication to the fading genre may prove to be his very own white whale. -
Cult Corner
How 'The Stunt Man' and 'Hooper' Set The Standard For 'The Fall Guy' (The TV Show And The Movie)
By Glenn Kenny •The Stunt Man, in particular, earned three Oscar nominations. -
More Than Just An Auteur’s Wife: The Extraordinary Life And Work of Eleanor Coppola
By Glenn Kenny •She was an artist, but she was also an extremely loving and devoted mother. -
The Problematics
O.J. Simpson: A Problematic Man With An Idiosyncratic Filmography
By Glenn Kenny • 146 SharesHe was no Jim Brown. -
Queue And A
James Gray's Films Continually Wrestle With His "Fraught and Complicated" Relationship To The Myth Of His Hometown, New York City
By Glenn Kenny •The Criterion Channel is currently featuring a retrospective of Gray's work entitled "James Gray's New York." -
The Problematics
The Problematics: 'Frankenhooker,' The Ultra Rude Body Horror Movie To Which 'Lisa Frankenstein' Owes A Debt Of Gratitude
By Glenn Kenny •Frankenhooker revels in the filth of old New York, long before Disney came to Times Square. -
Decider Lists
Waiting for Ridley Scott’s 'Napoleon'? These 5 Movies May Tide You Over
By Glenn Kenny •Napleon's ego is writing checks his body can't cash. -
'Killers of the Flower Moon' Is The Crown Jewel Of DiCaprio-Scorsese Collaborations
By Glenn Kenny •Killers is the sixth feature film Martin Scorsese’s made with charismatic megastar Leonardo DiCaprio, who himself still has yet to turn fifty. -
Take Two
'Staying Alive' Probably Deserves Its 0% Rotten Tomatoes Rating — But It's Also An Endlessly Fascinating Glimpse Into Sly Stallone's Worldview
By Glenn Kenny •Staying Alive is special because the sequel to Saturday Night Fever is, in a sense, the ne plus ultra of auteurist films.