In perhaps the most famous moment of the crackling classic Sweet Smell of Success, famous newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) briefly sees through press agent Sidney Falco's (Tony Curtis) fast-talking exterior and pauses. "I'd hate to take a bite out of you," reflects Hunsecker. "You're a cookie full of arsenic." Returning for its second season on Monday, June 6, Lifetime's UnREAL is an updated version of that idiom, a colorful macaron full of strychnine, perhaps? UnREAL launched last summer and was reductively described as a satirical look behind the scenes of a Bachelor-style TV dating show.
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- 6/3/2016
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome back to another installment of Daily Dead’s 2015 Holiday Gift Guide—we’re now on the eighth day and for today’s gifting ideas, we’re turning the spotlight on several great books related to noteworthy horror and sci-fi TV shows. We’re also featuring some amazing indie artists in this edition of the Hgg—Electric Zombie and Velvet Geek—and we’ve also found some pop culture-inspired Clue games that would be perfect to put under the tree this year.
This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is being sponsored by Rlj Entertainment and their recent terrifying yuletide release, A Christmas Horror Story. To help you guys get into the spirit of the season, we’ve put together ten amazing prize packs filled with goodies, a T-shirt and your very own copy of A Christmas Horror Story to get you ready for the holiday season.
For a chance to...
This year’s Holiday Gift Guide is being sponsored by Rlj Entertainment and their recent terrifying yuletide release, A Christmas Horror Story. To help you guys get into the spirit of the season, we’ve put together ten amazing prize packs filled with goodies, a T-shirt and your very own copy of A Christmas Horror Story to get you ready for the holiday season.
For a chance to...
- 12/3/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
July 25, 1980. That was the day Dressed to Kill opened in theaters across the country, and it marked the first of countless times I would see the movie projected on a big screen, on a drive-in screen, panned and scanned for home video, even interrupted and cut to ribbons for network TV. But I’ll never forget seeing it that first time, in a cavernous old movie palace in downtown Eugene, Oregon, its lush, complex, violently dynamic and meticulously choreographed images, all set to a Pino Donaggio score which reflected precisely those same qualities, thrilling me to my core. I left that theater buzzing, even if at first I wasn’t entirely sure how I felt about the movie-- it took me a few days and another screening or two to decide that the outraged cries of Hitchcock plagiarism coming from some circles were unwarranted. For me, Dressed to Kill is...
- 10/10/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
“Murder In Soft Focus”
By Raymond Benson
Brian De Palma’s crime thriller/horror flick, Dressed to Kill, was a controversial release in 1980 for its depiction of violence against women and its sexual content— nevertheless, it was a successful entry in the director’s oeuvre during the most fruitful period of his long career. The film was released in America with an “R” rating—but only after De Palma, under protest, compromised with the ratings board and agreed to cut some footage, re-edit a couple of sequences, and change some lines of dialogue.
De Palma’s preferred unrated version of the film was released on home video not too long ago, but The Criterion Collection has seen fit to issue a new, 4K digital restoration, supervised by the director, of what might have been an “X”-rated picture back in the day. The results are gorgeous. De Palma’s thrillers...
By Raymond Benson
Brian De Palma’s crime thriller/horror flick, Dressed to Kill, was a controversial release in 1980 for its depiction of violence against women and its sexual content— nevertheless, it was a successful entry in the director’s oeuvre during the most fruitful period of his long career. The film was released in America with an “R” rating—but only after De Palma, under protest, compromised with the ratings board and agreed to cut some footage, re-edit a couple of sequences, and change some lines of dialogue.
De Palma’s preferred unrated version of the film was released on home video not too long ago, but The Criterion Collection has seen fit to issue a new, 4K digital restoration, supervised by the director, of what might have been an “X”-rated picture back in the day. The results are gorgeous. De Palma’s thrillers...
- 9/11/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Criterion beautifully restores Brian De Palma’s early masterpiece, Dressed to Kill, his 1980 title often lumped in with a quartet of other films categorized as Hitchcockian riffs, criticized or celebrated for how they playfully exhume style, narrative and tone from iconic titles. Although it’s nearly impossible to discuss the film without an acknowledgment of its obvious homage, it’s also a strikingly original piece in its own right, one that most easily sidesteps the derivative trappings of the ‘anxiety of influence’ theory thanks to its complex design as a critique on rigid social constructions.
Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) is an unhappily married housewife, saddled with husband number two, a man whose underwhelming lovemaking she describes to therapist Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine) as the root her problems. When her precocious teenage son (Keith Gordon) declines to go on a lunchtime museum trip, Kate goes alone, and becomes involved in a casual tryst with a stranger.
Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) is an unhappily married housewife, saddled with husband number two, a man whose underwhelming lovemaking she describes to therapist Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine) as the root her problems. When her precocious teenage son (Keith Gordon) declines to go on a lunchtime museum trip, Kate goes alone, and becomes involved in a casual tryst with a stranger.
- 9/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Previously: Review: 'Masters of Sex' Season 3, Episode 2: If 'Three's a Crowd," Four Spells Trouble The Syllabus "From now on, the best of everything is good enough for me," man-on-the-make Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) boasts in Alexander Mackendrick's acidly beautiful portrait of the Manhattan media elite, "Sweet Smell of Success" (1957), and though Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) may lack Falco's flashy manner, he expresses his ambition in much the same terms. "It's not enough," he tells Virginia (Lizzy Caplan) near the end of "The Excitement of Release," balking at Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's offer to fund the pair's future research in return for their "seal of approval." With glowing reviews, strong sales, and several prospective investors—in addition to mountains of hate mail and a member of the Committee for Decency's warning that "Hell is a real place"—"Human Sexual Response"...
- 7/27/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Indiewire
Fans of David Cronenberg and Brian De Palma are in for a treat this summer and fall, as The Criterion Collection will release the former's The Brood and the latter's Dressed to Kill on respective Blu-rays.
The Criterion Collection will release The Brood on Blu-ray October 13th and Dressed to Kill on Blu-ray August 18th:
From The Criterion Collection: The Brood: "A disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious institute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a group of demonic beings. How these two story lines connect is the shocking and grotesque secret of this bloody tale of monstrous parenthood from David Cronenberg, starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar. With its combination of psychological and body horror, The Brood laid the groundwork for many of the director’s films to come, but it stands...
The Criterion Collection will release The Brood on Blu-ray October 13th and Dressed to Kill on Blu-ray August 18th:
From The Criterion Collection: The Brood: "A disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious institute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a group of demonic beings. How these two story lines connect is the shocking and grotesque secret of this bloody tale of monstrous parenthood from David Cronenberg, starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar. With its combination of psychological and body horror, The Brood laid the groundwork for many of the director’s films to come, but it stands...
- 7/22/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
August marks the fading days of summer, the last gasp of heat-soaked freedom before vacations are over and everyday responsibilities start taking over. But if you've got a few bucks left over from that summer job, or some money you didn't spend on holiday, Criterion's August lineup has some compelling reasons to part with it. Kicking things off, Brian De Palma's sizzler "Dressed To Kill" arrives on the label. It will boast a new high def transfer, all kinds of new interviews (actress Nancy Allen, producer George Litto, composer Pino Donaggio, shower-scene body double Victoria Lynn Johnson, and poster and photographic art director Stephen Sayadian), featurettes about the different versions of the movie that were cut to avoid an X rating, and much more. This looks like a treat for De Palma devotees (but let's hope they change that kinda dreadful cover art). As expected, the Dardennes' acclaimed "Two Days,...
- 5/18/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Jeff Donnell, Sam Levene, Joe Frisco, Barbara Nichols, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater | Written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman | Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
When it comes to Arrow and the releases they output I’ll always be a fan of the Arrow Video line because of my love of everything cult and horror. A close second though has to be their Arrow Academy range, whereas the name suggest they give more of an education based on films from the past which deserve our attention just as much as any modern movie does. Sweet Smell of Success is the latest release and gives an insight into one of the more unique Hollywood movies not only of its times in the fifties, but still remains just as good today.
When J.J. Hensecker (Burt Lancaster) a powerful New York newspaper columnist decides to come...
When it comes to Arrow and the releases they output I’ll always be a fan of the Arrow Video line because of my love of everything cult and horror. A close second though has to be their Arrow Academy range, whereas the name suggest they give more of an education based on films from the past which deserve our attention just as much as any modern movie does. Sweet Smell of Success is the latest release and gives an insight into one of the more unique Hollywood movies not only of its times in the fifties, but still remains just as good today.
When J.J. Hensecker (Burt Lancaster) a powerful New York newspaper columnist decides to come...
- 3/30/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Sweet Smell of Success
Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets
Directed Alexander Mackendrick
USA, 1957
For press agents and important newspaper columnists in the 1950s, Manhattan is the heart of the jungle. With stories floating out and about from Broadway, the visits of senators or even the domain of midlevel musical artists, the Big Apple is the hubbub of gossip and breathtaking opinion pieces, a virtual goldmine for press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and widely read columnist J. J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). The latter’s every written word forms public opinion like that of few other writers, a power he relishes, a power that inflates his already considerable ego. The former is the sewer rat who digs up any bit of information he can on just about anything that sells a newspaper…and a whole lot of gossip can sell a newspaper. His latest assignment, decreed by his dictatorial ally J.
Written by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets
Directed Alexander Mackendrick
USA, 1957
For press agents and important newspaper columnists in the 1950s, Manhattan is the heart of the jungle. With stories floating out and about from Broadway, the visits of senators or even the domain of midlevel musical artists, the Big Apple is the hubbub of gossip and breathtaking opinion pieces, a virtual goldmine for press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) and widely read columnist J. J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster). The latter’s every written word forms public opinion like that of few other writers, a power he relishes, a power that inflates his already considerable ego. The former is the sewer rat who digs up any bit of information he can on just about anything that sells a newspaper…and a whole lot of gossip can sell a newspaper. His latest assignment, decreed by his dictatorial ally J.
- 4/4/2014
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Some images Nsfw:
Dr. Caligari had always been the stuff of legend for me. I had heard many discuss this odd little porn-ish film full of cranial craziness, but I had never been able to get my hands on a copy. I finally stumbled across this film at an aging video rental store in North Hollywood, California. Eddie Brandt’s Saturday Matinee may very well be one of the last great video rental stores in existence. Their shelves are always packed with endless obscure titles, and it’s rare that I journey to the shop and not leave with some strangely enthralling and possibly extinct monster of a horror gem. Dr. Caligari is one such find.
Back in 1982, porn director Stephen Sayadian tried to bridge porn into the mainstream film industry with a sci-fi infused flick called Café Flesh. Café Flesh (which is equally difficult to locate) was far too...
Dr. Caligari had always been the stuff of legend for me. I had heard many discuss this odd little porn-ish film full of cranial craziness, but I had never been able to get my hands on a copy. I finally stumbled across this film at an aging video rental store in North Hollywood, California. Eddie Brandt’s Saturday Matinee may very well be one of the last great video rental stores in existence. Their shelves are always packed with endless obscure titles, and it’s rare that I journey to the shop and not leave with some strangely enthralling and possibly extinct monster of a horror gem. Dr. Caligari is one such find.
Back in 1982, porn director Stephen Sayadian tried to bridge porn into the mainstream film industry with a sci-fi infused flick called Café Flesh. Café Flesh (which is equally difficult to locate) was far too...
- 3/5/2014
- by Rebekah McKendry
- FEARnet
Stephen Sayadian is just one of those 'Guys'. A born provocateur. A gregarious storyteller. A genre unto himself. He's been everywhere and met everyone. He may not be a household name, but name one in front of him and chances are he'll have a few stories about them.The genre he created, dominated and left behind could best be described, I suppose, as surrealist nightmare art-porn. But, funny. With Nightdreams, Cafe Flesh and Dr. Caligari, Sayadian lifts from experimental theatre (where he has also worked extensively), silent cinema and absurdist comedy to create X-rated films that are anything but erotic, hallucinations that stick with you long after the leads have pulled out. And after making three of the very strangest films I, or anyone else, has ever or...
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- 9/21/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...
- 9/18/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
So to recap, it’s Election Night 2012, the News Night team is coming apart on the eve of the launch of Jerry Dantana’s frivolous lawsuit, the network’s disgraced after Genoa turnout out to be entirely made-up, Leona Lansing won’t let anyone quit, Will fired Mackenzie in a fit of spite, and Don just got a scoop about the resignation of David Patreous. What else could go wrong on The Newsroom? Let’s find out.
The Patreous matter is ended swiftly. Despite two congressional sources, and two sources each from the Departments of Justice and Defense, or in other words “as confirmed as anything has ever been,” Charlie and Mac decide to run the Brody quote instead as it will have immediate impact on voters. Don’s disappointed, but he supports the call.
As for Will, he’s still wrestling with Taylor. He notes that a group called...
The Patreous matter is ended swiftly. Despite two congressional sources, and two sources each from the Departments of Justice and Defense, or in other words “as confirmed as anything has ever been,” Charlie and Mac decide to run the Brody quote instead as it will have immediate impact on voters. Don’s disappointed, but he supports the call.
As for Will, he’s still wrestling with Taylor. He notes that a group called...
- 9/16/2013
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
I want to keep doing the news—let’s play The Newsroom. A faceless bureaucrat (let’s call him, Sidney Falco) ambles into Aaron Sorkin’s office. He holds in his hands the finished copy of The Newsroom’s season finale. “Aaron,” he says while waving briskly at the figure behind the desk. An exasperated Aaron Sorkin slowly swivels away […]
The Newsroom 2.09 "Election Night, Part II" Review: Chekhov's Engagement Ring...
The Newsroom 2.09 "Election Night, Part II" Review: Chekhov's Engagement Ring...
- 9/16/2013
- by Justin Mooney
- TVovermind.com
"Acn is able to project Mitt Romney will win the great state of Kansas ... "
Anchorman Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and his cable news network were right in the thick of the action as "Election Night, Part II," the Aaron Sorkin-written finale of Season 2 of HBO's "The Newsroom," began Sunday (Sept. 15). And as with the previous week's "Part I," there was just as much activity off-camera.
Don (Thomas Sadoski) was working to nail down the tip he'd gotten that Gen. David Petraeus was about to resign. Charlie (Sam Waterston) was debating whether to go with that or with the story about a congressman that had yielded the Petraeus tip, as an intended trade-off.
Don lobbied strongly for the Petraeus story, which Acn would run before anyone else and which he believed would "earn us back some credibility and goodwill" in the wake of the Operation Genoa debacle. In the end,...
Anchorman Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and his cable news network were right in the thick of the action as "Election Night, Part II," the Aaron Sorkin-written finale of Season 2 of HBO's "The Newsroom," began Sunday (Sept. 15). And as with the previous week's "Part I," there was just as much activity off-camera.
Don (Thomas Sadoski) was working to nail down the tip he'd gotten that Gen. David Petraeus was about to resign. Charlie (Sam Waterston) was debating whether to go with that or with the story about a congressman that had yielded the Petraeus tip, as an intended trade-off.
Don lobbied strongly for the Petraeus story, which Acn would run before anyone else and which he believed would "earn us back some credibility and goodwill" in the wake of the Operation Genoa debacle. In the end,...
- 9/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Today's eclectic edition of Euro Beat features a spotlight on a singular adult filmmaker, a simple way to help save Portuguese cinema culture, a guide to watching Venice film festival premieres at home, European box office and more.We'll kick it off with the porn, not just because we are, like all other sites, in the page view business, but because I've waited a long time to write a bit about the cinema of writer/director Stephen Sayadian. And finally, I have occasion! This year's edition of Paris' excellent genre film celebration, L'Etrange Festival, will feature a focus on the cult director, who will be on hand in person to present theatrical screenings of Night Dreams, Cafe Flesh and Party Doll a-Go-Go. I first stumbled up on the...
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- 8/27/2013
- Screen Anarchy
“If images don’t do anything in this culture,” I said, plunging on, “if they haven’t done anything, then why are we sitting here in the twilight of the twentieth century talking about them? And if they only do things after we have talked about them, then they aren’t doing them, we are. Therefore, if our criticism aspires to anything beyond soft-science, the efficacy of images must be the cause of criticism, and not its consequence—the subject of criticism and not its object. And this,” I concluded rather grandly, “is why I direct your attention to the language of visual affect—to the rhetoric of how things look—to the iconography of desire—in a word, to beauty!” I made a voilá gesture for punctuation, but to no avail. People were quietly filing out. —Dave Hickey, The Invisible Dragon.
“Originally, the embeddedness of an artwork in the...
“Originally, the embeddedness of an artwork in the...
- 8/5/2013
- by Uncas Blythe
- MUBI
Arrow Video is pleased to announce the UK Blu-ray debut of Brian De Palma’s erotic crime thriller Dressed To Kill on Monday 29th July.
One of De Palma’s best loved films, Dressed To Kill has been lovingly re-mastered by MGM studios, and will finally be available uncut and on blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Arrow’s deluxe edition of the film will come loaded with an exclusive selection of special features and bonus material.
Starring legendary British actor Michael Caine (The Italian Job, Get Carter) alongside Nancy Allen (Carrie, Blow Out) and Angie Dickenson (Point Blank, The Killers), Dressed To Kill begins as sexually frustrated housewife Kate Miller (Dickenson) consults her psychiatrist about her husband’s lacklustre performance in the bedroom. Following the session with Dr Elliot (Caine), Kate silently seduces a stranger in a New York Art gallery, before going back to his place.
One of De Palma’s best loved films, Dressed To Kill has been lovingly re-mastered by MGM studios, and will finally be available uncut and on blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Arrow’s deluxe edition of the film will come loaded with an exclusive selection of special features and bonus material.
Starring legendary British actor Michael Caine (The Italian Job, Get Carter) alongside Nancy Allen (Carrie, Blow Out) and Angie Dickenson (Point Blank, The Killers), Dressed To Kill begins as sexually frustrated housewife Kate Miller (Dickenson) consults her psychiatrist about her husband’s lacklustre performance in the bedroom. Following the session with Dr Elliot (Caine), Kate silently seduces a stranger in a New York Art gallery, before going back to his place.
- 7/29/2013
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Showtime’s Ray Donovan is premiering tonight at 10 p.m. Liev Schreiber’s eponymous character is a “fixer” — I know, I know another one? But in this age of modern technology, a fixer has become more important than ever. You can’t erase your reputation when it’s living on the internet forever.
In honor of Ray Donovan, we’ve put together a list of the best fixers across the country in case you are in need of their services. Whether you’re a bratty child planning a bat mitzvah or someone accused of murdering your beard, we’ve got...
In honor of Ray Donovan, we’ve put together a list of the best fixers across the country in case you are in need of their services. Whether you’re a bratty child planning a bat mitzvah or someone accused of murdering your beard, we’ve got...
- 6/30/2013
- by Sheridan Watson
- EW.com - PopWatch
Untitled Terrence Malick Project
She only has a small role in "Skyfall", but Berenice Marlohe leaves a strong impression. Filmmaker Terrence Malick would agree it seems.
Marlohe recently confirmed she's scored an unspecified role in Malick's currently shooting Austin music scene project. [Source: THR]
Deadweight
"True Blood" star Sam Trammell has joined Leah Walker's thriller "Deadweight" currently shooting in Ontario, Canada.
Trammell will play a young partner in a prestigious law firm. Laura Harris, Josh Close and Lina Roessler also star. [Source: THR]
Long Day Journey
Danny Glover, Derek Luke, Brian Dennehy and Phil Driscoll will star in Francis Delia's 3D true-life prison drama "Long Day Journey" at Saboa Entertainment.
The script deals with musician Driscoll’s incarceration for tax evasion. Glover and Luke will play fellow inmates who teach Driscoll how to survive inside while Dennehy will portray the bullying warden. [Source: Screen Daily]
Gyrl
Britt Robertson ("The First Time") is set to star...
She only has a small role in "Skyfall", but Berenice Marlohe leaves a strong impression. Filmmaker Terrence Malick would agree it seems.
Marlohe recently confirmed she's scored an unspecified role in Malick's currently shooting Austin music scene project. [Source: THR]
Deadweight
"True Blood" star Sam Trammell has joined Leah Walker's thriller "Deadweight" currently shooting in Ontario, Canada.
Trammell will play a young partner in a prestigious law firm. Laura Harris, Josh Close and Lina Roessler also star. [Source: THR]
Long Day Journey
Danny Glover, Derek Luke, Brian Dennehy and Phil Driscoll will star in Francis Delia's 3D true-life prison drama "Long Day Journey" at Saboa Entertainment.
The script deals with musician Driscoll’s incarceration for tax evasion. Glover and Luke will play fellow inmates who teach Driscoll how to survive inside while Dennehy will portray the bullying warden. [Source: Screen Daily]
Gyrl
Britt Robertson ("The First Time") is set to star...
- 11/2/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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