** out of **** Rated R (for sexual content, sexual dialogue, strong language, and some violence) Released: May 13, 2016 limited; June 3 expands Runtime: 119 minutes Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Lea, Seydoux, Ariane Labed, Angeliki Papoulia, Jessica Barden Well that was weird. But then weird is [...]
The Sugarland Express (1974) Rated PG (for some language, gun violence, high speed car chase peril, brief partial nudity) Released: April 5, 1974 Runtime: 110 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks Available to rent through Amazon Video, iTunes, and other VOD platforms. Day 5 of “30-Plus Days of Spielberg” [...]
The Sugarland Express (1974) Rated PG (for some language, gun violence, high speed car chase peril, brief partial nudity) Released: April 5, 1974 Runtime: 110 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks Day 4 of “30 Days of Spielberg” In the strictest sense, The Sugarland Express is Steven Spielberg’s directorial [...]
A "Oner" is a lengthy single-take shot. Famous examples include classic shots from movies like Goodfellas, Touch Of Evil and, more recently, Atonement. Impressively mounted, choreographed, and captured, Oners generally draw attention to themselves (for good reason). Then there's The Spielberg Oner. It's different in nature than the traditional Oner because of how deceptive it is. The whole intent for [...]
Something Evil (1972) Not Rated (disturbing supernatural/horror elements) Released: January 21, 1972 Runtime: 75 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, Ralph Bellamy Available to watch on YouTube. Day 3 of “30-Plus Days of Spielberg” I used to say that Steven Spielberg had never made a bad movie (technically speaking, at least; he's too [...]
Something Evil (1972) Not Rated (disturbing supernatural/horror elements) Released: January 21, 1972 Runtime: 75 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, Ralph Bellamy Day 3 of “30 Days of Spielberg” I used to say that Steven Spielberg never made a bad movie - technically speaking, at least; he's too good a craftsman for that - [...]
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