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Quentin Tarantino on the New Beverly:

You're going to have to spell out the F word in the URL because of LGK's filtering system.

Checking out his first month of flicks is like plugging directly into his brain. Tarantino has seen—and loved—everything. There's kung fu (Lightning Swords of Death) and camp (The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula), classics (His Girl Friday) and comedies (Moscow on the Hudson). There's films that haven't played Los Angeles in ages, like the 1961 Jules Verne hot air balloon thriller Master of the World, starring Vincent Price, and films that never played Los Angeles at all, like Steve McQueen's buried Henrik Ibsen drama An Enemy of the People.

And then there's the curious 1970 documentary The Racing Scene, which tracks actor James Garner's year as a professional race car driver. “It has this car crash in it that you can not believe,” beams Tarantino. “One of the most amazing pile-ups—it's really wild.”
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New Beverly Cinema - Calendar

First month's calendar released!
 
adgy-san said:
Quentin Tarantino on the New Beverly:

You're going to have to spell out the F word in the URL because of LGK's filtering system.



New Beverly Cinema - Calendar

First month's calendar released!
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Kung fu?! Lightning Swords of Death is not kung fu!!! Apparently, it's Baby Cart to Hades!!! Baby Cart to Hades is awesome; calling it a kung fu movie is infuriating. And curse you, Quentin Tarantino for owning Shogun Assasin versions instead of the original Lone Wolf and Cub versions. I need to see these on film again some time before I die!!! Gaaaaargh, I'm mad.
 
LetTigerIn said:
Kung fu?! Lightning Swords of Death is not kung fu!!! Apparently, it's Baby Cart to Hades!!! Baby Cart to Hades is awesome; calling it a kung fu movie is infuriating. And curse you, Quentin Tarantino for owning Shogun Assasin versions instead of the original Lone Wolf and Cub versions. I need to see these on film again some time before I die!!! Gaaaaargh, I'm mad.
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Forgive me...but if Lightning Swords is anything like Shogun Assasin I might have to go to that one. I am ignorant when it comes to the originals. What are the differences? Are the S.A. versions edited from the originals or something?
 
jerseydevil said:
Forgive me...but if Lightning Swords is anything like Shogun Assasin I might have to go to that one. I am ignorant when it comes to the originals. What are the differences? Are the S.A. versions edited from the originals or something?
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Oh, if you haven't seen, you must go, no doubt of that. Just don't call it kung fu!

There are six baby cart movies with Tomisaburo Wakayama, and you must see them all. They will leave you wanting more, because the series was intended to be longer. Wakayama is the brother of Shintaro Katsu, who played Zatoichi and produced the first three of the Wakayama baby cart movies. The first two movies (well, mostly the second, I think) were eventually edited together to become Shogun Assassin. So, I guess the Lightning Swords movie is actually the entire third film. I don't know for sure, because I've never seen it in that context.

There used to be a few good Japanese cinemas around town, so I was able to see these films on the big screen a few times. Now they're available as a set on Blu-ray.

Damn, I gotta have a viewing party for these. Some of my real favorites. I haven't seen any of them in many years, though.
 
LetTigerIn said:
Oh, if you haven't seen, you must go, no doubt of that. Just don't call it kung fu!

There are six baby cart movies with Tomisaburo Wakayama, and you must see them all. They will leave you wanting more, because the series was intended to be longer. Wakayama is the brother of Shintaro Katsu, who played Zatoichi and produced the first three of the Wakayama baby cart movies. The first two movies (well, mostly the second, I think) were eventually edited together to become Shogun Assassin. So, I guess the Lightning Swords movie is actually the entire third film. I don't know for sure, because I've never seen it in that context.

There used to be a few good Japanese cinemas around town, so I was able to see these films on the big screen a few times. Now they're available as a set on Blu-ray.

Damn, I gotta have a viewing party for these. Some of my real favorites. I haven't seen any of them in many years, though.
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I have not seen any of the Shogun Assassin sequels, but it is my understanding that the second Shogun Assassin movie, Lightning Swords Of Death, is the third Lone Wolf & Cub movie dubbed into english. If I remember correctly, it's not edited or anything, it's just dubbed. And the rest of the Shogun Assassin films are like that.

:)

LTI, if you're REALLY looking for more, they did make a TV series of Lone Wolf & Cub, which you can find bootlegged with english subs at some sites. I have a TV movie adaptation of the first story that actually has Tomisaburo Wakayama in as Retsudo, the bad guy. It's not anywhere near the level of quality of the theatrical films, but it does also have Meiko Kaji in it. :)
 
I've seen some of the TV show, and it chases me back to the movies. The movies are soooooooooooo beautiful.

I don't think I'd like that TV movie, but I'd watch it.
 
santiclaws said:
This doesn't bode well. The New Beverly's manager quit in a huff.

I will not be censored. | juliamarchese
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Sour grapes? Change of regime? Too loyal to previous bosses...this is just one person's pov. Granted, she makes some pointed accusations, but two sides to every story. Remains to be seen what the end result will be. I am sorry for her situation...but life ain't easy for anyone these days, and if Tarentino wants to run a business like a business instead of a money pit, who can blame him.
 
jerseydevil said:
Sour grapes? Change of regime? Too loyal to previous bosses...this is just one person's pov. Granted, she makes some pointed accusations, but two sides to every story. Remains to be seen what the end result will be. I am sorry for her situation...but life ain't easy for anyone these days, and if Tarentino wants to run a business like a business instead of a money pit, who can blame him.
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Oh, definitely sounds like sour grapes. I guess we'll see.
 
Yeah, I'd like to hear the other side first. You can understand a certain amount of frustration at things changing, but... there's a reason QT had to take it over and it wasn't because prior policies had been treating the business well.

I am interested in watching her documentary, though.
 
Yeah, besides...who knew that being a manager in a rundown revival theater wasn't a solid plan for a fruitful financial harvest?
 
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Shock Value: The Movie | The Cinefamily

A brand-new compilation of restored/preserved USC short films that sowed the seeds for the horror genre’s redefinition in the Seventies! Using New York Times scribe Jason Zinoman’s book “Shock Value” as the inspiration, USC’s School of Cinematic Arts archivist Dino Everett has lovingly assembled a feature-length compilation of recently uncovered and previously unseen late ‘60s/early ‘70s SCA student works. This embryonic bank of thrills proves how Dan O’Bannon (co-creator of Alien, Dark Star and Return of the Living Dead) and classmates like John Carpenter, Terry Winkless (co-writer, The Howling), Alec Lorimore (pioneering IMAX filmmaker) and more helped invent modern horror while on the USC campus. The program includes O’Bannon and Carpenter’s very first pairing in 1968 on Good Morning Dan — and the crown jewel Foster’s Release. Made in 1971, this short by Winkless and Lorimore, and starring O’Bannon, is the blueprint for films such as Halloween, Black Christmas, He Knows You’re Alone and countless others (as well, O’Bannon’s portrayal of the killer resembles all that would follow, such as Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers.)

FILMS:
- Blood Bath (Dir/Scr. Dan O’Bannon, 1969, 7 min.)
- The Demon (Dir/Scr. Charles Adair, 1970, 19 min.)
- Good Morning Dan (Dir/Scr. Dan O’Bannon, camera by John Carpenter, 1968, 19 min.)
- Captain Voyeur (Dir/Scr. John Carpenter, 1969, 7 min.)
- Blood Bath (Dir/Scr. Dan O’Bannon, 1976 redux, 8 min.)
- Foster’s Release (Dir. Terence Winkless, Scr. Alec Lorimore, 1971, 15 min.)

- See more at: Shock Value: The Movie | The Cinefamily
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SpectreFest 2014 - Schedule | The Cinefamily

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Schedules permitting, directors Dennis Widmyer & Kevin Kolsch, producer Travis Stevens and stars Alexandra Essoe & Pat Healy in person! Imagine if you put Zulawski?s Possession in a blender with Altman?s The Player(!), added a dash of Suspiria and a just a touch of Rosemary?s Baby?the awesome resulting concoction would be Starry Eyes, the feature debut of screenwriting/directing team Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmeyer. - See more at: SpectreFest 2014 - Schedule | The Cinefamily
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Just some of the kickass programming at Cinefamily.
 
Vinegar Syndrome and Alamo Drafthouse Team Up

Independent U.S. distributors Vinegar Syndrome have announced that they are launching the brand new series Vinegar Syndrome Presents, which will allow fans of cult and genre films to see theatrically new restorations from the label's catalog in Alamo Drafthouse locations across the nation.

The new series arrives just in time for the holidays with the perversely fun CHRISTMAS EVIL / YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. Slasher Santas may have ruled the 1980s, with a wide variety of ho-ho-homicides perpetrated by tubby bearded men in such films as SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT and DON'T OPEN TIL CHRISTMAS. But CHRISTMAS EVIL / YOU BETTER WATCH OUT is the only holiday horror-ride that not only features one of cinema's all-time finest performances -- Brandon Maggart (of SESAME STREET!) as a misguided St. Nick in a full scale spiral of Santastic savagery -- but also the greatest closing shot of any movie ever.

Future Vinegar Syndrome Presents titles include: Raw Force, Demonoid: Messenger of Death, The Telephone Book, Massage Parlor Murders, and many, many more.
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Cinefamily Calendar:Sion Sono's WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IN HELL
http://www.cinefamily.org/films/why-dont-you-play-in-hell/

Putting the call out to Adgy and LetTigerIn...

BUY TICKETS ($12/free for members. Showtimes subject to change):
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Thursday, December 18th: 7:30pm
Friday, December 19th: 7:30pm
Saturday, December 20th: 2:45pm, 9:00pm
Sunday, December 21st: 7:30pm
Monday, December 22nd: 10:30pm
Tuesday, December 23rd: 10:30pm
Friday, December 26th: 9:50pm
Saturday, December 27th: 9:15pm
Sunday, December 28th: 3:30pm, 10:20pm
Monday, December 29th: 10:40pm
Tuesday, December 30th: 7:30pm, 10:30pm - See more at: http://www.cinefamily.org/films/why-dont-you-play-in-hell/#sthash.PA2fMSG4.dpuf
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When we going ladies?
 
The Doug Benson Movie Interruption: The Long Kiss Goodnight
http://www.cinefamily.org/films/the...on-movie-interruption-the-long-kiss-goodnight

The next installment of Doug Benson’s Movie Interruption, where Doug and his friends (who, in the past, have included everyone from Paul F. Tompkins to Sarah Silverman and Zach Galifianakis) chill on the front row couches, mics in hand, and say whatever hilarious thing pops into their heads while a movie of their choosing unfolds on the screen. Dir. Renny Harlin, 1996, 35mm, 121 min. - See more at: http://www.cinefamily.org/films/the...on-movie-interruption-the-long-kiss-goodnight
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