Archive for 2004

St. Louis’ The Fabulous Fox celebrates 75th Birthday
Oh, man! I can’t believe I didn’t know about this until just today! This event is so tailor-made for me! We can only hope the Loews Jersey has a similar event for its 75th Anniversary this September.
*sigh* I sure wish I could be in St. Louis on Sunday! [...]

FANTASIA 2004!!!!
Man, have I just had the experience of a lifetime! After years and years of festival programmer Mitch Davis hoping I would make it up, I finally made the trip to Montreal, mostly due to Subversive Cinema premiering Battlefield Baseball and promoting Living Hell, and boy was it worth it. And I really wonder [...]

Review of SHADE
Just like the letters section and the comic book itself of Shade, the Changing Man, it’s fun to read a review where Shade is capitalized and referred to:
Shade the Movie film review.

Shade Rupe’s Subversive Cinema Presents
Shugo Fujii’s LIVING HELL
Click here for the Fangoria mention.
Shade Rupe’s Subversive Sinema presents:
Shugo Fujii’s LIVING HELL
JULY 5TH - 7:00 PM
PIONEER THEATER
155 EAST 3RD STREET (AVENUE A)
Check the Pioneer Theater website for more info.

William Friedkin’s CRUISING at BAM!
See New York as it once was in all its sleazy ’70s glory. Nobody behaves this way anymore, at least in public, and not on film. Should be a fun evening though one day I’d love to see someone screen it outdoors at night in Central Park. From the BAM calendar:
Saturday, [...]

Tony Randall (Arthur Leonard Rosenberg) - Good Guy
February 26, 1920 — May 17, 2004

Through John I met Tony Randall and his lovely wife Heather and his two children Julia Laurette and Jefferson Savini. I would only see Tony during National Actors Theatre events and plays, though on one occasion Heather invited John and I over [...]

Mmmmmm… The Loews Jersey!
Spent Friday night and most of Saturday at the lovely Loews Jersey in Jersey City. Boy, moviegoers really were treated very well for some years in the early part of the 20th century. The Loews Jersey opened September 28, 1929 as a grand movie palace. The whole idea of these enormous movie [...]

London - Paris — 1st report - 8:10 UK time
I wish I could type more but I’m on a French keyboard and it’s a bit awkward finding the keys. John and I spent a week in London doing quite a few tourist things, saw three plays, met a few British actors, and spent way too [...]

SHADE, the movie
Luckily Sylvester Stallone’s character is not named Shade, but his new film is. They’re of course referring to some sort of sleighthand in card playing, though I’m sure the posters around the world will have a few people thinking of me, and it’s nice to be thought of!
Shade, the Movie

So many movies this month!
Yes, New York is expensive. Yes, it’s really hard to live here. Yes, it’s noisy and people can be rude. But MAN do we get to see a lot of movies here! Woo hoo!
The month of March:
Joan Crawford festival
3-D Festival
Orson Welles Festival
British Horror Festival
Lars von Trier Festival
French Film Festival