Film on the Television (8/5/15): FRANKENHOOKER on Showtime
1990 was a strange time. There were not one, but two amazing low-budget bastardizations of…
Film on the Television (8/3/2015): THE THIN RED LINE on Encore
“Let me not betray You. Let me not betray my men.” After his first two…
Film on the Television (7/31 – 08/02/2015): Blow Out on MGMHD
Brian De Palma’s work constantly circles around the lurid and the trashy, indulging in the…
Film on the Television (7/29/15): FATAL INSTINCT on Showtime Extreme
Carl Reiner’s penultimate movie, Fatal Instinct, found him trying out the Mel Brooks-ian spoof genre, taking…
Film on the Television (7/27/15): THE THIN MAN series on TCM
Everybody, grab your shakers, and pour a good night (or wake up) martini, because Turner…
Film on the Television (7/20/15): NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD on TMC
George Romero’s first film fits firmly into the tradition of horror and science fiction, notably The…
Film on the Television (7/17-19/2015): SHARKTOPUS VS. WHALEWOLF on SyFy
Shark. Octopus. Whale. Wolf. Whaddaya need, a road map? SyFy’s quest to make us forget…
Film on the Television (7/15/15): BULL DURHAM on MoMAX
Funny, profane, deeply sweet-natured, and with a cast full of walking charisma bombs (Susan Sarandon,…
Film on the Television (7/13/15): WEB JUNKIE on PBS
Documentaries have extraordinarily long journeys. Web Junkie, which airs tonight on PBS, has been making the festival rounds since…
Film on the Television (7/10/15 – 7/12/15): LA CAGE AUX FOLLES II on MGM HD
Everybody knows about La Cage Aux Folles, the French play that became a movie, a Broadway…