In an age of “one-click” accessibility to a plethora of media, it’s surprising that a film as salient as To Live and Die in L.A. is so difficult to find. While its current scarcity undoubtedly plays into the lore that surrounds it, To Live and Die in L.A. transcends the cult genre and revival house programming. It’s not only one of the most potent crime films ever made, but a unique time capsule of Los Angeles.
Category: Videodrome
Videodrome :: The Cursed Kleenex Commercial
The true story of how a song from Manchester and a commercial from Tokyo came together to form a deadly curse…
Videodrome :: Psychedelic Glue Sniffing Hillbillies
Four years before Harmony Korine’s seminal hilljack masterpiece “Gummo” would shock audiences across the world and rewrite the rules of independent cinema forever, an amateur auteur by the name of Craig Smith was exploring a very similar corner of the zeitgeist with his thirty-minute short film “Psychedelic Glue Sniffin’ Hillbillies.”
Videodrome | Play It Again: Fifty Years Of Play Misty For Me
Welcome to Videodrome. A recurring column plumbing the depths of vintage and contemporary cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir, documentary and beyond.
Here Comes A Regular :: An Interview with Bill and Turner Ross about their new film, “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets”
Over the last decade, brothers Bill and Turner Ross have quietly built one of the most singular and idiosyncratic careers in contemporary, non-fiction cinema.
We recently connected with the Ross brothers to talk about their unconventional approach to crafting this film, their comfort navigating the thin, blurred line between documentary and the traditional feature and what they’ve got spinning on the stereo during lockdown.
“Our films follow a consistent ethos: Don’t talk about it, be about it.”
Kenneth Anger & Scorpio Rising: Iconography, Identity & Hollywood Folklore
Welcome to Videodrome. A recurring column plumbing the depths of vintage and contemporary cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir, documentary and beyond.
Videodrome: The Bizarre & Bewitching World of Cult Animation
(Welcome to Videodrome . A recurring column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) In a more civilized […]
Videodrome :: In Appreciation of Quest for Fire
(Welcome to Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) Every so often, I […]
Videodrome :: The Tarantino Exploitation Oeuvre
(Welcome to Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) Oscar season is a […]
Videodrome: A Frenzy of Halloween Horror to Dement Your Harvest Nights
(Welcome to Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) Another October, another opportunity […]
Videodrome :: Sorcerer (1977, William Friedkin)
(The return of Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) Watching Sorcerer , William […]
Videodrome: Day Of The Outlaw (1959, André De Toth)
(Welcome to Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) Sometime around college, I […]
Videodrome :: Phantom Of The Paradise
(Welcome to Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) While Halloween goes hand […]
Videodrome: The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun (1969)
(Welcome to Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) George Greenough grew up like many […]
Videodrome: Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)
(Welcome to Videodrome . A monthly column plumbing the depths of vintage underground cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir and beyond.) It’s safe to say […]