Madness has been a staple of movies as long as there have been movies, and it affords us an absolute treasure trove of great moments in film, because — at least so far as the cinema is concerned — madmen are amazingly gregarious.
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Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: And the nominees are…
I’m not that impressed by the Oscars, period. They simply have too long a history of overlooking anything and anyone that might frighten the horses in favor of the safely middle-brow. All the same, it’s impossible to be interested in movies and completely ignore the damned things however irrelevant you think they are.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Are 3-D movies boon or boondoggle?
The real question is whether 3-D is the saviour of the movie business or just the gimmick du jour.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Film criticism, from nostalgia to serious and back again
Film criticism, film theory and film history — all inextricably related — are by necessity voracious animals. The problem is that there’s only so much to work from — even though there’s more of it all the time. This can result in some pretty curious notions.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room:The year, in hindsight
What surprises me about 2008 more than the high number of worthwhile films is the scarcity of middle-ground entertainment.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Remembrance of critical faculties past
I think this year the reflection process has been ramped up by virtue of the death of film historian and collector Forrest J Ackerman at the beginning of December.
‘Pink Floyd The Wall’ comes to town
Don’t ask me how or where they got it, but Asheville Pizza and Brewing has come up with a 35mm print of Alan Parker’s Pink Floyd The Wall.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Christmas with Jolie (the real one)
For the past several years I’ve been asked to come up with holiday viewing suggestions at this time of year. This year you’re on your own. Instead, I’ll tell you what I’m planning on watching and let it go at that.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: My 20 most memorable movie characters, pt. 2
As promised last week, here is the top half of my top 20 characters/performances.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: My 20 most memorable movie characters, pt. 1
The results are certainly not geared to maximum recognition value. But they do reflect 20 movie characters I find indelibly imprinted on my cinematic psyche.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: ‘Tis the season to bait Oscar — oh yeah, and critics, too
This is the time of year that the studios trot out the stuff they think will bring them Oscars.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Comfort food cinema
When I jotted down my list of movies that qualify for the comfort food category, the first thing I realized is that only two of them qualify as representative of their makers’ best work. Here you’re looking for something that produces a feeling — and does it consistently — that’s somehow soothing to your innermost being.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Hal Roach presents his Rascals
Most of us — at least those we call “of a certain age” — grew up on the Little Rascals on TV, which, by the way, is when they actually became the Little Rascals. The question, of course, is how do these old movies hold up?
And the AFFY goes to …
The Asheville Film Festival announced the winners of its AFFY awards on Saturday night in categories that ranged from short films and documentaries to student-made movies and features.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Time for a movie marathon?
The comments in last week’s column — from a fellow veteran of the University of South Florida’s early-mid-1970s marathon movie screenings — brought my own memories of those days back with no little nostalgia for a time when I was young enough, resilient enough and possibly dumb enough to undertake such a thing as 16 movies in the space between Friday evening and Sunday afternoon.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: The perfect Halloween double-feature, times two
Mountain Xpress movie reviewers Ken Hanke and Justin Souther each offer their suggestions for the perfect Halloween horror film double-feature.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: My old Bob Hope injury
Gather ‘round whilst I attempt to regale you with the grim story of my “old Bob Hope injury.”
A sneak peek at the Asheville Film Festival, with trailers!
Here’s a glimpse at part of the lineup for this year’s Asheville Film Festival, featuring movies like Darren Aronofsky‘s The Wrestler, Danny Boyle‘s Slumdog Millionaire and the full-length animated work Sita Sings the Blues.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Choosing a movie
I’m curious as to how people choose a movie to go see.
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: What’s the most embarrassingly fannish thing you ever did?
What extremes have—or haven’t—we gone to over the years in the name of fandom of one kind or another?
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: The power of ‘The Prisoner’
All I knew was that it was really cool, that it took place in this really neat place and boasted a super cool hero. And it had a great opening credit sequence with a terrific theme. When you’re 13, that’s more than enough.