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What I’ve Learned From Reading All of Stephen King
I have read all of the books Stephen King has written. Let’s break that down: 67 novels (spanning publication over 50 years) 12 short story collections 5 non-fiction publications 2 children’s books (!) And that’s not including any of his screenplay work, or the incredible articles he has written over the years for various publications, and a thousand other things. To say he is prolific is an understatement.
Richies & Rebels: On Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Pretty in Pink at 40
You mean to tell me that 2026 is the 40th anniversary of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off AND Pretty in Pink?! It’s true! Two of the most beloved films to have hatched within the genius of John Hughes’ brain were released within months of each other in 1986, and haven’t stopped influencing film lovers since.
Out of Print is Back in Print!
My documentary, Out of Print, is turning 10 this year and is celebrating with a worldwide theatrical re-release – playing in the very kind of arthouse, independent cinemas it champions, and booked through my own grassroots efforts. In 2012, while working at the New Beverly Cinema, a major studio sent a letter to the movie theater announcing they were going to, by and large, discontinue making and sending 35 mm prints, and that cinemas would now need to changeover to digital projectors.
The Mind-Crawling Horror of a Perpetual Christmas
When people ask me what my favorite Christmas movie is, they’re often perplexed by my answer – Terry Gilliam’s 1985 masterpiece, Brazil. No, they say, what’s your warm and fuzzy Christmas movie?
Radish Rocks!
My senior year of college, my best friend Marion and I challenged ourselves to watch every movie in the horror section of our local video store, Gold Star Video. We watched more than 200 films that year and kept a notebook about our quest.
1985 Was a Rad Year for Cinema
I’ve already written in depth on Talkhouse about my favorite movie of all time celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, The Breakfast Club, but 1985 was such an incredible year for cinema that I needed to delve deeper and give heartfelt shout-outs to some more tubular films released smack dab in the middle of the ’80s.
Hair Hopper For Life
There is no shortage of movies heavy with nostalgia for a world two decades gone – written from the adult’s perspective of their childhood, natch – and the 1980s dose of 1960s movies was BIG. Off the top of my head, I think about Shag, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Outsiders, Dirty Dancing, Lady in White, Little Shop of Horrors, Heaven Help Us … the list is long, and these are all titles I adored and watched on repeat (as VHS allowed us to!).
My Secret Past as Harpo Marx and Jeff Spicoli
If you had been walking with me through the film department at the University of California Irvine in 2001, you might have witnessed people greeting me with “Hey, Harpo!” or “Yo! You’re that Spicoli girl!” Let me tell you why. I studied both drama and film in college. The film department at UC Irvine was not hands-on technical filmmaking, but study of film. I had always loved movies, but studying it academically – as anyone who has done so will tell you – changes the way you see cinema.
My Semester at Shermer High School
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, The Breakfast Club has long been my favorite film of all time, because for me it is the ultimate proof that all a movie needs to be brilliant is a good script, a good director and good actors. John Hughes was in a fever pitch of genius during the mid ’80s and he knocked it out of the park with his raw, honest screenplay and poignant, sharp and warm directing in The Breakfast Club.
Terrifying and Beautiful: On A Nightmare on Elm Street at 40
This year celebrates the 40th anniversary of my very favorite horror movie of all time: A Nightmare on Elm Street. A movie that took horror to a new level, thanks to the brilliant Wes Craven, who floods the film with layers of subtext, beautiful imagery, universal fears, a legendary villain and my favorite Final Girl in cinema.
Lynchian Delights
I got to go to David Lynch’s house once. As a die hard Twin Peaks fan for many years, and someone who admires his work as a filmmaker as something truly unique and magical, it was an unbelievable moment. I was working for the New Beverly Cinema and I went to pick up a 35mm print of Eraserhead that we were going to be showing. The thrill of driving up into the Hollywood Hills and seeing his house was palpable.
My Rocky Horror Picture Show Obsession
I first saw Rocky Horror Picture Show at midnight with a live shadow cast when I was 12. Now, some may say that is far too young to see said movie, and to that I agree, but I also wouldn’t have it any other way. It was truly a life-changing experience, and one that created a lifelong love affair with the film. I grew up in Las Vegas (which probably explains why they would allow a 12-year-old in) and there was a movie theater nearby that played Rocky Horror every Saturday at midnight.
My 1976 Jodie Fosterthon
In 1976, when Jodie Foster was 14, five movies starring her were released. In honor of her incredible talent, my movie night pals and I got together to watch and worship her – after all, she had been performing since she was two years old and has never slowed down since. And so! Jodie Fosterthon emerged. We decided we would collectively slam down these movies all in one day, with snacks and drinks ahoy. (Spoilers herein!) The movies Jodie made in 1976 are: 1. Taxi Driver 2.
Say It Ain't So, Joe!
I like my Christmas movies to be on the dark, twisted side, and one holiday film changed my life forever – Joe Dante’s incredible 1984 film Gremlins. [Film and Christmas Spoilers Below!] I was five in 1984, but I very clearly remember seeing the film in the theater on opening day in the cinema with my family, and for very good reason – that was the day I found out there was no Santa Claus.
My Wall of VHS
The first VHS I ever owned was Who Framed Roger Rabbit, bought for me for Christmas the year it came out – 1988 – and it still plays perfectly. That is what I love about VHS – you could have paused a tape in 1993, and when you come back to it now, it’s held your place for you! You can pick up exactly where you left off.
The Slumber Party Massacre
Screenwriters: Amy Holden Jones, Rita Mae Brown Producers: Amy Holden Jones, Roger Corman by Teri Gamble & Julia Marchese of This party is a real scream! This super fun early ’80s slasher sports all the blood and kills you could want, but with a touch of distinctly feminist underpinnings. When a high school volleyball team has a girls’ night in, a crazed killer with a penchant for power tools crashes the gathering and screws up their good time.
Horror Movie Survival Guide: Demons (Shura)
Demons (Shura) - "Let the Good In" This week we discuss a classic ronin warrior revenge tale from Japan - DEMONS (SHURA) 1971. This film, from director Toshio Matsumoto, goes hard - giving us one of the most graphic & gore-tastic black & white films we've ever reviewed! We hope you enjoy this fresh episode! Support the show
My Renfield Rabbit Hole
My motto: every movie is better with a dance number. Now, not every movie needs a dance number, but I think every film that has one is always greatly improved by it. Naturally, I’m a big lover of movie musicals, but I always like it when non-musicals slip one in – I was digging Ex Machina, then the dance number came in and I was ON BOARD. (500) Days of Summer, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pulp Fiction and so many more films have a moment of musical delight that brings me joy.
Why You Need To Start A Weekly Movie Night With Your Friends
If you’re a film lover, you know that showing movies you love to people you love – or sharing a film new to all of you – is one of the most incredible feelings.
HMSG Interview The Losers Club! "Thinner" on Apple Podcasts
HMSG Interview The Losers Club - "Thinner" For the Month of May we team up with some our favorite Podcasters to discuss more scary movies!!!! We start off with a couple of members of THE LOSERS CLUB, Randall Colburn & Justin Gerber to talk about a Stephen King film, of course! We dissect the complicated film THINNER (1996) featuring one of the most creative inciting incidents we have ever seen...you gotta listen to believe! Founded in 2017, The Losers’ Club® is a weekly series that...
CINE-WEEN 2021: 5 MUST READ/WATCH STEPHEN KING BOOKS AND FILMS
As a life long Stephen King fan, I feel like it is ALWAYS a good time to read and watch his works, but Halloween is the BEST time. He has a lot of different ways to scare you and these are my favorites. I am currently two books away from reading ALL of his novels and short story collections, so you know I know what I am talking about – dig in, kiddies! Give these Stephen King books a read: 1.
When Movie Theaters Return
You enter your theater. Whichever cinema you enjoy attending most. Sit in the seat you like best. The movie will be starting in a few minutes. People are filing in to the comfortably full theater, and there’s the buzz of everyone talking, laughing. You can be with other people or alone. With or without snacks. However you like to be at the cinema. This is your moviegoing experience, so make it ideal. It’s the opening night of a new film that you’re very excited to see.
film essay Archives | Talkhouse
Writer-director Jules Arita Koostachin on the profound impact Lee Tamahori's 1994 film had on her and her new film, Angela's Shadow. Actor Joseph Cross on how he fulfilled a childhood ambition by directing his first movie, thanks to a crew who went above and beyond. Sundance winner Reid Davenport, whose new doc Life After opens today, on the often-gruelling experience of engaging with the public.
Life in Ever-Widening Loops: On Michael Apted’s Up Series
If you were to ask me, “Julia, what’s the best ever use of the cinematic medium?” I would answer, without hesitation, “Michael Apted’s Up series.” It is the apotheosis of what the art form can be – not just moving pictures on a screen, but a decades-long deep exploration of class, gender, expectations and, ultimately, humanity itself.
Julia Marchese
Julia Marchese Julia Marchese is a filmmaker, actor, podcaster, cinephile and film programmer living in Hollywood, California. Her first film was the award-winning documentary Out of Print, about the importance of revival cinema and 35 mm exhibition to culture, and she is currently the co-host of the popular horror podcast Horror Movie Survival Guide.
HMSG Interview with Patton Oswalt on Apple Podcasts
1 hr 6 min Julia & Teri interview PATTON OSWALT - they talk all things horror and discuss the film A DARK SONG. 1 hr 6 min Top Podcasts In Visual Arts See All
Some Kids Dream of Being a Superhero - I Dreamt of Being a Loser
I started reading Stephen King when I was about 11, skipping straight from Laura Ingalls Wilder and Judy Blume to his books, no Goosebumps bridge necessary, thank you very much. It, Pet Sematary and Carrie were the first three that I read on the long, twice-daily bus rides in junior high and those books completely changed my life – not only making me into a lifelong Constant Reader and horror movie junkie, but also changing how I viewed myself and the world.
Horror Movie Survival Guide
Horror Movie Survival Guide is a weekly podcast where two unlikely gorehounds and long time chums, one a hardcore horror fan with a notebook to prove it, and the other finally coming out of the creepy horror fandom closet - watch and talk about horror film from a survival point of view. We ask the question - how can *we* end up as the final girl? Join Julia Marchese and Teri Gamble as we take a deep dive into everything from OG horror to newly released films (but preferably classics on VHS).
HMSG Interview with Graham Skipper on Apple Podcasts
57 min Graham Skipper is an actor, writer and director, who came to horror hounds' attention with his bloody, brilliant performance as Herbert West in Stuart Gordon's stage production of Re-Animator: The Musical. He's starred in dozens of films, including... 57 min Top Podcasts In Visual Arts See All
Horror Movie Survival Guide: Puppetmaster
28 min This 1989 video store classic hinges on a cool premise - what if puppets could murder you? A group of psychics come together to get revenge on their evil nemesis that has crossed them, but they discover their colleague had more tricks up his sleeve ... 28 min
Horror Movie Survival Guide on Apple Podcasts
331 episodes Horror Movie Survival Guide is a weekly podcast where two long time chums (and unlikely gorehounds) watch and talk about horror films from a survival point of view. We ask the question - how can *we* end up as the final girl? Join Julia Marchese and Teri Gamble as we take a deep dive into everything from OG horror to newly released films (but preferably classics on VHS).
Horror Forever
My senior year of college, I lived with (still) my best friend, Marion Kerr. We lived in Irvine (which I am convinced is the Hellmouth), near a little video store called Gold Star Video, run by a sweet-faced woman named Peru. We decided to challenge ourselves to watch every horror movie in their horror section that year. We watched a lot of terrible films (Halloween 3, Dead End Drive In), but also found some unheralded gems (Fade to Black, Final Exam) and we officially became horror junkies.
FADE TO BLACK
Released in 1980, Fade to Black is a fantastic and under seen horror film with a killer premise. Directed by Vernon Zimmerman and starring one of my favorites, Dennis Christopher, as Eric Binford. Eric is a shy young man living with his shrewish, wheel chair bound aunt in a cramped Venice apartment. She hovers over him and criticizes his every move. Things aren’t much better at work, where both his co-workers and boss love to yell at him.
Fifty Episodes of Horror Movie Survival Guide!
When my best friend Marion Kerr and I were ensconced in our Irvine apartment during our senior year of college, slurping Tab and watching one of the latest batches of horror movie VHS' rented from nearby Gold Star Video, little did we think that so many years later we would a.)
Talks - Talkhouse
Skip to content Writer-director Joel Potrykus, whose new film Vulcanizadora premieres at Tribeca next month, on life with his son, Solo. Out of Print director Julia Marchese traces the roots of her deep love for one of the greatest midnight movies of all time. The filmmaker turned musician, whose new album Rio Bravo is out now, on the influence of Sam Peckinpah's classic Western on him. Lost Soulz writer-director Katherine Propper returns to L.A. after a long time away and ponders ideas of home.
Out of Print (2014)
1 win. See more awards » Learn more More Like This Documentary | Comedy | Drama 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free.
Halloween gave this second-hand shop a second life | Miami Herald
Vintage garments and recycled good hang from the aqua ceiling at a shop called Miami Twice.Named after its second-hand treasures and the popular 1980s TV series “Miami Vice,” the store at 6562 Bird Rd. has become a landmark.Antique jewelry, including authentic Victorian pieces, are enclosed in glass cases at the counter where Miami Twice owners, mother and daughter Diane Kyle and Mary Holle, have spent much of the last 31 years together.Fourteen years ago, the quaint shop began transforming...
I work at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, California. We are a repertory double feature house that opened in 1978. We screen films from every decade of cinema - from silents to foreign, independents, art house to contemporary. Films that make-up the glorious history of the art, that should be viewed as they were meant to be - in a theater with fellow film lovers, projected from film. We only show films on 35mm.
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