Can You Really Eat 50 Eggs in an Hour like ‘Cool Hand Luke’?
The 1967 film Cool Hand Luke helped galvanize Paul Newman’s career as a box office draw. The film tells the… Read More
September 19, 2013
Features and Columns
Movie Houses of Worship: The Indiana University Cinema
“Movie Houses of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those temples of cinema… Read More
September 15, 2013
Fund This Film: ‘Man vs. Snake’ Is Like ‘The King of Kong, Too’
Do we need another documentary involving an arcade game rivalry from the 1980s? Yes, especially if it actually ends up… Read More
September 14, 2013
19 Things We Learned From the Original ‘Friday the 13th’ Commentary
“I have pictures where [Tom Savini is] baking Betsy Palmer’s head in an oven.” Read More
September 12, 2013
Could You Really Jump Like John Carter on Mars?
Mars has been the source of fascination for writers of science fiction for more than a century. Even today, after… Read More
September 12, 2013
Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen ‘Riddick’: Any Westerns
Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen ‘Riddick’: Any WesternsInitially I set out to compile a list of specific movies to watch… Read More
September 8, 2013
Fund This Film: Jay Duplass and Linas Phillips Take a ‘Manson Family Vacation’
This past Thursday was Werner Herzog’s birthday. We wanted to get him something special, so I’ve made Manson Family Vacation… Read More
September 7, 2013
It’s Been Nearly Two Decades Since a Woman Was Lead Orchestrator on a Tentpole Film
Last year I posed the question, “Where are all the female composers?” The answer was not as dire as the… Read More
September 5, 2013
18 Things We Learned From the ‘Now You See Me’ Commentary
Sandwiched between massive blockbusters (like Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel) and high-profile flops (like After Earth and The… Read More
September 5, 2013
10 Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen (Or Instead Of Seeing) ‘One Direction: This Is Us’
I understand that not a lot of FSR readers are even marginal One Direction fans, let alone “directioners,” so bear… Read More
August 31, 2013