lee_eisenberg
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Mack Sennett is now mainly remembered as one of the directors active in early Hollywood, and also as one of the people who helped launch Charlie Chaplin's career (Dan Aykroyd played him in Richard Attenborough's "Chaplin"). An example of his output is 1913's "Peeping Pete". Like many flicks from early Hollywood, it's only a few minutes long and has a rather simple story.
A funny one, I might add. Sennett plays a voyeur who gets caught, resulting in a chase (those early flicks loved their chases). It would be a decade or two before Hollywood movies started to have truly complex plots and clever ways of telling the story (Hitchcock and Kubrick were the masters of that). While this short is nothing special or profound, it's a nice way to enjoy a few minutes.
A funny one, I might add. Sennett plays a voyeur who gets caught, resulting in a chase (those early flicks loved their chases). It would be a decade or two before Hollywood movies started to have truly complex plots and clever ways of telling the story (Hitchcock and Kubrick were the masters of that). While this short is nothing special or profound, it's a nice way to enjoy a few minutes.
Herschell Gordon Lewis is widely recognized as the father of splatter cinema. His "Blood Feast" introduced audiences to shocking, gory scenes (it must've looked especially grotesque way back when, as audiences had gotten used to the limits imposed by the Hays Code).
Lewis died in 2016, but not before gracing us with one last movie, released after his death. "BloodMania" is an anthology film, with the segments (each introduced by the master himself) ranging from the bland to the lovably gory, and even one functioning as a satire on the media.
It's no match for Lewis's directorial debut, but horror fans will probably enjoy it, if only for a couple of shots of the girl group. I hope to see more of the guy's movies in the coming years.
Lewis died in 2016, but not before gracing us with one last movie, released after his death. "BloodMania" is an anthology film, with the segments (each introduced by the master himself) ranging from the bland to the lovably gory, and even one functioning as a satire on the media.
It's no match for Lewis's directorial debut, but horror fans will probably enjoy it, if only for a couple of shots of the girl group. I hope to see more of the guy's movies in the coming years.
Movie director Jeff Baena committed suicide earlier this month, so I decided to watch one of his movies in his memory. I'd never seen 2016's "Joshy", so I rented that. While there's nothing particularly special about the movie, it's still a decent look at some friends getting together for their planned bachelor party after the main character's fiancée commits suicide. These guys just do what they can to have fun, including some bro stuff.
I guess that it seems like the sort of movie that they just made for fun, but it's an enjoyable movie nonetheless. In addition to Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, Nick Kroll, Alex Ross Perry and Brett Gelman, the cast includes Jenny Slate, Lauren Graham, Aubrey Plaza (whom Baena later married) and Alison Brie.
Baena later cast Aubrey Plaza and Alison Brie as nuns in "The Little Hours" (2017).
I guess that it seems like the sort of movie that they just made for fun, but it's an enjoyable movie nonetheless. In addition to Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, Nick Kroll, Alex Ross Perry and Brett Gelman, the cast includes Jenny Slate, Lauren Graham, Aubrey Plaza (whom Baena later married) and Alison Brie.
Baena later cast Aubrey Plaza and Alison Brie as nuns in "The Little Hours" (2017).