Twilight Time Unearths an Underseen Gem
DIRECTED BY JOAN MICKLIN SILVER/1979-81
Joan Micklin Silver's Chilly Scenes of Winter is a film of which I've long been...
This Year's Brilliantly Rendered Batch
I'm utterly joyous that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have again committed to getting the Osca...
The Many Faces of America's Blatantly Diverse Filmmaker
One July morning in 1989, I woke up in my New York apartment to find my roommate Gary chatting excitedl...
Kirk Douglas at 100: Tough Guys Never Die
Before Bruce Campbell, before Jay Leno, Kirk Douglas wielded the most famous chin in show business. He can also safel...
Elia Kazan Delivers a Twisty Movie with Unerring Drive.
DIRECTED BY ELIA KAZAN/1947
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 15, 2016/KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS
In a sleepy...
Weirdly Brusque Preminger Drama Leaves Question Marks
DIRECTED BY OTTO PREMINGER/1947
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 15, 2016/KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS
Otto Premi...
One Cat... Who Plays Like an Army! On Blu-ray!
DIRECTED BY IVAN DIXON/1972
STREET DATE: October 18, 2016/KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS
In 1978's super...
DIRECTED BY KLEBER MENDONCA FILHO/PORTUGUESE/2016
Kleber Mendonca Filho's 2012 debut feature Neighboring Sounds—one of the best movies of its year--was a hau...
Unanimously Overturning Fraud at the Box Office
The greatest boon to American political films came, oh, some four score and eight years ago, when movie studios...
Obsessed with movies literally since being in the crib, Dean co-hosts Movie Geeks United, the top movie-centric podcast on the web. He's been reviewing films and interviewing filmmakers—in print, on television, and on the web--for over 30 years. He is a former film festival programmer, and has toiled at theaters and video stores like Atlanta's Plaza Theater, NYC's Video Room and the infamous Kim's Video for as long as humanly possible. In the mid-90s, he worked in the programming department at Turner Network Television (during the much-loved Monstervision era) while contributing to Turner Classic Movies. His blog filmicability details his lifelong passion for cinema.
