BLACK WHITE + GRAY: A PORTRAIT OF SAM WAGSTAFF AND ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 77 minutes |
Who cares if a house husband in Minnesota knows of Mapplethorpe? Wagstaff’s mark and reputation lingers on in a way that affects all of society…
Posted on August 25, 2008 by Doug Brunell
2008 NEW HAVEN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE
The New Haven Underground Film Festival is returning to Connecticut on Saturday, September 27, with a full-day slate of provocative, entertaining and just plain odd movies…
Posted on August 24, 2008 by Film Threat Staff
FLOAT
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 96 minutes |
2008 FEEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! I like my character studies subtle, and I don’t mind the slow burn. “Float” is a solid enough film for you to enjoy, and in this case, that’s good enough for me…
Posted on August 24, 2008 by Mark Bell
RETARDEAD (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
The mentally handicapped have really been getting the shit end of the stick for the past couple of years…
Posted on August 24, 2008 by Eric Campos
DALI IN NEW YORK (DVD)
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 57 minutes |
Anyone seeking a serious art documentary will be disappointed, but those who enjoy iconoclastic eccentricity with appreciate Dali’s cheerful celebration of the absurd…
Posted on August 23, 2008 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: GOODBYE, 20TH CENTURY!
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can only be found on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil goes down memory lane with a Macedonian oddity…
Posted on August 22, 2008 by Phil Hall
ZOMBIES OF EUREKA
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 45 minutes |
Yeah, this isn’t “The Return of the Living Dead,” but who cares? The main attraction here is getting to check out Eureka’s local tunage and the tunage is good…
Posted on August 22, 2008 by Eric Campos
SIDESHOW STILL ALIVE
Filmmaker Juan C. Lopez finds whatever he can on the topic without unifying his footage into a film…
Posted on August 22, 2008 by Matthew Sorrento
WHAT WE DO IS SECRET
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! The Germs movie is finally here and it is a more than worthy tribute to one of punk rock’s largest heroes…
Posted on August 22, 2008 by Eric Campos
CONFUSIONS OF AN UNMARRIED COUPLE
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 72 minutes |
Brett Butler and Naomi Johnson are astonishing together. Where we’ve seen considerable sparks between various movie couples from what Hollywood puts out, there’s a steady stream of smoke and then napalm between them in various scenes…
Posted on August 21, 2008 by Rory L. Aronsky
FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 20 minutes |
When it’s you, your horse and your shotgun in the middle of nowhere, you might learn more than you wanted to know…
Posted on August 20, 2008 by Steve Anderson
THE ROCKER
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 102 minutes |
It’s exactly the kind of film that I’ll forget having ever seen by the time Summer is over and that’s too bad as I do love the premise of the film and I’m a fan of Rainn Wilson…
Posted on August 20, 2008 by Don R. Lewis
GET YOUR FILM REVIEWED ON FILM THREAT!
Considering how many film submissions we get per week, I’m always surprised that people still don’t know the process. So I’m going to explain it here, as well as update those already familiar about a new step to get your film reviewed on Film Threat…
Posted on August 19, 2008 by Mark Bell
BILL MONROE: FATHER OF BLUEGRASS MUSIC (DVD)
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
For all of its flaws, the documentary soars once Monroe gets out the mandolin and finds the microphone. Bluegrass fans, get ready to pounce!
Posted on August 19, 2008 by Phil Hall
FILM THREAT NEEDS SOME NEW BLOOD!
We’re looking for a few new writers who are passionate about movies to help us review films sent into the Film Threat office…
Posted on August 18, 2008 by Film Threat Staff