John Carpenter

Live Review: The Melvins, Big Business and Secret Chiefs 3

My top five musical miscellanea of 2008

Every year, as I finish up my mandatory end-of-year lists I'm struck by the fact that each year, some of my most interesting, influential and important musical experiences find themselves homeless, unlisted and unknown. Everyone wants to know the top releases of the year, top shows and similar, obvi ... More >>

Freaky Friday: Zombie Zombie, aliens, G.I. Joes together at last

Did you ever feel like the universe is reaching directly into your brain for inspiration on what crazy shit it should do next? That's how I feel watching this clip, which takes like five of my favorite things in the world -- Krautrock inspired electronic grooves, zombies, G.I. Joe, John Carpenter a ... More >>

Zombie Vision

Rob Zombie's Michael Myers is beyond redemption. And that's a good thing.

Hero Action

Let this G.I. Joe film fest get a grip on you.

Coraline

Let this G.I. Joe film fest get a grip on you.

Grindhouse

Rodriguez and Tarantino overcome nostalgia in their cut-and-run mash note to film’s guilty pleasures.

Eating for Two

Rodriguez and Tarantino overcome nostalgia in their cut-and-run mash note to film’s guilty pleasures.

Kicking French Ass

District B13 puts American action movies to shame.

Heavenly Hag

Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty.

Up From the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.

Flick Pick

The Thing

Think Distinct

This summer's movies could withstand the drought.

The Great Beyond

San Diego's Pinback moves from science fiction to oblivion without getting lost in space.

Stake Tartare

San Diego's Pinback moves from science fiction to oblivion without getting lost in space.

Cash on the Barrelhead

After a period of obscurity, Johnny Cash is once again a wanted man.

Magma Force

After a period of obscurity, Johnny Cash is once again a wanted man.

Escapist From L.A.

After a period of obscurity, Johnny Cash is once again a wanted man.

Horror DVDs, from wild to mild

After a period of obscurity, Johnny Cash is once again a wanted man.

Freaky Friday: "Big Trouble in Little China" - John Carpenter

This week's Freaky Friday video most likely earns the nod as "Worst Song Ever from a composer who's capable of great things." John Carpenter is not only an excellent director (among others, see The Thing, Halloween, Escape from New York, They Live and, naturally, Big Trouble in Little China), he's a ... More >>

Film: Pablo Kjolseth's IFS spring calendar picks

​Deep in the midst of the digital age, International Film Series programmer Pablo Kjolseth makes no bones about his love of celluloid, the analog of film, especially, but not necessarily, in black and white. Because of that, the University of Colorado's IFS is arguably the region's last true v ... More >>

Ten best fictional killer plants

​Tonight at the Denver Botanical Gardens, writer Amy Stewart will be presenting a history of killer plants of the very real variety. While that's all well and good, we prefer to keep our deadly botanical assassins in the realm of the fiction so we can still sleep through the night. Killer plan ... More >>

Green Lantern comes out today; but here's what other colored Lantern movies might look like

​Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds, the world's leading collector of failed superhero franchise leads, opens today. Reynolds plays Hal Jordon, a fearless test pilot who's chosen to become part of an intergalactic peacekeeping force called the Green Lanterns. They use their power rings to h ... More >>

Win a signed movie poster for John Carpenter's The Ward

Full-size poster below!​In the free stuff file of Show and Tell today, we have a quick contest for fans of horror movies. We have five movie posters for The Ward, directed by legendary Halloween director John Carpenter. All five posters are signed by Carpenter, hopefully in blood, although we' ... More >>

Presenting the winners of the John Carpenter poster contest

​We've peed our pants many a time, but by far our fondest memory of it was when we peed our pants during John Carpenter's Halloween (other memories: not so fond). JK, we've never peed our pants in our entire lives, but seriously, John Carpenter is one of the best horror directors out there -- ... More >>

Tyrannosaurus Sex

Tyrannosaurus Sex Tape
Self-released

Denver gets Attack the Block, a smart, funny, cheap monster movie

Tyrannosaurus Sex Tape
Self-released

Slashers and survivors: Horror's top 5 "final girls"

Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween​The "final girl" -- one of horror film's best-known genre conventions -- is the virginal and ostensibly pure heroine who either kills the monster, or at least lives to see the end of the movie. Some scholars, including Carol J. Clover (in her book, Men, Women and ... More >>

Netflix is tapped into your psyche

You've lied to us all, Beyonce. ​Interpellation: a word I learned in my college critical theory class, which I admittedly skipped almost every day of. The Althusser day, however, I dragged my semi-stoned, semi-drunk ass out of bed and learned some useless philosophy. Interpellation, as it was exp ... More >>

Mile High Horror Film Festival adds music component to this year's festivities at Bar Bar

Marty Lindsey​The second Mile High Horror Film Festival is upon us, and in an effort to make it even bigger and badder, Timothy Shultz and company added a music showcase to the event at Bar Bar this Friday, October 7. "This is its own little entity to promote the festival," says event manager ... More >>

Thank these three Italian directors for slasher films, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood

Fellini's La Strada was the breakout film that won him his first Oscar.​Film has inspired popular culture for decades, but some people don't actually know where the inspiration for their favorite films comes from. Today, Columbus Day, Metropolitan State College of Denver film studies professor ... More >>

The Nix Bros. on comedy, short films and what funny really means

​This is one in a series of posts in honor of Denver Arts Week that salute some of our favorite people and places on the arts scene. The Nix Bros. have been busy the last few years doling out comedy films of all shapes and sizes, from the patently absurd Rainbow Chasers, to the music ridiculo ... More >>