The King of Comedy (1982)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard
In honor of today’s Birthday Twins!
The King of Comedy is one of Scorsese’s lesser-known works, but one of his edgiest. It’s very dark humour tells a visionary tale of a celebrity-obsessed culture decades before Britney and blogs. It’s a bit of forgotten Scorsese, and [...]

The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
Starring: Cynthia Gibb, Mitchell Anderson, Louise Fletcher
In honor of today’s Daily Vibe!
There are tons of unreleased-on-dvd cult movies up over at youtube. The Karen Carpenter Story is one of those great made-for-tv biopics from the 80s, before the Lifetime network gained control of the genre and turned all women’s lives [...]

Breaking Glass (1980)
Starring: Hazel O’Connor, Phil Daniels, Jonathan Pryce
In honor of Hazel O’Connor’s Birthday!
When I was a kid, there was a tv station that had a really low budget, and a really limited programming schedule. I kind of lucked out, though, because they used to show this film at least twice a month during the [...]

White Dog (1982)
Starring: Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives
In honor of Romain Gary’s Birthday!
The Kristy McNichol Movie so controversial it was banned in America! I’ve only ever seen this movie on European TV, so I have no idea if it is still banned or not in the States. It was originally released in the cinemas [...]