One of the most popular attractions in Disneyland/World is the Haunted Mansion. Video doesn’t do it justice, and the previous attempt at adaptation didn’t go so well, either. New dad LaKeith Stanfield leads an all-star cast who will try to get it right this time.
The Barbenheimer phenomenon rolls on into its second weekend. The greatest double feature in movie history started out as a joke, but people keep coming because both Barbie and Oppenheimer are great films.
Barbie opens with a parody of The Dawn of Man, the wordless opening sequence from 2001: A Space Odyssey. On Saturday, you can see the real thing at the Time Warp Drive-In’s July edition, A Real Horrorshow: The Dark Visions of Stanley Kubrick. It’s a redo of one of the most popular programs in the Time Warp’s ten-year history. Here’s the fabled “3 Million Year cut” that Greta Gerwig appropriated with a wink.
The auteurist evening begins with The Shining, another of Kubrick’s films that has been endlessly parodied since its release in 1980. People have been trying to approach the sheer creepy power of this scene for the last 40 years, and no one has got it right yet.
Both The Shining and the third film of the evening, A Clockwork Orange, have been featured on my Never Seen It series — which I swear I’m going to get back to soon! The 1971 film is a pioneering work of dystopian sci fi, and features one of the greatest opening shots of all time.
On Thursday, August 3rd, Crosstown Theater’s film series presents Five Easy Pieces. The film by director Bob Rafelson cemented Jack Nicholson’s reputation as the best actor of his generation.
