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Lost Marx Brothers Musical Returning to the New York Stage
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Mar 1, 2016
On May 19, 1924 the Marx Brothers made their Broadway debut in I’ll Say She Is, a musical comedy revue at the Casino Theater in New York. The show closed on February 7, 1925 after 313 performances and has never been revived. Until now. This May, I’ll Say She Is returns to the New York stage with read more
I’m a Contributor to a Book Nominated for an Award!
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Feb 22, 2016
If you know me, you know I enjoy writing about obscure old movies most people have never even heard of, let alone want to read about. While this strategy has done nothing to reduce my high-interest credit card debt, it has allowed me to collaborate on some fun projects and make some IRL friends (alw read more
Honoring a Forgotten Chapter in Film History w/ “Pioneers of African-American Cinema”
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Feb 14, 2016
I spent Valentine’s Day with the devil on a train to Hell. No, that’s not a euphemism for a relationship gone sour. It’s the plot of HELL-BOUND TRAIN, a newly restored silent rarity that screened today at Film Forum in New York City. Sunday’s double feature was the first in the downtown Manhattan read more
THE PHANTOM SPEAKS (1945) from the Paramount Vault – And I Obey
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Feb 1, 2016
The more classic films I watch, the more affection I develop for B movies. These low budget “programmers” from the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s are often faster-paced, rougher, and more creatively daring than their better-known contemporaries. But many are forgotten today, because they don’t read more
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: a Musical with Modern Sensibility + a Classic Heart
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Jan 25, 2016
A few months ago Netflix released the results of a fascinating study. By analyzing viewing patterns across 25 of their most popular TV series – both originals and acquired – they were able to determine which episode gets viewers “hooked.” If we’ve gotten as far as that one, Netflix says, 70 read more
Rarely Seen Films from Republic Pictures – Now on YouTube!
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Jan 22, 2016
If you love old movies you probably have shelves filled with favorites in every physical media format ever invented. But for every one beloved film in your personal collection, there are hundreds of other undiscovered gems languishing in studio vaults. These films exist, so they can’t be considered read more
New Year, New Way to Watch TCM
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Jan 9, 2016
Turner made lots of announcements this week at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena. Sadly, one piece of news TCM viewers have been waiting for – an option to subscribe directly, without committing to other channels they don’t watch – was not among them. Don’t read more
My Highlight of 2015
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Dec 31, 2015
This is the time when people make lists of accomplishments in an effort to prove another year has not passed in vain. I’m too lazy to do that. And you’re too busy to read it. So I’ll save us both the trouble and say what you already know: I saw a lot of (mostly old) movies in a read more
Why I Won’t Be Watching SyFy’s Twilight Zone Marathon This New Year
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Dec 30, 2015
As the calendar turns each December, SyFy interrupts its regular schedule of supernatural dramas, paranormal reality shows, and SHARKNADO sequels for a marathon visit to the middle ground between light and shadow: The Twilight Zone For many of us, a New Year’s Eve smoke with host and creator Rod Ser read more
MIRACLE on 175th Street
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Dec 15, 2015
I like old movies. Okay, that’s an understatement. I don’t just like them, I want to live in them. I’m not the first person to feel this way, of course. Woody Allen based an entire film — THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO — on the desire to intermingle the real and the reel, and others did it before read more
New Book Explores the Strange Ways Classic Movie Stars Celebrated Holidays
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Dec 12, 2015
As a classic film-loving kid, I’d often while away my weekends in the open stacks of my local library, thumbing through over-sized picture books celebrating the stars of black-and-white Hollywood. This probably explains a lot about my later life, like why I wore 1940s-style sweater vests every day read more
Girl, Reconstructed: Clara Bow in GET YOUR MAN (1927)
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Nov 16, 2015
“Everything you’re going to see today has never been screened before,” film historian David Stenn said on Sunday at the Museum of Modern Art. These are words most film fans only dream of hearing. But when they’re spoken by the biographer of Silent Era superstar Clara Bow, and the program read more
Classic Film Icons Tarnish in TRUMBO (2015)
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Nov 6, 2015
John Wayne rarely played the bad guy in his nearly half-century film career, but he finally gets the chance in TRUMBO, Jay Roach’s uneven biopic of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Wayne (David James Elliott) and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) are presented as the primary antago read more
Explaining Halloween Folklore w/ Classic Film Cameos
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 31, 2015
As a lifelong classic film fan, I often find myself scanning contemporary media for old movie influences. And at no time of the year is that more fun than Halloween, when the monsters I’ve enjoyed since I was a kid make cameo appearances in fun and unexpected places. One great example is 31 read more
Giant Monsters Attack Palm Springs!
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 22, 2015
When I was 12, my father took me to a Halloween screening of PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE at a high school on Long Island. The print was weathered and the setting was imperfect, but the auditorium was packed with people who were ecstatic to see a film – supposedly the worst of all time – that none of read more
“Monty Python” + “The Kids in the Hall” Headed to NBC’s New Streaming Service
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 15, 2015
Just when I thought I’d subscribed to every streaming service known to man, along comes something…completely different. Today, NBCUniversal unveiled SeeSo, a subscription video on demand “channel” devoted entirely to comedy programming. The commercial-free, $3.99 per-month se read more
Review: The Paramount Vault Streaming Service – FREE Movies on YouTube
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 9, 2015
Another week, another Hollywood studio throws open their classic film vaults to streaming! Last week, 20th Century Fox chairman Jim Gianopulos announced that the studio would celebrate their 100th anniversary by releasing 100 classics to streaming platforms like iTunes, restored and in high definiti read more
NYFF Review: Ousmane Sembene’s BLACK GIRL (1965)
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 7, 2015
The more films I watch, the more films I realize I need to watch. This sobering realty usually strikes me during the annual New York Film Festival, now in the home stretch of its densely packed, 17-day schedule. Because of my proclivity for classics and the ready access I have to contemporary releas read more
Detroit Indie Movie House Launches Fundraising Campaign to Bring Classics to the Big Screen
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 5, 2015
When classic film lovers gather, the conversation often turns to one question: what movies would I play if I ran my own theater? For Paula and Tim Guthat, those fantasies became a life-changing reality in 2013 when they founded Cinema Detroit, one of only two seven-day-a-week movie theaters in the read more
Classic Film Fans Get Lucky on Fox’s 100th Birthday
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 2, 2015
Christmas comes early this year for classic movie buffs, courtesy of 20th Century Fox. On Thursday night at the New York Film Festival, Fox chairman Jim Gianopulos announced that the studio will celebrate its centenary this year by making 100 classic movies available to buy or rent digitally in read more