Category: Front Row Center
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 8: Next Cult Classic ‘The Taint’
Surely the most outlandish movie to be discussed in the short history of Front Row Center, The Taint is a rollicking zero-budget z-movie about a biological plague that causes men to destroy women. Detroit and Simon are here to help … [Read the Rest]
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 7: Sang-soo Im’s ‘The Housemaid’
Korean director Sang-soo Im’s The Housemaid, a delightfully tawdry and sensational account of class struggle and sexual misconduct in a rich household (as well as a remake of the 1960 feautre of the same name), first made waves at last … [Read the Rest]
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 6: ‘Riki Oh: The Story of Ricky’
Starring Siu-Wong Fan as the titular character, Riki Oh, based on a manga series which eventually became an anime, marks the end of an era of Japanese exploitation flicks, before the new generation of filmmakers such as Takashi Miike took … [Read the Rest]
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 5: Spotlight on Jafar Panahi
On Episode 5 of Front Row Center, Derek Gladu and Simon Howell discuss the career of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi with a special focus on his film Crimson Gold, written by fellow filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. Panahi was sentenced late last … [Read the Rest]
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 4: ‘Hobo With A Shotgun’
You may remember the faux-trailer for “Hobo With A Shotgun”, directed by Jason Eisener, which won the Grindhouse Trailer Contest put on by the SXSW Film Festival & Robert Rodriguez. It all began with an announcement on Ain’t It Cool … [Read the Rest]
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 3: ‘I Saw The Devil’
Anyone with an interest in genre cinema and a pulse has surely noticed that South Korea has been the source of many of the last decade and change’s best thrillers, action and horror movies – Ricky D will let you … [Read the Rest]
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 2b: Oscar Talk
In Part 2 of our Oscar prediction special, Justine and Simon weigh in on the remaining major categories, including the main event, Best Picture, on which they are split – will it be initial frontrunner The Social Network, or insurgent … [Read the Rest]
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 2a: ‘Dogtooth’ (Road to the Oscars)
Infused with its own brand of hyper-stylized realism, Dogtooth feels so out of this world that it’s almost impossible to pin down. The winner of the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, the Greek film is … [Read the Rest]
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 1b: Oscar Talk
Are you already sick of Oscar coverage? Tough luck, ’cause Justine and Simon have some thoughts on the major categories at this year’s festivities, so if you’re planning an Oscar pool – well, maybe look elsewhere, ’cause frankly Simon’s batting … [Read the Rest]
Videocast: Front Row Center Episode 1a: ‘Incendies’ (Road to the Oscars)
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Front Row Center, the new videocast from Sound on Sight. That’s right, for the first time ever, we’ve put our faces where our mouths are. Wait, that can’t be right. Anyway, in our first installment, … [Read the Rest]
