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Tag: TV+Film

December 16, 2020
Why Holiday Viewings of ‘Tangerine’ Should Be a Yearly Tradition
By Dustin Krcatovich / Riot Festmas, TV+Film / Riot Festmas, holiday, TV+Film
‘Tangerine,’ a powerful piece of transgender cinema from 2015, is good enough to be re-watched every holiday season.
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October 29, 2020October 29, 2020
The Striking Sounds That Score ‘The Exorcist’
By Sean Witzke / The Riot Fest Halloween Special, TV+Film / halloween, TV+Film, The Riot Fest Halloween Special
‘The Exorcist,’ released in 1973, has a unique sonic identity that’s always worth re-examining. You can catch a screening of the film this Saturday at…
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October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
The Haunted Development Hell of the Shelved ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel
By Dustin Krcatovich / The Riot Fest Halloween Special / TV+Film, The Riot Fest Halloween Special, Beetlejuice
People are too hard on sequels. Don’t get me wrong: many sequels are pointless and bad, and even some of the more entertaining ones are…
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October 21, 2020
Something Weird Video’s Horror Catalog is Worth Digging Through
By Dustin Krcatovich / Halloween, TV+Film / halloween, TV+Film, Horror
Just in time for Halloween, American Genre Film Archive director Joseph A. Ziemba picked his five favorite horror flicks from the Something Weird Video horror…
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October 7, 2020
Punk and Horror Go Together like Riot Fest and Drive-Ins
By Riot Fest / Playlists, The Riot Fest Halloween Special / halloween, holiday, TV+Film
We’ll be mixing horror flicks with punk at the end of the month with The Riot Fest Halloween Special—so in that spirit, we've put together…
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September 10, 2020September 10, 2020
The Secret Weapon on the ‘Kill Bill’ Soundtrack: The 5.6.7.8’s
By Annie Fell / Riot Fest At The Movies, TV+Film / TV+Film, Riot Fest At The Movies, soundtracks
The 5.6.7.8’s cover of “Woo Hoo” scores one of the best—and bloodiest—scenes in the first ‘Kill Bill Vol. 1’. Dive into the history of the…
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September 9, 2020September 9, 2020
1994: The Year ‘Clerks’ Broke
By Dustin Krcatovich / Editorial, Riot Fest At The Movies, TV+Film / green day, TV+Film, movies
Kevin Smith has been the figurehead of a major cinematic/pop culture cottage industry for over two decades. Given that, it can be easy to forget…
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September 7, 2020September 9, 2020
‘The Lost Boys’ and the Definition of a Cool Vampire
By Miles Raymer / Editorial, Riot Fest At The Movies, TV+Film / editorial, TV+Film, Riot Fest At The Movies
‘The Lost Boys’ is a movie that’s completely obsessed with cool, while also being deeply suspicious of the very concept.
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September 3, 2020September 2, 2020
Riot Fest At The Movies: The Soundtrack
By Riot Fest / Riot Fest At The Movies, TV+Film / TV+Film, movies, Riot Fest At The Movies
We’ve gone ahead and picked some of the best cuts from all four Riot Fest At The Movies features and put them together on a…
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August 27, 2020September 15, 2020
Riot Fest At The Movies: Coming to a Drive-In This September
By Riot Fest / Riot Fest At The Movies / TV+Film, Riot Fest At The Movies, clerks
Introducing Riot Fest At The Movies! Join us at the Chicago Drive-In on September 11 & 12 for a double feature each night with snacks,…
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August 25, 2020
Streaming Now: ‘Other Music’ Documents a NYC Record Store Like No Other
By Riot Fest / TV+Film / Stuff To Do, TV+Film, documentary
Other Music was always more than just a record store. For the 21 years it was open, it was a hub of the New York…
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August 12, 2020
You Can Spend the Night in the World’s Last Blockbuster for Just $4
By Riot Fest / TV+Film / TV+Film, 90s, blockbuster
There’s only one Blockbuster left in the world—and if you’re lucky, you can spend the night in it with all the movies and snacks you…
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