From the Vaults: When Shirley Clarke Met Roger Corman

Shirley Clarke was to direct "Crazy Mama"

"...a matriarch in a tiger-print dress, was produced by Roger Corman’s New World Pictures. Corman was well-known for giving..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest: Roger and Julie Corman Lifetime Achievement Award

The king and queen of the Bs get the royal treatment.

"...Roger Corman has been known as the "King of the..."

Sept. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Guess Who's Corman To Dinner?

Husband and wife duo Roger and Julie to get lifetime achievement award

"...and now it's confirmed. The reigning royalty of B-movies Roger and Julie Corman will receive the "Syfy Imagine Greater"..."

Sept. 7, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Fall of the House of Usher

"...Directed by: Roger Corman. Starring: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey and..."

Oct. 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Roger Corman: An AFS tribute to a wild angel

"...Roger Corman's reputation as a filmmaker precedes him. More than..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Piranha 3D

Finally, 3-D is being put to its optimum use. Who cares how it holds up as a remake?

"...of the word, this second remake of 1978's Joe Dante-directed/Roger Corman-produced Jaws knockoff is ridiculous summertime drive-in fun. It's..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spider Baby

Three demented adult siblings are looked after by a devoted caretaker in Jack Hill's no-budget masterpiece.

"...outré; it's the kind of low budget Sixties shocker Roger Corman tried his hand at a few times before..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest: 'Machete Maidens Unleashed!'

Q&A with documentarian Mark Hartley

"...his leap from Ozploitation to the Filipino films of Roger Corman...."

Sept. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

"...back in 1984, was a dark little slice of Roger Corman-style B-movie smarts. Cameron, who like so many other..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Traffik

Sleazy modern exploitation falls off its poorly staked moral high ground.

"...a sleazy woman-in-chains mise en scène straight from a Roger Corman drive-in flick, all followed by a solemn coda..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Raven

John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe in this historically imaginative but dull and off-putting detective story set in old Baltimore.

"...It's here that I must recommend Roger Corman's series of Poe-flavored films from the mid-Sixties, shot..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Time and Tide

"...Tide marks a return to form for Tsui, “the Roger Corman of Hong Kong filmmaking,” who spent the latter..."

July 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Idle Hands

"...entirely unfounded) pre-release buzz on this ghoulish horror-comedy from Roger Corman alum Flender, Idle Hands turns out to be..."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deep Rising

"...Finn) is well and truly into the spirit of Roger Corman here, although with some blisteringly wicked special effects..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anaconda

"...comparison. Cut-rate horror shows may have worked back when Roger Corman was making his way through the cinematic jungle..."

April 11, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Bomber

"...the film with the runaway-train feel of some of Roger Corman's earlier teen exploitation flicks: Never let the story..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight

Good performances and lots of blood and gore can't save this illogical TV-to-screen story from itself.

"...see genre vet Dick Miller, star of everything from Roger Corman's A Bucket of Blood to Joe Dante's Gremlins..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Roadracers

"...very much of its genre. It is the perfect Roger Corman movie, the one he never made himself. Cinema..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

Charlie's Ear

"...through the darkened industrial byways of greater Houston -- Roger Corman's poverty row quickies like Little Shop of Horrors..."

May 20, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dragon Inn

"...Lin Ching Hsia. Tsui Hark -- fast becoming the Roger Corman of Hong Kong cinema -- is back with..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Noises Off!

In this screwball comedy, the behind-the-scenes activity of a traveling acting troupe threaten to bring down the play.

"...critic, Bogdanovich graduated to actual filmmaking when working on Roger Corman's Wild Angels (1966). The Charles Whitmanesque Targets (1968)..."

March 27, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror

Tracing horror's evolution from the camp-serious bastions of Roger Corman to the post-countercultural killing fields of The Last House on the Left and on

"...type of filmmaking segued from the camp-serious bastions of Roger Corman and Vincent Price's gothy Poe pictures to the..."

July 15, 2011 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Other Worlds Austin Unleashes First Wave

Sci-fi icon Sybil Danning to be honored

"...will celebrate a classic with a gala screening of Roger Corman's beloved Battle Beyond the Stars, and a special..."

Oct. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: "Meet the Creeper"

Watch this ATX contribution to the Corman Challenge

"...make your own two-minute movie? That's what cinema legend Roger Corman wants you to do, and Austin filmmakers are..."

April 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Biker Boyz

"...a fact that was never ignored by genre king Roger Corman. The convoluted plot has Luke, as the Kid,..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Death Race 2050

Plus jungle Sacrifice! and street punk Parasites

"...Another year, another Death Race movie with Roger Corman's name attached. Don't worry, if you lost track,..."

Feb. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: 'That Guy Dick Miller'

Character actor Dick Miller brings the verve

"...seen any of these movies … or most any Roger Corman film, then you’ve seen Dick Miller...."

March 10, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cars and Speed and Flight

Just prior to his appearance at SXSW Film for a retrospective of his work, Monte Hellman talks about a career in film.

"...Before that, he worked in the genius-rich fields of Roger Corman's films for American International Pictures, from low-grade shocker..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two

"...Some thoughts on Roger Corman and Robert Thom... Next week the Austin Film..."

May 16, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...films, stars, and directors (notably, lifetime achievement award winners Roger Corman and wife/co-producer/co-conspirator Julie Corman, plus HK martial arts..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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