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Awesome ‘SNL’-Inspired Art From Gallery 1988

By Jason Bailey on

Gallery 1988, you’ve done it again. Our favorite pop culture-obsessed art gallery unveiled a new show last weekend, and it’s a doozy: Is This Thing On #2 Too, featuring art inspired by Saturday Night Live, with everyone from Matt Foley to the Blues Brothers to the Church Lady to Toonces the Driving Cat immortalized on canvas (and even in ceramic). After the jump, have a look at some of our favorites for the exhibit — and click on the title of each piece to grab a print of your own via Gallery 1988’s online store. … Read More

Film

Inventive Artwork Inspired by New York Movies

By Jason Bailey on

Brooklyn’s Bottleneck Gallery opens a new exhibit tomorrow that’s rather close to our hearts: The Popular Face of New York, in which artist Raid71 (aka Chris Thornley) reinterprets classic NYC scenes from movies, as well as paying tribute to those who create them. The results are clever, inspired, and frequently funny. Check out some of our favorite pieces below, and if you’re in New York, visit the show in person through Friday, March 29; online sales begin Saturday, March 16 at approximately noon EDT. … Read More

Celebrity

A Selection of Hilariously Unlikely Celebrity Doppelgängers

By Jennifer Lewis on

Folks, our friends at BuzzFeed recently discovered something remarkable: Ricky Gervais, at one point, looked exactly like David Bowie. Can you believe it? Of course we’re well aware that everyone has a doppelgänger or six running around, but Bowie and Gervais? We definitely didn’t see that one coming. Inspired by such an unlikely set of matching faces, we decided to do a bit of digging and unearth even more pairs of odd celebrity doppelgängers. Check ‘em out after the jump, and hit the comments to offer up any other unexpected couples. … Read More

Film

An A-Z Guide to Film’s Greatest Faces

By Alison Nastasi on

The brilliant Buster Keaton is the subject of a 15-disc Blu-ray box set released by Kino Lorber today. The Ultimate Buster Keaton Collection includes an exclusive release of the 1927 film College, along with a 1966 industrial short that was Keaton’s final filmed performance. The iconic movie star’s deadpan delivery earned him the nickname, the “Great Stone Face,” which was an especially amusing contrast during the actor-director’s many stunts and unique brand of physical comedy. Keaton inspired us to explore other great faces in cinema, and we’ve catalogued them in a handy A to Z guide. (We wish the alphabet had more letters.) These thespians aren’t necessarily the most classically or popularly attractive movie stars, but their eccentric and expressive faces are a gateway to a deeply emotional and thrilling experience. It’s our most human connection to the celluloid. Who gives great face? Click through to see a few of our favorites, and tell us yours. … Read More

Film

Flavorwire’s Guide to Indie Flicks to See in November

By Jason Bailey on

We’re getting into serious Oscar-bidding season, and the month of November is chock full of movies we’re excited about: Skyfall, Lincoln, Life of Pi, Hitchcock, Anna Karenina, Silver Linings Playbook, Killing Them Softly, and on and on. But the majors aren’t the only ones trotting out smarter-than-average fare; as usual, the indies have got a full slate of strong stuff this month as well. After the jump, we’ve got a few that are worth checking out in the weeks ahead. … Read More

Film

Christopher Walken's 10 Most Insane Performances

By Jason Bailey on

When we heard that there was a film in the pipeline called Seven Psychopaths, we figured there was a pretty good chance Christopher Walken was somehow involved — and yep, sure enough, co-starring alongside Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, and Woody Harrelson is our Mr. Walken, doing the slightly-restrained variation on the bananas weirdo screen persona we’ve all come to know and love. In celebration of a new bit of insanity from the man, we’ve selected what we believe to be his ten nuttiest performances — not his best, mind you, but his craziest. And even that list was hard to whittle down, so add your own favorites in the comments. … Read More

Comedy

Watch Christopher Walken Read ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Dialogue

By Judy Berman on

Given a few minutes for a video interview with Christopher Walken, Colin Farrell, and Sam Rockwell, what would you ask the Seven Psychopaths stars? Something about their craft, perhaps, or what it was like to work together? Well, Screen Junkies’ Hal Rudnick had a different idea: he handed out some transcripts from TLC’s strangely likable exploitation-fest Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and asked the actors to do an impromptu reading. The look on Walken’s face when Rudnick presents his plan is priceless all on its own, but stick around to hear him interpret Mama’s “vajiggle jaggle” musings and Farrell gamely attempt Chubbs’ accent. We can’t help wondering whether we’ll see “sketti” make an appearance on Walken’s new cooking show. … Read More

Film

Watch the ‘Seven Psychopaths’ Trailer Reenacted by Cats

By Judy Berman on

If the Internet knows one thing for sure, it’s that everything is better with cats. This goes double for the trailers for Martin McDonagh’s much-anticipated forthcoming heist comedy, Seven Psychopaths. Directed by Jim Tozzi, of Wonder Showzen and Xavier: Renegade Angel fame, the parody videos take audio from the actual trailers and re-cast the scenes with adorable and ridiculous cats. While it’s a treat to hear all of the A-list cast members’ (Colin Farrell, Tom Waits, Woody Harrelson, Gabourey Sidibe) voices come out of felines dressed like their characters, the Christopher Walken cat is obviously our favorite. Click through to watch one Seven PsychoCATS trailer, and check out the Red Band version here. … Read More

Comedy

Watch Christopher Walken Cook With Richard Belzer

By Judy Berman on

Christopher Walken’s flair for cooking has already been well documented. Back in 2000, he cooked a beautiful meal for an Observer reporter, and last year a lo-fi video circulated of the enigmatic actor making roast chicken with pears. But the best cultural product of his culinary expertise to date is a new Funny or Die clip called “Cooking with Christopher Walken” (which, hilariously enough, shares its name with an Australian TV comedy sketch from several years back). The six-minute video finds the equally badass Richard Belzer joining Walken at his Westport, CT home for dinner. With the help of two willowy blondes in tight, black dresses, the actors shop at eccentric local grocery store Stew Leonard’s, cook another chicken with pears, lament Citizen Kane‘s fall from the #1 spot on the BFI critics poll, and ogle a cellphone photo of a fan’s Walken tattoo. Click through to watch the thoroughly wonderful video. … Read More

Film

Flavorwire’s Guide to Indie Flicks to See in October

By Jason Bailey on

It’s October, which means that prestige movie season is in full swing, and there are plenty of big, potential Oscar contenders slated for release this month: Argo, Cloud Atlas, um, Here Comes the Boom, maybe? Point is, the art houses are all but overflowing with terrific offerings this month, from dramas and documentaries to comedy and horror; our picks for the month’s dozen best bets are after the jump. … Read More