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3 days ago · In some ways, Roger Corman is perfectly positioned to be the subject of eulogy and memorial. The picture director, producer, mogul, and writer was lucky enough to live until he was 98 years old. He retained agency of his own story through legacy-coded interviews and was invited to clarify and theorize both biographically and with regard to his chosen medium, the moving image.
4 days ago · We close out our retrospective of Roger Corman with the black horror-comedy that may best illustrate his plucky innovativeness. Two Cents is a Cinapse original column akin to a book club for films. The Cinapse team curates the series and contribute their “two cents” using a maximum of 200-400 words. Guest contributors and comments are encouraged,
2 days ago · On May 9, 2024, cinephiles everywhere bid adieu to one of the true giants of modern-day Hollywood, Roger William Corman. The producer of nearly 500 films and director of 50, Corman also served as mentor for countless writers, directors, actors, and technicians who proceeded to shape the face of Hollywood in the 1960s, 70s, and beyond.
5 days ago · Unless you're a movie person, you may never have heard of Roger Corman at all, but you've almost certainly seen his work or that of the people he's mentored.
5 days ago · Coppola had been working with Roger Corman, the indie movie maverick, who agreed to let the budding filmmaker direct a movie with the money left over from his own project, The Young Racers.
2 days ago · The film is a showpiece for the lovable John Goodman, embodying elements of Alfred Hitchcock, Roger Corman, and William Castle as he promotes an all-time-great movie-within-a-movie: Mant!
4 days ago · From his early work like the Roger Corman-produced “Hollywood Boulevard” and the found footage extravaganza “The Movie Orgy” to the deliriously self-referential “Gremlins” films and ...
