by John Wildman | May 6, 2018 | Films Gone Wild
“It’s not enough to like a film,” he says, “You must like it for the right reasons.” Pierre Rissient I was beyond fortunate to have met this legend of film and spent some time with him after Rose Kuo made a distinct point of introducing us with an insistence that...
by John Wildman | Feb 1, 2018 | Films Gone Wild
The Park City at Midnight category used to be the thing that was my main focus as I headed to Sundance each year. So many favorites that I saw for the first time in the late, late hours at the Egyptian, the Prospector, or the Library. Films like 28 DAYS LATER, HARD...
by John Wildman | Oct 9, 2017 | Films Gone Wild
What the fuck with the men?! My red carpet, and Facebook, and film festival friend, Rose McGowan, posted on Facebook recently her disappointment (which is putting it kindly) that 99% of her Facebook friends had not posted anything condemning Harvey Weinstein. This, of...
by John Wildman | Sep 16, 2017 | Films Gone Wild
Tim League, you should have started each mea culpa and every single decision you made to bring on your downfall and that of the Alamo Drafthouse with one word – “woman.” As in, “I listened to this woman..” In every single case, had you began the decision...
by John Wildman | Sep 4, 2017 | Films Gone Wild
Today, I read the first person account of someone that could have his entire life upended and turned upside down by the destruction of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). As we live through each one of the parade of heinous actions by Donald Trump that...
by John Wildman | Aug 27, 2017 | Films Gone Wild
Before I start with this rant, let first state that I am fully aware that I am a white guy about to go off on other white guys. And maybe that nullifies my voice somewhat here, and maybe some of you might think it just adds to the noise, but I do want to raise my...
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