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Michael Ausiello (Jim Parsons) was an entertainment journalist at TV Guide when he first locked eyes with photographer Kit Cowan (Ben Aldridge) across a heatwave of neon-clad partygoers in a New York City bar in 2001. In "Spoiler Alert," an intimate - and, at times, whimsical - retelling of their real-life love story, Michael and Kit spend 14 years living out their rom-com romance. As viewers, we witness everything from their first kiss (over cocktails on a kaleidoscopic dance floor) to the first time Michael meets Kit's parents, Marilyn Cowan (Sally Field) and Bob Cowan (Bill Irwin).
The film is based on Ausiello's own 2017 memoir, "Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies," which, spoiler alert, details the 11-month stretch from Kit's terminal-cancer diagnosis to when he dies. "[This role] allowed me to work in a way that I never had before. And I think that's to do with tapping into something authentic and emotional,...
Michael Ausiello (Jim Parsons) was an entertainment journalist at TV Guide when he first locked eyes with photographer Kit Cowan (Ben Aldridge) across a heatwave of neon-clad partygoers in a New York City bar in 2001. In "Spoiler Alert," an intimate - and, at times, whimsical - retelling of their real-life love story, Michael and Kit spend 14 years living out their rom-com romance. As viewers, we witness everything from their first kiss (over cocktails on a kaleidoscopic dance floor) to the first time Michael meets Kit's parents, Marilyn Cowan (Sally Field) and Bob Cowan (Bill Irwin).
The film is based on Ausiello's own 2017 memoir, "Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies," which, spoiler alert, details the 11-month stretch from Kit's terminal-cancer diagnosis to when he dies. "[This role] allowed me to work in a way that I never had before. And I think that's to do with tapping into something authentic and emotional,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
Senses of Cinema editor Rolando Caputo introduces the new issue: "For some time now, Senses has wanted to publish an English language translation of Jean-Baptiste Thoret's seminal article, 'The Seventies Reloaded: (What does the cinema think about when it dreams of Baudrillard?),' first published in French in 2005. So, it has been some wait, but finally we've got our wish thanks to a translation by Daniel Fairfax that does full justice to the original. Thoret is both one of the most esteemed scholars on Baudrillard's writings (a long-term Editor-in-Chief of Panic, a French journal closely associated with Baudrillardian thought), and a specialist of the American cinema of the post-classical Hollywood period (author of Le Cinéma américain des années 70, 2006). Both strands come together in sticking fashion in 'The Seventies Reloaded.'"
Among the other highlights of Issue 59: Jiwei Xiao on Jia Zhangke, Peter Tonguette on King Vidor, Graham Daseler on...
Among the other highlights of Issue 59: Jiwei Xiao on Jia Zhangke, Peter Tonguette on King Vidor, Graham Daseler on...
- 6/28/2011
- MUBI
Filmmaker Bob Moricz has reported that legendary underground film actor Bob Cowan has passed away. While Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film hasn’t completely confirmed the report, it appears that Cowan died on Tuesday, June 23, in his home in Toronto, Canada. He is survived by his wife Jane.
Cowan was a regular performer and collaborator with the filmmakers George and Mike Kuchar, and is most well-known as starring as the robot Xar in the classic film Sins of the Fleshapoids. (Pictured) But, more than just acting in the movie, Cowan also served as the film’s narrator and assembled its memorable music score.
In the ’60s and ’70s, Cowan was one of a few underground film acting “superstars,” along with performers such as Taylor Mead, Jack Smith, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez and Donna Kerness.
Other Kuchar films Cowan appeared in were George’s Lust for Ecstasy and The...
Cowan was a regular performer and collaborator with the filmmakers George and Mike Kuchar, and is most well-known as starring as the robot Xar in the classic film Sins of the Fleshapoids. (Pictured) But, more than just acting in the movie, Cowan also served as the film’s narrator and assembled its memorable music score.
In the ’60s and ’70s, Cowan was one of a few underground film acting “superstars,” along with performers such as Taylor Mead, Jack Smith, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez and Donna Kerness.
Other Kuchar films Cowan appeared in were George’s Lust for Ecstasy and The...
- 6/23/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
While no real trailer for Mike Kuchar‘s classic ’60s underground film Sins of the Fleshapoids actually exists, embedded above is the trailer Other Cinema cut together for their DVD release of the film a few years back.
Included in the trailer is a couple title cards from the opening title sequence, male stars George Kuchar and Bob Cowan camping it up, Donna Kerness’ memorable flower barely-there outfit, all wrapped around a couple choice pieces from the overly dramatic music soundtrack. For a trailer, it sells the movie extremely well.
Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film reviewed the DVD release over three years ago, praising the quality film transfer and the inclusion of two other great Mike Kuchar films, The Secret of Wendell Samson and The Craven Sluck. Plus, there’s a fantastic modern-day director’s commentary.
This is a film you either already know and love or need to see immediately.
Included in the trailer is a couple title cards from the opening title sequence, male stars George Kuchar and Bob Cowan camping it up, Donna Kerness’ memorable flower barely-there outfit, all wrapped around a couple choice pieces from the overly dramatic music soundtrack. For a trailer, it sells the movie extremely well.
Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film reviewed the DVD release over three years ago, praising the quality film transfer and the inclusion of two other great Mike Kuchar films, The Secret of Wendell Samson and The Craven Sluck. Plus, there’s a fantastic modern-day director’s commentary.
This is a film you either already know and love or need to see immediately.
- 6/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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