The Hooksexup Film Lounge

Screengrab Q&A: James Toback

by Emily Wilson

The director of Tyson on mayhem and madness, in and outside of the ring.

4.20

Five 3-D-tastic Films

by Nick Schager

What’s better than a night out at the movies? A night spent having the movies come right out at you!

2.6

Mondo Kim's, R.I.P.

by Leonard Pierce

10.18

The Top 15 College Movies

by Andrew Osborne

Our round-up of the best beer-guzzling, sorority-rushing, and nerd revenging flicks.

9.22

Tropic Thunder Plays the Retard Card

by Phil Nugent

8.13

The 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema

by The Hooksexup Staff

#10-6

8.3

The 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema

by The Hooksexup Staff

#20-16

8.2

The 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema

by The Hooksexup Staff

#30-26

8.1

The 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema

by The Hooksexup Staff

#40-36

7.31

George Carlin: 1937-2008

by Andrew Osborne

All I can say is s*** (and six or more other dirty words you can't say on television).

6.24

Yesterday's Hits: Fatal Attraction

by Paul Clark

Its box-office performance paved the way for an explosion of erotic thrillers.

5.14

The Myopic Woman

by Ada Calhoun and Sarah Hepola

We buckle up for Flying, a six-hour documentary on the modern female.

12.6

Q&A: Tamara Jenkins

by Mina Hochberg

The director of The Savages on death and creative resurrection.

11.29

Still Crazy After All These Years

by Bilge Ebiri

Thirty-two years after his death, Pier Paolo Pasolini can still shock.

11.29

Q&A: Lili Taylor

by Peter Smith

The indie superstar turns 40 and stays hungry.

11.20

Q&A: Bob Balaban

by Leonard Pierce

Everyone's favorite nebbish on his five-decade career.

11.15

Q&A: Richard Kelly

by Peter Smith

The director of Donnie Darko defends its beleaguered successor, Southland Tales.

11.8

The Manhood Behind the Mustache

by Ada Calhoun

A new film on Keith Hernandez puts the sex back in sport.

11.2

To Sleep With Anger

by Bilge Ebiri

Half a century later, a rebel director's pop-cultural predictions come true.

11.2

Character Types

by Nicole Ankowski

Which John Cusack or Drew Barrymore are you dating?

11.1

We're All Replicants Here

by Peter Smith

Blade Runner is complete at last.

11.1

Do-Overs

by Nicole Ankowski

A side-by-side comparison of five classic sex-scene remakes.

10.26

Q&A: Brian De Palma

by Phil Nugent

The director wages war on critics of his Iraq drama Redacted.

10.25

Insane in the Membrane

by Joey Rubin

A new book dissects the phallic fixation of gonzo filmmaker Ken Russell.

10.24

Teenage Lust

by Sarah Hepola

Five conversations about Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

10.22

The Earrings of Madame de...

by Paul Clark

Where Paul Thomas Anderson gets those complex camera movements.

9.22

Brand Upon The Brain!

by Paul Clark

That Criterion has finally embraced this most movie-drunk of filmmakers is exciting enough.

8.13

First Sunday

by Scott Von Doviak

I would gladly sit through a triple bill of Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Daddy’s Little Girls and Why Did I Get Married? if it meant I would never have to see First Sunday again.

6.23

Track of the Moon Beast

by Scott Von Doviak

Join us now for another installment of Unwatchable.

5.1

Confessions of a Superhero

by John Constantine

Reverse escapism.

1.25

The District

by John Constantine

This "Hungarian South Park" gets lost in translation.

1.18

Hitler: A Film From Germany

by Bilge Ebiri

Seven hours of Hitler-themed deconstruction? Sign us up!

1.11

Blade Runner

by Peter Smith

A masterpiece finally gets the release it deserves.

1.3

Senator Obama Goes to Africa

by Will Doig

Sure, it's a feature-length campaign ad, but so what?

12.20

Funny Face

by Gwynne Watkins

They made that Gap ad into a movie!

12.13

Drunken Angel

by Steve Erickson

12.6

Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition

by Peter Smith

Damn fine box set. Damn fine.

11.29

Feed

by Peter Smith

Politics, Candid Camera style.

11.20

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

by Kevin Canfield

Spielberg sees his future.

11.15

Pixar Short Films Collection

by Dan Erdman

The evolution of CGI, all on one disc.

11.8

Help!

by Peter Smith

The most obscure Beatles movie gets some DVD love.

11.1

Hideout in the Sun

by Dan Erdman

Nudist-camp-sploitation from an equally not-so-innocent time.

10.25

The Kubrick Collection

by Bilge Ebiri

Assess the master all over again.

10.18

Mala Noche: Criterion Edition

by Bilge Ebiri

Gus Van Sant's influential debut.

10.11

Knocked Up: Unrated and Unprotected Edition

by John Constantine

Allow this DVD to impregnate you with laughter.

9.27

Cruising

by Will Doig

The controversial S&M thriller hits DVD for the first time.

9.20

Stranger Than Paradise

by Steve Erickson

Jim Jarmusch's debut gets the Criterion treatment.

9.6

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

by Gabriel McKee

You're next!

8.30

The Shakespeare Collection

by Bilge Ebiri

Four takes on the Bard.

8.30

House of Games

by Dan Erdman

David Mamet's first film still works.

8.30