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Chuck Norris Double Feature! You Know You Want to Watch
By Melissa on 09/08/2010
While other action stars of the 70s and 80s *cough* Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren *cough* may consider themselves "Expendables" now, Chuck Norris would probably take great offense at being called expendable. And you wouldn't want Chuck Norris mad, now would you? The star of such classic action flicks as Delta Force and Missing in Action has made a name for himself as the ultimate and strangely ageless iron man. Even his appearance on Family Guy revealed his enduring toughness. You see, Chuck Norris even has another fist hidden in his beard. He's not a man for trifling. In today's Double... MORE »
The Coen Brothers at Their Quirky Best in 'Barton Fink'
By Melissa on 09/08/2010
Filed under: What to Watch on IFC
When Joel and Ethan Coen (perhaps better known as the Coen Brothers) go dark and quirky, they go all the way. In their fourth film, 1994's Barton Fink, combines comic moments with pervasive anxiety and increasingly tense interactions between neurotic and (seemingly) normal characters. They top it all off with a horrific dramatic twist that will leave the audience scratching their heads, in a good way. In 'Barton Fink', John Turturro stars as the title character, a screenwriter struggling with writer's block after being lured to 1940s Hollywood from a successful career on Broadway. He sits in his bleak room... MORE »
What in the World Are You Watching? 'Wilfred'
By Melissa on 09/07/2010
Filed under: What to Watch on IFC
If you find yourself sitting on the couch late at night, flipping through the channels, and you stop and stare, and then find yourself laughing uproariously, you may have discovered Wilfred. The show is a demented little gem that was plucked from the Australian airwaves to be shown for the first time in the United States on IFC. You're welcome. Sarah is a great girl. She's fit, attractive, intelligent and funny. She is a real catch and boy-next-door Adam thinks he has hit the jackpot ...until he meets Wilfred. Wilfred is Sarah's beloved dog, who is more than a little... MORE »
360 Sessions: David Gray at the Local
By Melissa on 09/07/2010
Filed under: What to Watch on IFC
In the premiere episode of IFC's new show 360 Sessions we get up close and personal with musician David Gray. The English singer-songwriter takes us for a chat at his local pub where we talk about his childhood and his influences. Since 360 Sessions is all about the music, the prolific chart topper also performs some of his trademark hits in an intimate setting. The show premieres tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Join IFC every Tuesday as we travel the world with artists ranging from Snoop Dogg and his tour of Long Beach, CA., to Stereophonics behind-the-scenes look at... MORE »
Stop By for 'Dinner with the Band'
By Melissa on 09/03/2010
Filed under: What to Watch on IFC
When you stop by Dinner with the Band, chef Sam Mason cooks up more than a meal --It's a dinner and a show. Sam Mason invites viewers and band into his loft to pair high falootin' culinary delights with musical performances by acclaimed indie music artists. And we don't mean just a Happy Meal in front of a music video, we are talking about intimate performances by Les Savy Fav, Andrew WK, Final Fantasy (a.k.a. Owen Pallet), and Yacht. The food is a far cry from the typical fare for a band on the run, too. Sam Mason's unique take... MORE »
Friday Night Frights: When 'Ginger Snaps' You'll Jump
By Melissa on 09/03/2010
Filed under: What to Watch on IFC
Ginger Snaps is not your average teenage scream fest. While its its heroine is an attractive red-headed 16-year-old named Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) who gets chomped by a lycanthrope, this is not Teen Wolf. In fact, it is a charged and feminist portrait of adolescent angst, sexuality, and alienation. Ginger shares a basement with her younger sister Brigitte (Emily Perkins) are two sisters with no friends and a grim outlook on life. The girls are practically recluses who spend their time recreating death scenes and making suicide pacts. The sisters (cover your eyes, gents) haven't gotten their periods yet and when... MORE »
It's Jon Favreau Double Feature Day
By Melissa on 09/02/2010
Filed under: What to Watch on IFC
Jon Favreau is now a big time Hollywood director with multi-million dollar successes under his belt including "Iron Man", "Iron Man 2", and the upcoming "Cowboys & Aliens", but he was once just a Hollywood newbie with stars in his eyes. He broke onto the scene with "Swingers" in 1996. In today's double feature, we take a look back at his career in 2001's "Made" and 2003's "The Big Empty". In Made Jon Favreau reunites with his "Swingers" co-star Vince Vaughn in this caper about a boxer and his loud-mouthed friend who are aspiring gangsters. Bobby (Jon Favreau) and Ricky... MORE »
Win Two Passes to Fantastic Fest!
By Melissa on 09/01/2010
Filed under: Contest
Here at IFC we are pretty excited about this film festival "with all the boring parts cut out" and now is your chance to win two badges to Fantastic Fest 2010 in Austin, Texas. Highlights of the festival include: Bedevilled (2010) Director: Cheol-soo Jang, South Korea, 115 minutes If you beat, brutalize, dehumanize and torment a country girl for her entire life, take note: when she reaches the breaking point, you'd best hide the farm implements. The Dead (2010) Directors: Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford South Africa, 100 min. After his plane crashes in the South African bush, Rob... MORE »
Love and Music in the "Garden State"
By Melissa on 09/01/2010
Filed under: What to Watch on IFC
Scrubs is a great comedy. It's no Kids in the Hall, but it is a fun way to spend half an hour. But as a proving ground for burgeoning directorial talent it was untested until its star Zach Braff walked out from behind the camera and created Garden State. Zach Braff stars as a wannabe actor who is stumbling through life in a lithium-induced haze trying to make it in Los Angeles. When his mother dies in New Jersey, he is forced to return home after nine years. Back in his childhood home, he finds his world strangely unchanged, except... MORE »
'The Sea Inside': Life and Sometimes Death is Beautiful
By Melissa on 08/31/2010
Filed under: What to Watch on IFC
Alejandro Amenabar's The Sea Inside (or "Mar Adentro" in Spanish) is a heart-wrenching yet unsentimental look at the life of a man who fought for decades for the right to die with dignity. The film could have easily been a very preachy biopic of a man's legal, physical, and emotional struggle, but it is instead a beautiful and stirring portrait of a man yearning to be free. After a life of adventuring, an accident paralyzes Ramón Sampedro from the neck down. Based on the true story of Sampedro's years-long fight with the Spanish courts for a medically-assisted suicide, the story... MORE »
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