The Yippie Ki-Ay. Do Cinema! is an interview series that takes a leader in their field (usually film but not always) and sits them down with someone of the same discipline whose only just had a first big break. An Oscar winner with TV's newest star, composers and their folk-rock counterparts, a thou…
Mackenzie Crook's "Detectorists" is probably the purest embodiment the small screen's latest "golden age." He and Toby Jones are likely two of the most familiar, and least recognizable, of the great english actors to American eyes. So it's no surprise that their lovely little addition to TV's alleged golden age may not have found it's way to your tablet yet.
It's been 90 years of Oscar. And soon enough, I'm very sorry to say, there will be no one left who can remember the movies without them. And there are only a handful of Oscar winners who can remember a time before the little gold man. And so, as any fan of the cinema is wont to do with living memory, we here at the Yippie Ki-Ay! Do Cinema tried to preserve a little bit of those pre oscar days by sitting down (briefly) with the best supporting actress of 1976 the perpetually bad ass. Lee Grant.
Why would my great hero be the leader of a (pretty much) hereditary monarchy? I'm an American, I wanna vote. Why would my great hero be an isolationist? I'm an American, I wanna save the world. Why would my great hero preside over a culture that stagnated millennia ago? Americans are forged in Change, Americans of color all the more. The racial harm of Black Panther we're not talking about.
It’s February 14th, and if you’re avoiding the snapchat/tinder trap (for the day at least), then there are a few arthouse/indie movies that definitely have your back! So pick your poison: wine or ice cream, blanket or onesie, Netflix or Filmstruck, and cuddle up with nothing less than your best self and enjoy these gems.
A poem by Tyler Their, inspired by one of cinema, and wider pop culture's, most beloved figures. Read by Taylor A. Purdee. Music by The Cumberland Kids
Why would we think Millennial's aren't going to see classic films? Caroline Gollum doesn't think it's very accurate. Read by Lauren Karaman
We all know the rules of MoviePass: One movie per day. And that's about it. But did you know that could mean a ton of nights out to the hottest new art house and independent theatres?
Dear Zack Snyder, Thank You. Thank you for The Watchman. Thank You for Man of Steel. Thank you for Batman v Superman.
Walking into Brooklyn Steel the first thing I notice about tonight's Josh Ritter concert is the same thing that I always notice. Whether its a January weekend at Manhattan's gilded Beacon or on November 7, 2016 at a small New Jersey theatre, the first question is always "where are all the people of color?"
The wonderful confluence of the Earth’s rotation and the calendar has brought us to have a Friday the 13th in October. So here's a lil psychological horror. Turns out, each of the first four Friday the 13th films can be drawn to a specific stage of psychosocial development as outlined by psychologist Erik Erikson, who defines the stages of development through outcomes. If one succeeds in the outcome of a stage, they will have a healthy personality. And Jason's better off than you'd think.
Why is the most classically human hero of recent cinema a damn dirty ape?
It's mid July, the corn's already knee high, and if you're anything like me the long nights really make you want to rewatch "The Notebook." That's ok, that's grand, there are wonderful storms and barns and pictures of Ryan Gosling, but here's a few other romantic modern classics you also love, and film's like them you may not have met yet.
Horror movies reflect the anxieties of their time, 1968's "Night of the Living Dead" and 2017's "It Comes At Night" are both zombie films similar tropes, but vastly different themes.
“The Great Beauty” and “John Wick” have become instant classics in their respective genres, and yet they’re not likely to make their way into the same dinner conversation. Which is a shame because many of the best parts of one, are mirrored by the other.
Rap Mix Tapes, Jack White, Daft Punk, and NASA. Who knew how many corners of pop culture it took to make Toonami what it is?
The 71st Tony Awards are this Sunday and New York's all a flutter. In a year that snubbed Amélie and Anastasia you might be tempted to think our recent trend of staging Hollywood's dreams from a decade ago is fading. It could be, but I doubt it. Still, the relationship between stage adaptions and their silver screen sources isn't always sordid. So here are 7 musicals you didn’t know were remakes of non-musical movies, and James Bond.