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What Is Grindhouse Cinema, Explained
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Grindhouse Cinema originated in the 1920s, with continuous showings of cheap movies at low ticket prices. Grindhouse movies were known for their inferior production values and salacious content. The decline of Grindhouse Cinema can be attributed to the rise of home video and pay cable channels, but the spirit of the genre lives on in homages by filmmakers like Tarantino.

Also known as an Action House Cinema, Grindhouse Cinema is an American phrase that relates to a specific type of film production, content, and exhibition method that became most popular throughout the 1970s. While there are some exceptions, most Grindhouse movies are typically low-budget, quickly-made B movies that belong to the horror, action, and exploitation genres and often rely on salacious material, graphic nudity, gratuitous gore, and more.

Beyond the exploitative content depicted on the big screen, Grindhouse movies were often shown in smaller, rundown movie theaters that would play...
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  • 1/14/2024
  • by Jake Dee
  • MovieWeb
Michael Jackson
2015 Black List screenplays revealed
Michael Jackson
Film execs have voted for their favourite unproduced Us screenplays.

A script about Michael Jackson’s pet chimp Bubbles and a Moon-based roadtrip adventure are both on this year’s Black List of “most liked” unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.

The annual list, which was first published in 2005, surveys around 500 film executives on their favourite unmade scripts, with a typical response rate of 60%.

This year’s list features 81 screenplays, and was revealed in a series of Youtube videos hosted by the likes of Channing Tatum, Ava DuVernay and Lily James.

2015’s top screenplay is Isaac Adamson’s Bubbles, the story of the late pop star Michael Jackson’s life told through the narration of his pep chimp Bubbles.

Previous films on the list include Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech and Ben Affleck’s Argo, all of which went on to win best picture Oscars.

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  • 12/15/2015
  • ScreenDaily
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