Joe Dante

In Review: Piranha on Blu-ray

by Andrew Latimer 4 February 2013

The 1960s onwards ushered in a generation of directors highly cine-literate and often trained at film school. The idea behind the American exploitation boom, especially Roger Corman’s production outfit, was to allow such filmmakers the chance to explore their style while delivering low-budget pictures to mainstream audiences for a profit. De Palma’s Sisters (1973) and […]

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The New Empress Saturday Matinée presents: Joe Dante’s Explorers (1985)

by Helen Cox 4 August 2012

Welcome to the first ever New Empress Magazine Saturday Matinée. Each Saturday afternoon we’ll be introducing a film that you can stream for free online. Our first offering is the somewhat forgotten children’s sci-fi adventure, The Explorers from director Joe Dante.

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Web chatting with Joe Dante for the N21 Film Festival

by Helen Cox 29 May 2012

Last Thursday evening myself and the organisers of the upcoming N21 Film Festival were nervously sipping drinks in the upstairs function room of The Kings Head pub in Winchmore Hill, North London. Staring eagerly at a blank Skype window, we waited, almost breathlessly, for a video call from Joe Dante. Most people know Dante for his film Gremlins or maybe […]

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