Double Features

I miss going to the movies. 

We all do. If there was one movie I can point to as a reason why I miss going, it would be Grindhouse. A double bill with trailers sandwiched in between. It was an Easter weekend. The whole day was spent watching a 3 hour mammoth of mayhem. Popcorn, candy and a large soda at the concession stand were mandatory. Coming out of the theater on a sugar high and the Chick Habit song fresh in my ears. 

Edgar Wright, programmer of many a good double feature on his twitter, has upheld a rule that the second feature in a double bill can't be longer than the first. This list is culled from some of Edgar's picks, some selections over at the Criterion Channel and some of my own concoctions. We're indoors indeterminately. Here are some cures to aleviate the bordeom: 

FATHER FIGURES GONE DARK

Shadow of A Doubt (1943)

The Stepfather (1987)

EXISTENTIAL ENNUI

The Driver (1978)

Thief (1981)

CITY MEN AND ANCIENT TRADITIONS

The Wicker Man (1973)

Woman In the Dunes (1961)

FRACTURED MEMORY

Point Blank (1967)

The Limey (1999)

THE FILM IN THE FILM

Zodiac (2007)

Dirty Harry (1971)

CARNAGE AT THE BORDER

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

No Country For Old Men (2007)

WE LIKE SPORTS AND WE DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS

Bad News Bears (1976)

Slap Shot (1977)

FROM SLACKER TO GRADE STACKER

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Election (1999)

ROCKUMENTARIES

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

FUCK GROUCHO

Animal Crackers (1933)

The Devils Rejects (2005)

WINTER IN THE WEST

The Hateful Eight (2015)

The Great Silence (1968)

THE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT

Over the Edge (1979)

Class of 84 (1982)