Bob Balaban

Date of Birth

1945-08-16

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

80 for Brady, Ghost World, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jakob the Liar, Midnight Cowboy

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2010: The Year We Make Contact – The Best Movie You Never Saw

Posted 3 years ago

As far as sequels to classics go, Peter Hyams 2010: The Year We Make Contact, an underrated sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, isn't bad.

M. Night Shyamalan prefers Lady in the Water over The Sixth Sense

Posted 5 years ago

M. Night Shyamalan burst onto the scene in a big way with his 1999 supernatural horror film, The Sixth Sense. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture, and it was...

Parents (1989), Randy Quaid, Horror Comedy- Best Horror Movie You Never Saw!

Posted 6 years ago

In the latest episode of our Best Horror You Never Saw video series, we take a look at the 1989 dark horror comedy Parents (OWN IT HERE / WATCH IT HERE), directed by Bob Balaban (My Boyfriend's Back), and starring Randy Quaid (Independence Day)...

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Wes Anderson cites Akira Kurosawa as an influence for Isle of Dogs

Posted 9 years ago

You don’t have to wait for the credits to know when you’re watching a Wes Anderson movie. The cinematography, dialogue and pacing are so uniquely his own that his style has gone virtually unreplicated. But even the most original of...

Wes Anderson announces start of new film Isle of Dogs with first footage

Posted 10 years ago

Wes Anderson is one the most consistent joy-bringers the film world has ever known. His comedic achievements go back to the 90’s with flicks like RUSHMORE and have continued into the new decade with the tremendous THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL....

Lair of the White Worm and Parents join the Vestron Collector’s series

Posted 10 years ago

The Vestron Video Collector's Series of limited edition Blu-rays began back on September 27th with the release of CHOPPING MALL and BLOOD DINER. A double feature of WAXWORK and WAXWORK II: LOST IN TIME followed on October 18th. Today, two...

Cool Videos: Dialect coach analyzes 32 accents from famous performances

Posted 10 years ago

Some are good, some are terrible, but every actor does them at some point in their career. I’m talking about accents; whether they're foreign or just unique they’re more common than white bread in the movie world. But how do...

Netflix releases a trailer for I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

Posted 10 years ago

Osgood Perkins, the son of PSYCHO star Anthony Perkins, made his feature directorial debut with the horror/thriller THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER (formerly known as FEBRUARY), but thanks to delays that have pushed that film back to an unspecified 2017 release date,...

Review: Mascots (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Professional mascots from all over the world descend on Anaheim in order to compete for the Gold Fluffy Award. REVIEW: MASCOTS marks director Christopher Guest’s return to movies after a ten year break, during which he brought the underrated...

Christopher Guest returns to mockumentary with the trailer for Mascots

Posted 10 years ago

MASCOTS is the new comedy from Christopher Guest, director of WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and BEST IN SHOW. Starring many of his regular troupe of actors, this latest film takes place in the ultra-competitive world of sports mascots where they compete...

Christopher Guest brings his mockumentary Mascots to Netflix on Oct. 13

Posted 10 years ago

Christopher Guest has helped to create some of the best mocukementaries ever made in THIS IS SPINAL TAP and BEST IN SHOW, and he’s showing no signs of slowing down! While his latest film, MASCOTS, will receive a limited theatrical...

Blondie’s Debbie Harry to join I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

Posted 11 years ago

Osgood Perkins' I AM THE PRETTY THING THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSE might have a cumbersone title, but it's got a sleek cast. A solid core of three actors has now become four. Blondie's Debbie Harry has just joined the ensemble...

Jeff Goldblum and others join Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion animated film

Posted 11 years ago

Wes Anderson's desire to return to the world of stop-motion animation has been known for some time, but it has now been confirmed that his next film will be a stop-motion animated affair which, much like FANTASTIC MR. FOX, will...