Watch: 'An Overlooked Movie About Movies' Video Essay for 'Matinee'

"Matinée is almost like a thesis on how we turn to movies to process our fears, and the value of even the most junkie of schlocks." Have you seen this movie ? If you haven't already and are reading FirstShowing here, then you need to find it and watch it tonight. This video essay is the latest from editor Andrew Saladino, who has an extensive collection of essays called "The Royal Ocean Film Society" - check it out on YT. It's a tribute to the movie Matinée, an underrated and underrated 1993 comedy directed by Joe Dante a few years after directing The 'Burbs and Gremlins 2. It's about a small film promoter who releases a kitsch horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis, set in a junky old movie palace. John Goodman stars as a filmmaker named Lawrence Woolsey, who is pretty much a version of the real William Castle. For some reason, Matinee ended up being lost to time and most forgotten, but it has recently been rediscovered and reevaluated and this video essay does a great job of analyzing it. Hopefully this will convince a few more to watch.

Thanks to Twitter for the tip on this video essay. This 'Most Overlooked Film On Film' video is created and edited by Andrew Saladino (follow him @andymsaladino) who runs a YouTube channel called 'The Royal Ocean Film Society' - check out more of their videos. He explains: "The Royal Ocean Film Society is an ongoing series of visual essays exploring the craft and history of cinema, and that's where I've mainly focused in recent years. The channel started as a fun little hobby during my last semester of college (Royal Ocean Productions was the name of the little production troupe my friends and I formed in college, and when I started the channel I bore the name), but has since grown into a larger business that combines a number of my interests." Andrew also includes links to a few other Matinee articles, including this one "You Gotta Keep Your Eyes Open: An Appreciation of Matinee". For more information, visit YouTube. To watch even more video essays, click here. Are there any big Matinee fans?

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