Joe Dante has directed some of the best genre movies of the last 30 years (Piranha; The Howling; Gremlins; Innerspace; Gremlins 2: The New Batch; Matinee) and is one of the most ardent and articulate supporters of horror films around. But he's also one of the most underrated filmmakers, because his movies, which brazenly mess with filmmaking conventions rather than stick by them, are hard to pin down. He's a guy who deserves respect and that's what Los Angeles' New Beverly Cinema is doing by giving him his own film festival this month.

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