Mohammed Rasoulof’s Manuscripts Don’t Burn (2013), filmed secretly inside Iran and smuggled out of the country for its premiere at Cannes, is an angry and at times despairing meditation on censorship, betrayal and state-sponsored violence. Its sense of outrage at a repressive government recalls Costa-Gavras’ 1969 thriller Z but the… Continue reading
Our series Beauty is Everything: Vincente Minnelli closes Thursday night at the Heights Theater with a screening of the 1958 Oscar winner for Best Picture, Gigi. Review by Trylon volunteer Geoffrey Steuven. Alternately remembered as a late, great MGM musical and one of the worst films to ever win the Best Picture… Continue reading
The Trylon’s Jim Jarmusch: No Answers Provided series continues with one of our absolute favorites, Down by Law. Review by Trylon Volunteer Michelle Baroody. When Down by Law was released in 1986, Roger Ebert wrote that this “is a movie about cheap whiskey and black coffee, all-night drunks and lost… Continue reading
The Trylon’s Jim Jarmusch: No Answers Provided continues this week, with his masterful acid western, Dead Man. Review by Trylon volunteer Caty Rent. Every Night & every Morn Some to Misery are Born. Every Morn & every Night Some are Born to sweet delight. –William Blake, Augeries of Innocence Dead Man is… Continue reading
The Trylon is celebrating the work of comedian/writer/director Harold Ramis this weekend with two of his funniest movies–Stripes and Groundhog Day. Review by Trylon regular Aaron Vehling. There’s a point in Harold Ramis’ 1993 film Groundhog Day when arrogant Pittsburgh weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) posits that the omniscience and… Continue reading
Our Jackie Chan Adventures series closes with the eponymous action star’s first American vehicle, Rumble in the Bronx. Review by Trylon volunteer Thorn Chen. Almost immediately as he gets to the Bronx, Ma Hon Keung (Jackie Chan) gets on the bad side of neighborhood motorcycle thugs and its head Tony… Continue reading
The Trylon’s celebrated 5th Anniversary Silent Film Festival has been a rousing success, and it closes this weekend with the man who started it all: Buster Keaton. Five years ago we presented a month of sold-out Keaton shows to inaugurate the Trylon, and we’ve been going strong ever since. Come… Continue reading
Our wonderful Jackie Chan Adventures series continues with what some consider his greatest movie, The Legend of Drunken Master! Review by Trylon regular Ben Schmidt. The Legend of Drunken Master is exactly five things: 1. It’s the best kung fu movie ever made. 2. It’s so damned good, it transcends… Continue reading
The Trylon’s Jackie Chan Adventures continues with the crazy historical epic Project A. Review by Trylon regular Ben Schmidt. Project A is a weird bird. But any bird that allows Jackie Chan, Samo Hung, and Yuen Biao to sing together is worth watching, this film being no exception. They three are… Continue reading
Our Hackman in the Seventies series closes with what is arguably the man’s greatest film, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation. Review by Aaron Vehling. In Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation, Gene Hackman’s Harry Caul is renowned for his unparalleled ability for audio surveillance, and for the blood on his hands… Continue reading
