Yes, friends, our partners at Sound Unseen are bringing you not one but two screenings tonight! At 7:00, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, which “documents the relationship between Terence and a lovely young woman as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic. With arresting insight, vulnerability, and a delightful… Continue reading
Something called Gyaos are attacking Earth… again. Only now they’re Hyper Gyaos. The turtle-like creature Gamera is the only one who can kill them, and does, with the collateral damage being over 20,000 people dead, most of whom were crushed in a subway. So the Japanese government orders the destruction… Continue reading
Opening as an homage to silent films that puts The Artist to shame, moving through generations, and a celebration of the circus life that he so adored, Yoyo is Pierre Etaix’s masterpiece. Do not miss this heartwarming and hilarious movie, in which the auteur plays both father and son. The… Continue reading
Look, there’s no two ways about it: Leslie Halliwell, the English film critic, once described Rio Bravo as “cheerfully overlong”, and he was right. You want a tight, economical, brutal Western, one that doesn’t waste time and kicks you from your seat 80 minutes after the opening credits? That was… Continue reading
Monster movie fans! Godzilla, Mothra, Daimajin have finally arrived! Our GIANT MONSTERS ALL OUT ATTACK series is tearing through this city, crushing the model skyscrapers that are this year’s crappy summer movie fare! Sorry to be so hyperbolic, but we really… oh screw this, you know, and I know, and… Continue reading
Imagine if one of your favorite film comedians–Jacques Tati, Buster Keaton, Jerry Lewis–had somehow, inexplicably, vanished from cinema history. All of a sudden, no Jour de Fête, no Steamboat Bill, no Disorderly Orderly (maybe that last one’s not such a bad idea.) They’d been popular films, hilarious, brought joy and surprise… Continue reading
I actually don’t think there’s an answer to the above question, though I do love The Big Sleep. In my mind, Sleep is a remarkable movie thanks to the fact that Hawks and screenwriters William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett made it their own. None of this “we have to put… Continue reading
Del Toro’s passionate fan base may take umbrage at this post’s heading, but Pan’s Labyrinth certainly pushed the heretofore comic book/horror auteur into the critical spotlight. Labyrinth won three Oscars, was nominated for three more, and was actually upset at the Academy Awards when it failed to garnish Best Foreign… Continue reading
By John Moret There is a moment about an hour into Hellboy 2: The Golden Army that beautifully showcases the tender love that Guillermo Del Toro has for giant monsters. The villain, Prince Nuada, releases what seems to be a little green “jumping bean.” What at first appears to be… Continue reading
Hellboy Did you see Pacific Rim last weekend? Want to keep that Guillermo del Toro vibe going for a few more days? Check out Hellboy, del Toro’s take on the long-running Dark Horse comic. Fantastic monsters, rollicking plot, 35mm projection…a great way to spend a summer evening. Monday & Tuesday: 7pm,… Continue reading
