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movies / sarah brinks / top 100 challenge

August 1, 2017

BP’s Top 100 Challenge #40: The Shawshank Redemption, by Sarah Brinks

I decided to undertake a movie challenge in 2017. This seemed like a good way to see some classic movies that I have unfortunately never seen. The Battleship Pretension Top 100 list provided such a challenge. There are so many good...

aaron pinkston / movies / Rep-port

June 22, 2017

The Chicago Rep-port: 6/23 to 6/29, by Aaron Pinkston

Repertory screenings may not be as abundant in Chicago as they are in LA/NY, but when you look around, there are many theatergoing delights. The Chicago Rep-port is a weekly(ish) series highlighting the best and most compelling repertory screenings in...

2017 / czech that film tour / czech that film tour 2017 / dayne linford / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 18, 2017

Czech That Film Tour 2017: The Devil’s Mistress, by Dayne Linford

Czech That Film is an annual traveling festival showcasing the best in contemporary Czech cinema in theaters around the U.S. A schedule of showings and events can be found here – www.czechthatfilm.com Nazi movies are a dime a dozen and why...

aaron pinkston / movies / Rep-port

March 9, 2017

The Chicago Rep-port: 3/10 to 3/16, by Aaron Pinkston

Repertoire screenings may not be as abundant in Chicago as they are in LA/NY, but when you look around, there are many theatergoing delights. The Chicago Rep-port is a weekly(ish) series highlighting the best and most compelling repertory screenings in...

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

November 5, 2016

Home Video Hovel: Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, by David Bax

For better or worse, they don’t make them like this anymore. Fritz Lang’s Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, out now on Blu-ray from Kino, is a towering early achievement in cinema. This was five years before Metropolis, nine years before M...

josh long / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

April 20, 2016

A Hologram for the King: It’s Clean, by Josh Long

The Middle East has served as a great backdrop for so many Western films because it is a world so alien to that which most Westerners have experienced. Dave Eggers’ novel A Hologram for the King is another such story,...

movies / reviews / rudie obias / Theatrical Review

March 25, 2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: World’s Crudest, by Rudie Obias

During San Diego Comic-Con in 2013, Warner Bros. announced that the sequel to Man of Steel would pit Superman against a different type of enemy – Batman. While the studio went further away from making a direct sequel the 20013...

home video hovel / movies / west anthony

December 18, 2015

Home Video Hovel: Dark Film Mysteries, by West Anthony

#Noirvember may be over, but who are we kidding? Anytime’s the right time for desperate schnooks who are in over their head, wrapped around the little fingers of ruthless dames who’ll stop at nothing to get more than their fair...

chase beck / mondocon / movies

October 7, 2015

We Need To Talk About Mondo Part Three: The Future Of Mondo, by Chase Beck

In September of 2014, Mondo held its first convention: MondoCon Austin (Or just MondoCon, for short). Being the first ever, nobody; neither the attendees, vendors, artists, or Mondo; really knew what to expect. Mondo announced that there would be several...

movies / reviews / scott nye

June 26, 2015

Bigger Than Life, by Scott Nye

For those who know them, William Wellman’s The Great Man’s Lady and Roxie Hart may seem an odd pair, but paired they were last night as part of UCLA’s now-concluded retrospective of the American director’s work. The former is a...

51 Search results

BP’s Top 100 Challenge #40: The Shawshank Redemption, by Sarah Brinks

The Chicago Rep-port: 6/23 to 6/29, by Aaron Pinkston

Czech That Film Tour 2017: The Devil’s Mistress, by Dayne Linford

The Chicago Rep-port: 3/10 to 3/16, by Aaron Pinkston

Home Video Hovel: Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, by David Bax

A Hologram for the King: It’s Clean, by Josh Long

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: World’s Crudest, by Rudie Obias

Home Video Hovel: Dark Film Mysteries, by West Anthony

We Need To Talk About Mondo Part Three: The Future Of Mondo, by Chase Beck

Bigger Than Life, by Scott Nye

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