Another screening of No Other Land—an Oscar-winning documentary directed by both Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers—is set for Friday, March 28, at 4 p.m. at The Byrd Theatre. Recently winning for Best Documentary Feature at the 97th Academy Awards, the film has been...
Criterion has bestowed a convenient gathering for those interested in Wallace Shawn and André Gregory’s 37 years in the making, three-film evolution, which includes My Dinner With André, Criterion has bestowed a convenient gathering for those interested in Wallace Shawn and André Gregory’s 37 years in the making, three-film evolution, which...
In Mark Rydell’s The Rose, break-out star Bette Midler champions herself with a performance mirroring that of the late, great Janis Joplin or really any other rocker from that era who was jus In Mark Rydell’s The Rose, break-out star Bette Midler champions herself with a performance mirroring that of the late, great Janis Joplin or really any...
The military thriller Good Kill reunites New Zealand director/writer Andrew Niccol with recent Best Actor Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, almost t The military thriller Good Kill reunites New Zealand director/writer Andrew Niccol with recent Best Actor Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, almost twenty years after their first collaboration on...
Based on Rumer Godden’s novel of the same name, The River stands as a pillar for French filmmaker’s Jean Renoir’s later often overlooked work. Based on Rumer Godden’s novel of the same name, The River stands as a pillar for French filmmaker’s Jean Renoir’s later often overlooked work. It’s a film that combines a coming of age story, nostalgia,...
Since its release over 20 years ago the legend of Hoop Dreams, a tale of two lower-income kids from Chicago striving for their ultimate dream to rise up and play in the NBA, is alive and well. Since its release over 20 years ago the legend of Hoop Dreams, a tale of two lower-income kids from Chicago striving for their ultimate dream to rise up...
In 1976 Texas, a 16-year-old kid named David Harris in the midst of his own delinquent crime spree picked up a hitch hiker named Randall Adams. In 1976 Texas, a 16-year-old kid named David Harris in the midst of his own delinquent crime spree picked up a hitch hiker named Randall Adams. Adams had showed up for a new job that fateful Thanksgiving...
All you Little Lebowski Urban Achievers out there to put on your bathrobe, fix a white Russian, and get out the bowling ball because “The Big Lebowski” is now streaming on Netflix Instant. All you Little Lebowski Urban Achievers out there to put on your bathrobe, fix a white Russian, and get out the bowling ball because “The Big Lebowski” is now...
It is not exactly a revelation that a movie centering on death would be so philosophical or even existential, but how one involving a pet cemetery, and those behind and around it, is even more thought It is not exactly a revelation that a movie centering on death would be so philosophical or even existential, but how one involving a pet cemetery,...
Every Man For Himself 1980 (France) Director: Jean-Luc Godard Spine #744 Criterion Collection Blu-Ray, DVD, and Hulu-Plus Godard called Every Man For Himself his “second first film,” in that he was beginning a new chapter in his filmmaking career, setting up and experimenting with his own rules again. He was done making left-wing experimental...
