Stepping into THE UNKNOWN (1927)
Dir. Tod Browning
Alamo Ritz, 2/28/10, 7:00pm
Local Austin band The Invincible Czars made seeing Tod Browning’s The Unknown again a real pleasure. The band made fine use of the many instruments at its disposal, among them violin, flute, and all the usual rock band accoutrements, and some haunting vocals moments added a few lovely emotional [...]
THE WOMEN (1939)
Dir. George Cukor
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 11/15/09, 1:15pm
Meow! This Norma Shearer/Joan Crawford/Rosalind Russell drama is a cat fight in celluloid. What a film, too! The fairly extensive cast is full of women from the MGM lot, including Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Mary Boland, and little Virginia Weidler, who charmed us all by singing “Lydia the Tattooed [...]
