Jun 14 2010
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
What do you think about the auteur theory?
Although the auteur theory (the belief that [...]
Filed In: Assignments
Tags: Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Sarris, Ben Hecht, Bernard Hermann, Brigitte Bardot, Casino, Charlie Kaufman, Contempt, David Cronenberg, Francois Truffaut, Frenzy, Goodfellas, His Girl Friday, Howard Hawks, Jean-Luc Godard, Martin Scorsese, Marx Brothers, Pauline Kael, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Raging Bull, Roger Corman, Sally Menke, Saul Bass, Sergio Leone, Taxi Driver, Thelma Schoonmaker, Tom Schatz, Woody Allen
Apr 22 2010
This past week, we were very fortunate indeed to have exploitation auteur Stephanie Rothman visiting our fair cinema for a double feature of her two films, Student Nurses and Group Marriage. Rothman was witty, charming, and, pardon me for saying this, a stone cold fox. She was one of the most gracious guests [...]
Filed In: Reviews
Tags: Aimée Eccles, Alamo Ritz, Federico Fellini, Francis Ford Coppola, Group Marriage, Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis Buñuel, Luis García Berlanga, Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Stephanie Rothman, Student Nurses, Terminal Island, Velvet Vampire, Weird Wednesday
Mar 20 2010
Dir. Roman Polanski
Alamo South Lamar, 3/07/10, 12:30pm
In my review for Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist, I mentioned Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby and its strong influence on the Von Trier film. Now it’s time to refer to another Polanski masterpiece, Chinatown, with regard to another new classic, this time Polanski’s own latest effort The Ghost Writer. [...]
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Tags: Alamo South Lamar, Alexandre Desplat, Chinatown, Ewan McGregor, Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, Jerry Goldsmith, John Huston, Martin Scorsese, Pierce Brosnan, Robert Towne, Roman Polanski, Shutter Island, The Ghost Writer
Mar 01 2010
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
Are there any actors/directors whose new films you will see regardless of any conditions?
Daniel
I [...]
Filed In: Assignments
Tags: 21 Jump Street, Alice in Wonderland, and Strange Wilderness, Anne Hathaway, Aziz Ansari, Becket, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, Body of Lies, Breaking and Entering, Brian De Palma, Brick, Bruno, Caligula, Carl Dreyer, Caveh Zahedi, Charlie Kaufman, Chloe Sevigny, Chris Eigeman, Christopher Guest, City of Ember, Coen Brothers, Craig Robinson, Danny Boyle, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Lynch, Deception, Drillbit Taylor, Eager to Die, Ethan Hawke, Frank Capra, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Horton Hears a Who!, It's a Wonderful Life, James Spader, Jared Hess, Jason Schwartzman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jim Jarmusch, Jimmy Stewart, Jody Hill, John Lasseter, John Waters, Johnny Depp, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Julianne Moore, Katharine Hepburn, Kevin Smith, Larry Charles, Lawrence of Arabia, Leonardo DiCaprio, Looper, Luke Wilson, Madagascar, Maid in Manhattan, Man of La Mancha, Mark Wahlberg, Mars Attacks!, Martin Scorsese, Max Payne, Michel Gondry, Michelle Williams, Miss March, My Favorite Year, Next, Nicole Kidman, Nine, Noah Baumbach, Owen Wilson, Panic Room, Paul Thomas Anderson, Pedro Almodovar, Peter O'Toole, Quentin Tarantino, Ratatouille, Rian Johnson, Richard Burton, Richard Linklater, Rob Zombie, Robert Bresson, Robert Englund, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sam Raimi, Scoop, Seth Rogen, Shadow of Fear, Spike Jonze, Spike Lee, State of Play, Steven Soderbergh, Sunshine, Supergirl: The Movie, The Brothers Bloom, The Jacket, The Lion in Winter, The Marc Pease Experience, The Rocker, The Ruling Class, Tim Burton, Troy, Venus, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Werner Herzog, Wes Anderson, What's New Pussycat?, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen, xXx: State of the Union, Zodiac
Feb 26 2010
After reading Michael’s very thoughtful review of Shutter Island, I feel the need to offer a rebuttal. Michael’s review, while repeatedly insisting that the film is a success, is on the whole quite negative. I say he sells the film short. I can’t let that stand because the film is, in fact, the best [...]
Filed In: Reviews
Tags: Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Greenberg, House of 1000 Corpses, Jackie Earle Haley, John Carroll Lynch, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Scorsese, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Shutter Island, Sidney Lumet, The Exorcist, The Pawnbroker, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs
Feb 25 2010
Dir. Martin Scorsese
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 2/19/2010, 10:10pm
Remember back to 1974. Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway stand toe to toe, stitched nose to button nose, in a sun drenched LA living room. Nicholson’s JJ Gittes has had enough, and he’s determined to slap the identity of a mysterious young blonde out of Ms. Dunaway’s Mrs. [...]
Filed In: Reviews
Tags: Alamo South Lamar, Cape Fear, Chinatown, Emily Mortimer, Faye Dunaway, Fight Club, Jack Nicholson, Jackie Earle Haley, Martin Scorsese, Max von Sydow, Michael Thielvoldt, Michelle Williams, Robert De Niro, Shutter Island, The Sixth Sense
Feb 22 2010
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
What sequel would you most like to see, and why?
Filed In: Assignments
Tags: Big Trouble in Little China, Dr. Strangelove, Elisha Cook, George C. Scott, Humphrey Bogart, John Carpenter, John Huston, Kurt Russell, Martin Scorsese, Peter Lorre, Peter Sellers, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Sydney Greenstreet, The Hustler, The Maltese Falcon, The Thing
Feb 17 2010
Dir. Joe Johnston
Alamo Ritz, 02/16/10, 7:20pm
When The Wolfman was first announced, I allowed my hopes to soar. As a big fan of Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which had been produced by Columbia Pictures and Coppola’s American Zoetrope, I was excited that Universal was going to stage an expensive tribute of its own [...]
