Jun 19 2010
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 6/12/10, 9:45
I am hard on the Summer months when maybe I shouldn’t be. Yes, it is the worst part of the year cinematically, with the possible exception of Spring. The saving grace of the March-to-May period is that the tiny independents that premiered during the Winter in [...]
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Tags: (500) Days of Summer, Alamo South Lamar, Amanda Peet, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Annie Hall, Away We Go, Catherine Keener, Cyrus, District 9, Javier Bardem, Julie & Julia, Kirsten Dunst, Knight and Day, Land of the Lost, Manhattan, Meryl Streep, Nicole Holofcener, Oliver Platt, Please Give, Prince of Persia, Rebecca Hall, Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock, Sarah Steele, The Girlfriend Experience, Transformers 2, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Whatever Works, Woody Allen, Year One
May 23 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:
Write about your favorite performance by an actor portraying a real life character
Oftentimes, [...]
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Tags: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Allen Ginsberg, Amadeus, Andy Kaufman, Bob Dylan, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, David Cross, Don't Look Back, Dumb & Dumber, F. Murray Abraham, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Heath Ledger, I'm Not There, Jamie Foxx, Jim Carey, Joaquin Phoenix, John Hughes, Julie & Julia, Liar Liar, Man on the Moon, Marcus Carl Franklin, Meryl Streep, Milos Forman, Peter Shaffer, Ray, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Doors, The Mask, The Truman Show, Todd Haynes, Tom Hulce, Val Kilmer, Walk the Line
Apr 09 2010
Dir. Floria Sigismondi
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 4/3/10, 4:50pm
A genre film is a genre film is a genre film. The Runaways, directed by newcomer Floria Sigismondi, is no exception. The film is the most recent entry in the musician-biopic genre, a cycle that has included such remarkable films as Ray, Walk Hard: The Dewey [...]
Filed In: Reviews
Tags: 2gether, Alia Shawkat, Arrested Development, Crazy Heart, Dakota Fanning, Dazed and Confused, Floria Sigismondi, George Clooney, Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart, Lindsey Lohan, Meryl Streep, Michael Shannon, My Son My Son What Have Ye Done, Ray, Spice World, The Runaways, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Walk the Line
Nov 28 2009
Dir. Wes Anderson
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 11/27/09, 3:45pm
Am I disappointed by Wes Anderson’s newest film, an animated, extended version of a children’s novel by Roald Dahl? I must admit I was pretty excited for the film. Anderson is one of our best directors, and I spent the past week watching Rushmore, The Royal [...]
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Tags: Alamo South Lamar, Bergman, Bill Murray, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fellini, Godard, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep, Noah Baumbach, Renoir, Rushmore, The Royal Tenabuams, Tim Burton, Truffaut, Wes Anderson
