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The Oak Cliff Film Festival is currently taking submissions for its debut festival, scheduled for June 14-17 at several venues in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas — including the iconic Texas Theatre, the art deco live music venue Kessler Theater, the eco-friendly TeCo Theater, and the historic Belmont Hotel, as well as restaurants and bars in the … Continue reading
The Texas Theater’s Kimono Club series resumes with a screening of Anh Dung Tran’s adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s bestselling novel Norwegian Wood (2010), 9:30pm, April 25, at the theater. Details The Texas Theater also presents Billy Wilder’s brilliant romantic comedy The Apartment (1960), 7pm, April 26 and 27, at the theater. Details The Inwood Theatre’s Midnight Madness features for this week … Continue reading
The 42nd Annual USA Film Festival begins its five-day festival season this evening. The programming schedule includes 22 documentaries and feature films, as well as a short-film showcase. Here’s a short list of Movie Ink‘s recommended viewing (all screenings are at the Angelika Film Center): Children of Paradise (6:30pm, April 25) Produced under daunting circumstances and very … Continue reading
Both mirthful and melancholic, filmmaker Gianni Di Gregorio’s The Salt of Life takes a smart, moving look at that moment in a person’s life when they realize they’ve passed their expiration date. Di Gregorio maintains the low-key, slice-of-life style that characterized this movie’s predecessor, Mid-August Lunch (2008), and delivers a worthy follow-up. The actor director reprises his … Continue reading
Before he turned into a serious filmmaker, Peter Jackson honed his chops by churning out some very funny — and very depraved — genre bending B-grade comedies, making a memorable debut with the aptly named sci-fi satire Bad Taste and re-inventing the zombie flick with Dead Alive decades before it was cool to do so. … Continue reading
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol is a surprisingly effective chapter from a notoriously underachieving franchise. The first three films in the series all felt like the noodlings of talented but seemingly bored directors: Brian De Palma’s rambling, impenetrable narrative, John Woo’s operatic action punctuated by more doves and religious iconography than an ’80s-era Madonna video, … Continue reading
The Texas Theater presents 25th anniversary screenings of the Coen Brothers’ classic comedy Raising Arizona (1987), 5:15pm, April 15, at the theater. Details The Texas Theater presents Billy Wilder’s brilliant romantic comedy The Apartment (1960), 7:15pm, April 18 and 19, at the theater. Details Paramount Pictures and Cinemark Theaters present a one-day-only 40th anniversary XD screening of Francis … Continue reading
Update: A release date of October 4, 2013 has been set. Mickey Rourke and Jessica Alba have signed on to return in their respective roles. Fans of Sin City began clamoring for a sequel soon after its 2005 release, and for the past several years co-writers/directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (the latter of whom … Continue reading
The USA Film Festival has officially announced the schedule for its 42nd annual festival season, slated to run from April 22-29 at the Angelika Film Center. The festival will include 22 feature-length in addition to its annual short film competition and showcases. Advance tickets are available through Ticketmaster starting April 16. This year’s honorees are actor-director Rob Reiner (with an anniversary/tribute … Continue reading
The Dallas International Film Festival and Reel FX will honor veteran animator Glen Keane with the Texas Avery Award during a special 20th anniversary screening of Aladdin at noon, April 21, at the Angelika Film Center. A Q&A session with Keane will take place afterwards. (Details) A 36-year veteran of Walt Disney Feature Animation, Keane … Continue reading
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