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The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York (1981), 7pm October 13, at the theater. Details The Magnolia’s Big Movie film series returns with a screening of Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), 7:30 and 10pm, October 15, at the theater. Details The Alamo Drafthouse presents a 35mm print screening of Stan Winston’s under-rated cult horror … Continue reading
Paul Greengrass (United 93, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ulitmatum) continues his reign as the master of post-9/11 angst and grit, this time turning the true story of Captain Rich Phillips into a high-seas hostage drama that not only gives the Academy Award-nominated director a chance to flex his muscle in a slightly different … Continue reading
One of the most impressive feats of subversive, satirical stunt film-making in years, Randy Moore’s debut feature Escape From Tomorrow bursts the saccharine-sweet bubble that is the Disney empire without resorting to mean-spiritedness, taking the notion that a shiny surface conceals an equally dark underbelly and running with it like an Olympic sprinter on amphetamines. It’s less … Continue reading
The Alamo Drafthouse’s month-long Universal Monsters series continues with a screening of a restored 3-D print of The Wolf Man (1941) starring Lon Chaney Jr., 4pm, October 6, at the theater. Details The Alamo Drafthouse presents Rob Zombie’s splatterfest House of 1,000 Corpses (2003), 7pm, October 8, at the theater. Details The Magnolia’s Big Movie film series returns with a screening of the Academy Award-winning … Continue reading
Perhaps the hardest hard-science fiction movie to date, Gravity is both a breath-taking, sometimes awe-inspiring, and often chilling examination the dangers of space exploration, what it takes to endure this harshest of environments, and a confrontation with mortality. Or to put bluntly: It makes Apollo 13 look like Capricorn One. Co-written by Alfonso Cuarón and … Continue reading
Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios’ Reel Classics series continues with a digitally restored print of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo (1958), 2pm September 29 and 2pm and 7pm October 2, at select Cinemark theaters. Details The Alamo Drafthouse’s month-long Universal Monsters series begins with a screening of a restored 3-D print of the classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), 2pm, … Continue reading
An atypical biopic wrapped in slick formula and sleek visuals, Ron Howard’s Rush is the director’s meatiest work since Frost/Nixon (2008). Both films were written by Peter Morgan and share an odd kinship, focusing on a unique pair of polar-opposite rivals who thrive when positioned as frenemies. Howard and Morgan make the very non-cinematic sport … Continue reading
A slickly realized concert movie that cranks from the 3-D and IMAX formats the kind of immersive energy that most feature films can only dream of, Metallica: Through the Never is a suitably gonzo rock spectacle worthy of the band and the expectations of its legion of fans. Some 30 years into their career, Metallica … Continue reading
The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of the classic James Bond flick Goldfinger (1964), 7pm, September 22, at the theater. Details The Alamo Drafthouse ushers in the new school year a screening of the comedy Teen Wolf (1985), 7pm, September 23, at the theater. Details The Alamo Drafthouse presents Buster Keaton’s classic silent comedy College (1927) with a live piano score performed by Robert … Continue reading
The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of David Cronenberg’s horror classic The Brood (1979), various showtimes, September 15, at the theater. Details The Alamo Drafthouse ushers in the new school year a screening of the Rodney Dangerfield comedy Back to School (1986), 7pm, September 16, at the theater. Details The Alamo Drafthouse’s Tough Guy Cinema aeries presents Arnold Scharzenegger in Kindergarten … Continue reading
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