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This Week’s Special Screenings:

As part of its Architecture in Movies series, the Kimbell Art Museum and Lone Star Film Society present a screening of Jacques Tati’s comedy Play Time (1967), 2pm, January 13, at the museum. Details The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of Roman Polanski’s psycho-thriller Repulsion (1965), at 6:30pm, January 13, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre and Cine Las Americas … Continue reading

This Week’s Special Screenings:

The Texas Theatre presents Dino De Laurentiis and Mike Hodges’ science fiction-action-comedy-adventure classic Flash Gordon (1980), 8:30pm, January 6, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios’ Reel Classics series continues with Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky (1976), 2 and 7pm, January 9, at select Cinemark theaters. Details Chris Vognar’s Screening Room monthly series continues its look at classic comedies with … Continue reading

This Week’s Special Screenings:

The Texas Theatre presents Dino De Laurentiis and Mike Hodges’ science fiction-action-comedy-adventure classic Flash Gordon (1980), various showtimes, January 3-6, at the theater. Details The Inwood Theatre’s Midnight Madness series presents Mel Brooks’ western spoof Blazing Saddles (1974) on January 4 and 5, at the theater. Details

This Week’s Special Screenings

The Texas Theatre presents the best Christmas flick ever made, A Christmas Story (1983), various showtimes, December 23-25, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre presents Sergio Corbucci’s classic spaghetti western Django (1966), 6:30pm December 23 and 7pm December 27, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre will screen a restored 35mm print of the director’s cut Milos Forman’s epic biopic … Continue reading

This Week’s Special Screenings:

The Texas Theatre presents a screening of a 35mm print of The Jerk (1979) starring Steve Martin, 7:30pm, December 16, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre also presents a screening of a restored print of the long-lost the seminal Aussie thriller Wake in Fright (1971), 5pm, December 16, at the theater. Details The Magnolia’s Big Movie film series presents a screening of … Continue reading

Movie review: ‘This is 40’

With 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, writer-director Judd Apatow gave a white bread Middle America a voice with which to shout its meager frustrations while simultaneously deflating them. Unfortunately This is 40, his paean to the onset of middle age, lacks the wit, energy, and goofball insight to do more than whimper. Touted as a sequel … Continue reading

This Week’s Special Screenings:

As part of its Architecture in Movies series, the Kimbell Art Museum and Lone Star Film Society present a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller North by Northwest (1959), 2pm, December 9, at the museum. Details The Texas Theatre presents 30th anniversary screenings of Brian De Palma’s Scarface (1983), 4:30pm, December 9, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre presents a screening … Continue reading

The End is Nigh!: The Apocalypse on Film

Much has been made about the supposed end of the world on December 21, 2012, as predicted by the long-count calendar of the ancient Mayans (who apparently failed to predict the end of their own civilization — but hey, nobody’s perfect). The signs are all there: the weather has gone berserk, Twinkies are on the … Continue reading

A Very Un-Merry Christmas: Movies from the Naughty List

Let’s face it: Between the shopping frenzy and having to put up with one’s relatives, the holidays are more stressful than they theoretically should be. Sitting down to decompress just to be confronted with the umpteenth broadcast of A Christmas Carol or The Miracle on 34th Street is enough to curdle one’s eggnog. (We here … Continue reading

This Week’s Special Screenings:

The Texas Theatre presents a screening of True Romance (1993), written by Quentin Tarrantino and directed by the late Tony Scott, 6:45pm, December 2, at the theater. Details The Magnolia’s Big Movie film series presents a screening of the classic musical Singin’ in the Rain (1952), starring Gene Kelly, 7:30 and 10pm, December 4, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios … Continue reading

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