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Funny, vulgar, blood-soaked, and stocked with wall-to-wall wackos, Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths showcases the Anglo-Irish playwright/filmmaker’s signature brand of absurdist pitch-black comedy, made infamous by his plays The Lieutenant of Inishmore and The Lonesome West. McDonagh leans on the metafiction more heavily this time than he did with his debut feature, In Bruges (2008), which often … Continue reading
Witty, scary, and darkly funny, Fright Night is one of those rare remakes that not only stands on its own but also improves on the original. It retains much of what made its ancestor a cult classic, while retooling it to have some sharper edges. Anton Yelchin stars as Charley Brewster, a high school senior … Continue reading
The Texas Theater presents a 35mm screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller Vertigo (1958), 5:15pm, October 7, at the theater. Details The Dallas International Film Festival and the Texas Independent Film Network present a screening of the documentary Man on a Mission (2010), about self-made astronaut Richard Garriott, at 7:30pm, October 9, at the Angelika Film Center. Filmmaker in attendance. Details The Magnolia … Continue reading
The Texas Theater presents a double-screening of Terry Gilliam’s time-travel adventure film 12 Monkeys (1995) along with the avant-garde Chris Marker short that inspired it, “La Jetee”, 6:15pm, September 30, at the theater. Details The Dallas Film Society launches its new weekly Movies at Sundown Series with a screening of Gilliam’s adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo novel Fear … Continue reading
The Dallas Museum of Art and the Dallas Goethe Center present a screening of the documentary about the final fate of the Berlin, After the Fall (1999), 2pm, September 16, in the museum’s Horchow Auditorium. Details The Magnolia continues its Challenging Autuer film miniseries with a screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s stunning drama Vivre Sa Vie (1962), 7:30 and 10pm, September 18, at the … Continue reading
Long before they gave us South Park and The Book of Mormon, Trey Parker and Matt Stone made their first forays into film and musicals with this indie black comedy based on the infamous story of Alferd Packer, the only American found guilty of cannibalism. The real Packer was a Colorado gold prospector who was the sole … Continue reading
The Magnolia continues its Challenging Autuer film miniseries with a screening of Frank Capra’s comedy It Happened One Night (1934), the first film to win all five major Academy Awards, 7:30 and 10pm, September 11, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios continue the Autumn portion of their Reel Classics series with Roman Polanski’s neo-noir detective story Chinatown (1974), 2 and … Continue reading
The Texas Theater presents a screening of the mods vs. rockers musical Quadrophenia (1979), 9pm, September 2, at the theater. Details The Magnolia launches its Challenging Autuer film miniseries with a screening of director John Huston and writer Arthur Miller’s drama The Misfits (1961), 7:30 and 10pm, September 4, at the theater. Details The Texas Theater resumes its Tuesday Night Trash film series … Continue reading
The Texas Theater presents a screening of a 35mm print of The Wizard of Oz (1939), at 4:30pm, August 26 at the theater. Details The Texas Theater presents a screening of the mods vs. rockers musical Quadrophenia (1979), TBA, August 31, at the theater. Details The Magnolia’s infrequent Great Directors Go to War film series continues with a screening of Stanley Kubrick’s chilling look … Continue reading
Director Jonathan Levine’s 50/50 is one of those rare movies that pulls off a feat of narrative tightrope walking, in this case a comedy-drama about a young man with cancer that manages to be thought-provoking and insightful without being melodramatic, and funny and irreverent rather than woefully inappropriate or safe. Joseph Gordon-Levitt continues his career ascendancy … Continue reading
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