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This Week’s Special Screenings

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

This Week’s Special Screenings

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

This Week’s Special Screenings:

The Alamo Drafthouse presents a screening of the controversial Japanese satire-thriller Battle Royale (2000), 7pm, September 10, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of David Cronenberg’s horror classic The Brood (1979), various showtimes, September 12-15, at the theater. Details The Alamo Drafthouse also presents Wes Anderson’s breakthrough comedy Rushmore (1998), 7pm, September 11, at the theater. Details The Alamo Drafthouse presents … Continue reading

This Week’s Special Screenings:

The Kimbell Art Museum’s Summer Adventure Series: From Amazon to Andes series continues with a screening of Werner Herzog’s masterpiece Aquirre, the Wrath of God (1972), 2pm, July 28, at the museum. Details The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of Stand By Me (1986), 5pm, July  28, at the theater. Details The Angelika Film Center’s month-long The Spectacular Now film series cocnludes … Continue reading

Movie review: ‘World War Z’

Marc Forster’s long-awaited, loose  adaptation of Max Brooks’ cult novel, World War Z became notorious last year when the release date was pushed by several months, weeks worth of footage filmed in Bulgaria was scrapped, and the script was extensively rewritten in the middle of production. Surprisingly, the seams in the story remain hidden, but it … Continue reading

Movie review: ‘This Is the End’

Calling This Is the End the best comedy of the year (so far) may seem like a back-handed compliment given the competition, but it truly  delivers the laughs as well as energy that recent comedies have been lacking. You can tell its cast is fully engaged with the material and having the time of their … Continue reading

This Week’s Special Screenings

The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of the epic sequel Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987), 8:15pm, April 7, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios’ Reel Classics series continues with an offer you can’t refuse: a digitally restored print of The Godfather (1972), 2 and 7pm, April 10, at select Cinemark theaters. Details The Inwood Theatre’s Midnight Madness feature … Continue reading

Movie review: ‘Evil Dead’

The remake of Sam Raimi’s cult classic The Evil Dead is, well, actually kinda surprisingly not bad. There — we said it, and the statement is either heresy or a relief, depending on one’s feelings on the subject. After all, fans have been split over the merits of the project ever since it was announced; … Continue reading

This Week’s Special Screenings:

The Texas Theatre presents an Easter screening of 35mm print of the Biblical epic The Ten Commandments (1956), 4pm, March 31, at the theater. Details The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of the original The Evil Dead (1981), 9pm, March 31, at the theater. Details The Texas Theater’s Tuesday Night Trash series continues with a screening of the action flick Hard … Continue reading

This Week’s Repertory Films:

The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of the film adaptation of the children’s novel The Neverending Story (1985), 5pm, March 24, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios’ Reel Classics series continues with Sam Mendes’ Oscar-winning American Beauty (1999), 2 and 7pm, March 27, at select Cinemark theaters. Details The Texas Theatre presents a 35mm print of … Continue reading

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