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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 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
The Texas Theater presents a rare screening of a 35mm print of the classic art house horror flick Possession (1981), 9:30pm, August 19, at the theater. Details The Dallas International Film Festival and the Texas Independent Film Network present a screening of the comedy Searching for Sonny (2011) at 7:30pm, August 20, at the Angelika Film Center. Writer-director Andrew Disney in attendance. Details … Continue reading
The Texas Theater resumes its Tuesday Night Trash series with a free screening of the martial arts extravaganza The Dragon Lives Again (aka Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, 1977), 9:15pm, July 24, at the theater. Details The Magnolia’s The Big Movie films series kicks off its two-part Disaster! series with a screening of the all-star epic The Poseidon Adventure (1974), 7:30 and … Continue reading
As with most of animator Ralph Bakshi’s projects (Fritz the Cat, Wizards, Fire and Ice, Cool World), American Pop (1981) is a flawed but fascinating feature that aims for more than it could reach, and is as messy as it is brilliant. The sprawling and too ambitious story traces about seven decades of American pop music via … Continue reading
The Texas Theater presents a special 4th of July outdoor screening of the romantic comedy One Crazy Summer (1986), 9pm, July 4, in Kiest Park. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios continue their Reel Classics summer film series with a screening of a digitally restored print of the musical-themed compilation That’s Entertainment (1974), 2 and … Continue reading
Sitting through Rock of Ages is akin to being trapped at karaoke night at the local dive, where you’re pummeled by ill-advised renditions of ’80s hair metal and can’t make it through the evening without some asshole breaking into “Don’t Stop Believin’”. As Journey so eloquently put it in that song: the movie never ends, it goes … Continue reading
Josie and the Pussycats hit the big screen with a thud in 2001 and quickly sank without a trace. This wasn’t a surprise, since those involved made the courageous — and ultimately questionable — decision to make a movie that mocked the very people most likely to see it, specifically shallow and easily programmed teenyboppers. Still, … Continue reading
Something best described as the misbegotten offspring of John Waters and The Rocky Horror Picture Show and best watched in an altered state of mind, writer-director Richard Elfman’s 1982 slice of bizarro cinema is masterpiece of, uh, well, something. Equal parts artsy and vulgar, it functions remarkably well along the lines of cartoon logic applied … Continue reading
The Magnolia’s The Big Movie classic films series concludes its Uptown/Downtown series with a screening of the musical West Side Story (1961), 7:30pm, May 15, at the theater. Details Paramount Pictures and Cinemark Theaters present a special 85th anniversary XD screening of the classic Academy Award-winning silent film Wings (1927), 2 and 7pm, May 16, at the Cinemark Movies … Continue reading
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