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Crime drama/thriller Easy Money II: Hard to Kill is a sequel, but not to worry, the skillful use of flashbacks allows someone who hasn’t seen the original Easy Money (aka Snabba Cash, 2010) to follow events easily. As the movie opens, JW (again played by Joel Kinnaman) is […]
We are pleased to present local filmmakers’ work on Tuesday, January 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5. All the films, be they horror, sci-fi or drama, utilize the ‘found footage” technique. The Detroit-area makers include Control Alt Delete, overZealous Productions, Time Trip Films, The Anatomy War, Toad […]
From the director of Madison County comes the new horror film Contracted. Matt Donato of We Got This Covered says, “Contracted does for sex what Jaws did for beaches, let’s just leave it at that.” And Scott Weinberg of FEARnet calls it, “Icky and violent and shocking, but […]
Film noir is one of our favorite genres and what better month than Noirvember to celebrate it? So we’ve got a mini-festival of new and classic noir that we hope you will enjoy. The newest of these (2012) is The Last Movie, in which a director (the film’s […]
I AM DIVINE opens and last chance to See MY MAN GODFREY and BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD. Tickets to all shows are $5. My Man Godfrey (1936) – NR [Approved] 90 min – Classic Hollywood Rated Fresh 100% — Rotten Tomatoes A scatterbrained socialite (Carole Lombard) hires […]
Paula and I love classic Old Hollywood movies. Of course, the vast majority of what we’re showing will be new mainstream, arthouse, and indie movies, but once a month or so, you’ll see a classic on the schedule. We are particularly fond of 1930s and ’40s films, but […]
Starts Friday, Nov. 1 MY MAN GODFREY (1936) - NR [Approved] 90 min - Classic Hollywood Rated Fresh 100% — Rotten Tomatoes A scatterbrained socialite (Carole Lombard) hires a vagrant (William Powell) as the family butler…but there’s more to Godfrey than meets the eye. Friday, Nov. 1 — […]
In this short video, producer Keanu Reeves explains what the documentary SIDE BY SIDE is about. We’ll let Reeves do the talking, but the most important thing is that it’s for anyone who likes movies. SIDE BY SIDE has something for the casual moviegoer who’s curious about how movies […]
On December 29, 1940, FDR coined the phrase “The Arsenal of Democracy” in a speech declaring that the United States would provide military aid to countries fighting the global threats of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. While he was referring to America as a whole, Detroit has rightfully […]
In this post, Steve Press tells how one night in the Bronx in 1972, he had brush with fame. * * * Before I left New York for the Six Square Miles Surrounded by Reality in sunny Michigan, I worked in the South Bronx. At my last job, I was the […]
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NOW SHOWING
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
A Sinner in Mecca
Wednesday, Sept. 23 ONLY
Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes
Starting Friday, Sept. 25
Grandma
The Man Who Saved the World
Wednesday, Sept. 30 ONLY
Barbara Troy Double Feature
