NEW SHOWINGS ADDED: We’re teaming up with Coffee and (_______) once more! This time as part of the Jefferson & Chalmers pop-ups: Saturday, July 6 @ 8 p.m. Cloud Atlas (2012) A movie you may have missed in 2012. Tom Tykwer and Andy and Lana Wachowski wrote and directed […]
Originally posted on The Focused Filmographer:
Today is THURSDAY!!! And you know what that means!! :) It is officially time for another fun-filled edition of “Trailer Time Thursday!” Here is your weekly fix of “Triple-T” (aka: “Trailer Time Thursday!”)!! In case this is your first visit to “Triple-T,” here’s what it’s all…
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 […]
For those who are new to The Great Gatsby, here’s a helpful infographic. We saw it yesterday and think you should see it too. You can read Tim’s reaction to the movie here.
We think you should give The Great Gatsby a try, Paula explains why in Give Baz a chance. via Paula’s Cinema Club.
Originally posted on Paula's Cinema Club:
It’s difficult not to feel bad for Don Johnston (Bill Murray), the protagonist in Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (2005). Though he made a bunch of money a while back in something to do with computers and doesn’t need to work, he…
Detroiter Steve Press loves movies. In particular, he loves film noir. Here, he tells us why… *** MY LIFE: BASED ON A TRUE STORY (Or How I Got Into Film Noir) by Steve Press I’m probably older than most of you. Carbon dating says I was born in […]
We’ve cancelled our screening of The Big Lebowski that was scheduled for March 23. The Dude abides…look for him in April. We still love White Russians, we just couldn’t pass up the chance to attend an exceptional event set for the same evening at the Detroit Film Theatre…Carl Theodor Dreyer’s […]
Originally posted on Terry Malloy's Pigeon Coop:
A Dutch angle is a shot whereby the camera is tilted in relation to the scene. The shot then appears to be leaning to one side. To get slightly more technical, the usual vertical lines of the shot will be…