Danny Says Friday September 30 through Thursday October 6 at IFC Center: $14 Danny Fields was the music manager “at the pulse of the underground,”…
Four Films: Reenacting a TV Suicide, Politically Involved Girls, and Madge at Her Best
Kate Plays Christine Friday August 26 through Thursday September 1 at IFC Center: $15 This year at Sundance, there were two films focused on Christine…
A Safe Space to Swap VHS Tapes, Share Banana Spit, and Get Brunch-Level Ripped
Some of us have the distinct memory of weaving up and down the aisles of Kim’s Video– or really, any old-school place of a similar disposition…
Yer Week in Film: Disco Inferno, Poland on Fire, and Aural Crime Solving
Wild Combination: a Portrait of Arthur Russell Thursday August 18, 9:30 pm at the Metrograph:$15 It seems like the perfect moment to revisit this 2008…
Twillerama, the Trillest Film Festival for Animations and by Animations
A quick hypothetical for you: if real people host film festivals with “real films,” then wouldn’t it make sense that an animated film festival should…
Film: Seven Reasons to Poison Yourself + Charlie Parker’s Doppel in Black-and-White
Bottle Rocket Wednesday August 10, 6 pm, 8:15 pm, and 10:30 pm at Syndicated: $3 There’s a Wes Anderson retrospective happening this week at Syndicated…
At Free Films in Tompkins, the Real Star-Crossed Lovers are Baz Luhrmann + Guac
Dinner theater is often regarded as cheesy, and not in a good way. Cinemas serving food with flicks can be pricey (and let’s be honest, sometimes a…
In Bight of the Twin, Genesis P-Orridge Travels to Benin, the Birthplace of Voodoo
I’ll be the first to admit it, my total “experience” with voodoo involves not much more than occasional trips to my local botanica to refresh…
Films on the Horizon: Satan Panonski Panic and Kung-Fu Mystery Reel at ‘Fist Church’
Lucha Mexico Friday July 15 and Saturday July 16 at IFC Center: $14 I remember very clearly my first time at a Mexican wrestling match,…
Four Films: Nelson Sullivan’s ’80s LES and ‘Violence, Motherfuckers!’
Nelson Sullivan’s Downtown: ’83 – ’89 Monday July 18, Tuesday July 26 (7:30 pm and 10 pm) at Spectacle: $5 When Nelson Sullivan, the tireless…