Once upon a time our downtown was lit by the Astro, the Englert, and the Campus Theaters. One by one they faded. Only the Bijou, our solitary star, still flickers. A leviathan named Marcus took over. But after a long period in which darkness reigned, we’re on the verge of a new era for the […]
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LVTV | William Danger Ford + Christy Brown-Kwaiser on Little Village Live! // 7/25/2012
——————————– LITTLE VILLAGE LIVE ——————————– – 7.25.2012 – William Danger Ford Christy Brown-Kwaiser ===== William Danger Ford (1/2) (2/2) === Christy Brown-Kwaiser – “What’s So Silly About Mary” Christy Brown-Kwaiser ===== |William Danger Ford {http://soundcloud.com/williamdangerford} |Christy Brown-Kwaiser {http://soundcloud.com/christy-brown-kwaiser} — Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/LittleVillageLive — Public […]
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HARDACRE FILM FESTIVAL – Tipton, Iowa August 2-4
Let’s start with the bad news. Most movies have become too market-tested to really please their markets. Most movie theaters, especially in Iowa, are run by distant executives who see us as statistics. Even film festivals are schmoozy, overly-commercialized affairs. Now, the good news! Every summer there’s the Hardacre Film Festival in Tipton, Iowa. This […]
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Talking Movies: Forty Years of The Godfather
Forty years ago, throughout the spring and summer of 1972, a mob movie was making a killing at the box office, which was something of a surprise to its production company. Paramount had wanted Sergio Leone, of spaghetti-western fame, to direct it. They settled for a fairly young director whose biggest success at the time […]
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LVTV | Record Store Day 2012: Brooks Strause + GOLDENDUST – LIVE @ The Record Collector // 4/21/2012
Brooks Strause and GOLDENDUST ::: LIVE at Record Collector for Record Store Day 2012 =============== BROOKS STRAUSE “Lady Heartless Desire” “The Question” GOLDENDUST
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Talking Movies: Score One for Skin
If you like sex and art (especially in that order of enthusiasm), then you should definitely make a point of getting to the Englert on Friday, May 18, to see the Iowa premiere of Frederick Wiseman’s Crazy Horse, a documentary about Paris’s legendary cabaret. To sweeten the deal, FilmScene, the host of the event, has […]
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LVTV | William Fitzsimmons “Passion Play” – LIVE @ PS1 [Mission Creek 2012] // 3/28/2012
LIVE at KRUI’s Lounge @ Public Space One [March 28] [Mission Creek 2012]
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Talking Movies: Is Wes Anderson a Sellout?
Have you seen the new Wes Anderson? No, I don’t mean the new Wes Anderson film (that would be Moonrise Kingdom, set to premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival!), I mean the new Wes Anderson ad for the Hyundai Azera–two ads, in fact, which his ardent fans pass around the internet as if they […]
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GLBT Film Series
Beginning April 1, a new movie-going opportunity will be available to those eager for thought-provoking cinema downtown. Larry Rogers, a self-described “ex-ex-gay senior citizen,” has put together a film series called “Let’s Talk Inclusive.” The movies, which show at 1 p.m. in the Senior Center, explore different forms of sexuality and how they fit into […]
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The Gold Rush: The Best of All Possible Films
Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, playing from Mar. 3 through 8 at the Bijou in its lusciously-restored original 1925 version, is as unmixed a pleasure as I know. It’s what religious optimists imagine creation to be: “The best of all possible worlds”—hilarious without being cruel, romantic without being saccharine, deep without being heavy-handed, with […]
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2011 Movie Of The Year: The Tree of Life
In 2011, a year of many good movies (my own motley list includes: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Bridesmaids, Weekend, The Muppet Movie, Buck and Rise of the Planet of the Apes), one stands out in every possible way: Terence Malick’s The Tree of Life. Naturally, we in Iowa City never got to eat of The […]
