Vino Vérité: Secret Screening Tropicana FilmScene — Sunday, Sept. 4 at 6:30 p.m. I’m not telling you what film is screening on Sunday, Sept. 4 at FilmScene. To be fair, that’s because I don’t know — but even the very few folks who are in the know aren’t spilling the beans. With this film, Vino […]
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IC producer brings Sundance-selected documentary ‘Gleason’ to Englert in benefit for UI Hospitals
GLEASON Englert Theater — Friday Aug. 26 8:00 p.m. $20-25 FilmScene, Scheels and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are teaming up to host a benefit screening of the acclaimed documentary Gleason tonight at 8 p.m. at the Englert Theatre. The film follows the journey of former NFL defensive back Steve Gleason, who was […]
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‘Don’t Think Twice’ funny and enjoyable, comes frustratingly close to greatness
Don’t Think Twice FilmScene — opens Friday, Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. Comedian-turned-director Mike Birbiglia’s second film, Don’t Think Twice, opens this Friday, Aug. 26, at FilmScene. Birbiglia’s first film, Sleepwalk With Me, was a deeply personal adaptation of his own memoir of the same title. Birbiglia’s new film, Don’t Think Twice, is no less […]
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Living the fanboy dream: A chat with Eric Zala ahead of FilmScene’s ‘Raiders!’ double feature
Raiders! Double Feature Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation FilmScene — Thursday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. On Thursday, Aug. 18, FilmScene in Iowa City will be presenting a Special Event double feature of the documentary Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film […]
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FilmScene to screen teenage dreams with ‘All This Panic’
All This Panic FilmScene — Sunday, June 12 at 7 p.m. Relive your teenage years this Sunday at 7 p.m. with All This Panic, the latest installation of FilmScene’s Vino Vérité. The film, presented by Bread Garden Market and Little Village, premiered worldwide in April at the Tribeca Film Festival. All This Panic follows seven […]
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Local and real foods short film fest Sunday at FilmScene
Real Food Films contest finalists FilmScene — Sunday, June 5, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Finalists from the 2016 Real Foods Films Contest, chosen from 160 entries and all under four minutes, will be screened on Sunday at FilmScene in Iowa City. The program, A Real Food For All Pop-Up Film Festival, presented by Local Foods Connection […]
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Island life: Two films, one fresh at FilmScene, seek emotional rescue and explore isolation
In 2010, Judith Scharansky, a graphic designer who grew up in East Germany and was thus restricted in her ability to travel abroad, published a book called Atlas of Remote Islands: 50 Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will. In this small but entertaining volume, she reminds us that “paradise is an […]
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Loud bombs, quiet triumph
Louder Than Bombs FilmScene — through Thursday, May 19 “When a ghost shows up,” says Swamplandia author Karen Russell, “there is something to be done.” When Isabelle’s ghost returns on the eve of her memorial retrospective, it is clear that for her husband and sons, there is much to be done. Isabelle Reed (Isabelle Huppert), […]
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Baseball, bacchanalia and beauty in Linklater’s ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’
Everybody Wants Some!! FilmScene — Through Thursday, May 19 Nostalgia is a powerful drug. So powerful in fact that many find themselves enthralled with nostalgic feelings even for the times they never knew. And anybody who has viewed the work of Texas filmmaker Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, 1993; Boyhood, 2014) has felt the effect […]
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None of the violence is casual: in ‘Green Room,’ it’s terribly human
Green Room Marcus Sycamore Cinema — opens Friday, Apr. 29 Wehrenberg Galaxy 16 Cine — opens Friday, Apr. 29 Film Scene — opens Friday, May 6 On its face, Jeremy Saulnier’s latest film, Green Room, sounds quite familiar. Heroes trapped in a locked room, surrounded by an invading horde, must fight for their lives to […]
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Artist Deborah Stratman to screen ‘The Illinois Parables’ tonight at FilmScene
The Illinois Parables FilmScene — Friday, Apr. 22 at 7 p.m. Chicago-based visual artist Deborah Stratman will be screening her film The Illinois Parables at 7 p.m. at FilmScene Downtown. There will be Q&A following the film. Admission is free to the public, though space is limited. Through video and sculpture, with sound and image, […]
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The Eggshell Aunt: Edward Shults’ ‘Krisha’ shows family at its holiday worst
Krisha Film Scene — Opens Friday, Apr. 15 From a distance, your family Thanksgiving may not look all that different from that of director Trey Edward Shults, as portrayed in Krisha, his debut feature. Your family might similarly assign the men to the living room to monitor sporting events while the women huddle in the […]
