Room FilmScene — (Last Screening) Thursday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. There is nothing beyond Room. That’s what Jack (Jacob Tremblay), one of the protagonists of Room, believes. It’s what his mother (Brie Larson) has taught him over the five years of his life held captive, along with his mother, by a man they call […]
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Just announced: Vino Vérité film series brings ‘Uncertain’ to Iowa City
Uncertain FilmScene — Sunday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. FilmScene has announced the latest installment of the Vino Vérité film series. Uncertain, a documentary about three men living on the margins in Uncertain, Texas screens at FilmScene on Sunday, December 13 at 7 p.m. The film is the winner of several awards including the Albert Maysles New Documentary […]
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1 Million Cups meet-up at FilmScene connects entrepreneurs and artists
1 Million Cups FilmScene — Wednesday, October 28 9 a.m. It’s a simple but ambitious idea: If entrepreneurially minded individuals can connect over cups of coffee — lots of coffee in fact — then they just might turn caffeine into progress. 1 Million Cups is a free weekly program at which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas […]
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Talking Movies: Shot in a single 138-minute take, can Victoria live up to its bold premise?
Victoria opens Oct. 23 at FilmScene. I chafe at the word “gimmick.” It’s often used in lieu of something more meaningful to describe the experimental, the exciting, or the formally different. By calling something a “gimmick,” an audience doesn’t have to admit its discomfort with the unfamiliar. But that’s not the case when I call […]
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Vino Vérité Part Trois: ‘Funny Bunny’ heads to FilmScene
Little Village, FilmScene and Bread Garden Market are proud to present Alison Bagnall’s Funny Bunny as the newest installment in the Vino Vérité series. The screening will take place at FilmScene on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
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Saddle Creek-curated showcase featuring four Iowa films heads to FilmScene
Tonight at 6 p.m., FilmScene will screen a selection of films shot in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota — including four productions by Iowa filmmakers — as part of Film Streams’ sixth annual Local Filmmakers Showcase. This year’s selection has been curated by staff and artists from Omaha’s Saddle Creek Records, including Orenda Fink of […]
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Talking Movies: ‘Steve Jobs’ contends with the difficult man behind the machines
Steve Jobs Marcus Theatres — Opens Friday, Oct. 23 Before Steve Jobs started, we were warned, as per usual, to turn off our phones. The phone most people needed to turn off? The iPhone. A small thing maybe, but a thing worth noting. We are living in a world Steve Jobs helped to orchestrate. Directed […]
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FilmScene to screen Austrian horror hit ‘Goodnight Mommy’
Goodnight Mommy FilmScene — October 16, 23 and 30 at 11 p.m. Goodnight Mommy is an Austrian film (Rated R, German with English subtitles) that tells the story of twin boys who doubt the woman recovering from plastic surgery in their home is, in fact, their mother. While their mother (or is she?) convalesces following […]
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The Holy Grail of Film Series: Terry Gilliam classics at FilmScene
One of FilmScene’s coolest series yet (and that’s saying something) kicked off this month with a back-to-back screening of master filmmaker Terry Gilliam’s classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The series will culminate on Oct. 23, when Gilliam gives a free lecture in the IMU Ballroom at 7:30 p.m. In the meantime, Iowa City’s […]
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Totally Tubular! A TMNT Pizza Party on the Rooftop
FilmScene’s Rooftop Series presents: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Party FilmScene — Sun., Sept 20 at 8 pm, $15 For the uninitiated, here is the IMDB synopsis: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is the live-action feature film adaptation of the cult comic book and popular animated cartoon series. After prolonged exposure to radiation, […]
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New Jackson Pollock documentary debuts at FilmScene
A new documentary about one of Jackson Pollock’s most famous paintings, Mural, will debut this Friday at FilmScene at 5:30 p.m. Jackson Pollock’s Mural: the story of a Modern Masterpiece is a 30-minute film — created by local artists and filmmakers — about the iconic painting and its history at the University of Iowa. The […]
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Iconic director Terry Gilliam is coming to Iowa City
Terry Gilliam, director of cult-classic films such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is visiting Iowa City for a lecture and reception. Gilliam is appearing as part of The Obermann Center’s Symposium, “Don Quixote in the Age of Electronic Reproduction.” The University […]
