May Preview
All right, here's what we're working on/thinking about for May. Damsels in Distress Metropolitan, Barcelona, Last Days of Disco: these are the films of Whit Stillman. Now, after a billion-year break in film-making, comes DnD. Stillman was doing quirky, smart comedies about preppies a decade before Wes Anderson. Looking forward to this one. Undefeated One […]
Read More...Kung Fu Nights Double Features on 4/19 and 4/20
THURSDAY, 4/19: The Grindhouse Trailer Spectacular at 9:15pm and The Mystery of Chess Boxing at 10:15pm FRIDAY, 4/20: Eight Diagram Pole Fighter at 8:45pm and The Bastard Swordsman at 10:30. $8 per double feature or free for members!
Read More...Stephens Senior Showcase is Tuesday, April 17 @ 5:30pm
Each year, Stephens College sends a crop of freshly-minted talent out into the filmmaking world. Come see this year's diverse set of short films from Stephens' auteurs de demain. $5
Read More...We Need to Talk About Kevin
Director Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar) returns with a disturbing but gorgeously assembled exploration of nurture versus nature. Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton, I Am Love) stars as Eva, a mother coming to grips with her monstrous teenage son Kevin (Ezra Miller). John C. Reilly co-stars as Eva's husband. "Masterfully crafted. There are so many great […]
Read More...Silverscreen Film Fest
MU is having their annual student film festival this Saturday, April 14, starting at 7pm. It is free and open to the public. At Wrench Auditorium, Memorial Union South. I went a few years ago and it was pretty fun.
Read More...Notes from the attic: The Devil's Double
Look at this gilt masterpiece---isn't it a wonder? We here at Ragtag (well, some of us) have admired its regal beauty for some time (we didn't end up getting the film, but 9th Street Video has it). We've been enjoying the poster for so long we figured it was time to actually watch the movie. […]
Read More...Poster Patrol
Why didn't we get this version of the poster? Too cool. FYI, we're only showing The Innkeepers twice (Friday the 13th and the next day). See it while you can.
Read More...Notes from the attic: Duck Soup
If you thought Casa de mi Padre was silly fun wait till you see the Marx Brothers' goofball masterpiece Duck Soup (1933). Get ready for a nonstop barrage of one-liners and slapstick. We just watched this in movie club. Good times.
Read More...MSA Free Wednesday Movie
There's a free screening of Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) this Wednesday, the 11th, at Wrench Auditorium in Memorial Union South on the MU campus. 8:00pm. And there's a free screening of the 1928 silent film Show People for Ragtag members (and $5 for everyone else) right here at the cinema---Wednesday at 6:30pm. This is film two […]
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