Conservation Federation of Missouri 77th Anniversary
Celebrate 77 years of the Conservation Federation of Missouri with a selection of historic films from the Missouri Department of Conservation archives including: Bobwhite Through the Year, Design for Conservation and Your Voice: Conservation Federation of Missouri. Tickets are $35 and include admission to a pre-screening reception beginning at 5pm featuring appetizers and drinks from […]
Read More...Passport Series VII begins with A Simple Life
The Passport Series VII kicks off with A SIMPLE LIFE. "A Simple Life is a slice-of-life masterpiece dealing compassionately with the inevitable ageing process, the loneliness that comes with it and the human connections that can turn it all into a small, bittersweet triumph." (Edmund Lee, Time Out Hong Kong) [youtube]http://youtu.be/OCD00LLZmys[/youtube]
Read More...Super and Silver Circle passes on sale Sept. 1
It's time to start thinking about True/False 2013, February 28 - March 3. I know it seems early, but if you purchase a Super Circle pass you get in free to our monthly DocuMemories series (six more films to go). September's film is Forbidden Lie$. Lux passes go on sale October first, and Simple passes […]
Read More...Celeste and Jesse Forever opens Friday, Aug 31
Rashida Jones, (Parks and Recreation) and Andy "I'm on a boat" Samberg (Saturday Night Live) star in this divorce comedy with Elijah Wood and Emma Roberts.
Read More...Notes from the attic: La Jetée
We just watched this striking 19642 photomontage from Chris Maker about a post-nuclear holocaust underground community and a Parisian soldier sent back in time to seek aid from the past. It's about a half hour long. And definitely worth checking out. You can rent the DVD from 9th Street Video. This was our first introduction […]
Read More...Thanks for Dawdling
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Boone Dawdle. It was a blast. And our visiting filmmakers thought so, too. Here's a very kind email from them: Hi Paul and David, Isis and I are still floating in the ethers after that extraordinary day. What a happening!!! Boone Dawdle was hands down the most […]
Read More...September preview
Okay, folks, here's what we're working on for September. And check out our trailer playlist too. Aug 31 Celeste & Jesse Forever A divorce-comedy featuring Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg and Elijah Wood. September 5 & 6 Ragtag kicks off Passport Series 7 with A Simple Life. Every Wednesday and Thursday in September and October watch […]
Read More...The Invention of Dr Nakamats
One night only! Monday, August 27 @ 6:30pm. Film #3 in our DocuMemories Series. One of my favorite True/False films of all time. A portrait of eccentric Japanese inventor Dr Nakamats. A cult celebrity in Japan, Dr Nakamats has over three thousand inventions to his name, including the floppy disk. Super fun. Don't forget: if […]
Read More...T/F Selection Queen of Versailles opens Friday, Aug. 24
"That’s the bemused voice of time-share entrepreneur and one-time billionaire David Siegel, who with his flamboyantly blond wife, Jackie, forms the spellbinding center of “The Queen of Versailles.” Lauren Greenfield’s documentary about the Siegels began as a chronicle of their profligate nouveau-riche lifestyle and their construction of America’s largest home -- a 90,000-square-foot pile near […]
Read More...This is Not a Film : Tues - Thurs, Aug. 28 - 30
"There is unlikely to be a wittier, braver, more serious film shown in Britain this year than the 51-year-old Iranian director Jafar Panahi's This is Not a Film. Made while under house arrest in Tehran using an iPhone and a digital video camera, it's an act of defiance in the face of the arbitrary, vindictive, […]
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