Notes from the attic: Youth of the Beast
We just watched this cool 1963 Japanese gangster film, released by Criterion, in movie club. Like many Japanese films, there are a lot of players and a lot of angles, and it's a fun ride. Rent it from 9th Street Video.
Read More...Notes from the attic: Stone
Before True/False we watched the Australian cult (Ozploitation) film Stone (1974) in movie club. Someone's knocking off the members of the Grave Diggers Motorcycle Club and Stone must go deep undercover to find out who's responsible. There are also posters out there that say "Before Mad Max there was Stone," which makes more sense. The […]
Read More...Ragtag Bags! Get some!
Finally a bag fit for life on the road. Available at our box office and online at the True/False online store.
Read More...Neither/Nor at 9th Street Video
Chris Boeckmann and Eric Hynes put together this cool little book about four documentary films from the late 60s/early 70s: Sybiopsychotaxiplasm, 1 P.M., The Fall, and David Holzman's Diary, which made up the Neither/Nor series. Following the forward-slash tradition of T/F, Neither/Nor programming was split between Ragtag and the True/False fest. If you didn't catch […]
Read More...Well done, David Wilson & friends
David Wilson & AJ Schnack are bringing home the Special Jury Recognition for Directing prize for their Branson doc, We Always Lie To Strangers. Read more about Strangers and other local filmmakers in this Tribune article. It's also worth pointing out that the article omits one important figure in the making of WALTS: Sarah Riddick, […]
Read More...Poster Patrol
Here's a cool poster from last year's SXSW for John Dies at the End:
Read More...Docs in the neighborhood
Tonight (Tuesday): The Invisible War by Kirby Dick, about rape in the US military, at the public library. 7pm in the Friends Room. Refreshments at 6:30. Free. March 13: Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour 6pm in Dulany Hall on the Columbia College campus. Free. More info. Columbia College seems to be having […]
Read More...Calling all filmmakers
Missouri River Cultural Conservancy (MoRivCC) is extending their submission date to March 22 for their First Annual MoRivCC Spring Awards Benefit, April 19 at the Blue Note. 7pm. Check out their website for more deets. You can drop your submissions off at CAT.
Read More...Ragtag at 9th Street Video
Now on DVD: Anna Karenina Undefeated (T/F) The Master How to Survive a Plague (T/F) This Is Not a Film Chicken with Plums Holy Motors The Intouchables
Read More...March preview
We've got some wild, weird, wonderful films coming up in March. Don't burn yourself out at True/False 'cause you're gonna wanna see these. Check out the trailers here.
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