Poster patrol
If you enjoyed Blue Is the Warmest Color last month, check out the graphic novel. See below for an excerpt. And here's an interview with writer/illustrator Julie Maroh. Blue also had some great posters...
Read More...Thanks, Jerry!
We were honored to have a conversation with Jerry Schatzberg after his film Scarecrow (1973) in his first ever public Skype. Thanks again, Jerry, and to everyone who stayed for the Q&A. It was a good one. And thanks to Chris for putting together another great series — Road Trip '73. And to the NEA […]
Read More...Hittsville writeup
The Tribune did a pretty good job explaining the kinda-complicated relation of four separate businesses in the building (or suburb) that is Hittsville. Uprise Bakery + Ragtag Cinema + 9th Street Video + Hitt Records = Hittsville. Here's a selection: By Catherine Martin Saturday, December 21, 2013 Using the name “Hittsville” to refer to the […]
Read More...PS Gallery + Hittsville
The PS Gallery (on Walnut) is teaming up with Hittsville to put awesome art on the Uprise Bakery wallspace. Come check out the work by PJ Allen-Thomas.
Read More...Free screening of Ping Pong at DBRL
The public library will have a free screening of the doc Ping Pong on Wednesday, January 22, at 6:30pm in the Friends Room. Ping Pong follows a group of table tennis plays in the Over-80 World Table Tennis Championships in China's Inner Mongolia. Should be a lot of fun.
Read More...True/False needs your help
True/False would like two things from you, if you're able and willing: 1) Sign up to volunteer by February 1. It's a lot of fun and the perks ain't bad either. Hey, you even get a free t-shirt! 2) They need quart-size mason jars for an art installation. Email Gabe to help: [email protected]. Thanks! Read More...Inside Llewyn Davis
We're excited to bring you the Coen Brothers' newest film — the story of a struggling folk musician in 1960s Greenwich Village. We watched it, we loved it. We expect you will too. If you can't wait to see it, and would like to do some reading on it first, here ya go: A review […]
Read More...We're open for New Year's
We're showing movies as usual on Day One, 2014. Uprise Bakery's kitchen is closed for the first, but their bar is open for our movies. Doors at 3:30. 9th Street Video is open on the first.
Read More...Ragtag @ 9th Street Vid
Now available for your home-viewing pleasure: Ain't Them Bodies Saints Caesar Must Die Trash Humpers (newly-acquired dvd) Didn't show, but you might like: Prisoners The Lone Ranger Newlyweeds Bronies Una Noche Caesar.
Read More...January preview
The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis will be the must-see hit of January, but we also have films from Michel Gondry (& Noam Chomsky), Frederick Wiseman, and Ralph Fiennes, plus The Great Beauty (which lives up to its title and then some) and a selection of shorts from this year's Sundance Film Festival — always […]
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