Ragtag at 9th St Vid
A whole lotta films we screened last year have arrived on the 9th Street shelves. And they're good ones. The Act of Killing (Oscar-nominated) Blue Jasmine (Oscar-nom'd) In a World... Inequality for All You're Next (local connection!) 20 Feet from Stardom (Oscar-nom'd) The Spectacular Now Enough Said Fruitvale Station Blue Caprice Short Term 12 You […]
Read More...February preview
Here's what we're hoping to bring you in February — in one trailer playlist. Watch it here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYIj2r2HW5iNdVSgeZp5H6EJHpS2uP72[/youtube]
Read More...Citizen Jane screening Jan. 29
Citizen Jane is screening the documentary Justice for My Sister Wednesday, January 29 @ 7pm.
Read More...There's a new T/F pass on the block
That's right. True/False has added The Busker Band to their arsenal of passes this year. For 30 bones, you can listen to all the music and see one movie at the fest. Here's what the kids at T/F have to say about it: The musical heart of T/F has been beating louder every year, and […]
Read More...Oscar nominations
Here we go, here we go! It's that season again: Awards Season. Oscar noms came out yesterday and we are pleased to congratulate Philomena and Nebraska for their honors, especially since they're still playing here at Ragtag. Don't miss 'em. Inside Llewyn Davis was tragically overlooked in the Besties categories, picking up two nominations in […]
Read More...Kickstarter 2013: a great year
We made Kickstarter's year-in-review because of our successful digital conversion campaign. Pretty cool. Again, to all our supporters, on Kickstarter or not, thank you. Ragtag would not be Ragtag without you. And thanks to Kickstarter for facilitating.
Read More...When good showtimes go bad
It's possible that you've looked up our showtimes on Google, Yahoo, Flixter, etc. and then arrived at the theater to find that your movie started an hour before you thought. And then you cursed Ragtag's name for putting the wrong showtimes online. Let us explain: We're not saying we've never got a showtime wrong (we […]
Read More...Notes from the attic: Blow Out
A sound-effects guy (Travolta) capturing ambient sound late at night witnesses a car crash in this 1981 thriller from Brian De Palma. But is the crash an accident? We watched Blow Out a few weeks ago in movie club and it was a lot of fun. Cf. Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966).
Read More...Notes from the attic: No More Excuses
Part documentary, part absurdist comedy, a soldier from the American Civil War finds himself in 60s Manhattan in No More Excuses (1968) from Robert Downey Sr. (a saint). We watched this a little while ago in movie club — pretty great. The notorious Alan Abel, as himself.
Read More...Notes from the attic: Putney Swope
We watched this 1969 NY underground gem from Robert Downey Sr. (a prince) a while ago. When the token black man on the board of a rich ad agency is elected president he infuses the company with 100% black power. Hilarity and chaos ensue.
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