Learnin' 'bout cinema
A photo has finally surfaced from Ragtag's week-long summer camp. A huge thanks to everyone who participated! Lotta demons in there -- look at those eyes!
Read More...Notes from the attic: Living Stars
We just got a sneak peek at Passport film #3, Living Stars. For an hour you'll watch ordinary people from around Buenos Aires dance to pop songs. We can only imagine what the casting call was: "We want to film you dancing to your favorite songs in your house, office, or backyard. Preferably with your […]
Read More...Notes from the attic: Il Sorpasso
We watched Il Sorpasso (1962) a couple weeks ago in movie club -- a film meant to capture the spirit of early-60s Italy. A garrulous minor scoundrel befriends a meek law student while in Rome for the holiday. What follows is a road trip full of macho exuberance -- both exhilarating and terrifying. Highly recommended. […]
Read More...Notes from the attic: Lady Snowblood
We watched Lady Snowblood (1973) in movie club the other week. Born for vengeance, Yuki (Snowblood) is on an epic journey to reclaim her family's honor. It's a fun, visually inventive, blood-geysering samurai flick. Reportedly a major inspiration for Tarantino's Kill Bill (2003). Definitely worth a watch if you're into 70s samurai cinema. Cutting dudes […]
Read More...Notes from the attic: Ms. 45
We watched Ms. 45 (1981) from Abel Ferrara a while back in movie club. After being assaulted twice in one day, a young woman takes to the New York streets with her semi-automatic pistol. Creepers beware! Ms. 45 is rough and very much a cult film and works, you might say, as an expression of […]
Read More...Notes from the attic: 12 O'Clock Boys
We just watched the fantastic documentary 12 O'Clock Boys in movie club. Pug, a wild child living in a poor, black Baltimore neighborhood, wants so badly to be part of the dirt-bike gang the 12 O'Clock Boyz -- who rampage around Baltimore, popping wheelies forever and playing cat-n-mouse with the police. Rent it from 9th […]
Read More...Ragtag at 9th Street Vid
Now available for your home viewing pleasure: Locke Only Lovers Left Alive Belle They Came Together Night Moves Two: The Story of Roman and Nero We didn't show 'em, but you might like: Bicycling with Moliere The Railway Man (Colin Firth) Fading Gigolo (John Turturro, Woody Allen) The Double (Jesse Eisenberg, Richard Ayoade) Filth (James […]
Read More...Membership news
Membership funds allow us to put on free community screenings and support our educational outreach. By purchasing a Ragtag membership, you help us fulfill our mission and we help you see movies for cheap. Simply put, all memberships get the cardholder $5 movies — except the Guffman level, which gets the cardholder free admission to […]
Read More...One Read at Ragtag
The public library's One Read program is a go. This year's book selection is The Boys in the Boat, the amazing true story of the US rowing team striving for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Ragtag's free One Read screening this year is Steven Soderbergh's King of the Hill (1993), about a young boy […]
Read More...Labor Day hours
This Monday we'll be showing you movies as usual, with the doors to our side of Hittsville opening at 2pm. Uprise Bakery's kitchen will be closed, but their bar will be open during our movies. 9th Street Video will be open as usual -- 11 to 11. Hitt Rex is open.
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