Flock of Dodos
This Wednesday, March 11th biologist turned filmmaker Randy Olson will visit Ragtag for a Q&A following the screening of Flock of Dodos. Olson's debut documentary, an examination of the evolution/creationism debate, is screening on the occasion of the 2009 MU Life Sciences & Society Symposium, "Darwin's Ongoing Revolution", which takes place this weekend. Advance tickets […]
Read More...Revolutionary Roads
On Wednesday, Ragtag will begin its run of Che, Steven Soderbergh's ambitious diptych of iconic Marxist Che Guevara. Soderbergh originally intended for audiences to see both chapters together as a single movie with a short intermission, but for various reasons distributor IFC Films ultimately decided to release each half separately, Use Your Illusion-style. In an attempt […]
Read More...Better Late Than Never, Pt. II
Thanks to everyone who attended Ragtag's Academy Awards party last Sunday. We said we'd give a shout-out to the winners of our Oscar pool, but alas, preparations for a certain film festival last week got in the way. In any case, congrats to the following with the five highest ballot scores: Lauren Norton (20/24), Daniel […]
Read More...Last Days
A quick reminder that I've Loved You So Long and Let the Right One In will both conclude their runs on Wednesday, February 25. Click your way over to the calendar for showtimes.
Read More...Gimme Shelter: a weekend lineup
We know how the excitement in the lead-up to True/False can have a particularly debilitating effect over this town. Certain individuals go missing for days at a time, having shuttered themselves inside to obsessively study the festival schedule in the futile pursuit of concocting the perfect strategy for seeing every single movie. Other parties go […]
Read More...The Magnificent Wellesian
A quick reminder that Jonathan Rosenbaum, one of the the most prolific film critics working today, will visit Ragtag on Tuesday, February 17th at 7:00 PM. On the occasion of the recent publishing of his Discovering Orson Welles, a collection that gathers over 35 years of Welles critical scholarship, Rosenbaum will present "The Unknown Orson Welles", a […]
Read More...Je t'aime
I've Loved You So Long, recent recipient of BAFTA's Best Foreign Language Film, starts Friday, February 20th for a six-day run through Wednesday, the 25th. Check back here over the next week for further details about the film, and be sure to visit our brand new Coming Soon section to follow which other new titles […]
Read More...Blood, Snow and Bare Trees
Let the Right One In - you know, the exquisite-looking kiddie vampire flick with that riveting preview - is now playing. Check out the enticing coverage from the pages of Film Comment magazine.
Read More...Expiration: 2/5/2009
After a six-week long residency, eight-time Academy Award nominee Milk bids us farewell this Thursday. Which means that you have only three more chances to see this winning portrait of martyred gay activist, Harvey Milk, and experience its moving political conviction - Tuesday, 2:30 PM; Wednesday, 3:15 PM; and Thursday, 3:15. Don't miss it!
Read More...Ashes to Ashes
In case you missed last weekend's trip to the vast landscapes of desire on Planet Wong, you're still in luck. Ashes of Time Redux, Wong Kar-wai's gorgeous martial arts reverie will grace the big screen three more times this weekend - Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11:45 PM. For those of you unmoved by the […]
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