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B-movie impresario sells tickets to his
schlocky monster flick any way he can: cheesy in-theater effects, ushers in
ant costumes — and the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
Joe Dante, 1993; 99 mins.
Wednesday, 8:30 PM
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The late (as in just days before the film was released) James Dean as a restless outsider fighting for love, respect, and a sense of identity.
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Nicholas Ray, 1955; 111 mins.
Wednesday, 10:00 PM |
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Something strange is happening to the people of a small town — aliens, Commies, whatever — just remember, YOU'RE NEXT. |
Don Siegel, 1956; 80 mins
Thursday, 8:30 PM |
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Andy Griffith as a good old boy who becomes a TV star (and proves again that old adage about power). Network for the 50s (and today!)
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Elia Kazan, 1957; 125 mins.
Thursday, 10:00 PM
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Classic evocation of Modernity's late realization of the smallness of man against the infinity of the cosmos. Great spider fight, too.
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Jack Arnold, 1957; 81 min.
Friday, 8:30 PM |
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Talking Heads frontman David Byrne visits a Texas town on the eve of its celebration of "Specialness" — is he laughing with them, or at them? |
David Byrne, 1986; 90 mins.
Friday, 10:00 PM
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Didn't Godard say all you needed to make a film was a girl, a gorilla suit and a diving helmet (and maybe a bubble machine)? Well, he should have. |
Phil Tucker, 1953; 66 mins.
Saturday, 8:30 PM
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The buzz monster movie of the last decade, striking post-9/11 chords as mutant creature spreads panic and death. |
Joon-ho Bong, 2006; 119 mins.
Saturday, 10:00 PM
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From 1953-1969, monster movie buff Don Glut made amateur films, and became a legend among American otaku of his era.
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Donald F. Glut, 2006; 144 mins.
Wednesday, 2:00 PM (Flickerings) |
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