Month: December 2014

The Interview at the New Parkway (Spoiler: The theater didn’t blow up)

~ Lincoln Spector

I haven't written anything yet about The Interview and its assorted release problems. Why should I? Everyone else has already written about it. Besides, I was on vacation. Now I'm back. Sunday night, my wife and I saw Kim Jong Un's least favorite movie at the New Parkway. Perhaps it was a case of lowered … Continue reading The Interview at the New Parkway (Spoiler: The theater didn’t blow up)

Harold and Maude–Still funny and inspiring after all these years

~ Lincoln Spector

The 1971 comedy Harold and Maude fit the late hippy era as perfectly as Pink Floyd and the munchies. At a time when young Americans were embracing non-conformity, free love, ecstatic joy, and 40-year-old Marx Brothers movies, this counterculture romance between an alienated and death-obsessed young man and an almost 80-year-old woman made total sense. … Continue reading Harold and Maude–Still funny and inspiring after all these years

What’s Screening: December 26 – January 1

~ Lincoln Spector

No festivals this week, but I do have a disclaimer: I wrote this newsletter a week early in order to give myself some vacation time. I may miss some screenings, or include some that have since been postponed. A Metropolis,Thursday, 7:30. The first important science fiction feature film still strikes a considerable visual punch, and … Continue reading What’s Screening: December 26 – January 1

What’s Screening: December 19 – 25

~ Lincoln Spector

The only festival this week is  A Coppola Family Affair, a weekend-long celebration of films by Francis and his family. I'm placing the Coppola movies at the bottom of this newsletter. C+ Pioneer, Opera Plaza, starts Friday. Early in this Norwegian thriller, a professional deep-sea diver—who is also a loving husband and father–tells his brother … Continue reading What’s Screening: December 19 – 25

Saving Private Lebowski at Rio Bravo: 25 movies added to the National Film Registry

~ Lincoln Spector

As they do every year, the Library of Congress has added 25 additional motion pictures to its National Film Registry. According the press release I received Wednesday, "Selection to the registry will help ensure that these films will be preserved for all time." Or at least until Congress cuts the budget to provide additional income … Continue reading Saving Private Lebowski at Rio Bravo: 25 movies added to the National Film Registry

Pioneer Review: Deep Water, Shallow Story

~ Lincoln Spector

C+ Writtern by Nikolaj Frobenius, Hans Gunnarsson, Cathinka Nicolaysen, Erik Skjoldbjærg, and Kathrine Valen Zeiner Directed by Erik Skjoldbjaerg Early in this Norwegian thriller, two brothers—both highly-skilled deep-sea divers—have a talk. The one who’s a loving husband and father tells his bachelor brother that this will be his last dive; he wants to spend more … Continue reading Pioneer Review: Deep Water, Shallow Story