We’re proud to open our Kurosawa Sans Samurai series with what might be the greatest of all of the auteur’s non-samurai films: Ikiru, starring the incomparable (and criminally underrated) Takeshi Shimura. Review by Trylon volunteer David Berglund. Filled with heartbreak and insight, Akira Kurosawa’s gently personal Ikiru marks a high… Continue reading
Review by Trylon volunteer David Berglund. All things considered, it is no wonder MGM opted to remake Carrie this year. Not only is Stephen King’s novel a heralded American classic in a nation obsessed with the horror genre, but Brian De Palma’s previous 1976 adaptation of the novel is so unique in… Continue reading
Our David Lynch: Surreal Marvel comes to a close with Blue Velvet, widely regarded as his masterpiece (among a slew of already great and shockingly original films.) Blue Velvet review by Trylon volunteer Michael Popham. David Lynch’s trippy Blue Velvet is set in Lumberton, North Carolina, a small town that’s… Continue reading
Join us this Wednesday evening at 7pm for a very special Defenders with Star Tribune columnist, Variety contributor and National Society of Film Critics member Rob Nelson. For the first time in the Defenders 2 ½ year history the movie shown will not only be a super secret, but also… Continue reading
The Ain’t We Got Fun: Pre-Code Hollywood series continues with another incredible double-feature (yes, 2-for-1!) at the Heights Theatre on Monday night. Check out the insanely entertaining Search for Beauty and Murder at the Vanities, both from 1934… and well before Hollywood “cleaned up” its act. Search for Beauty and Murder… Continue reading
Our David Lynch: Surreal Marvel series continues with a white hot director’s cut screening of Wild at Heart. Wild at Heart review by Trylon volunteer Caty Rent. Blazing fire, crutches/canes, car accidents, lit cigarettes, rape, lipstick fetish, boobies, and several passionate sex scenes between star-crossed lovers are just a few flavors… Continue reading
Tonight Sound Unseen presents Sick Birds Die Easy, with a special appearance from director Nik Fackler, composer Sam Martin, and the star, Ross Brockley, introducing the movie and answering your many questions afterwards! How do you describe this one? “Exploring the worlds of white privilege, magical realism and the apocalypse,… Continue reading
The Trylon is proud to present Sissy Spacek: Seemingly Lost, a tribute to one of the more unheralded actresses working today. Today we’ll let the late, great Roger Ebert wax rhapsodic about this little-seen masterpiece, which he considered to be the best film of 1977: “And so I descend once… Continue reading
Mae West? Who the heck’s Mae West? Really? Well, she ain’t no cancelled stamp, we can tell you that, and if you check out our sockdollager double-feature at the Heights Theater tonight, you, too, can finally say “I know my onions” about the greatest film comedienne of the first half… Continue reading
David Lynch: Surreal Marvel continues with one of the director’s most critically maligned films and one of his most lauded movies–Dune and Mulholland Drive. The first was a flop, which Lynch himself couldn’t stand, and the second was one of only two films of the twenty-first century to make Sight… Continue reading
