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Month: April 2015

Hitchcock’s masterpiece of misdirection “Shadow of a Doubt” comes to the Heights Thursday

  By michael April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015 Movies

Review by Trylon volunteer Dave Berglund In the movies, first impressions are sacrosanct. Young lovers can throw their entire lives into turmoil to pursue with abandon someone they just met and we as viewers are so accustomed to this that we many times approvingly nod along without a second thought…. Continue reading

On the final lap of our Wachowski series, enter a world built for speed!

  By michael April 27, 2015 April 27, 2015 Movies

  Our Wachowski series wraps up Monday and Tuesday with the filmmaking duo’s most controversial effort, 2008’s Speed Racer. Audiences and critics alike waved the black flag at it on its initial release, but over the years it’s gained a small but vocal group of defenders. To understand Speed Racer… Continue reading

Surreal, brilliant “The Tin Drum” opens Friday at the Trylon

  By michael April 24, 2015 April 24, 2015 Movies

Back in the 1990s a VHS copy of  Volker Schlondorff’s The Tin Drum kicked around the foreign film section of my local video store, but for the longest time I didn’t rent it.  The picture on the box showed the film’s protagonist Oskar (David Bennant) banging on a drum and… Continue reading

Don’t Miss the Wachowski’s Uncompromising “V For Vendetta” — Monday and Tuesday at the Trylon

  By michael April 19, 2015 April 19, 2015 Movies

  Review by Trylon volunteer Caty Rent. Originally written as a graphic novel in 1988 by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta was translated for the screen in 2006 by the Wachowskis. Although the material differs and some of the characters change greatly, the film version still has… Continue reading

Groundbreaking indie feature “Little Fugitive” starts Friday

  By michael April 16, 2015 April 16, 2015 Movies

At first glance, Little Fugitive (1953) doesn’t look like much. It’s the story of a couple of latchkey kids in 1950s New York: Lenny and his 7-year-old kid brother Joey.  When their mother needs to visit a sick relative overnight, Lenny is left in charge.  But he’s really too young to take… Continue reading

Our Wachowski series continues with the sleek, shimmering “Bound” — Monday and Tuesday at the Trylon

  By michael April 13, 2015 April 13, 2015 Movies

The Wachowski’s debut feature Bound ducked in and out of theaters pretty quickly back in 1996, but it’s one of those movies that couldn’t remain obscure for long.  People kept talking about it. It was sleek and confident and shimmering with the distinctive visual smarts and storytelling élan that would… Continue reading

Future-noir masterpiece “Blade Runner” opens Friday at the Trylon

  By michael April 8, 2015 April 8, 2015 Movies

  Review by Tyrell Corporation prototype Aaron Vehling I was drinking at a bar in my neighborhood one night when a woman who might be a highly sophisticated, genetically engineered cyborg (no spoilers) took my IPA out of my hand, drank some of it, and then asked if she could have… Continue reading

Religious allegory, or kick-ass action flick? Why not both? “The Matrix” starts Monday

  By michael April 5, 2015 April 5, 2015 Movies

Review by Trylon volunteer Dave Berglund   In the decade following the release and subsequent canonization of The Matrix, the film was regularly referenced as a key discussion text for the intersection of film and existential philosophy. Five years after the film’s theatrical run, I keenly remember seeing images from… Continue reading

Get To Know “That Guy Dick Miller” This Weekend At the Trylon!

  By michael April 3, 2015 April 3, 2015 Movies

With nearly 200 movies to his credit,  Dick Miller is one of those guys you’ve seen on screen many times, somebody you sorta kinda recognize from other films, even though you can’t quite come up with his name. Miller was a versatile actor from the earliest days of his career… Continue reading

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