Screen Reviews

Puppet Monster Massacre

Feb 9, 2012

Pure, wholesome, clean-cut children's puppets are torn to shreds in a horror movie so appalling, you'll laugh most of the time.

The Artist

Feb 3, 2012

A silent film star slides into obscurity in this 21st-century silent film.

Some Girls Live in Texas ‘78

Jan 26, 2012

As this 1978 Dallas concert shows, when the Rolling Stones are good, they are very, very good. James Mann says turn it up!

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Jan 24, 2012

Before the Coca Cola Company co-opted Santa, he was one mean mutha.

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey

Jan 23, 2012

Kevin Clash grows up with Sesame Street on his TV -- and becomes its greatest character.

Lookin’ Fine on Television

Jan 10, 2012

A riveting and rare glimpse of rock's original glam-punk junkies, onstage and behind the scenes during their short-lived glory days.

Melancholia

Jan 9, 2012

Two sisters fight ancient arguments as a mysterious planet is about to collide with Earth. Where is Michael Rennie when you need him?

The Jesus Lizard: Club

Jan 6, 2012

Matthew Moyer declares this the best approximation of the Jesus Lizard live experience.

Thankskilling

Dec 26, 2011

A killer turkey menaces a group of students on Thanksgiving.

Everyday Sunshine

Dec 6, 2011

Carl F Gauze enjoys a documentary about Fishbone.

The Other F Word

Dec 2, 2011

All the punks who didn't die became middle-aged and had children. Who could have imagined?

House

Nov 10, 2011

Six cute-as-a-bug Japanese teenage girls visit an eccentric old aunt and are devoured by a Satanic cat. And there's nudity!

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Nov 7, 2011

Preppy college kids head out to the woods and meet a pair of hillbillies with a wood chipper and chainsaw. What could go wrong? Ha, ha, that's a trick question.

The Future

Nov 1, 2011

A young couple toy with time and space as they wait to adopt a cat. The cat narrates.

The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini

Oct 31, 2011

Rossini's great opera, The Barber of Seville, gets the treatment from The Teatro Regio Di Parma.

Tabloid

Oct 28, 2011

A former beauty queen kidnaps her Mormon lover and chains him to a bed, makes love to him for three days, and goes to jail. It's all good fun until the tabloids get the pictures and she has to have her pitbull cloned in South Korea.

Don Quixote

Oct 26, 2011

The Bolshoi ballet dances Don Quixote on screen at Maitland's Enzian Theater.

The Trip

Oct 18, 2011

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon travel Northern England, reviewing fine restaurants and impersonating Michael Caine. It's a job, I guess.

AC/DC: Let There Be Rock

Sep 30, 2011

Finally, a DVD release of the seminal Bon Scott-fronted AC/DC concert film Let There Be Rock.