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Category Archives: Saturday Matinee
Saturday Matinee: River’s Edge
By Roger Ebert Source: RogerEbert.com I remember reading about the case at the time. A high school kid killed his girlfriend and left her body lying on the ground. Over the next few days, he brought some of his friends … Continue reading
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Tagged Crispin Glover, Cult Film, Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, River's Edge, Tim Hunter
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Saturday Matinee: A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly By Brian Eggert Source: Deep Focus Review Based on the acclaimed novel by Philip K. Dick, Richard Linklater’s 2006 film of A Scanner Darkly presents a cautionary tale on drugs, surveillance, and perception in a unique formal arrangement. Set … Continue reading
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Tagged A Scanner Darkly, Cult Film, Philip K. Dick, PKD, Richard Linklater, Rory Cochrane, Science fiction
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Saturday Matinee: Trailer Wars
By Sam Prime Source: Alamo Drafthouse Unleashed from the vaults of Austin’s American Genre Film Archive, we present a meticulously-curated selection of the best, strangest, and most amazing coming attraction trailers in the world! Most have never been available in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alamo Drafthouse, cult films, Joe Dante, merican Genre Film Archive, Trailer War
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Saturday Matinee: Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy Whatever you hear about Midnight Cowboy is true. By Scott Nash Source: Three Movie Buffs Midnight Cowboy is one of those movies that is so famous that even though this was the first time I’d ever actually watched it, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cult Film, Dustin Hoffman, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy, Sylvia Miles
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Saturday Matinee: Riders of Justice
By Matt Zoller Seitz Source: RogerEbert.com Brutal, sad, funny, and disarmingly sweet-natured, “Riders of Justice” is not so much a revenge movie as a movie about revenge. That might seem like a distinction without a difference until you get to the … Continue reading
Two for Tuesday
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Saturday Matinee: The Sisters Brothers
By Tomris Laffly Source: RogerEbert.com Who would have thought that Jacques Audiard, the French director of slow-burn, humanistic character studies would one day take on one of the most characteristically American of genres, the Western, with his English-language debut? While worlds … Continue reading
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Tagged Cult Film, Jacques Audiard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Riz Ahmed, The Sisters Brothers, Westerns
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