Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana: May 17, 2013
by HELEN GEIB
Just one new release this week- an indie up in Fort Wayne- but Mud is still going strong around the state and there are a few other titles playing here and there. Tonight I’ll be seeing the documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry at the IMA’s Toby with the Indy Film Buffs. Read more 
On DVD/Blu-ray – Review: To Live and Die in LA (1985)
by NIR SHALEV
US Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William L. Petersen) is on the hunt for painter/professional money counterfeiter Eric Masters (a young Willem Dafoe) because Masters had Chance’s partner brutally murdered. But the cliché of “the cop that wants to avenge his partner’s death” is quickly subsumed once we realize the type of world that this film inhabits. It’s a counterfeit world, filled with counterfeit relationships, counterfeit jobs, and a superficial materialistic world. Read more
Photo Play – Sense and Sensibility (1995)
by HELEN GEIB
This month on Photo Play: fair English flowers
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Last Week: Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Coming Next: tba Monday
Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana: May 10, 2013
by HELEN GEIB
The repertory scene is a trifle slow south and north due to finals/summer break, while Indianapolis has options to spare. On the limited release front, Mud is still going strong and No migrates north to Fort Wayne. All the details for that and more after the break. Read more
On DVD/Blu-ray – Review: Jack Reacher (2012)
by NIR SHALEV
The film opens with a sniper who takes position inside a public parking garage and fires at five seemingly random people across the street. Then he disappears leaving little clues for the police to find. Within the day, the police have a suspect in custody and he has only one thing to say: “Get Jack Reacher”. Read more
Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana: May 3, 2013
by HELEN GEIB
The university-aligned repertory cinemas are starting to dial back their programming for the off-season. Fortunately there’s still a good number of interesting titles in limited release around the state. Most notably, Mud expands considerably while Ken Loach’s new film The Angel’s Share opens in Indy and indie thriller Disconnect opens in Indy, Bloomington, and Fort Wayne. Read more
Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana: April 26, 2013
by HELEN GEIB
There are a whole lot of new and holdover titles in limited release this week. I’m excited to see Chilean historical-political drama No, so it’s a lucky thing I live in Indianapolis as that’s the only place it’s playing- at least for now. We also get an exclusive on Jeff Nichols’ Mud, but on the whole there’s geographical equal opportunity. Read more
On DVD/Blu-ray – Review: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
by NIR SHALEV
Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. What more was there to life during the swingin’ ‘60s and rockin’ ‘70s? Well plenty, actually. But Russ Meyer’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (BTVOTD) chooses to focus on an all-girl rock group (that’s rather progressive for its time), their trip to L.A., and the consequences of becoming popular, ingesting lots drugs and alcohol, making friends and enemies, and eventually making lots of terrible mistakes. Read more
