Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana (May 7, 2010)
by MIKE MACCOLLUM
In case you hadn’t heard, summer is on the way- along with the big summer movies. The signs are there: The Rocky Horror Picture Show seems to be on summer break from the Georgetown 14, mainstream movies are starting to ooze their way back in to the Keystone Art Cinema after a brief respite, and the big movies are taking over more and more screens at other theaters across the state. (For example, the Hamilton 16 and IMAX in Noblesville and the Portage 16 and IMAX both will show Iron Man 2 on FIVE screens this week- one IMAX screen, and four “regular” screens… yeesh.) But there is still more than a little in the way of cinematic variety around the state- as demonstrated below…. Read more 
Movie Review – The Ghost Writer (2010)
by NIR SHALEV
Being exiled for over thirty years hadn’t hindered Roman Polanski’s career in the slightest bit. As a matter of fact, The Pianist (2002) and Ghost Writer are easily two of his greatest movies. Add those to Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), and Chinatown (1974) and now we’re cooking with fire. Clearly he’s a master filmmaker, a famous auteur, and a media darling but that’s because when he’d created a great thriller early in his career he’d stuck to making the best thrillers from then on. Read more
DVD of the Week – Review of Tetro (2009)
by NIR SHALEV
Francis Ford Coppola is one of the most famous and greatest of living directors, but strangely he hasn’t written an original screenplay since his Oscar winning film The Conversation (1974). With Tetro, Coppola goes back to his roots of being an “original” director and, as expected the film is gorgeously shot. Read more
Rewind: Films of the 60s, 70s, 80s – All the Marbles (1981)
by RICHARD WINTERS
Peter Falk does another terrific job playing a lovable, but eccentric character in All the Marbles. Here he takes on the role of a con-man type manager of two women wrestlers (played by Laurene Landon and Vicki Frederick). Read more
Movie Review – The Losers (2010)
by HELEN GEIB
The Losers might have been a really fun movie if the filmmakers had decided what kind of movie they were making before they started filming. Read more
Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana (April 30, 2010)
by MIKE MACCOLLUM
For those of us who like a little variety in their theatrical releases, the good times keep on rolling in Indiana this week- veteran Italian director Marco Bellocchio returns to an Indianapolis big screen for the first time in a quarter of a century, a Bollywood rom-com opens in Indy, the 3D Phish concert film starts at several theaters around the state, and a family-friendly film shot in Ireland starts in Indy as well. For all of that and more, read on below…. Read more
