Movie Review – Horrible Bosses (2011)
by HELEN GEIB
The Three Stooges meet Strangers on a Train. Read more 
Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana (July 15, 2011)
by HELEN GEIB
All the new releases are in Indianapolis this week, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to see elsewhere around the state. For my part, I’ll be working hard to fit in a showing of A Better Life around the several movies I want to see at this year’s Indy Film Fest. All your options are spelled out below- what’s on your moviegoing schedule this week? Read more
A Few Good Blog Posts (July, 2011)
by HELEN GEIB
A monthly round-up of recent blog posts I enjoyed reading.
Kinnemaniac takes an appreciative second look at Black Swan Read more
DVD of the Week – Review of Insidious (2011)
by NIR SHALEV
Saw (2004) was directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. It became an instant success and a cult classic and was revolutionary in terms of micro-budgeting a feature length film (a horror film no doubt) and one that even featured a few Hollywood stars. The problem was that the story didn’t make any sense; its antagonist was, somehow supposed to be the protagonist; and it gave birth to the term “torture porn.” It sounds disgusting but believe me, the special effects, gore and violence are quite awful in terms of quality. Then came Paranormal Activity (2009), a film that replaced popular torture porn films with classical ghost stories and that utilized the “less is more” type of filmmaking. The end result wasn’t scary but funny, but at least it was fun. Read more
Rewind: Films of the 60s, 70s, 80s – Funny Farm (1988)
by RICHARD WINTERS
Uninspired comedy about a man named Andy Farmer (Chevy Chase) who receives an advance from a publishing company, which he uses to quit his job and buy a cabin out in the country. He moves there with his wife Elizabeth (Madolyn Smith) in order to write his novel. Unfortunately the local citizens are eccentric in very clichéd ways and the couple’s time there is spent dealing with one crazy misadventure after another. Read more
Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana (July 8, 2011)
by HELEN GEIB
Summer continues to depress the arthouse market, if this second week in a month with no new limited release movies is anything to go by. To compensate, several films hold over and the special screenings list is a good healthy length. What’s on your moviegoing agenda this week? Read more
Must-See Movies?
by HELEN GEIB
We all keep one. It might include a great classic, a forgotten gem, a favorite foreign film. Perhaps a title of historical or political consequence. Or maybe that movie you love to death just because. It’s our own private shortlist of movies everyone everywhere who loves movies should see.
What are a few of the movies on your must-see list?
DVD of the Week – Of Gods and Men (2010)
by HELEN GEIB
Of Gods and Men is a dramatization of the last months of a Trappist monastery in Algeria. Seven of the nine French monks were kidnapped and murdered by Islamic terrorists during the Algerian civil war of the 1990s. The script is faithful to the historical record, including writings left by some of the victims and testimony of the survivors. Read more
Independence Day Movie Game
by HELEN GEIB
The name of the game is name that movie. And then the hard (?) part: Why did I think of it for the Fourth of July?
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Rewind: Films of the 60s, 70s, 80s – Closely Watched Trains (1966)
by RICHARD WINTERS
This is an engaging, amiable Czechoslovakian import that won the Academy Award for best foreign film of 1966. The story concerns a young man named Milos (Vaclav Neckar) who follows in his father’s footsteps and gets a job at the local railway company during World War II. He almost immediately becomes bored with it and gets preoccupied with a beautiful young train conductor named Messa (Jitka Scoffin). Read more
