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6
Feb

Photo Play: Frequency

by HELEN GEIB

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3
Feb

Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana (February 3, 2012)

by HELEN GEIB

A bunch of movies whose titles start with the letter “A” and a couple of other films hold over in Indianapolis and in some cases elsewhere. What looks good to you? Read more »

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2
Feb

Keeping Track (February 2, 2012)

by HELEN GEIB

Last Week at the Movies

Man on a Ledge
The African Queen
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Read more »

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2
Feb

Capsule Movie Review – Man on a Ledge (2012)

by HELEN GEIB

Man on a Ledge is a tough nut to review because the less you know going in, the more fun it is to watch it unfold slash hurtle along to its destination. It starts with a man climbing out the window of an old New York City skyscraper hotel. To give you a sense of the kind of movie it is, I’ll go one step further and reveal that he’s not suicidal. Read more

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1
Feb

Movies You Like About Sports You Don’t?

by HELEN GEIB

The discussion topic this week is prompted by the Super Bowl and the fact that I can’t ignore it like I normally do because my hometown is playing host.

I don’t like football. I also really, really, really don’t care about football. Yet despite total disinterest bordering on hostility there are movies about football that I’ve really enjoyed, like Friday Night Lights and The Longshots. I’ve also enjoyed movies about soccer, hockey, basketball, rugby….

What are some sports movies you like about sports you don’t care about?

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30
Jan

Photo Play: Joan Blondell in Footlight Parade

by HELEN GEIB

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27
Jan

Capsule Movie Review – Underworld: Awakening (2012)

by HELEN GEIB

The vampires and werewolves are at each others’ throats again in Underworld: Awakening. Two things must be understood: 1) this is the fourth installment in a monster movie series and 2) the story is at the service of the supernatural fantasy action, not the other way around. Taken on those terms it works rather well. Read more »

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27
Jan

Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana (January 27, 2012)

by HELEN GEIB

The Artist got a big boost from the Oscar nominations and expands beyond the Indy metro area at last. Meanwhile Albert Nobbs, which garnered acting nominations for Glenn Close and Janet McTeer, opens at the Castleton and southside AMCs in Indianapolis (but not the KAC). A Dangerous Method opens at a surprisingly large number of theaters state wide (even without Oscar’s imprimatur) and a second movie starring Michael Fassbender, Shame, starts at the Keystone Art Cinema. All that plus a good lineup of repertory and festival screenings. What looks good to you this weekend? Read more »

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26
Jan

Keeping Track (January 26, 2012)

by HELEN GEIB

Last Week at the Movies

As if a Powell and Pressburger movie on the big screen wasn’t special enough, the IMA screening of A Matter of Life and Death was followed by a Skype Q&A with Thelma Schoonmaker, who I knew as Martin Scorsese’s editor and who is also Michael Powell’s widow. The really bad reviews for Red Tails put me off it, but I did see the weekend’s other two new releases, Haywire and Underworld Awakening. Read more »

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25
Jan

Trailers for Movies I Like: In Bruges (2008)

by HELEN GEIB

A monthly series. Title self-explanatory.

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Review of In Bruges


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