Tag: film

How Top Gun Might Have Saved the Summer

Submitted by Coakes on Jun 27 2022
Six jet planes fly across the sky in a triangular formation.

Things have been heavy lately. The news is horrible; if you’re like me, you have cut off a good portion of news for your sanity and self-care. The weather is hot and muggy; delightful June of cool nights and pool days will be a distant memory soon as we head into the dog days of summer. The pandemic has been long and is stretching out still, like a ghost over our heads. Changes have been made to our routines and to our relationships. Every decision right now takes a lot of brain power; inflation makes every dollar count. It’s all exhausting.

Then, bam! Dogfighting jets!

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movies
film
entertainment
summer

What to watch before or after "Parasite"

Submitted by Jeffrey Schwartz on Mar 4 2020

After its historic night at the Oscars, with wins for Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, and International Feature, the curiosity and excitement about Parasite is as strong as ever.

As of this writing, there are currently over 200 holds on Anythink’s Blu Ray and DVD copies of the film.

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film
parasite
bong joon ho
snowpiercer
high and low
akira kurosawa
psycho
Alfred Hitchcock

Town Square 2020: American Creed Screening (canceled)

Town Square 2020: American Creed Screening

April 11, 2020 - 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Anythink Perl Mack

What does is mean to be American? Join us for a screening of the PBS documentary American Creed, a film covering the stories of a diverse group of Americans and exploring whether a unifying set of beliefs can be more powerful than the issues that divide us.

Space is limited; registration encouraged. Please visit our online calendar to register.

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Family
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Town Square 2020
America
film
civic engagement

The Retroactive Academy Awards: Part II

Submitted by Luke Sorge on Feb 13 2020

Sometimes, the Academy gets it right. 

The triumph of Bong Joon-Ho’s masterpiece, Parasite, at the 92nd Academy Awards was thrilling, gratifying, and – frankly – surprising. The joke about the Oscars is that rarely does the year's best picture win Best Picture. This is why I wrote a blog last year, The Retroactive Academy Awards, to sort of re-examine previous winners and see if they still cut the mustard. 

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Oscars
Academy Awards
film
movies

Films of the decade

Submitted by Nicole Falcone on Jan 22 2020

Less than a month into 2020, in the midst of awards and ceremonies, critics and cinephiles are in an uproar over accolades given and not given to last year’s films and performances. So goes the passion for moving pictures. I have my own opinions on the best of 2019, and how it’s shaking out this award season.

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film
best of
review
movies

Adaptation Matinee

Adaptation Matinee

December 21, 2019 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Anythink Bennett

Join us for a monthly screening of a movie adapted from a book and video clips discussing the differences between the two mediums. This month we will watch an iconic and gory John Carpenter monster movie from 1982. Popcorn and snacks provided. This film is rated R, children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult.

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Adult
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film
movie
screening

The thrill of the heist

Submitted by Jeffrey Schwartz on Sep 23 2019

A heist story turns its audience into the accomplices of a crime. Other stories ask us to like or empathize with their characters. A heist story asks us to discard the ethics and morals we abide by in our daily lives. The main characters are criminals, stealing something that was never theirs to begin with. But because they’re our protagonists, we find ourselves rooting for them to pull off a crime. They’re charming, smart, skilled, professional. And because we’re rooting for them, we begin to feel like one of them. We see things the way they do.

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heist
Rififi
Elmore Leonard
film

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