May 20, 2014 | 2014 Archive
Ah, Cinetopia! This year’s lineup makes me so so proud. The films are a dynamic mix of the humorous and the tense, the avant-garde & the classic styles of filmmaking and the big names playing side by side with the up-and coming wunderkinds. My picks are but...
May 19, 2014 | 2014 Archive
Two of Saturday Night Live’s outstanding comedians, Kristen Wiig & Bill Hader star as estranged twins Maggie and Milo in this dramedy that picked up the Best Screenplay Award at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The twins, unexpectedly reunited after a failed...
May 18, 2014 | 2014 Archive
Cinetopia is Detroit & Ann Arbor’s ode to the Cannes Film Festival (currently playing in the South of France) and our film lineup pretty much echoes this ode. Picking just 5 movies out of an endless list of favorites is a task, but I guess...
May 18, 2014 | 2014 Archive
Here are my top 5 from this year’s Cinetopia: NO CLUE: This film just happened to fall into my lap as I made my way through the countless screeners and I couldn’t have been happier. It’s a Raymond Chandler mystery with a dash of SCTV and maybe just a pinch of...
May 17, 2014 | 2014 Archive
George Takei doesn’t shy away from digging into his remarkable career and personal life in Jennifer Kroot’s delightful and incisive film To Be Takei. As a child forced into Japanese-American internment camps, the actor-turned-activist reveals the ways in which racism...
May 17, 2014 | 2014 Archive
There’s no better way to enjoy a lovely summer evening than movies and drinks under the stars. Join us at Bill’s Beer Garden for a FREE screening of the ‘90s stoner comedy Dazed and Confused. Writer/director Richard Linklater follows the adventures of incoming high...
