The term "cult" gets thrown around in film circles a lot but if there is a more singular film than Hausu that has a more dedicated following, I don't know what that would be. The 1977 Japanese film is equally credentialed as trash and art...
Carbon Arc has had some real success this winter bringing in highly-touted films early in their release cycle, notably a high-demand sold-out screening of Embrace of the Serpent, which returns for a second showing this Friday, and, in the early slot this Friday, The Brand New Testament, which has yet to be...
Jimmy's Hall – Ken Loach, UK/Ireland/France, 2014, 106 minutes Wikipedia page critic reviews via Metacritic '71 – Yann Demange, UK, 2014, 99 minutes Wikipedia page critic reviews via Metacritic It's been gratifying to see Brooklyn garner Oscar attention and a nice run at the box office; I'll concede that as a portrayal of Irish emigration to America in...
Carbon Arc is in the second week of a two-week March Break hiatus, but the Dal Art Gallery film series is back this week with two films from the 1940s. Tuesday sees the kickoff of a three-week series of screenings marking the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland, starting...
If you watch just one film this week, may I recommend Jafar Panahi's Taxi, which plays Wolfville this Sunday with the Nova-Scotia-set Daniel Boos short Bound. This is the third—and perhaps the most audacious—film that the Iranian master has managed to film since he was banned from filmmaking...
