Tag Archives: film

Film Reviews on WUAG Radio

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Budd Wilkins

Avant on Air, part of the fascinating local e-zine Avant Greensboro, has kindly offered me the opportunity to talk about film on their weekly radio show on wuag.net (streaming worldwide).  Listen in on the first Thursday of every month at … Continue reading →

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Werner Herzog’s “Grizzly Man” Screens Tonight at The Creative Center

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Budd Wilkins

Join me at 7pm at The Creative Center, 900 Sixteenth St Greensboro Room 213 as we screen Werner Herzog’s incredible documentary film Grizzly Man (2005), the story of one man’s love of nature carried to the ultimate extreme. FREE with … Continue reading →

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In Memory of Davy Jones – “HEAD” at The Creative Center, Friday March 9

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Budd Wilkins

On Friday, March 9, 2012 at 8:00 p.m., I’m taking this opportunity to memorialize the late Davy Jones by screening The Monkees’ groundbreaking film “HEAD” written by Jack Nicholson and Bob Raefelson with all-star cast.  Directed by Bob Raefelson, starring The … Continue reading →

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New Film Series Starting Wednesday, March 7

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Budd Wilkins

We are proud to announce a new film series that will occur every first and third Wednesday of the month at The Creative Center featuring documentary films and cult/international/independent/obscure films.  Our first offering on March 7, 2012 is Werner Herzog’s … Continue reading →

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“Daughters of Darkness” (1971) Harry Kümel Playing in Greensboro This Saturday Night

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

My film series, “Sinister Cinema 1932-1989” continues at The Greensboro School of Creativity, 900 Sixteenth Street, Greensboro, this Saturday night with a presentation of “Daughters of Darkness.”  http://on.fb.me/ruMc6Y International screen icon Delphine Seyrig (of Last Year at Marienbad fame) stars … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema Film Series 1932-1989 Playing Now in Greensboro

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

Sinister Cinema Film Series, 1932-1989 My film series at the Greensboro School of Creativity is well underway, and I wanted to share with readers the remainder of the screenings.  All films are shown on the School’s incredible 120″ screen, and … Continue reading →

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The Films of Anthony Mann (Part 3): Winchester ’73, The Naked Spur, The Man From Laramie

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

The first of five films to team director Anthony Mann and star James Stewart, Winchester ’73 (1950) begins with Lin McAdam (Stewart) and “High-Spade” Wilson (Millard Mitchell) tracking killer Dutch Henry Brown (Stephen McNally) into Dodge City, Kansas, arriving in … Continue reading →

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Capsule Reviews: June 17 – 20

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

Spies (Fritz Lang, 1928) – 4/5 In effect remaking his own Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922), Lang interlards rip-roaring action pieces—the most impressive among them, a third-act train wreck—with a pretty conventional “romance between opposing sides” subplot, which never takes … Continue reading →

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Capsule Reviews: June 15 – 17

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

Attack of the 50-Foot Woman (Nathan Hertz, 1958) Village of the Giants (Bert I. Gordon, 1965) Queen of Outer Space (Edward Bernds, 1958) Mars Needs Women (Larry Buchanan, 1968) Two trends dominate the latest batch of TCM’s Drive-In Classics series … Continue reading →

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“Golden Age Thinking”: Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

Midnight in Paris, the latest chapter in Woody Allen’s ongoing Euro-travelogue, commences with an old-fashioned overture—a lengthy montage of postcard-pretty Parisian street scenes set to a Sidney Bechet clarinet number—hearkening back to the opening scenes of Manhattan (1977), the Woodman’s … Continue reading →

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