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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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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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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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Capsule Reviews: June 10 – 14

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

The Wasp Woman (Roger Corman, 1959) – 2/5 Quickie cash-in fueled by the runaway popularity of the previous year’s The Fly. By locating his action in a cosmetics empire run by a middle-aged female fashion icon obsessed with cracking the … Continue reading →

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Capsule Reviews: June 7 – 9

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, 1947) – 5/5 One of the great exemplars of Technicolor cinematography (provided by Jack Cardiff, who also lensed Powell’s equally ravishing follow-up The Red Shoes [1948]) – and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. A … Continue reading →

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Into the Abyss of Time: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog, 2010)

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

Let’s get the negativity out of the way upfront: Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ 3D effects – although philosophically understandable – are nevertheless frequently murky, rendering the dark cavernous spaces and fitful lighting even more obscurant, as well as inconsistent – … Continue reading →

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Capsule Reviews: June 3 – 6

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Budd Wilkins

Witchfinder General (aka The Conqueror Worm, Michael Reeves, 1968) – 4/5 As the titular unscrupulous witch hunter, Vincent Price gives one of his most malevolent and restrained performances. Writer/director Reeves, who died from an overdose less than a year later … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: movie

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

New Film Series Starting Wednesday, March 7

Sinister Cinema Film Series 1932-1989 Playing Now in Greensboro

Capsule Reviews: June 17 – 20

Capsule Reviews: June 15 – 17

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

Capsule Reviews: June 10 – 14

Capsule Reviews: June 7 – 9

Into the Abyss of Time: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog, 2010)

Capsule Reviews: June 3 – 6

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