Suggestion of the Week

A little cartoon never hurt nobody! Join Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles as they fight crime and kick booty in Townsville…

“Sugar. Spice. And everything nice.These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girl. But Professor Utonium accidentally added an EXTRA INGREDIENT to the concoction…. CHEMICAL X. “

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Suggestion of the Week

Night and the City (Jules Dassin)

Start off your Wednesdy with some Dassin…

“That such nihilistic nastiness is remotely entertaining is a tribute to Dassin’s frantic, expressionistic portrait of London’s sickly underworld and Richard Widmark’s hysteria-laced performance. And even then, the fact that it’s this breathlessly exhilarating is something of a small cinematic miracle.”

Harry, a second-rate con man promotes an aging Greek wrestler. But his plan goes awry when the wrestler dies and everyone points the finger at Harry. Hiding out in a riverfront barge, Harry sees his grand ambitions spiral into a nightmare of fear and desperation…

Watch this flick and read more off Criterion!

Suggestion of the Week

Wet Hot American Summer (David Wayne)

Quirky, sweet, with just the right amount of teen angst. Catch it at Nitehawk on the sixteenth!

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“But if you have reached that stage of life when the opportunities for short-sheeting your counselor’s bed or sneaking a frog into someone else’s underwear are not as plentiful as they once were, then this sloppy comedy may be a pleasant reminder of days gone by.”

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Set on the last day of camp, Wet Hot American Summer follows a group of counselors and the chaos pursuing them as they try to complete some unfinished business before the day ends: pent-up sexual frustrations, post-traumatic stress, pending separations, and a talent show.

Watch this off Amazon or read more off the New York Times

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Safe (Todd Haynes)

The eeriest movie you’ll see all year, Safe features Julianne Moore like you’ve never seen her before.

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“Haynes displays a hauntingly effective visual style. Long shots, flat compositions and cruel fluorescent lighting create a powerfully disorienting effect, as does the neurasthenic edge Ms. Moore subtly brings to Carol’s role.”

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Written and directed by Todd Haynes, Safe follows a California housewife’s slow degradation when infected with an environmental illness.

Buy this film off Amazon or read more off the New York Times!

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Small Time Crooks (Woody Allen)

Cookies, crime, and chaos. With just the right amount of shady, some classic Woody Allen can never hurt.
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“The Woodman has recovered his common touch. On him, it looks good.”

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Written and directed by Woody Allen, Small Time Crooks follows the misadventures of an ex-con dishwasher and his manicurist wife. A plan to rob a bank turns into something much sweeter…leaving them rich, but not how they expected.

Watch this movie off Amazon or read more off Rolling Stone!

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In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)

Something sweet. Something sad. Something about love. In the Mood for Love will probably be the prettiest thing you see all year.

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“If you didn’t already know this cinematographer’s work, you might assume Wong had hired a private detective for the job, so skilful are the furtive compositions.” 

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Journalist Chow Mo-wan, neglected by his wife (often traveling on business) meets sexy and sophisticated Su Li-zhen, whose own husband is seemingly consumed with work. As the two realize their spouses are having an affair, they begin to fall for each other…

Watch this off Criterion or read some more off Guardian

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Beetlejuice (Tim Burton)

Just the right amount of quirky, Beetlejuice has Tim Burton written all over it…

“Tim Burton, who also directed ”Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure,” shows a keen grasp of preadolescent tastes in special effects (the weirder the better), pacing (illogical but busy) and comic constructs.”

After a couples dies in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence. When a new couple and their teen daughter Lydia buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice a rambunctious spirit whose “help” quickly becomes dangerous for the Maitlands and innocent Lydia…

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The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks)

A classic to get you through the winter lull…

“Much of the terseness and toughness of Mr. Chandler’s style has been caught in the movement and dialogue of William Faulkner’s and Leigh Brackett’s script. And Mr. Hawks, who produced and directed, has kept the action racy and raw.”

Private investigator Philip Marlowe is hired to resolve the gambling debts of a General’s wild and young daughter. But when people linked to the General and his daughter start being murdered, Marlowe finds himself deeper into the case than he had intended…

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Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock)

Looking for a little something scary? Check out a Hitchcock classic that’s sure to leave you unhinged…

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“Mr. Hitchcock, an old hand at frightening people, comes at you with a club in this frankly intended bloodcurdler.”

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Based on the novel by Robert Bloch, we follow a young secretary on the run. Stopping for the night at the Bates Motel, she encounters Norman Bates, a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a complicated relationship with his mother.

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Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese)

Some action, some mobsters, and a whole lot of Robert De Niro. Catch this flick at Film Forum through the twenty-fifth!

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“NO FINER FILM HAS EVER BEEN MADE ABOUT ORGANIZED CRIME — NOT EVEN THE GODFATHER!”

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Based on the book, Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, Goodfellas follows a young De Niro through the ranks of the mob. Enjoying a life of luxury and money eventually leads him to drug addiction and a few mistakes, unraveling his climb to the top…

Watch this off Amazon or read more off Guardian