(10/3 & 10/4) UNEARTHED & UNTOLD: THE PATH TO PET SEMATARY (2014) DIR. JOHN...
This past April marked the 25th anniversary of the release of PET SEMATARY, the cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 horror novel…
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(9/27) THE BOXER’S OMEN (1983) DIR. CHIH-HUNG KUEI @BRATTLE
You would expect heads to roll in a movie that begins with a kickboxing match featuring BLOODSPORT bad-ass Bolo Yeung, but in…
(9/20) PHENOMENA (AKA CREEPERS) (1985) DIR. DARIO ARGENTO @BRATTLE
To say that Dario Argento is one of the more divisive filmmakers in the horror genre would be an understatement. To his…
(9/14) COME DRINK WITH ME (1966) DIR. KING HU @CGATE
Ask any martial arts movie fan about their gateway film to the genre, and a vast majority of them will answer with…
(8/21) DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975) DIR. SIDNEY LUMET @COOLIDGE
While this is arguably Al Pacino‘s film — he’s nuanced 1970s Pacino here, not latter-day Pacino playing Pacino — John Cazale‘s contributions…
(6/14) THE GREAT FLOOD (2012) DIR. BILL MORRISON @BRATTLE
While many civilizations and religions have had their own myths about destructive floods, I’m not sure that any of them would look quite…
(5/16 – 5/18) ROBOCOP (1987) DIR. PAUL VERHOEVEN @BRATTLE
In a near-future America, the crime-ridden city of (Old) Detroit symbolizes the decline of the urban industrial center, and a fascist corporation called…
(4/30) SUPERCOP (1992) DIR. STANLEY TONG @BPL-ALLSTON
Say what you will about his acting cameos, but filmmaker Quentin Tarantino knows his cinema. In 2009, he noted that 1992’s SUPERCOP…
(4/18 & 4/19) THE DEVIL’S EXPRESS (AKA: GANG WARS) (1976) DIR. BARRY ROSEN @COOLIDGE
All hail Warhawk Tanzania! The star of Barry Rosen’s 1976 grindhouse genre-bender, THE DEVIL’S EXPRESS (aka GANG WARS) doesn’t quite cement his…
