Follow Tucson Weekly - Cinema, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/tucsonweekly4 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:27:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOu-LZGFMa6t45VjH6qdYdAk When Ti West’s “X” was released in theaters back in March, critics and audiences alike were largely impressed with the 1970s throwback slasher film, which was a sleazy little affair that saw a group of amateur adult filmmakers fall into the hands of a murderous elderly couple in rural Texas…]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:12:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOu-LZGFMa6t45VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvmmz5lYVIl8ClmFkX7M1Jw If you’ve heard talk of “Barbarian,” you’ve likely heard that it’s best to go in knowing as little as possible…]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2022 19:05:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvmmz5lYVIl8ClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvEkArFYgghXJVjH6qdYdAk An independent local feature film titled “Run Rabbit” was selected to play opening night of the Arizona Sunburn Film Festival in Tucson.…]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2022 23:10:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvEkArFYgghXJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOuOKLPY5_kVvF1cWWor9YPv It would be understandable to be skeptical of the claim that one of the best films of the first half of the year is a stop-motion/live-action hybrid mockumentary based on a series of viral videos about a talking seashell with one googly eye and a pair of shoes.…]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2022 19:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOuOKLPY5_kVvF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvgdGt16DOzml1cWWor9YPv The Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky once said, “The artist exists because the world is not perfect.” In turn, the Arizona International Film Festival returns this year with a renewed effort on connection and collaboration, perhaps making the world a bit better through art.…]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvgdGt16DOzml1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOuw14_QdYjGZ6CY3L745TL_ Jingle All the Way is a movie that defies expectations. For example, as the movie opens on a hulking Arnold Schwarzenegger playing an all-American dad named Howard Langston, you might expect there to be a brief acknowledgement of or explanation forwhy this massive bodybuilder with an Austrian accent is working in an office job in Minnesota.…]]> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOuw14_QdYjGZ6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvuP2k-cGIN5ezdsCmHakzH A Christmas Story. The further we get from old chestnuts like It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street, the more 1983’s A Christmas Story climbs the ranks of the most loved holiday movies of all-time.…]]> Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvuP2k-cGIN5ezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOsnACM3ixpQZylmFkX7M1Jw Writer-director Robert B. Weide, best known for his contributions to Curb Your Enthusiasm, had been working on a Kurt Vonnegut documentary, with full cooperation from his subject, since the ’80s up until the author’s death. As of 2007, when the man who had become his good friend over the years succumbed to a head injury after falling down the stairs at his NYC home, the film had not been completed.…]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOsnACM3ixpQZylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOsnACM3ixpQZ6CY3L745TL_ Rocky Horror Picture Show. The time warp?…]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOsnACM3ixpQZ6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOv_YW7CVrVGVHn9ye8UNv30 Julia Child was an intimidating celebrity to witness as a pre-teen. When I stayed home sick from school, my feverish face sampled a mixture of syndicated programming (Gilligan, Flintstones, Love American Style) and PBS shows, including my favorite, The Electric Company, along with Sesame Street, Mister Rogers and the incomparable Julia Child with her very enthusiastic cooking programs.…]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOv_YW7CVrVGVHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOv_YW7CVrVGVClmFkX7M1Jw Cinema Tucson presents “Prayers for the Stolen.” In the past, if Spanish-speaking audiences in Tucson wanted to see Mexican-made movies on the big screen, they only had one opportunity: the Cine Mexico festival, held at the end of March each year since 2004. When it ended last year, it was the longest-running annual showcase of Mexican film in the United States.…]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOv_YW7CVrVGVClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOv09T8AADX4iOT5HJgy6HUf For Jeff Yanc, the best part of going to the movies is going to the movies. In other words, it’s not just about seeing a movie, but the communal experience surrounding it—gathering with strangers in a dark room, gazing up at the same screen, reacting in real time to whatever pops up on it and discussing its merits in the lobby afterward.…]]> Thu, 04 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOv09T8AADX4iOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOv09T8AADX4iCejEQ2Mq9rY There’s a lot going on in writer-director Edgar Wright’s crazed, inventive Last Night in Soho. It’s a modern take on the perils of too much nostalgia, a ghost story, a psychological thriller, a murder mystery, a Hitchcockian/Polanski homage and more.…]]> Thu, 04 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOv09T8AADX4iCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOsH3OtnPser6SlmFkX7M1Jw Back in 1984, a sweetheart of a director with an eccentric twinkle in his eye named David Lynch refused directorial duties on Return of the Jedi in favor of adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune to the big screen. The resultant film was a disaster at the box office, loathed by critics, and disavowed by Lynch.…]]> Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOsH3OtnPser6SlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOtfmeB_QtjTu3n9ye8UNv30 Disney and Muppet fans will get a true, continuous fangasm with every second of Muppets Haunted Mansion, another fine usage of the beloved Henson creations as well as a terrific homage to one of the greatest rides ever made.…]]> Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOtfmeB_QtjTu3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOuJ46rzof10KHn9ye8UNv30 Just like Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig has been bitching about playing the character that made his career for quite some time now. He’s logged 15 years (five films) playing James Bond, Agent 007, and the last couple of times getting him in front of the camera have produced a lot of whining and some big checks to get him to play along.…]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOuJ46rzof10KHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvXG8AHmr6xuOT5HJgy6HUf Fourteen years after the screen went to black (I’m in the Tony’s dead camp!), The Sopranos returns with a prequel movie that proves to be a miscalculation in continuing the franchise. It’s proof that, sometimes, it’s a little too hard to go back.…]]> Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/q2QpXvL8cOvXG8AHmr6xuOT5HJgy6HUf