By Staff on February 5, 2012
By Matt Martin So many movies, so few worth seeing. Each year, the barely functioning Hollywood system releases a torrent of safe, predictable, and usually forgettable films to an ever-dwindling audience. Since investment costs are high, movie studios can’t risk putting large amounts of money into anything but the most obvious money makers. This leaves [...]
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By Staff on December 6, 2011
By Matt Martin When it comes to seasonal cinema offerings, they can’t all be so sweet. Of course, the winter months should be filled with all the classic Christmas movie moments, from Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas” in front of a roaring fireplace in Holiday Inn, to Jimmy Stewart running down the snowy street shouting [...]
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By Staff on November 1, 2011
By Matt Martin When November rolls around and the days grow shorter, America prepares to honor family and prosperity in the form of a day-long feast. Meanwhile, cinema junkies have only one question in mind: why aren’t there more Thanksgiving films? Think about it. There are hundreds of Christmas movies that have become cultural icons. [...]
Posted in Blog, Movies | Tagged Matt Martin, Movies, Thankgiving |
By Staff on September 3, 2011
By Matt Martin Art has always thrived on innovation, and the history of cinema is no exception. Over the last hundred years different changes, improvements, and alterations to filmmaking have shaped the art of movies from simple and static to complex and dynamic. Most of these changes have occurred inside the camera, or rather, changes [...]
Posted in Movies | Tagged drive-in, Movies |
By Staff on September 3, 2011
By Will Batts Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center (MGLCC) will again present films from around the world that will be of interest to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community and our allies. This year’s lineup includes films from Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, and the United Kingdom, as well as the [...]
Posted in Movies | Tagged Gay and Lesbian, Movies, Outflix |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Matt Martin No one questions watching cold, snowy movies in winter. It just seems right. Every year, as the holidays approach and the weather outside turns cold and bitter (well, for Memphis anyway), we huddle together inside watching movies and television about warm, emotional human interaction amidst freezing temperatures and snowy climates. When we [...]
Posted in Movies | Tagged Cooper Young, family, midtown, Movies |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Barb Elder For readers who follow ilovememphisblog.com, you may have already heard about the short documentary that has been made about CY’s own Black Lodge Video. Local filmmaker, Patrick Buttram, created this 20-minute short that details the history of Black Lodge and how it stands out from other video stores. If you don’t realize [...]
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By Staff on July 2, 2011
By Matt Martin As long as there’ve been fictional movies in the world, there have been documentaries. In fact, cinema began with non-fiction films. Early cinema, pre-1900, was dominated by the novelty of simply showing an event. These were usually simple static shots of normal life: a train pulling into a station, a boat arriving [...]
Posted in Movies | Tagged Black Lodge, book reviews, Business, family, midtown, Movies, video store |
By Emily on June 4, 2011
By Matt Martin By the early sixties, American teenagers had grown bored with the greaser, juvenile delinquent lifestyle, made popular by Marlon Brando in The Wild One and James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, that had dominated youth culture throughout the fifties. Spurned by a prospering economy and the beginnings of the sexual revolution, [...]
Posted in Movies | Tagged family, kids, Movie Reviews, Movies |
By Emily on May 11, 2011
By Matt Martin To be honest, I’m guessing there’s a good chance you just asked “who?” Had the name above read Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, or Martin Scorsese, I imagine that would not have been the case. And although he was one of the most prolific and celebrated film directors in the history of cinema, [...]
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