September 5, 2012 – 3:29 pm
Ongoing Village 8 Theatres 4014 Dutchmans Lane village8.com $3-$5; various times How do you research a man who is dead and didn’t leave much behind — other than a worldwide fellowship organization known as Alcoholics Anonymous? It took documentary filmmakers Kevin Hanlon and Dan Carracino eight years to complete “Bill W.,” an in-depth look at [...]
August 16, 2012 – 9:16 am
Aug. 16-19 Floyd Theater at U of L 2314 S. Floyd St. louisvillelgbtfilmfest.com $5; various times As a judge for this year’s LGBT Film Fest, I had to watch more than 40 short and feature-length films on various topics, but all dealing with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues. This year’s films were by far [...]
Through June Cinemark Tinseltown crookedarrows.com Various prices and times Kentuckian Brad Riddell scored a writing credit for this new film out now at Tinseltown. “Crooked Arrows” follows the challenges of an American Indian boys lacrosse team as they compete in a prep school league in upstate New York. It stars Brandon Routh (“Superman Returns”) and [...]
The film “Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present” will be shown on Tuesday, May 29 at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. Doors open at 6 p.m., film begins at 6:30 p.m. Q & A with Marina Abramović & filmmaker Jeff Dupre after the film. Tickets are $12.
March 14, 2012 – 12:36 pm
Pre-registration is required. Carnegie Center’s next Lunch & Learn Program during Women’s History Month is “Girls on the Side: The Marginalization of Female Characters in Popular Animated Film” on Tuesday, March 20 from 12-1 p.m. Indiana University Southeast Sociology professor Dr. Sara Hare and students Carolyn Coburn and Jennifer Jones will present the program. Participants can [...]
Monday, March 12 Village 8 Theaters 4014 Dutchmans Lane Imathlete.com $11 adv., $15 door; 7 p.m. A documentary that’s been winning prizes around the world will soon roll into town for its local premiere. “Bicycle Dreams” covers what is said to be the toughest sporting event on the planet: The Race Across America (RAAM.) In [...]
February 20, 2012 – 9:43 am
Monday, Feb. 20 NABC Pizzeria and Public House 3312 Plaza Drive, New Albany web.newalbanian.com/pizzeriaandpub Free; 6 p.m. There is a certain poetry in not charging people to watch films like “Capitalism: A Love Story” and “Inside Job,” the searing, Matt Damon-narrated investigation of the ’08 financial crisis that created our need for no-cost entertainment in [...]
February 15, 2012 – 10:49 am
Feb. 15-17 U of L Chao Auditorium at Ekstrom Library 2301 S. Third St. Free; 4 p.m. (Feb. 15-16), 3 p.m. (Feb. 17) The Institute for Intercultural Communication’s aptly named film series features work from two legendary, international directors and one who’s been somewhat forgotten outside Latin America. Germany is the first stop on this [...]
February 10, 2012 – 12:00 pm
The film “Moulin Rouge” will be shown at the Speed Art Museum, 634-2700, on Friday, Feb. 10. The bar opens at 6:30 p.m., with the film starting at 7:30 p.m. Included with Museum admission.
February 9, 2012 – 10:04 am
Feb. 9 & 15 •Rave Cinemas Stonybrook 2745 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy. •Rave Preston Crossing 9700 Preston Crossing Blvd. $10; 8 p.m. Six-time boxing champ Manny Pacquaio wears his hair long in tribute to him. Members of the Black Eyed Peas base their choreography on this former street fighter’s footwork. His influence resounds in the beats [...]
January 18, 2012 – 10:05 am
Wednesday, Jan. 18 Clifton Center 2117 Payne St. • 896-8480 cliftoncenter.org $5; 7 p.m. Wild and Woolly Video’s Todd Brashear sure has a fun hobby — he collects obscure and weird underground video clips and then pieces them together to create a single presentation that is guaranteed to entertain. A sampling of his collected works, [...]
December 21, 2011 – 12:56 pm
Wednesday, Dec. 21 Clifton Center 2117 Payne St. • 896-8480 $5 (free for members); 7 p.m. The Wild and Woolly Film Series at the Clifton Center returns with an evening of Laurel and Hardy films. The triple feature opens with “Big Business,” a 1929 silent short that lays out the basic Stan & Ollie template [...]
November 9, 2011 – 10:38 am
Through Nov. 18 U of L’s Floyd Theatre 2100 S. Floyd St. • 852-6115 Free; various times The Floyd Theatre’s French Film Fest is always worth a coup d’oeil — and not just because each show is sans frais. Presented by U of L’s Languages Department and Student Activities Board, four of the five acclaimed [...]
October 28, 2011 – 2:00 pm
Ceramicist Suzy Hatcher is having a pottery sale on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 308 S. Bayly Ave., 895-7735. The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, is holding a Halloween Drop-In Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $6 per person. Open to all ages. The [...]
