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Everything is STILL Terrible!
EIT: THE UNTOLD STORY from Everything Is Terrible! on Vimeo.
Dragonslayer
Thur.-Sun. Jan. 26-29: Dragonslayer
(Dir. Tristan Patterson - 2011 - 74m) DRAGONSLAYER won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at SXSW 2011 and is the 2nd feature film to be released theatrically by Drag City Records following Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers. An intimate vérité portrait of the life and times of Josh “Skreech” Sandoval, a 23-year-old skate legend from the stagnant suburbs of Fullerton, CA, DRAGONSLAYER takes the viewer through a golden SoCal haze of lost youth, broken homes and abandoned swimming pools, set to a soundtrack of bands from indie-rock labels Mexican Summer and Kemado Records-including Best Coast, Bipolar Bear, Children, Dungen, Jacuzzi Boys, Little Girls and The Soft Pack—as well as Death and Thee Oh Sees.
@ The Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) 3/7:20pm each nite, ticket prices on the website
Color Me Obsessed
Thurs. Jan. 26 to Wed. Feb. 1- Color Me Obsessed
(Dir. Gorman Bechard - 2011 - 123m) Like many who were weaned on punk music, director Bechard latched onto this brash young Minneapolis band with fervor. Told through the eyes of fans, friends, and contemporaries, the film breaks from the traditional music documentary format of music and performances. “Not wanting to make a VH1/where-are-they-now style documentary, I decided to present the band in a more iconic way,” the director explains. Dubbed “the last best band” by Spin Magazine, Replacements' live shows could be miraculous or downright disasters. As critic’s darlings, their albums were wrought with angry guitars and passionate well-written lyrics that hinted at potential commercial success. Yet, somehow, the band managed to continually shoot themselves in the foot. Their relative obscurity was a motivating factor in presenting their story, an obsessive tale of the most influential band you've never heard of, The Replacements. And though containing not a note of their music, COLOR ME OBSESSED is a documentary that really rocks.
Also, Adam Hooks & friends will be performing some Replacements songs on opening night!
@ The Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) 5/9pm each nite, ticket prices on the website
The Rock-Bop Workshop
Sun. Jan. 22- The Rock-Bop Workshop
Members of the Cosmic ReBop Band will facilitate the Rock-Bop Workshop, collaborating with a variety of jazz, rock & other experimental musicians for a real-deal freeform collective jam session. Members of the audience are encouraged to bring acoustic instruments (only) and participate. The whole theater space will be used! Cosmic ReBop has been performing free jazz in Burque for the past ten years in venues ranging from cafes, roof tops, street corners, art galleries, and traditional spaces such as The Outpost. The format for free jazz has its origins in JATP (Jazz at the Philharmonic) of the 40s and 50s, John Coltrane's Om and Ascension of the 60s, and Miles Davis' exploratory fusion of the 70s. If you plan to play, show up at 11:30am and set up.
@ The Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) noon-3pm, $5 per
Free Latenight Speakeasy horror!
Sun. Dec. 18- Free Latenight Speakeasy movie!
Dario Argento’s Inferno (www.imdb.com/title/tt0080923) is playing on the big screen! As with most Argento flicks, plot logic is not a big issue. It will no doubt be a visual feast, though. Also, Keith Emerson (of ELP) did the soundtrack!@ The Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE), movie starts 9:45 pm, so don't show up after they've locked the doors. FREE & BYOWhateva, but be respectful to the folks who are providing this event just for the fun of it, and don't leave a mess.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Fri.-Tues. Nov. 18-22: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
“THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 (Goran Hugo Olsson - 2011 - 92m) mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement—Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them—the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years later, this lush collection was found languishing in the basement of Swedish Television. Director Göran Olsson and co-producer Danny Glover bring this footage to light in a mosaic of images, music and narration chronicling the evolution one of our nation's most indelible turning points, the Black Power movement. Music by Questlove and Om'Mas Keith, and commentary from prominent African- American artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle -- including Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Talib Kweli, and Melvin Van Peebles -- give the historical footage a fresh, contemporary resonance and makes the film an exhilarating, unprecedented account of an American revolution.” Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival!
@ The Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) 4/6/8pm each day, check website for prices
Vigilante Vigilante
Vigilante Vigilante (Max Good & Nathan Wollman - 2011 - 86m)
The perfect split-screen matchup for Bad Posture! Are you paying attention, graf-heads & free speechers?
"A new breed of crime-fighter now stalks the urban landscape: the anti-graffiti vigilante. These dedicated blight-warriors stop at nothing to rid their neighborhoods and cities of street art, stickers, tags, and posters. Yet several of these vigilantes have become the very menace they set out to eliminate. In their relentless attempt to stamp out graffiti, they have turned to illegally and destructively painting other people’s property. VIGILANTE VIGILANTE is the story of two filmmakers who set out to expose these mysterious characters and discover a battle of expression that stretches from the streets to academia."
@ The Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) Sun.-Wed. 5pm/6:45pm, check website for prices
And while on the subject, also fuck the handful of little men who make it their business to tear down flyers off of streetpoles locally. You are pathetic. We know who you are.
DON’T MISS IT THIS TIME!!
Sun.-Wed. Nov. 13-16- DON’T MISS IT THIS TIME!!
Bad Posture (Dir. Malcolm Murray - 2011 - 93m) encore screenings
Shot in 4 months on a shoestring budget by real locals, this is one of the best films to come out of the whole local DIY film/“Tamalewood” scene yet. Serious. This movie is gonna be for ABQ what Slacker was for Austin; like it or not. Every scene screams Burque. Watch for cameos by Spare Change John, Nearly Normal Norm & tons of hiphop/graf scene heads.
@ The Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) 3pm/8:45pm each day, check website for prices
World on a Wire
Mon.-Fri. Nov. 7-11: World on a Wire
You should already be geeked about this “sci-fi solstice” series The Guild is hosting, starting the weekend before this film, with Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture, The Man Who Fell to Earth & then the classic rock-soundtracked version of Metropolis the next weekend, but I wanted to make sure you knew about this one too:
World on a Wire - New Digital Restoration! (Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 1973 - 212m with 10m intermission - In German with English subtitles) A dystopic science-fiction epic, World on a Wire is German wunderkind Rainer Fassbinder’s gloriously cracked, boundlessly inventive take on future paranoia. With dashes of Kubrick, Vonnegut, and Dick, but a flavor entirely his own, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of reluctant action hero Fred Stiller (Klaus Lowitsch), a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate and governmental conspiracy. At risk? Our entire (virtual) reality as we know it. This long unseen three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the weird world of tomorrow from one of cinema’s kinkiest geniuses.
@ The Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) 3pm/7pm each day, check website for prices
Upcoming events
- The Return of Low Life Movie Night!(1 day)
- Variety of Interesting Performers(2 days)
- Critical Mass(2 days)
- $1 Bass Fiesta(2 days)
- Third Annual People’s Art Show(3 days)
- crazy house show(3 days)
