Events for September 21st, 2012
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Directed by Alison Klayman. US. 2012. R. 91 min. Sundance Selects. 35mm.
Fri, Sep 21 thru Thu, Sep 27 -- Roll over to view showtimes.
“Alison Klayman’s documentary is one of the most engagingly powerful movies of the year almost completely on the strength of Ai’s rumpled charisma and the confusion it creates in the bureaucratic mindset of the Chinese Communist Party. A big, burly bear of a man, with a caustic sense of humor behind deadpan eyes, he’s a culture jammer who began as an artist with political tendencies but has become an activist who happens to make art. More»
RoboCop
Directed by Paul Verhoeven. US. 1987. R. 102 min. MGM. 35mm.
- Fri, Sep 21, 9:45 pm
“RoboCop set the tone for much of Dutch auteur import Paul Verhoeven’s career in America, and not just because of Kurtwood Smith’s curt command “Bitches leave!” It was a relatively low-budget, high-concept satire in the guise of a relatively high-budget, low-concept trash-a-thon. More»