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Drafthouse Bringing Sion Sono’s ‘Hell’ to Theaters Next Year (with a Trailer)
For a lot of people, including me, hearing that Sion Sono has a new film is enough to sell the ticket. Doesn’t matter the title,…
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The Morning Read: Profitable NC-17, Secret Netflix and the Alamo Drafthouse Revolution
The morning’s best writing from around the movie website-o-sphere. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “A Rating With a Higher Return: NC-17” –…
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The Rise of Intentionally Bad Movies and Popular Cult
Last week, my partner hosted a screening of Miami Connection, Drafthouse Films’ release of the heretofore largely unseen low-budget Tae Kwon Do musical from 1987,…
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Review: ‘A Band Called Death’ Redefines Our Understanding Of Punk
Ask the average person on the street to name the city that saw its walls shake with the birth of punk music and odds are…
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26 Things We Learned From ‘The ABCs of Death’ Commentary
No one can accuse The ABCs of Death of lacking ambition. It features 26 short films from different directors, one for each letter of the…
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Drafthouse Films Wants Audiences to Visit Ben Wheatley’s ‘A Field in England’
Looks like Drafthouse Films is picking up some primo real estate, as the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has just announced that…
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Alamo Drafthouse To Do for 1983 What They Already Did for 1982
Though the Alamo Drafthouse already declared 1982 “the greatest summer of movies ever” with their Summer of 1982 screening series last year (which we giddily…
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Review: ‘Graceland’ Will Leave No One Clamoring for a Trip to the Philippines
The value of a really good story hook can never be overstated, but it’s become fairly uncommon these days to find a film that has…
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Why Do You Worship at the Alamo Drafthouse?
“Movie Houses of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those that are like temples of cinema catering to…