- If you’ve got the “I don’t know what to do with these in-laws visiting for the holidays” blues, you can thank Santa for the gift of Film Streams (filmstreams.org). The Ruth Sokolof Theater has some great events that just may bail you out of those awkward conversational pauses and disapproving backhanded compliments. First up, on Dec 15 at 7 pm, the “Silents in Concert” series concludes with a screening of The General, which will be accompanied by pianist Jim Boston of the Great Plains Ragtime Society. Then, starting Dec 17 and running through the 29th, It’s a Wonderful Life will hit the screen, bringing ample opportunity for loved ones to demonstrate their terrible Jimmy Stewart impression.
- If you loved Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, I have good news for you…provided you don’t loathe literacy. The film was actually based on a book by James Sallis, who has just written a sequel to his original novel, which will be called “Driven.” So if you want to see more adventures of the handsomest scorpion-jacket wearing semi-mute, you’ll find them between the covers!
- Despite the fact that it’s not all that old, Lionsgate has announced that they’re already remaking American Psycho, the film that took Christian Bale from Newsie to “who’s he?” Although technically it will be another film based on the book and not a true remake, that’s a distinction reserved only for those looking to not offend die-hard fans of the original. Because if there’s a group of die-hard fans you don’t want to offend, it’s those who love something with “psycho” in the title.
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