Film

New Documentary Tells Harvey Girls Story

Susan B. Wilson — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:03:15 +0000

America’s tales about taming the Wild West rarely include women. But in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, more than 100,000 pioneering young women left home to work as waitresses in restaurants located on train platforms along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' June 14-17, 2013

Beth Lipoff and Steve Walker and Cynthia Haines — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:18:49 +0000

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of June 14-17?

Up to Date's indie, documentary and foreign film critics share their three favorites showing on area screens.

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See,' June 7-9, 2013

Beth Lipoff and Steve Walker and Cynthia Haines and Bob Butler — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:15:20 +0000

Looking for a great film to see this weekend, June 7-9, 2013?

Up to Date's indie, documentary and foreign film critics share their three favorites showing on area screens.

What's Showing In Independent, Foreign & Documentary Film, June 7

Beth Lipoff and Steve Kraske and Bob Butler and Cynthia Haines — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:00:00 +0000

A family man has a dark side… as a Mafia hitman, and one actress turns the camera on her own family as she searches for her biological father.

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See', May 31-June 2, 2013

Beth Lipoff and Steve Walker and Cynthia Haines — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:03:26 +0000

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of May 31-June 2, 2013?

'What Maisie Knew' Is That Her Parents Were Utter Failures

Steve Walker — Fri, 31 May 2013 13:12:08 +0000

There’s no more important job than parenting, and it can go wrong in so many ways. In the powerful new drama What Maisie Knew, an updating of the 1897 Henry James novel to contemporary New York City, the audience sits by helplessly watching what happens when the wrong people fall into that job.

'Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf's' An Epitaph For Designers And Shoppers Alike

Steve Walker — Fri, 31 May 2013 13:11:19 +0000

There are few American inventions as intoxicating as the department store. In the opinions of high-end shoppers and designers alike, there may be none more lusted after and lauded than Bergdorf Goodman, profiled in the style of a 90-minute commercial in the entertaining new documentary Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's.

Your Guide To Movie Releases In May

Matthew Long-Middleton — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:06:46 +0000

It’s another summer of sequels!

With the release of Iron Man 3, The Hangover Part III, and Fast & Furious 6, it looks like Hollywood is attempting to once again attract people with the familiar and the established.

The movie critics, Russ Simmons, John Tibbetts, and Alan Rapp, discuss their favorite sequels, as well as the movies that never got a sequel, but deserve one (John Carter, anyone?).

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See', May 24-27, 2013

Beth Lipoff and Steve Walker and Cynthia Haines — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:47 +0000

Looking for a great film to see this Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-27, 2013?

Michael Shannon A Family Man, Hit Man And 'The Iceman'

Steve Walker — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:12:01 +0000

As intense as actor Michael Shannon has been on screens large and small, his chilling performance in Ariel Vroman's The Iceman ups the ante.

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See', May 17-19, 2013

Beth Lipoff and Steve Walker and Cynthia Haines — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:36 +0000

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of May 17-19, 2013?

Writing Teacher Finds A Prodigy With Problems In 'In The House'

Steve Walker — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Fans of both independent and foreign films can trust that, if they feature Kristin Scott Thomas, they're worth an investment of time, thought, and money.The bilingual actress has impeccable taste and can lift even mundane films to a place of esteemed elegance.

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See', May 10-12, 2013

Steve Walker and Cynthia Haines — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:44:41 +0000

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of May 10-12, 2013?

‘Renoir’ A Portrait Of An Artist In Decline

Steve Walker — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:38:00 +0000

To look at the collected paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir is to see all possible colors and textures made more rich and tactile by the light. Gilles Bourdos’ evocative Renoir is less a comprehensive biography than a portrait of the man in his golden years (played with astonishing physical accuracy by Michel Bouquet) when his output is hardly dented at all by his physical impairments.

SAG-AFTRA Closes Kansas City Office

Laura Spencer — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:15:19 +0000

The labor union representing film, television and radio actors, announcers, and newscasters plans to close its Kansas City office.