Steve Walker

LGBT Film Festival Serves Up Divine Fare With A Dash Of James Franco

Steve Walker — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Any film festival centered around themes that appeal to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered audiences or their supportive allies is sure to be as eclectic as its targeted demographic. This year’s Kansas City LGBT Film Festival at Tivoli Cinemas in Westport makes good on that promise.

The festival features a tasty menu of movies addressing such subjects as 9/11, teen angst, the irrefutably trashy partnership between John Waters and Divine, and the controversial 1980 Al Pacino movie Cruising.

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.

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.

As American Heartland Theatre Winds Down, Debra Bluford Reflects On Her Career There

Steve Walker and Julie Denesha — Thu, 30 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

New theater companies and performance spaces are increasingly popping up in Kansas City. So when the American Heartland Theatre announced it was closing its doors in August, it was a startling development, especially to an actor like Debra Bluford, who has spent a good deal of her acting life there.

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?

Artists Explore The City As Labyrinth In 'rises Zora'

Steve Walker — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:36 +0000

Like any city of its size, Kansas City was designed and developed on an urban grid of streets and boulevards in order to make the city work. The Charlotte Street Foundation is currently presenting a month-long multimedia project that features nearly 40 artists who, in their own way, address how the city's layout is both influential, essential, and an ever-mysterious labyrinth.

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

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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.

Up To Date's Indie, Foreign & Doc Critics' 'Three To See', May 3-5, 2013

Steve Walker and Cynthia Haines and Bob Butler — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:47:29 +0000

Looking for a great film to see the weekend of May 3-5, 2013?