Contratualions to the DFT fo their two sold out screenings of “Louder than Love” an homage to the Grande Ballroom….don’t despair…an equally compelling film “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” is screening on April 6 and 7 at 9:30 and April 8 at 4;30….foodies and Oedipal-philes unite !
Breaking NewsTh e Reel Deal regrets that we must cancel the March 25th program scheduled at the Bloomfield Township Library for “Never Let Me Go”……Pleae look for an alternative event at the DFT, to be announced shortly…..This is a superb film, quietly evocative and heartfelt…don’t miss it, if you haven’t yet had the chance to see ...
Breaking News, Film Theory 101This fantastic film just won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film…..it is a sensitive film that offers no easy solutions, gratuitous “feel good” moments or contrived tragedies….instead, this Iranian film respects its audience and invites them to struggle with the dilemmas faced by its protagonists…if you missed it this weekend at the Detroit Film ...
Breaking NewsThis Oscar nominated Iranian film has landed on many best film lists for 2011 and is offered by the DFT this weekend (Friday and Saturday the 24th and 25th at 7 and 9:30pm amd Sunday the 26th at 2pm and 5pm..also next weekend Saturday March 3 at 4 and 7 in the DIA lecture room ...
Breaking NewsT!1his is a blockbuster weekend for the DFT: starting with Saturday, Januray 28 at 2pm is Andrei Rublev, Tarkovsky’s masterpiece!!! Followup up with “Detroit Revisited: The Making of a Plant” part of the DFT’s committment to the spirit of our city. Then Friday evening at 7pm( and Saturday and Sunday) catch “Outrage”…..
Breaking NewsMark your calendar for the much awaited “Dangerous Method” the film about Freud, Jung and the doomed Sabina Spielrien…..the film opens at the Main Theatre..stay tuned for the announcement of a Reel Deal Goes to the Movies event that will allow us to process this must see movie together! Jolyn Wagner
Breaking NewsCheck out this Sunday’s New York Time’s article by Manohla Dargis…she gives a wonderful microanalysis of the opening montage of Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia…frame by frame! The best sequence of the best film of the year! There is a special Oscar section today with loads of great movie info…what a nice way to bring in the New ...
Breaking NewsThe Detroit Film Theatre opens its 2012 season on January 13 with Aki Kaurismaki’s wonderful new film “Le Havre” -one of the big hits at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. The film will screen on January 13 and 14 at 7pm and January 15 at 2pm (also January 20, 21 at 9:30 and January 22at ...
Breaking NewsRanier Werner Fassbinder’s World on a Wire has been restored in all its 1970′s kinky glory for this weekend’s screenings at the DFT (November 18 at 7:30, November 19 at 7pm and November 20 @ 2pm)…this 212 minute film was way ahead of its time, with the tale of cyberworld antics and Matrix-like questions of ...
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What is Black Swan about? Is it the struggle for perfection and passion within the tiny frame of one driven ballerina? Is it the classic story of a mother-daughter relationship gone psycho? Is it a further elaboration of director Darren Aranofsky’s need to torture his characters(and perhaps his audience) with battered bodies on screen? Is it ...