Cultastrophe at Cinema Nova
byBringing his sense for the ridiculous and celebrating the uncelebratable, writer, curator and educator Zak Hepburn has come to Cinema Nova with a program of cult classics for your late Friday night enjoyment.
Classics
Film Review: North by Northwest (1959)
byNorth by Northwest has recently been restored and is being showcased at the Astor Theatre in a 4K DCP (digital cinema package) print. Enhancing the original 1950s production values in its VistaVision wide aspect ratio, no other Hitchcock film was so extensively filmed on location.
Film Review: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
byWritten by Mark Hewitt Originally published 23 January 2013 It must be almost fifteen years since I last saw Indiana Jones and the Temple…
Film Review: Psycho at the Astor
byWritten by Mark Hewitt Originally published 1 January 2013 Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) looks wary as she hurriedly drives away from Phoenix, Arizona. It’s getting…
Wednesdays with Woody: Celebrity (1998)
byWritten by Kate-Ida Holleman Originally published 12 September 2012 Fitting nicely in between Sweet and Lowdown and Deconstructing Harry, Woody Allen’s Celebrity looks at the lives of…
Wednesdays with Woody: Deconstructing Harry (1997)
byWritten by Kate-Ida Holleman Originally published 5 September 2012 Woody Allen’s offbeat comedy Deconstructing Harry opened to 1997 Venice Film Festival. After failing to get…
Wednesdays With Woody: Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 29 August 2012 In the introduction to his collection of reviews Francois Truffaut famously made the demand “…that…
Wednesdays with Woody: Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
byWritten by Mark Hewitt Originally published 22 August 2012 “Achilles only had an Achilles heel… I’ve got an Achilles body.” Seven years after being…
Wednesdays with Woody: Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 8 August 2012 Manhattan Murder Mystery opens with Bobby Short singing Cole Porter’s “I happen to love New York”…
Wednesdays with Woody: Husbands and Wives (1992)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 1 August 2012 It doesn’t take five minutes until the basic premise of Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives…