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Nev, a 24-year-old New York-based photographer, has no idea what he’s in for when Abby, an eight-year-old girl from rural Michigan, contacts him on MySpace, seeking permission to paint one of his photographs. When he receives her remarkable painting, Nev begins a friendship and correspondence with Abby’s family. But things really get interesting when he develops a cyber-romance with Abby’s attractive older sister, Megan, a musician and model. Prompted by some startling revelations about Megan, Nev and his buddies embark on a road trip in search of the truth

Off of Sainthood, out now.

Hey kids, we got a pair of tickets to give out to the Lowertown Music Fest happening tomorrow in St. Paul courtesy of Mr. Chan Presents.

If you’d like to see Koo Koo Kangaroo, SBC favorite Frank Turner, Peter Wolf Crier, Tapes N’ Tapes, Cloud Cult, and Mason Jennings for free send us an email with the subject heading LOWERTOWN MUSIC FEST. One randomly selected winner will be notified by email tomorrow morning.

RichmanVA@switchbladecomb.com

Music blogger and man-about-town Brody McCoy is following the mighty Mississippi south for a new life in New Orleans. He’ll be saying goodbye with a party at the Bedlam Theatre on Sunday night featuring music from our friends in Koo Koo Kanga Roo and other local up-and-comers.

Despite what some local publications might say, the Heights Theatre pretty much holds the reign as the Twin Cities’ best movie theater, and further proves it with these two one-night screenings in September.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Thursday, September 23
7:30 PM l $8

Two singers, best friends Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw (Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell) travel to Paris pursued by a private detective hired by Lorelei’s fiancé’s disapproving father to keep an eye on her, a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers. Directed by Howard Hawks.

Trailer

A Damsel in Distress
Special George Gershwin Birthday Screening
Sunday, September 26
7:30 PM l $8

Fred Astaire’s first film with out Ginger Rogers was less than a hit when it came out in 1937, but today is appreciated by modern audiences for what it is, a stylish and sophisticated musical classic. Joan Fontaine is enchanting as the object of Fred’s affection, and this film features some of the Gershwin’s greatest songs. Plus the great comedy of George Burns and Gracie Allen adds up to one great musical!

“Just Begun to Live” Scene

For more info, check HERE.

The comedic genius is still flowing through Zach Galifianakis’ veins! I recommend caution as I almost spit water all over my keyboard at the end of this video.

Rick Prelinger‘s new feature-length montage The Lives of Energy will screen at the Walker Art Center in August. The film consists of archive materials put together to form a new story about the importance of energy in our lives. Prelinger will be present for a post-screening Q&A.

Wednesday, Aug. 11
7:00 PM l FREE

Thursday, October 28
Fine Line Music Cafe
8 PM | $20 | 18+

Yes. Yes.

I have decided to relegate most non-local news I come across to the weekends here on SBC, but this is too good. After years of having it on the backburner, Guillermo del Toro is finally fast-tracking At the Mountains of Madness.

For those who don’t know what it is, it’s one of the best stories from H.P. Lovecraft. For those of you who don’t know H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King called him, “the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale” and has had tremendous influence on the likes of del Toro and John Carpenter, whose The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness are probably the best representations of Lovecraft’s style.

Oh, and James Cameron is producing. Remember, he has a fantastic track record in that category (Strange Days, Solaris).

Guillermo himself says: “ATMOM is a delicate project to push through a studio: no love interest, no female characters, no happy ending…but i believe its time to resurrect the big tentpole horror movie. The Event Horror movie. Like The Exorcist was or The Shining or Alien or Jaws in their time.”

This, ladies and gentlemen, is exciting.

The Heights Theatre is teaming up with Take-Up Productions for yet another wonderful film series, this one being ‘Before CGI: Six Sci-Fi Classics.’

09.20 – Forbidden Planet
09.27 – Alien Invasion Double Feature!
War of the Worlds & Invasion of the Body Snatchers
10.04 – The Invisible Man
10.11 – The Incredible Shrinking Man
10.18 – King Kong

Tickets are $8 (that price gets you into both films on Alien Invasion night). Purchase them HERE.

The Twin Cities’ Trash Film Debauchery will present John Waters’ Cry Baby at the Turf Club in August.

Allison is a “square” good girl who has decided she wants to be bad and falls hard for a greaser, Cry-Baby Walker. Spoofing Elvis movies and Juvenile Delinquency scare films of the ’50s, this movie follows the adventures of Cry-Baby who, though he is sent to juvie, is determined to cross class (and taste) boundaries to get Allison back.

Monday, Aug. 9
Turf Club
10:00 PM l FREE

Cry Baby - Trailer

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