Local Film News Round-Up
posted by The Joe
Lots of screenings announced recently, and once again, I’m too lazy for separate posts.
- Star Wars Holiday Special at Bryant Lake Bowl
The MN Film & TV Board’s annual screening of the 1978 disasterpiece will screen at Bryant Lake Bowl two weeks from now.
Star Wars Holiday Special
Wednesday, Dec. 16
Bryant Lake Bowl
9:00 PM l FREE (please bring wrapped toy for donation)
Star Wars Holiday Special – “Happy Life Day”
- 2010 Deep Blues Festival
The fest runs on two Saturdays in January at the St Paul Eagle’s Club. Six films screen on the 23rd, then on the 30th, there’s 7 hours of films unauthorized, unapproved, unfit for screening. Documentaries, private films, concert footage of deep blues bands. For more info, check HERE.
2010 Deep Blues Festival
Saturdays Jan 23 & 30
St Paul Eagle’s Club
Noon to Midnight l $5 donation
- Auntie Mame at the Heights
Special one-show-only New Years event of the 1958 classic.
When a young orphan named Patrick goes to live with his eccentric Aunt Mame in New York, the executor of his deceased father’s estate worries that Patrick will be subjected to “unhealthy influences” but Patrick grows into an upstanding young man (Roger Smith) with a mind of his own, eventually deciding to marry a stuffy socialite who’s radically different from free-spirited Mame.
Auntie Mame
Friday, Jan. 1
Heights Theatre
7:30 PM l $8
Auntie Mame – Trailer
- Paper Mache at the Oak St. Cinema
Elliot Diviney’s feature has been completely re-edited and will screen next weekend.
Paper Mache
Saturday, Dec. 12
Oak Street Cinema
7:00 PM
Paper Mache – Trailer
- Thieves Like Us at the Comedy Gallery
No, not the Altman film. A fundraiser for the locally-produced action comedy (which may or may not have been made by people from my hometown of Wausau, WI, I can’t tell if it’s the same Thieves Like Us or not) will take place at St. Paul’s Comedy Gallery this weekend.
Toby intends to give up his secret life of thieving and marry his long-time girlfriend Lindsey. When his partner, Mark, goes on a job alone and gets kidnapped, Toby is blackmailed into one last heist. can he pull it off and win lindsey’s heart?
Thieves Like Us
Saturday, Dec. 5
Holiday Inn Comedy Gallery
6:00 PM