Switchblade Comb

Films coming soon to the Twin Cities area Landmark Theatres.
(CAPS=new additions)

SEPTEMBER

03 – Mesrine Pt 1: Killer Instinct (Uptown/Lagoon)
03 - Lebanon (Lagoon)
03 – Waking Sleeping Beauty(Lagoon)
03 – Mao’s Last Dancer (Edina)
10 – Mesrine Pt 2: Public Enemy #1(Uptown/Lagoon)
10 – Breathless: 50th Anniversary Restoration (Lagoon)
10 – I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix (Lagoon)
10 - The Tillman Story (Lagoon)
17 – Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (Lagoon)
17 – Soul Kitchen (Lagoon)
17 – The Concert (Edina)
24 – A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop (Uptown)
24 - Bran Nue Dae (Lagoon)
24 – Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, & Rebel (Lagoon)
24 – Winnebago Man (Lagoon)
24 – Heartbreaker (Edina)
24 - The Romantics (Edina)

OCTOBER

01 – Waiting For Superman (Uptown)
01 – Never Let Me Go (Lagoon)
01 – The Sicilian Girl (Lagoon)
01 – Jack Goes Boating (Edina)
08 – Freakonomics (Lagoon)
08 – It’s Kind of a Funny Story (Lagoon)
08 – White Wedding (Lagoon)
08 – You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Edina)
15 – Howl (Lagoon)
15 – Tibet in Song (Lagoon)
22 - TAMARA DREWE (Uptown)
22 – CONVICTION (Lagoon)
22 – Last Train Home (Lagoon)
22 – INSIDE JOB (Edina)
22 – Stone (Edina)
29 – The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Uptown)
29 – Douchebag (Lagoon)

NOVEMBER

05 – Monsters(Uptown)
05 – Vision (Lagoon)
11 - SKIING EVEREST (Lagoon)
12 – Waste Land (Lagoon)
26 – My Dog Tulip (Lagoon)

DECEMBER

03 – Marwencol (Lagoon)
27 – MADE IN DAGENHAM (Uptown/Edina)

The Heights Theatre and Jazz88 will present Strait-Jacket for their annual Halloween fright night.

Written by Psycho author Robert Bloch, it tells the tale of Lucy (Joan Crawford) who twenty years earlier took an Axe and murdered her cheating husband and his mistress in a fit of rage, now she has been released from the Asylum cured. But is she, as suddenly strange and horrible things begin to happen all over again. Directed by William Castle.

Sunday, October 31
7:30 PM l $8

Strait-Jacket – Trailer

The Heights Theatre will soon be presenting the special HD concert event of Leonard Cohen’s Songs From the Road.

In 2008, following the celebration of his 40th year as a Columbia recording artist and coinciding with his induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Leonard Cohen thrilled his fans by announcing his first tour dates in 15 years. Cohen went on to play the most prestigious and beautiful venues in virtually every corner of the globe, mesmerizing and charming audiences with performances that were hailed as some of the best of his career.

Thursday, September 9
7:30 PM l $8

Leonard Cohen’s Songs From the Road - “Lover Lover Lover”

The Heights Theatre will be presenting a screening of Is It Just Me? as part of Lavender’s Summer of Pride event, which will have wine and cheese sampling beforehand.

Frustrated by his ongoing failure to meet Mr. Right, Blaine stumbles upon what might be his perfect match in an online chat room.

Thursday, September 16
7:30 PM l $10 adv/$15 door

Order your tickets HERE.

Is It Just Me? – Trailer

The writing on SNL may be hit-and-miss, but I still watch it religiously every week when it’s on. The New York Times reported yesterday that after eight seasons Will Forte is leaving SNL to focus on other projects. Bummer.

Thanks for all the laughs Orville Willis Forte IV!

To promote the new mobile phone, LG dLite, Sophie Gateau, of Paranoid US, directed a playful music video to showcase the phones character-based digital display. The video, via DOJO SF, tells a classic love story to the track, “White” by electropop artist, LIGHTS. The campaign features a website, the video, and other interactive elements.

(the above photo really has nothing to do with this post I just didn’t want to find a picture of the dude from the video. Thanks.)

I’m well aware of the bed intruder video (“You are so dumb. For real.”) but I have not listened to any of the musical versions or covers because that stuff is stupid.

But this is pretty good.

Featuring Hayley Williams (Paramore), Jordan Pundik (New Found Glory), and some dude from that shitty Relient K band.

Tommy Wiseau himself will be on-hand to introduce The Room in Minneapolis at the Uptown Theatre in November.

That is all.

Fri & Sat, November 19 & 20
Midnight l $15

The Room in 60 Seconds

It’s kind of shocking that the legendary Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts stayed alive long enough to be able to retire from professional wrestling, though he does indeed end his 35-year career now for health reasons. But he is still with us, and the memories of Jake for those of us who followed him throughout the late 80s and early 90s in the WWF will always be wonderful. He’s in that elite class of those who should’ve been crowned champion at one point or another, but for some reason, never was.

So it goes. Who cares? He was one of the best. Farewell, Jake the Snake. Take care of yourself, gosh darn it.

Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts is Awesome

Occasionally, I come to the conclusion that Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is actually better than the first two books of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series. And Last Chance to See, which is actually probably his best book. But I digress.

BBC 4 is making an hour-long adaptation of Dirk Gently. That is awesome. Hopefully they don’t fuck it up, but hey, they’re British. I think that gives them a better track record than us solely on principle. Except for that Red Dwarf epilogue, which was totally fucked.

Dirk Gently airs this Fall/Winter.

(via Videogum)

There have been rare few deaths that have literally knocked the wind out of me in the way seeing Twitch‘s headline of Satoshi Kon’s passing just did. He was only 47, and over the last decade, had firmly established himself with Makoto Shinkai and Mamoru Hosoda as the bright, shining future of Japanese anime. And now, goddammit.

Kon’s singular, dynamic vision throughout Perfect Blue, Milennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent, and Paprika has been some of the most mind-bending and visually stunning work ever accomplished in the animation medium. If you have not seen them – if you have the tendency to blow off anime without an afterthought – this is one of the top artists you should give a try, that can change your mind in an instant.

He will be missed.