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Where: [Artspace] at Untitled When: March 1 / 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. What: In-Focus lecture Untitled’s first scheduled speaker in their In-Focus lecture series is photographer Kurt Markus. Markus will talk about his work as an international assignment photographer for major magazines such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and GQ. Untitled will also screen [...]
Don’t be surprised when you have to slap away a pair of gloved hands slowly inching towards your delicate lacy garters. Satirical musical project Without A Face has raised $5000 on Kickstarter to film a video with Okie improv impresario Eric Webb. Henry Dillard’s wryly composed R&B slow jam about feeling up airline passengers is [...]
We met members of United Filmmakers of Oklahoma at the 2011 deadCenter Film Festival just as they were getting started. We’re happy to report they’ve made films since last summer and that they will be screening them this Saturday at Istvan Gallery. Independent Filmmakers Showcase February 4 7:00-10:00 pm Istvan Gallery 1218 N. [...]
Well, we’ve made some changes to our lineup and given our movie podcast a proper name: Reel Human Beings. In this episode we dive right into Battleship movie news and treat you to movies that take place at Christmas, but are not exactly about Christmas. You’d be surprised at the array of answers we each [...]
Daniel, Colin, Sean, and Helen discuss “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” Coincidentally, on Forbes.com, speculation has it that Benicio del Toro may play Khan in the next Star Trek movie. Prepare yourselves for a month of the not quite so final final frontier, because we will continue to boldly review a selection of [...]
Yesterday we brought you #10-6 of the most disquieting entries in the Netflix instant catalog; today we bring you the top 5. Once you see these movies, you cannot un-see them. Ready? OK. 5. I Think We’re Alone Now I’m sorry to do this to you, but I had to put this movie on the [...]
When people say “There’s nothing good on Netflix Instant”, I experience the same knee-jerk reactionary impulse to prove them wrong as when people complain, “There’s nothing to do in Oklahoma City.” I half-jokingly say that Netflix is mankind’s greatest invention, but in my heart of hearts, I believe it. If it weren’t for Netflix, I’d [...]
Colin, Daniel, Helen, Sean and Count Gregore discuss the 1977 Italian horror film “Suspiria.” All agree that witches, razor wire, ballerinas, tempura paint, and surreal lighting will freak you the hell out. Also Daniel confuses crazy bitch super model Janice Dickson for sex symbol Angie Dickson in aside about the Brian DePalma film “Dessed to [...]
“Nobody ever said art had to be in good taste.”–Roger Ebert I love horror movies. When people hear that, they usually want to know my favorite ones. But people don’t normally phrase it like that; they usually ask which I think are scariest. Full disclosure: I don’t really find most horror movies [...]
We discuss the 1981 hairy tail of a tale “An American Werewolf in London.” Duran Duran ensues. Just kidding. Ok, not really. Corn syrup and red food dye, the consumption of bad English food, and quirky tongue-in-cheek porn are but just a sampling of topics on the menu. Night of the Living Penguin – An [...]
