May 20, 2014

BLUE RUIN May 22nd & 26th – 7:30 pm “Far more suspenseful than the typical violent revenge thriller.” — The Chicago Sun-Times Summer is right around the corner and the Back Alley FIlm Series is kicking off our summer slate with one of the most talked about and best reviewed films of 2014, BLUE RUIN directed by Jeremy Saulnier. BLUE RUIN...

May 19, 2014

If you’re in need of a few extra bucks to get out to see the latest remake to grace theaters this weekend – we can’t help you out. However, if you need something to distract you for the next half hour while dunking your brain in one of the most visually engaging independent and surreal short films ever committed to celluloid then look no...

Mar 26, 2014

Those maniacs at the Back Alley Film Series are at it again! This April they are bringing the work of the world’s most notorious filmmaker – Lars Von Trier – back to Charlotte for one week! That’s right, BAFS in association with the Charlotte Film Society are bringing both parts of NYMPH()MANIAC to the Charlotte Crownpoint Cinema!...

Feb 26, 2014

The new trailer for Godzilla 2014 has hit the interwebz and it looks pretty awesome! It’s just too bad this didn’t come out the year before Pacific Rim because I have the sinking feeling that I’m going to sit through this entire movie wishing Gypsy Danger would pop up and lop a kaiju head off with a two thousand foot extendable blade. Alas...

Feb 23, 2014

A FIELD IN ENGLAND February 27th, 2014 – 7:30 pm A FILM BY BEN WHEATLEY 2013/UK/90 Minutes Amid the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. “Ben...

Feb 22, 2014

This week, Jimmy Kimmel Live featured the World Premiere of the First Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer! I’ve been a fan of writer/director James Gunn’s work all the way back to Scooby Do – I mean Tromeo & Juliet – during his Troma scripting days. His early superhero script for The Specials showed a love for the superhero genre that...