Saturday, June 15, 2013

If I Programmed a Film Festival #4

Time for another edition of this fun idea. It's been too long, and with the opening of another Alamo Drafthouse here in Dallas, what better time to celebrate the vagaries of what's possible in the dark.


Day 1

****The Very Dry Spy showcase, spotlighting the more cerebral spy films out there

Harry Palmer double feature:

 "Funeral In Berlin" and "The Ipcress File"


****US Premier, Texas Filmmaker Showcase Panel

"Aint Them Bodies Saints", dir. by David Lowery


**** Midnight Madness event

"Vicious Lips". dir. by Albert Pyun


Day 2

****US Premier, Texas Filmmaker Showcase

"The Retrieval", dir. by Chris Eska


****The Very Dry Spy showcase, spotlighting the more cerebral spy films out there

Alfred Hitchcock's "Topaz"

"The Spy Who Came In From the Cold", dir. by Martin Ritt


****World Premier special event with director Q&A

"Only God Forgives", dir. by Nicolas Wending Refn


****Texas Filmmaker showcase

Shane Carruth appreciation, special screenings and roundtable with cast/crew of "Upstream Color" and "Primer"


****Midnight Madness event

"100 Years of Adolf Hitler", dir. by Christophe Schlingensief.... yes a real thing starring Udo Kier


Day 3

Saturday Premier day/closing festivities

"Fruitvale Station", dir. by Ryan Coogler

"Call Girl", dir. by Mikael Marcimain

"The Grandmaster", dir. by Wong Kar Wai

"The Immigrant", dir. by James Gray

"The Past", dir. by Asghar Farhadi


****Midnight Madness event

"Threads", dir. by Mick Jackson





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