Author: Alec Swanepoel

The Blog

Film Threat Award This!

May 17, 2022

Join Film Threat and the Frida Cinema for a fundraiser supporting independent theaters! Film Threat’s Award This! is an event with a mission — to

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Alec Swanepoel

Press

Frida Cinema hosting drive-in series of horror and cult classics with Tustin’s Mess Hall

August 14, 2020

Frida Cinema, the Santa Ana-based independent movie house, has teamed up with Tustin’s Mess Hall, a new chef-driven food market, to present cult and horror

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Alec Swanepoel

Film Criticism

The Buzz Is Back: The 5 Best Horror Sequels

January 7, 2020

Thanks to our friends at Bombs Away Show, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is on its way back to The Frida Cinema! Departing from the

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Alec Swanepoel

Action

A Very Gotham Christmas: Why Batman Returns Is A Great Christmas Movie

December 19, 2019

The second installment of Tim Burton's Batman franchise, Batman Returns is interesting for a number of reasons. It really feels like a Burton movie, with

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Alec Swanepoel

Dennis Hopper

Francis Ford Coppola — A Million Feet of Film

July 21, 2019

This August brings Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now back to the big screen. Apocalypse Now: Final Cut is a 4K restoration

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Alec Swanepoel

Dennis Hopper

Summer of ’69

July 3, 2019

The era of the film auteur may or may not have officially kicked-off in the Summer of '69, but some of the period's most memorable

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Alec Swanepoel

Films of the Past

Frailty: Faith or Fanaticism?

June 26, 2019

The Frida Cinema's Volunteer Pick for July: Bill Paxton's FRAILTY! A film Stephen King called "unique, thought-provoking, edge-of-the seat entertainment."

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Alec Swanepoel