Frida writing team member Austin Jaye takes on Out of the Blue, Dennis Hopper’s 1980 family drama.
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Frida writing team member Mick Nguyen compares and contrasts the relationships in Michael Mann’s Collateral and Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth.
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Frida writing team member Penny Folger discusses The Conversation, the tense 1974 surveillance thriller by Francis Ford Coppola.
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In the spirit of our Michael Mannuary series, Frida writing team member Anthony McKelroy takes a look at 12 heist movies across film history.
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In this installment of Haven’t Seen, Frida writing team member Josh Green shares his initial impressions of Michael Mann’s Heat.
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He has risen! After some 20 years of rumors and false starts, Jesus Quintana, the unofficial breakout star of The Big Lebowski, has finally got a movie of his own! As much a remake of the French dramedy Going Places as it is a Big Lebowski spin-off, The Jesus Rolls sees John Turturro not only step back into the infamous purple bowling gear but into the director’s chair as well.
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A film we’ve had the pleasure of playing before, Frida guests will get to see it again thanks to our February Volunteer of the Month, Joey Barrera!
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Love is in the air, but so is something else this month at the Frida! Our second WTF Wednesday screening commemorates the 40th anniversary of Altered States with a vibrant new 4K restoration of the film!
Read MoreVolunteer of the Month Sam Feldstein on The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford
Posted on January 2, 2020
Released a little over 10 years ago, it’s perhaps fitting that we’re screening Andrew Dominik’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as we enter the new decade. An epic drama that puts a revisionist spin on the classic Western legend, the film garnered praise for its cinematography and performances by Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck but underperformed at the box office.
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A smash hit upon its release in 1985, The Color Purple raked in a staggering $142 million against a $15 million budget and earned 11 Academy Award nominations.
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