By Landon Huneycutt
The Terminator: Revisit a Crowd-Pleasing Classic
Many moons ago, when I had my first job as a movie “critic,” I was tasked with watching the new release Terminator: Genisys. I had low hopes, stemming from the Entertainment Weekly spread that showed a bunch of mid-tier actors holding prop guns and screaming (which now ironically looks like most Zoomers’ YouTube home pages). My love for all things Terminator trumped my skepticism, however, and I headed to my local Chicago multiplex with my friend Scott in tow. Unfortunately,…
Summer of ’84: Revisiting Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
This week marks the beginning of The Independent Picture House’s Summer of ’84 series, celebrating the 40th anniversary of a remarkable run of films that range from blockbusters to quirky hidden gems. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom starts screening Thursday, May 23, at IPH. The critic Roger Ebert called it one of the great “Bruised Forearm Movies” — “the kind of movie where your date is always grabbing your forearm in a viselike grip, as unbearable excitement unfolds on…
Dawn of the Dead: A Zombie Movie With a Beating Heart
For anyone who has followed my articles for The Independent Picture House, it should come as no surprise that “classic” horror and genre movies are not part of my personal film canon. In fact, a reason why I love the IPH so much is that they showcase such a wide variety of films from all eras, which in turn has challenged me to go outside the comfort zone of my own viewing pleasure. When asked to write about the 1978…
Paradise Lost
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The Oscars at the IPH
Awards season is here, “BarbieGate” has entered the lexicon, and if you’re excited about The Oscars®, The Independent Picture House has you covered.
