Showtimes — Thurs, Feb. 27
Easy Money: Hard to Kill – NR – 99 min – Tickets $7 Thurs, Feb. 27: 9:00 p.m. Vic + Flo ont vu un ours — NR – 95 min – Tickets $7 Thur, Feb. 27: 7:00 p.m. Girl On A Bicycle — Rated R – 101 min […]
Easy Money II: Hard to Kill, aka Snabba Cash II starts Friday, 2/21
Crime drama/thriller Easy Money II: Hard to Kill is a sequel, but not to worry, the skillful use of flashbacks allows someone who hasn’t seen the original Easy Money (aka Snabba Cash, 2010) to follow events easily. As the movie opens, JW (again played by Joel Kinnaman) is […]
VIC + FLO ONT VU UN OURS starts 2/21
The last of our French Film February series is Vic + Flo ont vu un ours (Vic + Flo saw a bear). Victoria (Pierrette Robitaille) is a parolee who retreats to her ailing uncle’s sugar shack in the Quebec woods. She is joined by current love interest and […]
Last chance to catch Mariage à Mendoza
The reception is almost over…the DJ is packing up…the catering staff are wrapping up the pieces of wedding cake…the happy couple are long gone. Today at 7:00 p.m. is your last chance to catch director and co-writer Edouard Deluc’s feature debut, Mariage à Mendoza. Still the only $7 […]
Silents in the City starts Friday, Feb. 28
We are both fairly recent converts to silent film, and like most converts we want to share our discovery with the world. Because of this — and also because February 2014 is the 100th anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s eternal character The Tramp — we are presenting SILENTS IN […]
Coming Soon: LIV AND INGMAR
Have you ever drunk-dialed an ex? So has legendary actress Liv Ullman…but her ex was legendary director Ingmar Bergman. And when they split up, who did Ullman call? Bergman. After all, he was her best friend. The story of the 50-year relationship between the actress and the director […]
Showtimes — Feb. 06 - Feb. 13
STARTS FRIDAY Mariage à Mendoza NR – 91 min – Tickets $7 Marcus and his brother Antoine head to Argentina for their cousin’s wedding. Marcus is thrilled to be traveling and determined to have fun, while Antoine is depressed after being dumped by his wife. As they discover […]
MADMAN OR MARTYR on Fox2 Detroit
Madman or Martyr director Luke Jaden appeared Fox2 News on January 31st to talk about his film. Fox 2 News Headlines The screening mentioned in the clip has already happened, but you can still catch Madman or Martyr at Cinema Detroit: Sat, Feb. 8: 3:30 p.m. Tickets $3. […]
See JOHN BROWN: MADMAN OR MARTYR at Cinema Detroit
The documentary, MADMAN or MARTYR, about abolitionist John Brown, has plenty of ties to Detroit, one of the central stations of the Underground Railroad. The film, by metro Detroit filmmaker Luke Jaden, explores Brown’s life and the history of abolition in Detroit during the 1830s, ’40s, and ’50s. […]
PAULINE DETECTIVE: “Fitoussi’s Breezy Caper Good for a Laugh”
This review of Pauline détective from Nicholas Bell at Ion Cinema captures the essence of why we’re showing it: …there’s an undeniable delight in watching [director Marc Fitoussi’s] funny ladies as they cross in and out of slight frippery….his latest, like his others, is certainly worth seeking out […]
