Students at Tulsa Community College were given the option to receive two free tickets to the Admiral Twin, a drive-in theater in Tulsa during the Ticket Tuesday event held at Student Life. Susan Looper, program coordinator of West Campus, explained, “Well, it is free. Their student fees that they pay are what pay for the […]
Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
One Last Ride In 1981 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” happened. For my money, it should be in the Top Five AFI films, alongside “Casablanca.” I don’t know why anyone likes “Citizen Kane.” The tale of a rough and ready archaeologist, getting in adventures and killing Nazis while searching for the Ark of the Covenant, […]
Roll for Nerd
“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” finally cracks the codex When I was a kid in the early ’80s, I was in middle school. It was the height of the Satanic Panic. Be it music or movies, the hands of concerned Christian parents were wringing. I was a nerd with nerdy friends who had somewhat […]
Review: Cocaine Bear Snows What It’s Doing
And it’s exactly what you think it is Back in 2006 there was a high-concept comedy called “Snakes on a Plane” that largely came into being because of the Interwebs. With a built-in fanbase, and based on the premise of its title, it achieved a sort of cult status before the movie even came out. […]
The Top 10 Films of 2022
A short selection of must-see movies I hate “best of” lists, especially enumerated ones. I love reading them, I just hate making my own. It feels reductive, subjective and sometimes I look back at my Top 10s from years past and cringe. Not so much because my choices were misguided. They rarely are. It just […]
Fine Young Cannibals
Review: “Bones and All” is a cinematic feast With 2017’s “Call Me by Your Name”, director Luca Guadagnino achieved the level of American attention that his films had enjoyed internationally since the start of his “Desire Trilogy”—beginning with the Tilda Swinton-starring “I Am Love” (2009) and which continued with the underseen (by me, at least), […]
Sundance Film Festival Indigenous Shorts Tour 2022 featured at Circle Cinema
Review: The Sundance Film Festival visits Tulsa’s favorite theater, Circle Cinema, for the Indigenous Shorts Tour. The 91-minute theatrical program featured six short films directed by Indigenous filmmakers. These films were selected from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival shorts program as well as by Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program alumni. The shorts captured aspects of identity […]
Twisted Arts Film Festival spreads local and global LGBTQ2+ stories
On Nov. 9-13, Twisted Arts held its second annual film festival, celebrating LGBTQ2+ cinema, at the Circle Cinema (10 S. Lewis Ave, Tulsa, OK). The festival featured 10 films as well as live appearances, panels, and performances from Honey Mahogany, Mink Stole, Peaches Christ, and Sara Cunningham. One of the most popular live appearances was […]
Film Review: The Fabelmans
“The Fabelmans” is a window into the life of a legendary filmmaker “The Fabelmans,” director Steven Spielberg’s memoir and nostalgic origin story, is perhaps his most personal work. A chronicle of his relationship with movies, his family, and his complicated (sometimes discomfited) experience being a Jewish fish out of water. His avatar here is Sam […]
Nosferatu Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary
See A Classic Reborn on Halloween at the Circle Cinema As one of the most well-known silent films (of which only 25% still exist), and the first vampire film ever made, F.W. Marnau’s “Nosferatu” remains a cornerstone of horror cinema. People were shocked. It proved to be an inspiration for the burgeoning German Expressionist era, […]