FROM MONKEY TO MAN

NOW IN THEATERS...

Boyhood, Richard Linklater's phenomenal chronicle of one boy growing up, filmed over the course of twelve years.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, a sequel that bests the original. All-ape action!

Slaughter Nick for President, in which an early '90s TV star discovers he's a folk hero in Serbia. The Searching for Sugarman of schlock TV.

Also, in revival at the Laurelhurst Theater & Pub this week, Mel Brooks' Hitchcock parody High Anxiety. It hasn't aged well, alas.

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Caught, a moody melodrama from the master Max Ophüls. 

Kissing Jessica Stein, a well-meaning throwback to the early '00s.

The Lost Moment, a bizarre love triangle of sorts, based on a Henry James story, with a marvelous performance from Susan Hayward. A good double-bill with the Ophüls film.

Current Soundtrack: Damon Albarn, live on French TV