The 400 Blows and other Things

Posted by Peter Hemminger in Stranger in the Alps

So, in our enthusiasm to tell you about Hausu, the Japanese horror film co-presented by the Calgary Underground Film Festival and Calgary Cinematheque — which was awesome, by the way, and you should try to track it down when Criterion eventually releases it — we (well, I) neglected to mention that the Cinematheque is showing Truffaut's The 400 Blows tomorrow (Tuesday), 7p.m. at the Plaza. I haven't yet seen it myself, which I aim to remedy tomorrow, but the movie's reputation more than speaks for itself. Plus, it's sure to up your film-snob cred at your next glamourous cocktail party.

Also in awesome movie news this week: Burning Moon Video presents John Carpenter's The Thing, also at the Plaza. Kurt Russell and Mr. Quaker Oat himself, Wilford Brimley; how can you go wrong? Here's your obligatory YouTube trailer:

 


more in Film Features     |     posted Nov 2nd, 2009 at 3:56pm     


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