May 28, 2014
The Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, GA is celebrating the legacy of Bela Lugosi with a week of rarely-screened films. Kicking off the fest is Tod Browning's Mark of the Vampire! Read my review for ATLRetro here!
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The Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, GA is celebrating the legacy of Bela Lugosi with a week of rarely-screened films. Kicking off the fest is Tod Browning's Mark of the Vampire! Read my review for ATLRetro here!
A week's worth of Lugosi, most of them Poverty Row programmers? That's what the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta has in store. I did a writeup of the festival here, where I make the case for these films' importance -- as ludicrous as some of them can be.
...And because I run the gamut from MDC to Mussorgsky, here I cover Jean Cocteau's brilliant 1946 entry into the fantastique, LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST). About as close to perfection as a movie can get, again tomorrow night in Atlanta at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema.
When is watching a John Carpenter movie like listening to a classic hardcore album like the Dead Kennedys' FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES or D.O.A.'s WAR ON 45? When it's his 1988 broadside against the Reagan Revolution-as-kickass action flick THEY LIVE! Check out my review for ATLRetro.com and if you're in the ATL area, see it at the Plaza Theatre tomorrow night!