CineFile is our weekly digest of the best in Dallas’ under-the-radar cinematic fare—from indie movies, to documentaries, to foreign films, to re-screenings of the (cult) classics. Here’s what you could be watching:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Adventure
Dir.: Akira Kurosawa
Runtime: 207 min.
Landmark Magnolia Theatre
Tuesday, March 18, at 7:30 pm
Legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, a story of farmers who hire seven warriors to protect their land and lives, is among global cinema’s greatest achievements.
Primer (2004)
Sci-Fi
Dir.: Shane Carruth
Runtime: 77 min.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Wednesday, March 19, at 7 pm
Richardson native Shane Carruth burst onto the cinematic scene with this mind-mushing feat that has been called the most realistic time-travel movie.
Magic Mike (2012)
Drama, Comedy
Dir.: Steven Soderbergh
Runtime: 110 min.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Wednesday, March 19, at 7:35 pm
Erstwhile adult entertainer Channing Tatum relives his glory days in this tale of a rookie male stripper who comes up in the world. Matthew McConaughey, in his contemporary artiste period, plays Dallas, a strip-club impresario.
Enemy (2013)
Thriller
Dir.: Denis Villeneuve
Runtime: 90 min.
The Texas Theatre
Friday, March 21, at 6 and 8 pm
Saturday, March 22, at 7 pm
Sunday, March 23, at 7 pm
Based on Portuguese novelist Jose Saramago’s The Double, Enemy is about a melancholy teacher who sees his exact lookalike and tries to investigate who the man really is.
Lost in Translation (2003)
Comedy, Romance
Dir.: Sofia Coppola
Runtime: 102 min.
Angelika Film Center & Cafe – Dallas
Friday, March 21, at 11:30 pm
In Sofia Coppola’s finest, Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson are two lonely Americans in a bustling, inscrutable Tokyo.
Kiss the Water (2013)
Documentary
Dir.: Eric Steel
Runtime: 80 min.
The Texas Theatre
Saturday, March 22, at 5 pm
Kiss the Water is a portrait of Megan Boyd, a Scottish woman whose life’s work was crafting the world’s most potent and simultaneously most beautiful fishing flies.
