In a recent post, I offhandedly labeled a local movie house “the best theater in town.” Naturally, fans of some other theaters wrote to ask me my criteria. But rather than defend my imprecise use of the term “best,” I’ll…
The venerable, single-screen Hi-Pointe Theater, which closed this spring for renovations and a mangement turnover, is now reopened for business. Through Thursday (at least), it is screening “The Counterfeiters,” the Austrian holocaust thriller that won the Academy Award for best…
When the Hi-Pointe Theater closed its doors a couple months ago, cinephiles and preservationists wondered if the building would ever reopen. Fear not: Sources tell us that the venerable, single-screen theater will be showing summer blockbusters within the next month.…
If you find that movie ticket prices are in double digits, and a bucket of popcorn costs as much as a tank of gas, don’t blame Hollywood or even Washington–blame Old MacDonald and his farm.
The Kansas City Star is reporting…
