Episode 2 (Aired March 23, 2009): Electric Bugaloo
Hosts: Dave Poinsett and Beth Milligan
Guests: Award-winning filmmaker John Walter ("Theater of War," "How to Draw a Bunny") and local film critic Tracy Kurtz (92.9 FM The Breeze)
Films/Topics Covered: "Revolutionary Road," Open House Week at the State - Including the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Terminator" night, daily Pixar screenings, [...]
December 24, 2008 – 12:41 pm
Today is the last day in our annual marathon of holiday films. Before you bundle up and head out to family gatherings and church services tonight, bring the relatives out for a special screening of "It's a Wonderful Life" (at 1:00 p.m.) or "White Christmas" (at 3:30 p.m.). Seeing these classics on the big screen [...]
December 2, 2008 – 12:33 am
The cynic in me hates to admit it, but if I have to choose between optimism and pessimism, I go for the glass that's half-full every time. Life's too beautiful and short to entertain prolonged doom-and-gloom about our pithy existence on this planet. However, a few decades around other humans can give almost anyone pause [...]
OK, the bad news first: What will surely be one of the year's most talked-about and highly praised films will not, unfortunately, be at the State this weekend. (Because of our agreement with the other theaters, we're typically not able to show any first-runs opening on more than 200 screens.) The good news: You will [...]
As reported this weekend in the Record-Eagle, the State Theatre is offering a special summer promotion to help patrons beat the heat. Beginning this year, the first day every summer that temperatures hit 90 degrees, the State will offer free movies for everyone the entire day. Likewise, the first day that temperatures reach 100 degrees, [...]
MyNorth.com, a great local website that's home to Traverse the Magazine, Northern Home & Cottage, and Destination: Northern Michigan, has a fun video up featuring interviews with the Madonna fans who camped out for festival tickets. Check it out here.
As of 7 p.m. yesterday, both screenings of Madonna's documentary "I Am Because We Are" have sold out for this year's festival. As announced by festival organizers, a second screening had been added to accommodate the overwhelming demand for tickets to Madonna's film. The second screening, which will be held at a yet-to-be-announced venue, will [...]
For the past four years, director Tim Bennett and producer Sally Erickson have labored together over a project of intense personal passion: "What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire." The self-distributed documentary is a sometimes humorous, often disturbing look at the historical, social and psychological factors "driving us," as the filmmakers [...]
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