Category Archives: Lost in the Temple: Movies

CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW-ER

Local 219 of the International Union of Showbiz and Theater Entertainers was recently called to order over breakfast at the Edina Perkins. Bob Anderson, at seventy-nine still an imposing presence with broad shoulders and a strong handshake, pushed his omelet … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on January 28, 2007

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WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

Brief Encounter, 1945. Directed by David Lean and written by Noel Coward. Starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. Sometimes it helps to escape a blue weekend with a mindless comedy, some blood and gore, or a spectacular adventure full of … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on October 8, 2006

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THE BOTTOMLESS WELLES

I was ten years old when I first saw Citizen Kane. My father hauled my brother and me to the enormous Temple Theatre in downtown Saginaw, Michigan, and with a crowd of maybe two dozen, we noticed that Kane was … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on September 25, 2006

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MAN OF LA MANCHA

Teeming with beautiful people who routinely burn beds or weep openly out on its streets, Pedro Almodóvar’s Madrid is a strange and magical place. Exploding in color, it is a city subjected to a constant torrent of emotion and deceit … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on August 24, 2006

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HOLLYWOOD HIT ‘N’ RUN

Though it now seems long ago, it’s only been a few weeks since a brace of bona fide Hollywood stars descended on downtown St. Paul. The city was abuzz with famous people and the regular folks who admire them, but … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on May 18, 2006

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CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: THE OLD MARRIED COUPLE

Tom Letness could cease his never-ending renovation of the Heights Theatre, in Columbia Heights, and it would remain the finest movie house in the Twin Cities, bar none. Yet he keeps fiddling with it. He knows its history inside and … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on March 23, 2006

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CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: EARNED OBSOLESCENCE

There’s usually no problem finding a good movie to see in the Twin Cities—between the imperiled Oak Street Cinema, the Heights, Walker Art Center, and Landmark Theatres, there’s plenty to choose from that doesn’t insult one’s intelligence or batter one … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on January 25, 2006

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CURTAIN CALL

Robert Altman didn’t see much of Minnesota. During his month-long stay in St. Paul this summer, he ventured beyond the Fitzgerald Theater and his hotel but once or twice. He came, though, and even if he didn’t see much, it … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on August 24, 2005

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Category Archives: Lost in the Temple: Movies

CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW-ER

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

THE BOTTOMLESS WELLES

MAN OF LA MANCHA

HOLLYWOOD HIT ‘N’ RUN

CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: THE OLD MARRIED COUPLE

CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: EARNED OBSOLESCENCE

CURTAIN CALL

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