Max Havey

Julian Glander's "Boys Go to Jupiter" heads to the Hi-Pointe Surreal indie animated comedy “Boys Go to Jupiter” will play at the Hi-Pointe Theatre from August 29-31

Second, I got to chat with Julian Glander about his delightfully offbeat debut feature Boys Go to Jupiter, ahead of its run at the Hi-Pointe Theatre this weekend:

"Videoheaven" looks back on dearly departed video stores Alex Ross Perry’s comprehensive essay film about depictions of video stores onscreen plays at Arkadin Cinema & Bar on August 28.

Here are two articles for @stlmag.bsky.social I’m pumped to share! First up, I got to chat with Alex Ross Perry about Videoheaven, his great essay film about depictions of video stores onscreen, ahead of its screening at Arkadin Cinema & Bar tonight:

Film screenings to catch in St. Louis this month Some of the top films to catch in and around St. Louis this month, from festival events to repertory screenings.

Here’s my latest Rep Roundup for @stlmag.bsky.social! We’ve got Kurosawa and Ôbayashi retrospectives at @hipointetheatre.bsky.social & @arkadincinema.bsky.social, a King Hu classic at @wufilmseries.bsky.social, & the Way of the Samurai series at Alamo. Check out my full roundup here:

Just saw Carrie for the first time, and while I know the crazy Jesus/martyr statue is supposed to look like Piper Laurie, I just kept thinking about how much it looked like Weird Al Yankovic

Happy Mid-year List Season! Here are a bunch of movies and music (new and old) I’ve enjoyed in 2025, so far!

Between Ballerina and The Phoenician Scheme, it is a *huge* weekend for hand grenades at the cinema!

Pavements plays at the Hi-Pointe Theatre from June 2-5. The prismatic portrait of the 1990s indie rockers will have its St. Louis premiere at the Hi-Pointe Theatre.

Excited to share this new one for @stlmag.bsky.social! Ahead of Pavements’ STL premiere at the @hipointetheatre.bsky.social next week, I got to chat with @prewarcinema.bsky.social about working on the film and how it captures the essence of Pavement! Read it here: www.stlmag.com/culture/film...

Film Screenings To Catch In St. Louis This Month Some of the top films to catch in and around St. Louis this month, from festival events to repertory screenings.

For @stlmag.bsky.social, here are the big rep screenings happening around STL in May! A.I. Artificial Intelligence on 35mm at @hipointetheatre.bsky.social, I’m a Cyborg But That’s OK at @arkadincinema.bsky.social, Mysterious Skin at @wufilmseries.bsky.social, and more: www.stlmag.com/culture/film...

I’m faced with a real dilemma today in terms of screenings: I can either see The Day the Earth Blew Up, the new Looney Tunes movie, or Werckmeister Harmonies, the Bela Tarr movie whose title sounds like a Looney Tunes knockoff

Devil in a Blue Dress on 35mm on May 3

The Straight Story on 35mm in May

Barry Lyndon on 35mm on May 7

I was just looking at what @hipointetheatre.bsky.social has coming soon, and this is an incredibly powerful three film run on 35mm in May:

I have nothing but respect for the Barbie Pig and all the other cool creatures from How Deep is Your Love!

The 2025 True/False Film Fest looks to the past to make sense of the present The slate for this year’s fest featured nonfiction that grapples with environmental issues, the power of a camera, and interrogating true crime as a genre.

With True/False 2025 on the books, I wrote about a bunch of my favorite films from the fest for @stlmag.bsky.social, including new ones from Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss, Charlie Shackleton, David Osit, and more! www.stlmag.com/culture/film...

Bosnian luge team documentary “The Track” to play St. Louis after world premiere The documentary and coming-of-age story about the Bosnian and Herzegovina luge team will play at Affton High School on March 3.

Ahead of its world premiere at True/False, I talked with director Ryan Sidhoo about his Bosnian luge team documentary/coming-of-age story The Track for @stlmag.bsky.social! www.stlmag.com/culture/film...

Farewell to the Plaza Frontenac Cinema The longtime arthouse theater in Plaza Frontenac is set to show its final screenings on February 23.

In a new one for @stlmag.bsky.social, I waxed poetic about the closure of an arthouse institution in St. Louis, and the place where I got my first tastes of independent cinema: www.stlmag.com/culture/film...

Everything you need to know about the 2025 True/False Film Festival The celebrated nonfiction film festival takes over Columbia, Missouri, from February 27 to March 2.

Happy True/False reservation week! For @stlmag.bsky.social, I chatted with Chloé Trayner and Ashwini Mantrala about some of the film and music highlights of this year’s fest. Check it out here: www.stlmag.com/culture/fair...

There was a nine-year-old Swiftie correspondent giving commentary every 15 minutes!!

Flava Flav is just loitering around in the back of shots

Nobody seems to know anything about football and they seem like they were redirected from covering the DGA awards to this because somebody else cancelled and I love it

I do appreciate how much the Tubi Super Bowl Red Carpet coverage is giving public access TV vibes

Ahhhhhh that’s such a bummer! We’ll miss seeing you there! I’ll be sure to report back on highlight though!

Films - True/False Film Fest The True/False Film Lineup!

Happy True/False film lineup announcement day to all who celebrate! truefalse.org/program/films/

I saw the opportunity for a bit, so I took it!

Last night I stumbled upon Quick Change on Prime Video, and was genuinely surprised to find an excellent Bill Murray comedy I’d never really heard anyone talk about with a stacked cast! It’s lovely and rare to find a gem like this out in the wild on streaming!

My cousin found one in Litchfield, purely by accident, and only realized after the fact that the dolls had all been recalled!

The highlight of my holiday so far is realizing my niece got one of the recalled Wicked dolls for Christmas:

Just to do a sanity check after I got home, I turned on a crunchy version of the One More Time video on YouTube from 15 years ago, which somehow looked better than this remaster

It’s astounding how bad the upscaling looks on the new theatrical remaster of Daft Punk’s Interstella 5555

Film screenings to catch this month Excellent films, from holiday classics to affecting dramas, are playing all around St. Louis this month.

For @stlmag.bsky.social, I pulled together another roundup of the excellent rep screenings happening around St. Louis this month! Highlights include Bresson on 35mm, a Béla Tarr restoration, Judy Garland, and Ray Liotta hijacking a plane, just to name a few! www.stlmag.com/culture/film...

Patty Harrison from I Think You Should Leave yelling “Santa brought it early!”

Press screening schedules lined up in a way that I am now inadvertently doing the Babyratu double feature over the next two days!