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Current & Upcoming Films | April 2024
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FAQ Guide to Ragtag Classic Movies
Ragtag Classic Movies is a thematic strand that exclusively programs classic cinema. This strand aims to foster a dedicated cinematic space for the classics that have been heralded as important for film history and moviegoing culture.
‘The Beast’ Review: Master of Puppets the New York Times
Passport: Scenes From the French New Wave | Story by Ouma Amadou
“Quel est votre plus grande ambition dans la vie? Devenir immortel et puis, mourir.”
The Brilliant Ending to Killers of the Flower Moon | Story by Phoebe Gadsden
SPOILERS AHEAD! This story examines the ending to Killers of the Flower Moon. If you haven't seen the film yet, and don't want the ending spoiled, stop here!
‘The Holdovers’ Review: Three Sad Souls Stranded for Christmas the New York Times
Under the Skin: The Exalted Horror of Carrie by Emily Edwards
I first heard the plot of Carrie whispered at a slumber party. I was terrified of horror movies — I covered my ears at what my friend deemed “the scary part.” It took years and years for me to watch it. I had myself convinced the atrocities would live in the recesses of my brain forever. Although I’ll admit I didn’t find it that “scary” when I finally pressed play, in a way it did stay with me forever. I…
Lists
Current & Upcoming Films | April 2024 14 films
Showtimes, info and tickets at www.ragtagcinema.org
CoMo Famous 2023 5 films
CoMo Famous is our annual celebration of cinema & community while raising money for Ragtag Film Society, the nonprofit that runs…
True/False 2023: Features 34 films
The 20th True/False Film Fest runs March 2-5, 2023 in Columbia, Missouri. Tickets and passes are on sale at truefalse.org.
Black Independents Vol III 4 films
ANTICOLONIAL CINEMA FROM ACROSS THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Black Independents is an annual celebration of the history of Black filmmaking in…
The Ragtag Crew's Favorites of 2022 10 films
Some of the Ragtag Cinema crew's favorites from 2022!
Ways to Stay Warm 7 films
Cold Weather & Great Coats — all December long!
“The weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful.”
The…
Liked lists
true / false '23
laís campos 11 films
True/False Film Festival 2023
Joshua Minsoo Kim 53 films
Recent reviews
For Lieutenant Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick ‘Goose’ Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete’s dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
Two sisters move to the countryside with their father. The girls find a forest full of magic and make a friend in the form of a big bear-like spirit. Silly, sweet, and quietly profound, My Neighbor Totoro parses through the beauty of childhood simplicity alongside Miyazaki's trademark themes of spirituality and environmentalism.
A London school girl with a penchant for martial arts goes off on a daring mission to save her artist sister from the trappings of married life.
Following his mother's death, Beau takes a trip back home. Melding horror and comedy in an ingeniously depraved odyssey, Beau is Afraid imbues new meaning to the term "mommy issues."
Liked reviews
Potentially the greatest animated film ever made. A film that exists in a place outside of time, temporally expansive and reserved simultaneously, transportive to the point of destroying one's perception of moments as they move, from one to the next, weaving in and out of worlds, destroying & creating dimensions and falling deeper into the pull of novel galaxies; a film that makes you feel like a pingpong ball, only the pingpong machine is a swirl of dreamscapes and non-space and realities and outer space and dark matter, fused into a never-ending, reddening rainbow, an arch of colors formed of folklore in the spiraling sky.
No hot takes here, but this is not a 3-hour panic attack. Panic attacks come on fast and without warning—complete debilitating disruptions with what feels like immediate threat to life. This film takes its time, it ruminates, it catastrophizes, and it constructs—however illogical—logical systems and consequences, all of which are explored and exploded to the molecular level. This is living with and through anxiety.
Anxiety as a term is at risk of losing its meaning, and certainly has lost its…
is mary poppins a totoro or is totoro a mary poppins
watched this on eid day mashallah, nida has yet to disappoint me
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