From the Film Vault
New on the DVD Shelves: Beginners (2010)
Beginners, the second feature from writer/director and modern-day Renaissance man Mike Mills, is a bizarrely funny, sweet, sexy and quite moving movie about a depressed guy. Go figure.
Program Notes: The Right Stuff (1983)
From the vantage point of 30 years, it is now possible to see Phil Kaufman’s The Right Stuff as one of the best films of the Eighties, a slice of Americana filled with the adventure of space exploration.
Sam Shepard: Fool for Cinema
On Mondays and Saturdays all through November, the Kansas City Public Library will be showing films starring, written by, or directed by Sam Shepard. Bob Butler discusses his legacy.
Movie Quiz: In a Few Words
Movie industry types love to describe films with just a few well-chosen words. Here are 20 well-known movies and thumbnail descriptions. Pair them up.
Program Notes: Paris, Texas (1984)
Sam Shepard doesn’t appear in Paris, Texas (1984), but his fingerprints are all over it. His dramas specialize in American families coming apart under the weight of spiritual emptiness.
