Retro Screenings and Al Gore's new movie

It seems like summer is the time for retro-screenings. These are screenings of movies from by-gone eras.

 

Here in my immediate area, the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro will be showing "Gone With the Wind," my favorite spaghetti western (just kidding) on July 18 at 1:30 pm and 7 pm.

The Carolina is a nice, renovated old movie theatre. Last month, they screened "Easy Rider" and in May, my friend Lovinder Gill's independent comedy film "Chicks 101" was shown there. The venue also has stage events, including the current theatrical performance of "Peter Pan," which is being put on by the Community Theatre of Greensboro. The play will run from July 14-22 at 7pm, and on July 16, 22 and 23 at 2 pm.

The web sites for the Carolina Theatre is: http://www.carolinatheatre.com

 

In Wilmington, NC, Jengo's Playhouse will be the venue for a Blue Velvet Fest, which include a screening of David Lynch's classic 1986 film "Blue Velvet," which refers to an old Roy Orbison song of the same name. The wild masterpiece features Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini and Kyle McLaughlin among others. It has been considered a cult classic. The screening will take place at 8 pm on July 28. There will also be an exhibit of art inspired from the film at the screening, at the same venue, starting at 6pm.

Fore info on the Blue velvet fest, one can contact independentartcompany@hotmail.com

 

And, last but not least, the Grandin Theatre in Roanoke, Va., an independent cinema which I frequently contribute movie reviews for, will be screening Quentin Tarantino's 1993 crime classic "Pulp Fiction" at midnight on July 27 and 28. The theatre's web site is: http://www.grandintheatre.com

 

The Grandin is also showing the new film about Al Gore's efforts to educate the world about the dangers of global warming, entitled "An Inconvienent Truth" My review of the film (I gave it 8 out of 10) is included on the web site. I have run into some conservative web sites criticizing Gore's view on the matter, but I think given the news from Belize that their coral reef, which is the largest in our hemisphere, is in danger of environmental destruction from global warming and tourism, the film seems to be a very timely one indeed.

In addition to the Grandin, the film can be seen in our region at the Carousel Cinemas in Greensboro and the Varsity Theatre in Chapel Hill, a place which was seen in an episode of "Dawson's Creek".... oh boy!