Johnny Szlauderbach

Kansas City theater will participate in Reel Film Day, screen 35mm prints of ‘Kill Bill’

By Johnny Szlauderbach / February 17th, 2017 /

In a move sure to inspire much rejoicing (and, from your less-cinephilic friends, much shrugging), Alamo Drafthouse has just announced that March 5 will henceforth be known as “Reel Film…

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UPDATE: ‘CinemaKC’ Season Six submission deadline extended

By Johnny Szlauderbach / July 25th, 2016 /

Attention filmmakers: we invite you to submit your work for consideration for the sixth season of CinemaKC. Viewership has grown dramatically in recent years; and to address our expanding audience, we’re extending…

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CinemaKC now accepting submissions for season six

By Johnny Szlauderbach / June 24th, 2016 /

Attention filmmakers: we invite you to submit your work for consideration for the sixth season of CinemaKC. Viewership has grown dramatically in recent years; and to address our expanding audience, we’re extending…

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This week in KC cinema

By Johnny Szlauderbach / May 13th, 2016 /

Movie theaters are warzones this time of year. After the opening salvos of The Jungle Book and Captain America: Civil War, the summer-movie season is in full swing; and there’s…

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Kansas City theater director helped usher ‘The Invitation’ to screens nationwide

By Johnny Szlauderbach / April 24th, 2016 /

Around midnight last Halloween at the Alamo Mainstreet, Ryan Davis took the stage to announce the night’s headliner. It was late. Attendees had already cheered along Paul Rudd in his…

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This Week in KC Cinema

By Johnny Szlauderbach / April 2nd, 2016 /

Stanley Kubrick leaves this writer cold. But for plenty of movie fans, that’s the point: his clinical, calculating provocations are perennial favorites. Those on Kubrick’s wavelength can wallow in the…

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Take a (Virtual) Step Inside “The Jungle Book” This Weekend at Olathe’s AMC Studio 30

By Johnny Szlauderbach / April 1st, 2016 /

Batman V Superman may have offered a glimpse of this year’s blockbuster season, but the real show hasn’t even started: in two weeks, Disney’s live-action “re-imagining” of The Jungle Book…

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“Midnight Special” Destined for Kansas City

By Johnny Szlauderbach / March 31st, 2016 /

Jeff Nichols’s Midnight Special is chugging toward Kansas City. Although no release date has been set, the movie is expected to open in April. Midnight Special opened in limited release…

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