Justin Gardner

Reviews for LAST BREATH

By Justin Gardner / September 29th, 2010 /

LAST BREATH is an award winning feature that has been called “A movie that has created a new genre of film” ROBERT BUTLER

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Bob Butler of the Kansas City Star

By Justin Gardner / September 27th, 2010 /

The new organization CinemaKC will hold its second meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Screenland Crown Center. The evening showcases the KC Filmmakers Coalition; admission is $10.

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CKC Showcases the Independent Filmmakers Coalition, Sept 30th

By Justin Gardner / September 25th, 2010 /

CinemaKC will salute the Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City, Thursday, September 30 at the Screenland Crown Center beginning at 7:00 p.m., with a screening of “Works In Progress” from director Stephen Pruitt and continuing with a 9:00 p.m. screening of “Last Breath,” from director Ty Jones.

The showcase will be preceded by an informal mixer at 6:00 p.m.

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The Boller Brothers

By Justin Gardner / September 15th, 2010 /

For nearly half a century, you couldn’t throw a film canister without hitting a Boller Brothers theater. St. Joseph native Carl Boller set up his architecture firm in Kansas City in 1905, bringing his younger brother Robert into the business the following year. By the end of that decade, they were nationally renowned for building everything from elaborate theatrical palaces to small town cinemas.

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What’s the single upcoming movie you most want to see?

By Justin Gardner / August 31st, 2010 /

Coen Brothers plus “The Dude” minus John Wayne equals “True Grit”?!?

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Art-Commerce-Entertainment…Movies?

By Justin Gardner / August 28th, 2010 /

Art-commerce-entertainment…movies?
Just about every movie ever made and played to an audience has all three of these factors working for it. Sometimes I speak almost disparagingly of so called ‘popcorn’ or ‘summer’ or ‘family’ movies because, to me, they’re all about commerce and entertainment…

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Film Peddler reviews

By Justin Gardner / August 26th, 2010 /

Film Peddler reviews Rottentomatoes.com

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Follow Loey

By Justin Gardner / August 23rd, 2010 /

Most people on the coasts know about Kansas City’s musical heritage. They’ve heard about the barbecue. They have a vague recollection that someone once told them it’s a nice town. But it’s still a “flyover,” one of the places they see from the airplane window while traveling between New York and L.A. The idea that this Midwestern city

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