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Area 51 Confidential

Blood, gore, aliens — who doesn’t love all of the cheesy things that come with a B-grade science-fiction film? The Reel Renegades will present a free screening of “Area 51 Confidential” as Saturday’s midnight movie for the month at VZD’s, 4200 N. Western. Through strategically placed cameras, the found-footage film follows a group of strangers […]

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Near-‘Midnight’ movie

VZD’s Restaurant & Club, 4200 N. Western, hopes to change all that starting Friday night with the first-ever “The Midnight Movie at VZD’s” event. The screening is free. Appropriately enough, the inaugural film even has “Midnight” in its title: “15 Till Midnight,” an independent, R-rated, sci-fi film released last year. Made for an estimated $200,000, […]

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Midnight in Paris

Just because you’re responsible for some certifiable classics doesn’t mean every project you touch is gold. Each year, the prolific but private writer/ director adds another work to his filmography, and critics gush, only to grow indifferent toward it once the newness wears off. Can’t we just call a spade a spade? The Woodman’s latest […]

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