If you are of blog-reading age there is a good chance you either didn't see Star Wars in its initial theatrical release or were taken by your parents not too long after kicking that whole toilet-training thing. At the time George Lucas wasn't even sure he had anything good on his hands but, of course, it has since turned into a cultural touchstone and a source of even more money than Han Solo could imagine......

The Goethe Institute has organized a three night series of films about metropoli in the 20s and 30s, and if you act now you can still catch days two and three of this neat affair. Tonight they screen Man With a Movie Camera, perhaps the most well known work of the great Russian master, and film student hero, Dziga Vertov. Tonight's program is called 'City of Ruttmann/City of Vertov' and will feature a discussion with......

Call off the boycott, brothers and sisters. According to the Globe and Mail, Famous Players has dropped the same-sex marriage ads from their theatres. The "issue-driven" adverts have been pulled from 79 theatres after threats were made to the Players staff. Though the ads have ceased, the Calgary-based Canadian Family Action Coalition still wants to see balance in movie theatres, and is demanding Famous Players run an anti-same-sex marriage ad. Meanwhile, Sponge-Bob Square Pants......

Famous Players announced today that come Friday they'll be dropping prices to '$9.95 or less.' How will they pay for all that neon, flash and confetti-print carpeting? FP's CEO says the price drop is an effort to compete with pay-per-view, video rentals and cable. Will it be enough to bring in the crowds? Hard to say. Will it force other theatre to lower their admission fare? Hope so. The casualty buried amidst the revelation of......