CineBasement February POLL! "It's Capitalism.."

February 05, 2020 by Michael Olivarez

With everything that 2020 is already throwing at us, there’s still assurance in the current cultural climate that so much of what stands between people and their ability to improve quality of life boils down to one persnickety problem..

And here are our nominees for February’s CB event!

#1: It’s High Noon in OUTER SPACE. The one and only Sean Connery, is a new sheriff in a bent mining town in a remote Jupiter outpost in Peter Hyams’ OUTLAND.

#2: I’ll just let the trailer do all the talking. So proud of Director Bong, and company.

#3: Akira Kurosawa’s suspenseful, unforgettable examination of what constitutes a criminal, and how it’s often hard to tell when the chances for a stable life find themselves against a stacked deck.

CineBasement 01.2020! Blurred Grooves - WINNER

January 15, 2020 by Michael Olivarez

You asked for it, you’ve got it.

2020;

Both barrels. I get it.

And I’ll be honest in saying that I’m actually wildly surprised at it being unanimous!

On the evening of Saturday, January 25th, CB presents Penelope Spheeris’s unforgettable,

THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION (1981)

Memory: My first viewing of this was around 1988-1989, and I remember being pretty taken aback by it. There’s just something we have completely neglected in regards to the gulf in spirit that was left in the wake of the 1970s that had to give somewhere. Turns out a good amount of it took place here in L.A. From early Rollins to the harrowing garbage fire that was Darby Crash..

Decline, is one hell of a visceral snapshot.

Convene, and munch begins at 6pm.

Film begins at 7ish!