Saturday, May 28, 2016

Film Calendars (1982-1983)

These old Uptown film calendars are from an era when different double-features were screened every day and provide a fascinating glimpse into film audiences of the particular time and place. Click on the images for a better look.

1982




  




1983




Friday, May 6, 2016

1939 Opening


Smoking Permitted in Balcony!

Ample Free Parking!

Mystifying 'Black Light!'

From James Lilek's 'What Was Suburban in 1939? Uptown'
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 09.17.09
"A piece of the World's Fair come to Uptown"

Friday, March 25, 2016

MSPIFF at the Uptown



For the first time since their closing night Murderball screening in 2005, the Uptown Theatre is a venue for the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival. Movies play between April 8-14, 2016.

4/8
4:45 - A Decent Man
7:00 - They Will Have to Kill Us First (Songhoy Blues in attendance)
9:50 - Serial Killer 1

4/9
11:00 - The New Classmate
1:10 - Locking the Cage
3:15 - Kill Me Please
5:30 - Valley of Love
7:30 - My Big Night
9:45 - Alena

4/10
11:30 - Speed Sisters
1:30 - 600 Miles
3:30 - The Fencer
6:00 - Vore King (Dan S. & R.P. Whalen in attendance)
9:15 - Endorphine

4/11
4:30 - Belgian Rhapsody
7:00 - Here is Harold
9:45 - The Invitation

4/12
4:45 - Blush
7:10 - Presenting Princess Shaw (Samantha Montgomery in attendance)
9:30 - Tale of Tales

4/13
4:30 - Eisenstein in Guanajuato
7:00 - Women He's Undressed
9:15 - The Seeker (Jeff D. Johnson & Cloud Cult in attendance)

4/14
4:45 - One Floor Below
7:00 - Beeba Boys (Deepa Mehta & David Hamilton in attendance)
10:00 - Mad Tiger