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Excitement is building for the re-opening of the Detroit Institute of Arts (which hosts the Detroit Film Theatre), and the Michigan and Redford screened the peak performances of the late Deborah Kerr (1921-2007).
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On the Redford Theatre’s biggest party night of the year—the Saturday night screening of its Halloween movie—visitors came in almost every imaginable costume.
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As I listened to the famous documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles speak at the Detroit Film Theatre on Oct. 20, 2007, I thought about the importance of trust in his work.
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With its two auditoriums and daily screenings, the Michigan Theater sometimes resembles a more commercial movie theater, especially when it rolls out an intelligent entertainment like Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which opened today (October 12, 2007).
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As I scanned the descriptions of the 12 finalists in the Manhattan Short Film Festival, in which the Michigan Theater participated on Sept. 29, 2007, I thought about the power that my vote gave me over the careers of the 12 filmmakers. Then I realized that I wield the same power every time I decide on a movie to see.
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“We have survived for 40 years, and we’re still going strong!” David Martin’s announcement from the stage of the Redford Theatre on Sept. 22, 2007 was met with a strong burst of applause, on this evening when the Motor City Theatre Organ Society celebrated 40 years of organ concerts at the Redford.
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You can always count on something innovative and creative at the Detroit Film Theatre. On my first visit of the Fall 2007 season, on September 13, I was greeted by a new entrance that the DFT will use while renovation goes on at the Detroit Institute of Arts near the DFT’s regular entrance.
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In the 20 years that I’ve regularly attended the Detroit Film Theatre, and the 10 years that I’ve visited the Michigan Theater and Redford Theatre, I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy many classic films, from silent movies like Buster Keaton’s The General (1927) to lively musicals like The Pirate (1948) to foreign language films like The Grand Illusion (1937).
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The different showtimes of movies at the Redford Theatre help you experience that theater in different ways. A Sunday afternoon showing of the 1937 musical comedy Shall We Dance on Aug. 5, 2007 added another dimension to the happy memories of visitors to the Redford.
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Without the Detroit Film Theatre and the Michigan Theater, I couldn’t have fully experienced the movies of many famous foreign language film directors, including Akira Kurosawa, François Truffaut, Satyajit Ray, and two directors who died on July 30, 2007—Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni.
