Waxing

The night of the first Full Moon Midnight is almost here! Get psyched and come on over to the Red Vic after we show Gaudi. Heck, come and watch Gaudi and stay to see Drunken Master. It'll be a nice double feature. Anyway, no thanks to my flyering or publicity outside of the web, we have been blessed with endorsements for the film from two of my favorite publications. Firstly, the Onion has graciously highlighted the Drunken Master screening as an A.V. pick in this week's issue. Secondly, my festival friend and all-around go-to cinema blogger Brian has mentioned us on Hell On Frisco Bay. Will YOU help make the Vic a new spot for midnights? Can I offer you a drink?

Does Jackie Chan rule?

Of course the answer is yes. You know that if you've read this far. I would rename it the Red Star Movie House and show the chronological catalog of JC films year-round (with special celebrations when we screen Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2) if I could. But the best we can do now is revel in the carefully choreographed slapstick stylings of Chan in The Legend of Drunken Master. Hopefully this screening will be a portal for some people to check out his older titles and see what kind of stunts he pulled for the sake of a single shot. This is a person who is so devoted to the medium he throws his entire body into extreme danger to embolden the medium. How many authors can you name that have done the same? Well, excluding through the use of alcohol.

But this brings me to my next point: Chan endangers his liver as well as his spine, ligaments and pulmanary contusions in Drunken Master. Thank him by coming out this full moon.

Bark at the Moon?

Welcome! The Red Vic is proud to debut an all new, all out, all night party showing the wildest midnight movies every full moon in 2009. That means there will be 12 all together (13 if the people demand it) in 2009. So come on out and give it a shot. Haight Street could use the night life. Tickets are the basement price of $6! Can you believe it? You spend three times that amount on Netflix movies that you fall asleep watching by yourself every month. As you can see, January brings us the best Jackie Chan movie ever made about a man who gets fighting powers by drinking, Drunken Master II Allow me to repeat: he becomes an ass kicking machine by drinking booze. The film basically brings the dellusion we all get in a similar state, but instead of punching chairs and falling over, he does a triple roundhouse kick to the back of the skull of some dude who got in his way. Don't miss it! And come back often to share thoughts and check updates as the date draws near.