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Kansas City screenings begin Friday, March 12, 2010
UPDATE: due to overwhelming demand, the Kansas City run has been extended through Thursday, March 25!
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” will open in Tom Frank’s home town on Friday, March 12, 2010, playing for a full week at the lovely Tivoli Cinemas.
Thomas Frank and director Joe Winston will appear on opening night to take questions [...]
SF Examiner: An engrossing visit to another world – no 3-D glasses required
In advance of the movie’s San Francisco opening this Friday, the SF Examiner has paved new critical ground by being the first outlet to compare our little movie with James Cameron’s AVATAR:
For an engrossing visit to another world — one that doesn’t involve 3-D glasses and whose name is Wichita — “What’s the Matter With [...]
San Francisco engagement – must close Thursday, January 14, 2010
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” opened on Friday, Jan 1, 2010 for a week-long engagement at the Landmark Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco. Filmmakers Laura Cohen and Joe Winston will attend both evening screenings on the first two nights to take questions from the audience. UPDATE: due to a hugely successful opening weekend, the movie [...]
“Kansas?” movie returns to Chicago December 18-23
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” will return to the Gene Siskel Film Center in the heart of Chicago, for a pre-Christmas run, starting on Friday, December 18. The filmmakers will attend two of the screenings.
Here’s the schedule:
Friday, December 18, 8:00 pm – filmmakers Laura and Joe in attendance!
Saturday, December 19, 8:00 pm
- NO SHOW ON [...]
Great opening weekend in Chicago
We were excitedly looking forward to our home town premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center, and certainly were not disappointed. Our post-screening Q & A’s played to packed houses, and as always, you in the audience kept us on our toes.
They were rewarded for sticking around, as we shared with them how we met [...]
Listen to Laura, Joe and Tom’s WBEZ radio interview
WBEZ has posted the entire episode of “Eight Forty-Eight”, the program we appeared on this morning, and we’ve grabbed our interview for your listening pleasure. It’s the most fun we’ve had at Navy Pier (where WBEZ’s studios are located) without riding the Ferris Wheel.
Click here to listen or download the MP3.
3 1/2 Stars from Roger Ebert!
“I’ve rarely seen a documentary quite like it. It has a point to make but no ax to grind…What’s the Matter with Kansas? doesn’t connect the dots, nor does it need to. It takes no cheap shots. It is all there to see. These good people are voting against themselves.”
WBEZ radio interview tomorrow
Tomorrow morning, filmmakers Laura Cohen, Joe Winston and author Thomas Frank will all appear on WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, for an interview on “848″ to talk about the journey from page to screen of “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” on the eve of its Chicago Premiere. If you’re in or near Chicago, tune in to [...]
Volunteers Needed to Videotape Chicago Q&A’s
“What’s the Matter with Kansas?” is looking for volunteer(s) to videotape the Q & A sessions (sure to be lively) featuring Thomas Frank and the filmmakers. The Q & A’s will take place after two of the screenings at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
Why Kansas Matters
John K. Wilson’s review of “What’s the matter with Kansas?” appears in the current issue of In These Times, an unapologetically leftist Chicago-based newsweekly.
John brings up the always volatile issue of whether the movie respects its subjects.
Frank’s book and this movie are both vulnerable to accusations of condescending elitism, Frank for his thesis and [...]
Chicago Reader profile
In this week’s issue, the Chicago Reader named Laura and Joe as “People to Watch” among Chicago filmmakers. We’re still blushing. A brief excerpt:
Sitting in his dining room in Lincoln Square with his son, Milo, on his knee, director Joe Winston only vaguely resembles the tousled host of This Week in Joe’s Basement, the Chicago [...]