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Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis is presenting a trio of the playwright’s early one-act plays. They show the influence the city’s vibrant cinema culture of the 1930s had on the writer. -
The film is set to begin production in July and will be shot exclusively on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metro — including Arrowhead Stadium. -
![Zach Wargel embraces his girlfriend Maggie Sullivan, both 26 and of Tower Grove Heights, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, during a protest outside of the Tivoli Theater on the Delmar Loop. “I grew up in St. Louis and the Tivoli was an important spot for me growing up and realizing I was queer and not out,” Sullivan said. “I’m also half Middle Eastern, so it was a very important space to see other people who aren’t white. When I heard [about One Family Church not playing Rocky Horror Picture Show], I was devastated and outraged that… they were using Christianity to hide behind their bigotry.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/26a0960/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3d%2F5d%2Fea8fe5e1430ab74a45cb2e919ed0%2F100623-bm-tivoli-2.JPG)
For years, the Tivoli Theatre in the Delmar Loop screened "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." But leaders of One Family Church, which bought the historic building, say they will no longer screen movies that don't align with their faith. -
In her new book, Aisha Harris shares her experiences as a Black, suburban, '90s-kid-turned-30-something, city-dwelling journalist while digging into the shifting ways we interact with pop culture — and how it touches us in ways we may not even realize. -
The pandemic has been tough on St. Louis movie theaters, but the tiny Arkadin Cinema in Bevo Mill has big plans for the future – starting with a move indoors. -
A Michigan cinema company is expanding into the St. Louis region by opening an eight-screen theater during the pandemic. -
There’s good reason the U.S. Treasury Department selected Harriet Tubman as the new face of its $20 bill. Tubman lived one of the nation’s most remarkable… -
On a Thursday evening at the Chase Park Plaza Cinemas, the 7:10 screening of new Disney film “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” is still a good 20 minutes… -
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 27, 2013 - There's an exhilarating, shocking, painfully human movie about international Formula…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 19, 2009 - The stunning Israeli animated film "Waltz with Bashir" begins with a nightmare, a…
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![Zach Wargel embraces his girlfriend Maggie Sullivan, both 26 and of Tower Grove Heights, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, during a protest outside of the Tivoli Theater on the Delmar Loop. “I grew up in St. Louis and the Tivoli was an important spot for me growing up and realizing I was queer and not out,” Sullivan said. “I’m also half Middle Eastern, so it was a very important space to see other people who aren’t white. When I heard [about One Family Church not playing Rocky Horror Picture Show], I was devastated and outraged that… they were using Christianity to hide behind their bigotry.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fddabba/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3d%2F5d%2Fea8fe5e1430ab74a45cb2e919ed0%2F100623-bm-tivoli-2.JPG)
