Valley Art has been playing much better movies recently. Like, WORLDS better. David Gordon Green's new movie, "Prince Avalanche" and the much-anticipated trainwreck of a movie "The Canyons." This week, "Europa Report" a sci-fi movie that at least looks really interesting along with a Burning Man documentary.
In the past year I've seen a few exciting things. The two aformentioned Prince Avalanche and The Canyons along with "On the Road" (didn't like it but at least they showed it) and "The Comedy" (hated it but at least they showed it).
Their new crop of movies is so, so much better than what they'd been playing in the past. I swear, every time I looked at showtimes, it would be a documentary about a woman who may or may not have told someone a lie and the web or deceit that may or may not exist... filmed from inside a metaphorical blender. Even a masturbatory piece of shit like "Bellflower" had some amount of anticipation behind it.
Still wish they'd play more classics. I was lucky enough to see "Back to the Future" at Valley Art in anticipation of "Flight."