Big name film events land at the Michigan Theater

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 | Source: FORMzine

Ann Arbor is for film lovers. Anyone who has been hanging out at the Michigan Theater long enough to read the marquee can see that lately. Whether its the Sundance Film Festival showing two of its films at the venerable venue, Kevin Smith's arrival (with horror flick in tow) on March 5th or the upcoming 49th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival later this year, Tree Townies can't seem to get enough art house productions.

More proof can be found in FORMzine's write up of the recent Sundance showings.

Excerpt:

The citizens of Ann Arbor were treated to not one, but two Sundance films this past weekend, January 27 and 28. Out of the nine cities around the country selected to host a Sundance film, Ann Arbor was the only city selected to host two, and this was because the second film, “Cedar Rapids,” was filmed on-location in Ann Arbor. The other cities selected to host films, all on January 27, were Brookline, MA; Brooklyn, NY; San Francisco; Seattle; Chicago; Los Angeles; Madison, WI; and Nashville, and different films were shown at each location. “Cedar Rapids” was shown in Seattle on the 27th and then the director, Miguel Arteta, who had previously directed “Youth in Revolt” in Ann Arbor, flew to Michigan for the premiere.

Read the rest of the story here, and check out how "Clerks" star will bring his new movie "Red State" to the Michigan Theater here and how Bill Maher of "Religulous" fame will do some stand up at the Michigan Theater here.