![]() ![]() Sandra Bullock in a scene from "Miss Congeniality," filmed in front of the Alamo. Another portion of the pageant is set at the Arneson River Theatre along the River Walk. The 2000 film “Miss Congeniality” includes a scene in which the contestants show off their talents in front of the Alamo. Some IMDb users lambasted the film for its “horrible” script, “hideous dialogue” and “incompetent direction” by the filmmaker, Gregory Nava. Related: Take a drive through San Antonio movie history from ‘Sugarland Express’ to ‘Selena’ and ‘Spy Kids’ The movie was released two years after the iconic Tejano singer and Corpus Christi native was killed, and it enjoys a 6.8 rating on IMDb. You might also like: These famous people went to high school in San Antonioįor example, “Selena,” which was filmed in Aransas Pass, Corpus Christi, Houston and San Antonio in 1996, ranks No. San Antonio’s iconic and big budget movies ranked fairly low on IMDb. It has a rating of 2.6 stars out of 10 on the platform. “A Darker Fifty Shades: The Fetish Set,” written and directed by Shane Wheeler, was shot in San Antonio and Lytle, according to IMDb. However, for this story, the Express-News only focused on films with at least 100 user-generated ratings on IMDb, an online database that bills itself as “the world’s most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.” ![]() IMDb lists 668 movies shot at least partly in the Alamo City. Other titles opening in the Bijou Collection this month and next include “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” starring Tilda Swinton, “Moonage Daydream,” a documentary about David Bowie, the mystery “See How They Run,” and the 2022 Sundance Film Festival favorite, “God’s Country.”Īn online presence for the Bijou Collection is available on the Santikos website.In search of the best and worst movies, including documentaries, shot in the Alamo City, the Express-News pulled IMDb ratings on 113 films. “I’m a creative person, and I love movies about art, and creating art, and how that affects your life process and your life choices.” Villanueva says he’s personally looking forward to it. The Bijou Collection opens this Friday with a San Antonio exclusive run of the A24 Studios film “ Funny Pages,” a darkly comedic coming-of-age story about an aspiring cartoonist that earned a three-minute ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere last May. Guests who are also part of the Santikos Movie Lovers rewards program can earn extra points on their accounts for checking off Bijou Collection titles within a given month. Villanueva said Santikos is also planning to bring in special guests, such as film professors from local universities, to facilitate discussions following select screenings at the theaters. ![]() “I think that’s a big part of the art house community, is not just seeing the movie and moving on, but talking about it afterwards and discussing… how made you feel, and maybe how you felt that first night, and then how you felt about it maybe a few weeks later.” ![]() “The Bijou Series really needed a home,” Villanueva explained. There’s even a channel specifically for spoiler-laden discussion. To facilitate that, Santikos has launched a series of channels on the social media app Discord, including a channel devoted to the Bijou series, as well as places to chat about other recent films and new releases. Nevertheless, Villanueva recognizes that part of the whole art house experience is bringing people together. While there still isn’t a full-service, dedicated art house theater in San Antonio, the Bijou Collection films are being rolled out at the Embassy and Palladium theaters, with the goal of spreading them around to other locations in the local chain’s fleet. “Movies that make you think differently, or make you feel differently” will be part of the programming series, said Rene Villanueva, Santikos’ Digital Media Manager, and one of the Bijou Collection programmers. This week, Santikos launches the Bijou Collection, an ongoing series of independent and thought-provoking films to bring audiences together. Indie film lovers in San Antonio who’ve been hungry for a big screen experience since the closing of the Santikos Bijou in March, 2022 have something new to enjoy. ![]()
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