January 2016 – Des Moines Film

Phoenix: DMFS Best of 2015

Posted on January 28, 2016

Des Moines Film Society asked some of our favorite local writers and film fanatics to pick their favorite film of 2015. You can read them all at DMFS: Best of 2015. “I no longer exist,” Nelly, a Jewish nightclub singer shot in the head and left for dead in a Nazi concentration camp, says after seeing herself in a broken mirror amongst the rubble of her former home. The gunshot wound left her disfigured, and despite begging...

Brent Roske on ‘Courting Des Moines’

Posted on January 28, 2016

by Ben Godar

Brent Roske shot 99% of his new film, Courting Des Moines, in Iowa's capital city. As for the other 1%...

DesMoinesFilm.org 2.0 is here – your resource for film in Des Moines

Posted on January 25, 2016

by Ben Godar

After much hard work, we are proud to re-launch a greatly expanded version of our website, desmoinesfilm.org. Among the new features are a Calendar, which will feature the best film special programming in Des Moines, whether presented by us or the other great theaters and art organizations in town. We want to be your indispensable spot for what's going on in the Des Moines film scene. We are also launching a dedicated blog, which will feature the...

The Big Short: DMFS Best of 2015

Posted on January 25, 2016

by Kevin Kretschmer

Des Moines Film Society asked some of our favorite local writers and film fanatics to pick their favorite film of 2015. You can read them all at DMFS: Best of 2015. A few years ago, after seeing Charles Ferguson’s Oscar-winning feature documentary Inside Job, I couldn’t stop recommending it to people as a lucid, compelling explanation of the 2008 financial crisis. As a documentary, however, it proved a hard sell; not everyone is willing to watch...