In what will be wonderful news for those who spend a lot of time thinking about fonts and/or collecting vintage jackets made out of earthily colored tweed, the Loft Cinema has announced a Wes Anderson retrospective, conveniently timed nearish the release of his latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Here's the schedule:

Bottle Rocket: March 12
Moonrise Kingdom: March 15
Darjeeling Limited: March 19
The Fantastic Mr. Fox: March 22 & 23
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou: March 26
The Royal Tenebaums: March 29
Rushmore: April 3

For tickets and details, head to loftcinema.org.

Saturday, Jan. 25 marks the end of the Loft Cinema’s Hitchcock Blondes series with my personal favorite Hitchcock flick, the 1958 schizoid shocker Vertigo. The film stars James Stewart as a retired police officer with a case of bad shakes when it comes to heights, Kim Novak as the diabolical blonde who may or may not be who she says she is, and the city of San Francisco, which never looked better or more sinister depending on your viewpoint. Get ready for some dizzying heights, a primo Bernard Herrmann score, and the illustrious “Vertigo shot.” The film starts at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are general admission.

Remember Bull, the lovable lunkhead from TV’s Night Court? Did you know he starred in a hilarious 1980’s cheesefest linking Dungeons & Dragons and computer-whizzery? It’s called The Dungeonmaster (aka Ragewar), and it’s playing on Monday, Jan. 27 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the Loft’s always entertaining Mondo Monday film series. It’s a whopping $3 for general admission, and $2 for Loft members.

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Loft presents Half the Road, a new documentary that takes a look at women in professional cycling. After the doc, there will be a Q&A with writer/director Kathryn Bertine, Olympian Inga Thompson, US National Champions Robin Farina & Addy Albershardt, and US National Team Members Amber Pierce & Lauren Hall. Remember, the Loft has plenty of bike racks to suit your cycling needs! The doc starts at 7:00 p.m., and tickets are general admission. For more info, contact the Loft at loftcinema.com or call 795-0844.

I'm reporting from Phoenix, Ariz., because I'm covering the Amazing Arizona Comic-Con at the Phoenix convention center this weekend. So, I'm really hoping to see some Stormtrooper cosplayers twerking like in this video that was posted five days ago. This Stormtrooper twerking video is better than Episode I,II and III combined.

Speaking of Star Wars: Episode VII, Carrie Fisher told TV Guide that she should start filming with her old castmates Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford in March or April.

"I'd like to wear my old [cinnamon buns] hairstyle again — but with white hair," she says. "I think that would be funny."

Thursday, Jan. 16 is the opening date of the 23rd Annual Tucson International Jewish Film Festival. The festival runs through Saturday, Jan. 25. There’s a lot of films to choose from, and while most of them play at the Jewish Community Center, there’s also a screening of Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, with director Brad Bernstein in person, at the Loft Cinema on Saturday, Jan. 18. Tickets, times and other info can be found at tucsonjewishfilmfestival.org, or you can call 299-3000, ext.106.

There’s no shortage of special film events and reparatory screenings this week, and there’s a little something for everybody.

For instance, if theatrical intrigue is your thing, look no further than the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway. Rear Window, the classic 1954 whodunit starring Jimmy Stewart as a down-on-his-luck photographer who takes to risqué voyeurism, plays on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 7:00 p.m. Rear Window also stars Grace Kelly as Stewart’s striking sweetie.The film is part of the Loft’s Hitchcock Blonde series running throughout the month, and films in the series are regular admission.

Back in 1999, I used to work at a video store in the Bay Area. One of the new releases at the time that we couldn’t keep in stock was The Red Violin, a story about a violin that passes hands though out three centuries and touches those that use it in spectacular ways. This sleeper, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Greta Scacchi, and Colm Feore, went on to win the Oscar for Best Original Score in 2000. You can catch this at the Loft on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 7:00 p.m. George Hanson, Tucson Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor, introduces the film. Get there early to enter in a free raffle to win tickets to TSO’s Corigliano: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: The Red Violin & Mahler: Symphony No. 5 on Friday, Jan. 17 at 8:00 p.m. or Sunday, Jan. 19 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are regular admission.

On Tuesday, Jan. 14, you might want to bring a box of tissues to the Loft when they play The Cove, at 7:00 p.m. This powerful documentary about Japanese dolphin hunting won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2010 and scarred many an environmentalist and ocean conservationist. Admission to this one is free! For more information, visit the Loft’s website at loftcinema.com or call 795-0844.

It’s hard to believe it, but it’s true: there’s a movie that stars Mandy Patinkin, Fred Savage, Chris Sarandon, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Peter Cook, Robin Wright, Peter Falk and Andre the Giant. The movie? The Princess Bride, of course. This 1987 romantic-comedy-fantasy movie still holds up after, oh, let’s say an infinite amount of screenings. If you’ve never seen it, get thee to Century Park Place, 5870 E. Broadway Blvd, or Century 20 El Con, 3601 E. Broadway Blvd on Sunday, Jan. 12 at once! The film starts at 2:00 p.m., and there’s a repeat performance on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 2 and 7 p.m. Visit cinemark.com for ticket prices and more info.

RIP Mike Vraney of Something Weird Video and Sir Run Run Shaw of Shaw Brothers Studio. Thank you for putting out awesome films.

The latest Muppets Most Wanted Trailer beats the actual trailer that's showing in theaters. Instead of quoting pretentious critics, who haven't seen the movie, the trailer quotes tweets by young tweets that were probably written by teens. The Muppets are always pretty topical, but they 'totes' nailed the internet jargon in this one:

Legendary Canadian born actor Larry D. Mann passed away due age-related causes Monday in Los Angeles. Mann was best known for voicing Yukon Cornelius in the timeless Christmas animated film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The veteran actor started his career in the 1950s. Mann also starred in Howdy Doody, The Green Hornet, Bewitched and The Octagon.

Last week Netflix pull a ton of movies and television shows due to licensing deals expiring with some major film companies. I shared a list of content that was going to vanish from the Netflix digital streaming library, and some Netflix subscribers weren't happy about the news. Fortunately, a Reddit user created a new list of movies and television shows there were added on Wednesday.

Over 1,000 movies and shows were added, but Big Trouble in Little China and Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead are my top picks.

Here are a list of 70 new additions thanks to Cinemaphreak & Gothamist below the break:

It’s a brand new year and there’s a plethora of great film screening in town this week. Let’s get down to the nitty.

The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd, is kicking off a fantastic new series this month. Hitchcock Blondes showcases the films from the master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock. Not just any of his films, but those starring ladies of the fair-haired persuasion. Let’s just say Hitch may have had a fetish. May have. The series starts with the 1945 film Spellbound, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck, on Thursday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. Be prepared to spiral down the psychological staircase into the shadowy abyss of a mental asylum in this top-notch thriller. The series continues with Rebecca on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 7 p.m. This 1940 shocker was Hitchcock’s first American film and stars Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier. Both of these films are general admission.

1. Behind the Candelabra

The best movie of the year didn’t play in theaters. Rather, this biopic on legendary flamboyant schmaltz-entertainer Liberace premiered on HBO back in May. Fitting in a year when television — conventional (cable) or otherwise (Netflix) — kicked film’s ass with quality series’ such as Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Orange is the New Black. Hollywood studios deemed Steve Soderbergh’s biopic “too gay” and HBO smartly picked the project up. Michael Douglas gives the best performance of his career playing the closeted performer, and Matt Damon is brilliantly cast as his assistant and lover. However, Rob Lowe just about steals the film as a plastic surgeon/Dr. Feelgood who’s been under the knife one too many times. The film is a comedy at times, a tragedy at others, and Soderbergh is the perfect director to balance both.

2. The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are receiving a lot of undue flak about this unforgiving, three-hour stage dive (it’s really the most punk rock financial film ever made) into the world of predatory brokers, drugs, and material excess in the go-go 80s. Take a look back at Goodfellas and Casino, the Scorsese films that The Wolf of Wall Street mirrors the most: both films place an anti-hero upfront who barely makes it out alive before the credits roll, while all those who have surrounded him are either destroyed or had the good sense to duck out when they should have. It’s a classic Scorsese move, and the symbiosis between star and director finally clicks on this one, their fifth collaborative film. Scorsese is 71-years-old, but if the take-no-prisoners attitude he displays with this one is any indication, he may still have his best work ahead of him.

3. Room 237

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.” Rod Serling would have loved Room 237. This journey into the hidden meanings and conspiracy theories concerning Stanley Kubrick’s 1979 film The Shining is not just a tribute to his genius and meticulous attention to detail, it’s also a moving tribute to the joys and wonders of cinema itself. Using footage mostly taken from The Shining and other Kubrick films (horror buffs will swoon over the inclusion of Lamberto Bava’s Demons), the documentary oozes with genuine bone-chilling mystery and chuckle-inducing crackpot musings.