3 FACES
[سه رخ] [SE ROKH] The fourth movie he made in defiance of the Iranian government’s filmmaking ban won Jafar Panahi the Best Screenplay award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. 3 FACES is a touching tribute to the road movies of Panahi’s late mentor, Abbas Kiarostami. Playing fictionalized versions of themselves, Panahi and well-known actress Behnaz Jafari trek to Iran’s mountainous northwest to investigate a video of a teenage girl apparently committing suicide. The Hollywood Reporter’s Deborah Young called the film “charming Iranian cinema at its purest” and “defiantly modern in its liberal message about freedom of choice.” (Note courtesy... read more
[سه رخ] [SE ROKH] The fourth movie he made in defiance of the Iranian government’s filmmaking ban won Jafar Panahi... read more
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
“Follow the money.” Deep Throat’s advice has guided whistleblowers and reporters well in the 50 years since Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman starred as Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who uncover the Watergate scandal in this enduring classic. The power of journalists to hold figures of authority accountable has waxed and waned over the years, but this film still stands as a paean to the power of a free press and the dangers of unchecked power. The all-star cast includes Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Ned Beatty, F. Murray... read more
“Follow the money.” Deep Throat’s advice has guided whistleblowers and reporters well in the 50 years since Robert Redford and... read more
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
On the mean streets of 1920s New York, best pals Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) and Jerry Connolly (Pat O’Brien) get up to no good. An attempted train robbery gone wrong sends them on very different paths when Rocky is caught by the cops, but Jerry manages to escape. Nearly 20 years later, Rocky is a convicted gangster fresh out of the slammer, while Jerry is a Catholic priest attempting to keep a group of hooligans (played by the Dead End Kids) on the straight and narrow. The supporting cast includes Ann Sheridan as an old flame from the neighborhood and... read more
On the mean streets of 1920s New York, best pals Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) and Jerry Connolly (Pat O’Brien) get... read more
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
Neil Simon adapted his own hit Broadway play, with Robert Redford reprising the role he originated onstage. Reuniting a year after THE CHASE, Redford and Jane Fonda play newlyweds adjusting to married life in New York City. An odd couple, Corie (Fonda) is the lighthearted free spirit to buttoned-up lawyer Paul (Redford). Struggling to adapt to their tiny fifth-story walkup in Greenwich Village, the couple soon end up on the brink of divorce — but one drunken evening and a barefoot walk in the park might be enough to bring them back together. DIR Gene Saks; SCR Neil Simon, from... read more
Neil Simon adapted his own hit Broadway play, with Robert Redford reprising the role he originated onstage. Reuniting a year... read more
THE BIRDS
Chaos reigns in Bodega Bay when an avian invasion descends upon the town. THE BIRDS is Hitchcock’s high-water mark for controlled atmosphere and mastery of cinematic technique, with methodical build-ups of tension and sudden visitations of terror from above. Tippi Hedren — who famously endured endless takes of harrowing bird attacks — is socialite Melanie Daniels, Rod Taylor is her callow lover, Jessica Tandy his icy mother and Suzanne Pleshette his jilted ex, a local schoolteacher who bravely defends her own flock. Instead of providing a score, composer Bernard Herrmann supervised the sound design of the bird sequences — all... read more
Chaos reigns in Bodega Bay when an avian invasion descends upon the town. THE BIRDS is Hitchcock’s high-water mark for... read more
BOOGIE NIGHTS in 70mm
The 27-year-old Paul Thomas Anderson cemented his reputation as one of Hollywood’s new mavericks with this look into the rise, fall and redemption of one Eddie Adams a.k.a. Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) in the hedonistic, drug-fueled ‘70s porn industry in southern California. Plucked from his job as a busboy by porn purveyor Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds, in an Academy Award®-nominated performance), Eddie’s boyish naïveté quickly gives way to drug-induced arrogance as he spirals out of control. The ensemble cast includes Julianne Moore and Heather Graham as Dirk’s frequent costars Amber Waves and Rollergirl, plus John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, William... read more
The 27-year-old Paul Thomas Anderson cemented his reputation as one of Hollywood’s new mavericks with this look into the rise,... read more
BREATHLESS
[À BOUT DE SOUFFLE] This quintessential French New Wave classic still seems fresh and innovative even after more than 65 years. Jazzy-cool crook Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo), on the run after impulsively shooting a cop, kills time in Paris trying to convince his on-again, off-again American girlfriend Patricia (Jean Seberg) to run away with him to Italy. The deceptively carefree plot; abundant allusiveness to cinema, art and other culture (high and low); and the whimsically unorthodox, energetic editing are all hallmarks that would come to be known as “Godardian” — and all appear here, fully formed, in Jean-Luc Godard’s debut feature.... read more
[À BOUT DE SOUFFLE] This quintessential French New Wave classic still seems fresh and innovative even after more than 65... read more
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
In this box office smash, which received seven Academy Award® nominations, Paul Newman is mastermind criminal Butch Cassidy and Robert Redford is his lightning-quick partner, the Sundance Kid. As the leaders of the legendary Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, these charismatic outlaws rob banks and stagecoaches at will until a ruthless railroad baron assembles a bloodthirsty posse to put them under. With the hired guns on their heels, they flee to Bolivia to start anew, but once again find themselves afoul of the law. DIR George Roy Hill; SCR William Goldman; PROD John Foreman. U.S., 1969, b&w/color, 110 min. RATED PG In Memoriam:... read more
In this box office smash, which received seven Academy Award® nominations, Paul Newman is mastermind criminal Butch Cassidy and Robert... read more
THE CANDIDATE (1972) in 35mm
Bill McKay (Robert Redford) is an idealistic young activist who agrees to run for elected office, hoping to use the campaign to bring important issues into the public debate. When McKay’s honesty and integrity captivate the electorate’s attention, his long-shot candidacy attracts the attention of the party machine, and McKay must decide whether he can effect a greater change as a part of the government or if he should retain his integrity and lose. With an Academy Award®–winning script by Jeremy Larner, who served as a speechwriter for 1968 Democratic presidential hopeful Eugene McCarthy, THE CANDIDATE is a sharply observant... read more
Bill McKay (Robert Redford) is an idealistic young activist who agrees to run for elected office, hoping to use the... read more
Count Gore De Vol presents THE FLY (1986)
Join us for some creepy good fun when local TV legend Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present another cult favorite in the spirit of the original CREATURE FEATURE broadcasts, including vintage clips from the Count’s vault and interactive fun and games. Starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, director David Cronenberg’s 1986 remake of the 1958 cult classic about a young scientist who mutates into a fly is a masterclass in body horror, complete with iconically gruesome visuals that are unsettling, unflinching and unforgettable. Goldblum is exceptional as the misguided molecular physicist-turned-teleportation pioneer Seth Brundle in one of... read more
Join us for some creepy good fun when local TV legend Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present... read more
DEF BY TEMPTATION
“Contributes to a Black filmmaking tradition that does not wish to replicate the sensibilities or aesthetic leanings...of Hollywood.” – Robin R. Means Coleman, author of “Horror Noire.” Beautifully photographed by Ernest Dickerson (DO THE RIGHT THING) and starring Kadeem Hardison (I’M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA) and Samuel L. Jackson (PULP FICTION), this sole directorial effort from child actor James Bond III is a macabre, neon-tinged portrait of late 1980s Brooklyn. Blending supernatural horror, vampire tropes and religious mysticism, and punctuated by an electrifying hip-hop and R&B soundtrack, DEF BY TEMPTATION has recently been cited as among the spiritual predecessors of... read more
“Contributes to a Black filmmaking tradition that does not wish to replicate the sensibilities or aesthetic leanings...of Hollywood.” – Robin... read more
DOWNHILL RACER
Michael Ritchie’s debut film, based on a psychologically acute screenplay by novelist James Salter, focuses on the drive that it takes to be a champion, and how that drive can become an all-consuming obsession that leaves no room for anything else. Robert Redford gives a well-tuned performance as David Chappellet, an ambitious, enigmatic member of the U.S. ski team, whose self-centered and relentless pursuit of Olympic glory on the slopes, and his naïveté off of them, make him the source of both ire and concern for his embattled coach (Gene Hackman). DIR Michael Ritchie; SCR James Salter, from the novel... read more
Michael Ritchie’s debut film, based on a psychologically acute screenplay by novelist James Salter, focuses on the drive that it... read more
FORCE OF EVIL
One of the most distinctive works of the original film noir era, Abraham Polonsky’s directorial debut is an exposé of the New York numbers racket and a riveting tale of a fallen man (John Garfield, in one of his best roles) and his search for his soul. Stylized art direction from seven-time Oscar® winner Richard Day complements vivid New York location footage. Featuring an evocative score by David Raksin and memorable performances by Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor and Roy Roberts, the film is innovative and superlative in every respect. (Note courtesty of Noir City.) DIR/SCR Abraham Polonsky; SCR Ira Wolfert,... read more
One of the most distinctive works of the original film noir era, Abraham Polonsky’s directorial debut is an exposé of... read more
THE GREAT GATSBY (1974)
The ‘20s never roared louder than in this sumptuously romantic retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age classic. Robert Redford stars as Jay Gatsby, who had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow), then lost her to a rich boy. But now Gatsby is mysteriously wealthy — and ready to risk everything to woo Daisy back. A winner of two Academy Awards® (Best Costume Design and Best Scoring: Adaptation), THE GREAT GATSBY features an elegant script by Francis Ford Coppola and a stellar supporting cast that includes Bruce Dern, Sam Waterston and Karen Black. (Note adapted from Paramount Pictures.)... read more
The ‘20s never roared louder than in this sumptuously romantic retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age classic. Robert Redford... read more
HARD EIGHT
Paul Thomas Anderson’s critically lauded feature debut is a neo noir that finds professional gambler Sydney Brown (Philip Baker Hall) taking the slightly dim and down-on-his-luck John Finnegan (John C. Reilly) first out to breakfast and then on as a partner in the seediest casinos in Reno. This engrossing character study includes excellent performances by Gwyneth Paltrow as a cocktail waitress moonlighting as a call girl and Samuel L. Jackson as a gangster given to philosophical ramblings. DIR/SCR Paul Thomas Anderson; PROD Robert Jones, John S. Lyons. U.S., 1996, color, 102 min. RATED R read more
Paul Thomas Anderson’s critically lauded feature debut is a neo noir that finds professional gambler Sydney Brown (Philip Baker Hall)... read more
HUMORESQUE (1946)
Young Paul Boray fights his way out of the New York ghetto not with his fists but with the hands — and heart — of a virtuoso violinist. His meteoric rise is funded by arts patron Helen Wright who, despite being married, falls desperately in love with her protégé. This film is that rarest of Hollywood offerings: a concoction of archly melodramatic artifice that is profoundly affecting. It features a mesmerizing turn by John Garfield and perhaps the most deeply felt performance of Joan Crawford’s legendary career. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR Jean Negulesco; SCR Clifford Odets, Zachary Gold,... read more
Young Paul Boray fights his way out of the New York ghetto not with his fists but with the hands... read more
IN A LONELY PLACE
Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical, violent-tempered Hollywood screenwriter headed toward has-been status, becomes the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a young woman. His personal and professional lives take dramatic turns when he falls in love with his alibi — Laurel Gray (Gloria Grahame), a vulnerable new neighbor in his apartment court. This classic noir is an emotionally authentic and mature film about the frailty of human relationships and the glory and agony of artistic temperament. (Note adapted from Noir City.) DIR Nicholas Ray; SCR Andrew Solt, from the novel by Dorothy B. Hughes; PROD Robert Lord. U.S.,... read more
Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical, violent-tempered Hollywood screenwriter headed toward has-been status, becomes the prime suspect in the brutal... read more
IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES in 35mm
[愛のコリーダ] [AI NO KORĪDA] Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima’s abiding fascination with the most dangerous extremes of sexual desire gave way to his pornographic masterpiece, one of the most intensely debated films of the 1970s and one of the first to artistically depict explicit sex. Marking a triumph for Ōshima’s visionary melding of eroticism and politics, the release of his first French-financed project resulted in a major international scandal and a trial on obscenity charges. Based on the true story of a tempestuous affair between a dangerous prostitute and a gambler in the 1930s, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES is... read more
[愛のコリーダ] [AI NO KORĪDA] Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima’s abiding fascination with the most dangerous extremes of sexual desire gave way... read more
INHERENT VICE in 70mm
Paul Thomas Anderson’s inspired adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s humorous “surf noir” novel features Joaquin Phoenix as Doc Sportello, a “stoner detective” on par with the greatest snoops of the quirky subgenre, from Elliott Gould’s Philip Marlowe in Robert Altman’s THE LONG GOODBYE to Jeff Bridges’ “The Dude” in the Coen brothers’ THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Doc’s ex-old lady Shasta (Katherine Waterston) drops in unannounced at his beach house telling a wild story about her current lover, real estate magnate Mickey Wolfmann (Eric Roberts), and a plot by Mickey’s wife and her lover to have Mickey committed to an insane asylum. From... read more
Paul Thomas Anderson’s inspired adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s humorous “surf noir” novel features Joaquin Phoenix as Doc Sportello, a “stoner... read more
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
[یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid rounds up a few of his fellow ex-prisoners to try and confirm Eghbal’s identity. Master filmmaker Jafar Panahi creates a deeply felt moral thriller, where high-stakes tension combines with unexpected flurries of humor and thoughtful, sometimes devastating, questions regarding persecution and revenge. DIR/SCR/PROD Jafar Panahi; PROD Philippe Martin. Iran/France/Luxembourg, 2025, color, 105 min. In Persian with English subtitles. RATED PG-13 Also part... read more
[یک تصادف ساده] Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, is suddenly reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he has... read more
JAFAR PANAHI'S TAXI
[تاکسی] The winner of the top award at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, this was the third film Jafar Panahi made in defiance of a 20-year ban on filmmaking imposed on him by the Iranian government in 2010. In it, the affable director crisscrosses Tehran behind the wheel of a taxi, giving rides to a variety of the city’s denizens. While TAXI is lighter in tone than his previous violations of the ban, THIS IS NOT A FILM and CLOSED CURTAIN, like them it wittily challenges the very notion of banning cinema in a time when everyone carries a camera.... read more
[تاکسی] The winner of the top award at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, this was the third film Jafar Panahi... read more
JEREMIAH JOHNSON
Shot on location in the rugged mountains of Utah, this Sydney Pollack-directed wilderness epic stars Robert Redford as Jeremiah Johnson, a Mexican War veteran who turns his back on civilization to live at peace with nature in the mid-1800s. Living within the brutal landscape provides an idyllic life for Jeremiah until his newly formed family is brutally murdered, and the once-gentle man turns vengeful. Co-scripted by John Milius and shot in a wide aspect ratio that captures the mountainous panorama of Utah, this gritty western was a star vehicle for Redford; as Roger Greenspun wrote in his review for the... read more
Shot on location in the rugged mountains of Utah, this Sydney Pollack-directed wilderness epic stars Robert Redford as Jeremiah Johnson,... read more
KING: A FILMED RECORD... MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS
This epic tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a riveting compilation of documentary footage of the civil rights leader, from the Montgomery bus boycott to the “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, from the dogs of Selma to the Nobel Prize and the fateful motel balcony in Memphis. The film features narration and commentary from Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Charlton Heston, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Clarence Williams III and others. DIR Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz; PROD Ely Landau. U.S., 1970, b&w, 185 min., plus one 15-min intermission. NOT RATED read more
This epic tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a riveting compilation of documentary footage of the civil rights... read more
THE LIBRARIANS (2025)
Advance tickets for THE LIBRARIANS on Sun, Jan. 18 are sold out. At approximately 1:45, a standby line will form outside AFI Silver; any remaining seats will be made available just before the 2:15 p.m. showtime. Tickets remain for the added screening on Thurs, Jan. 22. Librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment rights in the latest documentary from Oscar®-nominated director Kim A. Snyder (DEATH BY NUMBERS). THE LIBRARIANS offers a rattling look at coordinated efforts to ban books. More importantly, it introduces viewers to the increasingly vital everyday heroes pushing back: the... read more
Advance tickets for THE LIBRARIANS on Sun, Jan. 18 are sold out. At approximately 1:45, a standby line will form... read more
LICORICE PIZZA (Digital)
LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane (Alana Haim) and Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman) growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love and features Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits, Sean Penn, Benny Safdie, Maya Rudolph, Benny Safdie and John C. Reilly. DIR/SCR/PROD Paul Thomas Anderson; PROD Sarah Murphy, Adam Somner. U.S., 2021, color, 133 min. RATED R LICORICE PIZZA screens in 70mm on April 18 & 23. read more
LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane (Alana Haim) and Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman)... read more
LICORICE PIZZA in 70mm
LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane (Alana Haim) and Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman) growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love and features Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits, Sean Penn, Benny Safdie, Maya Rudolph, Benny Safdie and John C. Reilly. DIR/SCR/PROD Paul Thomas Anderson; PROD Sarah Murphy, Adam Somner. U.S., 2021, color, 133 min. RATED R Looking for more showtimes? LICORICE PIZZA (Digital) screens April 17, 20–22. read more
LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane (Alana Haim) and Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman)... read more
MAGELLAN
In Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s (NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY, THE WOMAN WHO LEFT) gorgeously mounted anti-colonial epic, Gael García Bernal stars as infamous Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan. After the brutal conquest of Malacca in 1511, Magellan returns to Europe poised to continue his expeditions but finds the Portuguese crown unwilling to put up the funds. Turning to Spain, he gathers a motley crew that includes indigenous slave Enrique (Amado Arjay Babon) and sets sail for the Spice Islands. A long, arduous journey tests Magellan’s resolve as famine and unrest spread quickly throughout the ship. When the crew finally arrives... read more
In Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s (NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY, THE WOMAN WHO LEFT) gorgeously mounted anti-colonial epic, Gael García... read more
MAGNOLIA
Following the epic scale of BOOGIE NIGHTS, Paul Thomas Anderson wanted to write and shoot something “small and intimate,” but somehow the script blossomed into one of his most sprawling and ambitious character-driven epics, a tale of fractured families and relationships. Interwoven stories involving a dying husband and father (Jason Robards); his young, neurotic wife (Julianne Moore); his estranged son (Tom Cruise); his private nurse (Philip Seymour Hoffman); his game show host colleague (Philip Baker Hall); an ex-contestant (William H. Macy); the host’s daughter (Melora Walters) and a police officer (John C. Reilly) all build to a cathartic crescendo and... read more
Following the epic scale of BOOGIE NIGHTS, Paul Thomas Anderson wanted to write and shoot something “small and intimate,” but... read more
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
Hitchcock’s remake of his 1934 classic thriller swaps Brits in Switzerland for Americans in North Africa, with James Stewart and Doris Day as the innocents abroad who become embroiled in international intrigue, then have their only child kidnapped to keep them quiet. Day, playing a former singer who gave up the stage for her family, gets to show off her pipes in a major plot point. (She hated “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera),” but could not shake it after it won the Academy Award® for Best Original Song.) Clever trick photography was used in the 1934 version’s... read more
Hitchcock’s remake of his 1934 classic thriller swaps Brits in Switzerland for Americans in North Africa, with James Stewart and... read more
MARNIE
Marnie’s (Tippi Hedren) secretarial skills are exceeded only by her knack for safe cracking, having pulled off a string of job-then-rob scams. But nothing could have prepared her for new boss, Mark Rutland (Sean Connery) — he catches her red-handed, but instead of handing her over to the cops, asks for her hand in marriage! He finds a challenge in his new wife, whose compulsive criminality, sexual frigidity and phobias stem from a mysterious childhood incident, which Rutland is determined to help her confront and resolve. A critical and box office disappointment upon release, the film’s reputation has improved over... read more
Marnie’s (Tippi Hedren) secretarial skills are exceeded only by her knack for safe cracking, having pulled off a string of... read more
THE MASTER (2012)
Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed psychodrama follows Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix), a World War II Navy vet struggling to adjust to civilian life who is drifting into vagrancy until he meets the charismatic Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a writer, thinker and leader of a nascent new religion called “The Cause.” Despite the misgiving of many in Dodd’s circle over Quells fitness for the movement — let alone his propensity toward violence — Dodd takes a firm liking to Quell, not the least for his moonshine-making skills. For a time, Quell devotes himself to learning the ways of Dodd’s teachings and... read more
Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed psychodrama follows Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix), a World War II Navy vet struggling to adjust to... read more
MOONLIGHT
MOONLIGHT is the tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality. Anchored by astonishing performances and the singular vision of filmmaker Barry Jenkins, MOONLIGHT is a groundbreaking exploration of masculinity — a sensual, intoxicating piece of cinema that uncovers deep truths about the moments that define us, the people who shape us most and the ache of love that can last a lifetime. The film stars Naomie Harris, André Holland, Mahershala... read more
MOONLIGHT is the tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in... read more
THE NATURAL
One of the most beloved sports movies of all time, this film combines a classic tale of heroic destiny, a nostalgic love for the American pastime at its glory in the 1930s and the dramatic flair that the best sports contests deliver. Robert Redford is Roy Hobbs, a middle-aged rookie for the last-place New York Knights who has a mysterious past. Finally given playing time, Hobbs’ electrifying abilities vault the Knights into contention, but the publicity attracts some unwanted attention from unfriendly sources. DIR Barry Levinson; SCR Phil Dusenberry, Roger Towne, from the novel by Bernard Malamud; PROD Mark Johnson.... read more
One of the most beloved sports movies of all time, this film combines a classic tale of heroic destiny, a... read more
NO BEARS
[خرس نیست] [KHERS NIST] One of the world's great cinematic artists, Jafar Panahi has been carefully crafting self-reflexive works about artistic, personal and political freedom in Iran for the past three decades, despite his oppression at the hands of the Iranian government. In NO BEARS, as in many of his recent titles, Panahi plays a fictionalized version of himself, in this case relocated to a rural border town to remotely direct a new film in nearby Turkey — the story of which comes to mirror disturbing events that begin to occur around him. As he struggles to complete his film,... read more
[خرس نیست] [KHERS NIST] One of the world's great cinematic artists, Jafar Panahi has been carefully crafting self-reflexive works about... read more
NO OTHER CHOICE
2026 Oscar® Selection, South Korea; Three 2026 Golden Globe nominations: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language, Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Lee Byung-hun) Based on Donald E. Westlake’s novel “The Ax,” the latest film from South Korean master Park Chan-wook is a biting dark satire about Man-su (Lee Byung-hun), a man abruptly laid off from the paper company he loyally served for 25 years. Desperate for a new job, Man-su embarks on a ruthless plan to eliminate his competition — permanently. An incisive critique of modern workplace dynamics,... read more
2026 Oscar® Selection, South Korea; Three 2026 Golden Globe nominations: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Motion Picture... read more
NORTH BY NORTHWEST in 70mm
Crackling dialogue and one memorable set piece after another — including a murder at the United Nations, the crop-duster attempt on the life of Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) and the climactic duel on Mount Rushmore — make Alfred Hitchcock’s mistaken-identity thriller a classic that shows no signs of age. The film co-stars James Mason as the unctuous villain, Martin Landau as his creepy henchman and the luminous Eva Marie Saint as a double (maybe triple) agent. Composer Bernard Herrmann took inspiration from the Spanish fandango to craft the overture for the iconic title sequence designed by master Saul Bass. DIR... read more
Crackling dialogue and one memorable set piece after another — including a murder at the United Nations, the crop-duster attempt... read more
OFFSIDE (2006) in 35mm
[آفساید] In Iran, women are forbidden from attending soccer games. Inspired by a time when his own daughter was refused entry to a soccer game — and women were fully forbidden from attending games in Iran — Jafar Panahi made this buoyant, crowd-pleasing movie about a group of young women who disguise themselves as men so they can watch the Iranian national team play a World Cup–qualifying match. When they are caught and placed in a holding cell from which they can hear the game, the women try every way possible to cajole the troops guarding them into letting them... read more
[آفساید] In Iran, women are forbidden from attending soccer games. Inspired by a time when his own daughter was refused... read more
THE OLD MAN & THE GUN
David Lowery’s THE OLD MAN & THE GUN tells the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford, in his final onscreen performance), from his audacious escape from San Quentin to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are Detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman (Sissy Spacek), who loves him in spite of his chosen profession. DIR/SCR David Lowery, from the New Yorker article by David Grann; PROD Toby Halbrooks, Bill Holderman, James M. Johnston, Anthony Mastromauro, Dawn Ostroff, Robert... read more
David Lowery’s THE OLD MAN & THE GUN tells the true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford, in his final... read more
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Digital)
From Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson comes ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, starring Academy Award® winner Leonardo DiCaprio, alongside Oscar® winners Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, plus Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Wood Harris and Alana Haim. When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own’s daughter. DIR/SCR/PROD Paul Thomas Anderson, from the novel “Vineland” by Thomas Pynchon; PROD Adam Somner, Sara Murphy. U.S., 2025, color, 162 min. RATED R Also part of 2025: A Second Look. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER screens in 70mm on March 14, 15... read more
From Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson comes ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, starring Academy Award® winner Leonardo DiCaprio, alongside Oscar®... read more
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER in 70mm
From Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson comes ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, starring Academy Award® winner Leonardo DiCaprio, alongside Oscar® winners Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn, plus Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Wood Harris and Alana Haim. When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own’s daughter. DIR/SCR/PROD Paul Thomas Anderson, from the novel “Vineland” by Thomas Pynchon; PROD Adam Somner, Sara Murphy. U.S., 2025, color, 162 min. RATED R Also part of 2025: A Second Look. Looking for more showtimes? ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Digital) screens March... read more
From Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson comes ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, starring Academy Award® winner Leonardo DiCaprio, alongside Oscar®... read more
ORDINARY PEOPLE
This intense examination of a family being torn apart by tension and tragedy earned Robert Redford the Academy Award® for Best Director and marked his first time directing after more than 20 years as a superstar in front of the camera. Calvin (Donald Sutherland) and Beth (Mary Tyler Moore) are an upper-middle-class couple whose “ordinary” existence is irrevocably shattered by the death of their oldest son in a boating accident. Their younger son, Conrad (Timothy Hutton), struggles against suicide and guilt as a result of the drowning, while empathetic psychiatrist Tyrone Berger (Judd Hirsch) provides him a lifeline to survival.... read more
This intense examination of a family being torn apart by tension and tragedy earned Robert Redford the Academy Award® for... read more
OUT OF THE PAST (1947) in 35mm
Ex-private eye Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) tries to make a new life for himself in the country, but his past catches up with him — first in the form of his former employer, mob boss Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas), then in bad girl Kathie Moffat (Jane Greer), whose earlier romantic getaway with Bailey had ended on a murderous note. Dizzyingly told in flashback, blending dreamy romanticism with doomy cynicism, this is arguably the ultimate film noir, a coolly vicious love triangle between Mitchum’s Bailey, iconic in his trench coat and laconically cool; Greer’s Moffat, la femme plus fatale, a serial... read more
Ex-private eye Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) tries to make a new life for himself in the country, but his past... read more
PATHS OF GLORY
One of Stanley Kubrick’s finest films, PATHS OF GLORY is an expert realization of WWI’s battles in the trenches and a biting critique of the futility of the soldiers’ efforts and the fecklessness of their officers. Ordered to storm a German stronghold that holds little strategic value, French colonel Dax’s (Kirk Douglas) troops take heavy losses and retreat under fire. With the top brass demanding blood — while covering up their own misdeeds and vainglorious motives — Dax must defend his men's actions in military court. DIR/SCR Stanley Kubrick; SCR Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson, from the novel by Humphrey Cobb;... read more
One of Stanley Kubrick’s finest films, PATHS OF GLORY is an expert realization of WWI’s battles in the trenches and... read more
PHANTOM THREAD in 70mm
Paul Thomas Anderson’s PHANTOM THREAD is a tale of creative obsession, amour fou and a titanic clash of wills, set in the haute couture fashion world of 1950s London. Daniel Day-Lewis gives one of his greatest performances as Reynolds Woodcock, a famed fashion designer much in demand among socialites, film stars and royalty. Haunted by the memory of his beloved mother and deeply attached to his steely sister and business manager, Cyril (Lesley Manville), the “confirmed bachelor” Reynolds has avoided long-term romantic relationships, instead moving from one short-term dalliance and temporary muse to another. Reynolds meets the waitress Alma (Vicky... read more
Paul Thomas Anderson’s PHANTOM THREAD is a tale of creative obsession, amour fou and a titanic clash of wills, set... read more
A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
This sublime adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s “An American Tragedy” is noir to the core, despite the gloss and glamour Paramount ladled on to make it a huge hit. A blue-collar social climber (Montgomery Clift) falls for a gorgeous society debutante (Elizabeth Taylor), but his plain, prole and pregnant girlfriend (Shelley Winters) stands in the way of his personal American Dream. The film won Oscars® for Best Director, Screenplay, Costume Design, Score, Editing and Cinematography, yet somehow lost Best Picture to AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR/PROD George Stevens; SCR Michael Wilson, Harry Brown, from the novel... read more
This sublime adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s “An American Tragedy” is noir to the core, despite the gloss and glamour Paramount... read more
POSSESSION (1981) - DIRECTOR'S CUT
Mark and Anna’s (Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani) marriage is on the rocks, but their love/hate dynamic is taken to unimaginable extremes in Andrzej Żuławski’s notoriously over-the-top horror-amour-fou classic, long difficult to see in its complete form. Quite at home in the divided Berlin of the early 1980s, the well-to-do couple play out their union’s disintegration across the borders of sanity all the way into the supernatural. The film received Best Actress awards for Adjani at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and 1982 César Awards. DIR/SCR Andrzej Żuławski; SCR Frederic Tuten; PROD Marie-Laure Reyre. France/West Germany, 1981, color, 124 min.... read more
Mark and Anna’s (Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani) marriage is on the rocks, but their love/hate dynamic is taken to... read more
PSYCHO
Alfred Hitchcock’s landmark 1960 thriller has lost none of its power to shock, despite its familiar place and frequency of reference within the pop culture firmament. Impulsively fleeing a dead-end job with $40K of her employer’s money, Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) stops at the Bates Motel for the night. The motel keeper, Norman (Anthony Perkins), seems nice, but his mother is another story. Hitchcock deploys his entire arsenal of suspense-creating skills, honed over four decades of moviemaking, but in surprising, expectation-defying, even iconoclastic ways. Bernard Herrmann’s celebrated score remains one of the most powerful examples of the fully integrated use... read more
Alfred Hitchcock’s landmark 1960 thriller has lost none of its power to shock, despite its familiar place and frequency of... read more
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE
Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for this homage to the healing power of romantic love. Adam Sandler is a revelation as Barry Egan, a withdrawn and lonely novelty plunger salesman prone to uncontrollable fits of rage, a lifelong victim of relentless bullying at the hands of his seven sisters. When the wide-eyed but slightly off-kilter Lena (Emily Watson) walks into his life things change dramatically — but first Barry has to disentangle himself from a phone sex extortion scam masterminded by a menacing mattress salesman (Philip Seymour Hoffman). DIR/SCR/PROD Paul Thomas Anderson; PROD... read more
Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for this homage to the healing power of... read more
THE SECRET AGENT
Kleber Mendonça Filho (AQUARIUS, BACURAU, NEIGHBORING SOUNDS) puts his distinctive stamp on the growing genre of films wrestling with the history of the Brazilian dictatorship (which was in power from 1964 to 1985) with THE SECRET AGENT, an intriguing counterpart to Walter Salles’ I’M STILL HERE, last year’s Oscar® winner for Best International Feature Film. Mendonça Filho’s sprawling tale excels at conveying the texture of Brazilian life in 1977, where the threat of repressive violence is always present, even as a version of “normal” life goes on. Wagner Moura plays Marcelo Alves, a widower and former state university research scientist... read more
Kleber Mendonça Filho (AQUARIUS, BACURAU, NEIGHBORING SOUNDS) puts his distinctive stamp on the growing genre of films wrestling with the... read more
Shakespeare's "Othello"
Shakespeare’s “Othello” rages to life like never before in a compelling new production starring David Harewood (HOMELAND, “Best of Enemies”), Toby Jones (DETECTORISTS, MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE), Caitlin FitzGerald (MASTERS OF SEX, SUCCESSION), Vinette Robinson (BOILING POINT) and Luke Treadaway (A STREET CAT NAMED BOB). Directed by Tony Award® winner Tom Morris (“Dr Semmelweis,” “The Grinning Man,” “War Horse”), with music by PJ Harvey, this epic story of manipulation, jealousy and toxic masculinity explores the darker side of power, rage and desire. “Othello” was filmed live at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London especially for the big screen.... read more
Shakespeare’s “Othello” rages to life like never before in a compelling new production starring David Harewood (HOMELAND, “Best of Enemies”),... read more
SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS)
SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) examines the life and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. The film captures the band’s rise, reign and subsequent fade-out while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America. The film features notable guests such as Andre 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rodgers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland and Clive Davis. Additional guests include those closest to Sly, including his band members Jerry Martini, Greg Errico, Larry Graham and... read more
SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) examines the life and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone, the... read more
SNEAKERS
Martin Bishop (Robert Redford) heads up a motley crew of computer hackers and tech security mavens, including Darren “Mother” Roskow (Dan Aykroyd), Carl Arbogast (River Phoenix), Irwin “Whistler” Emery (David Strathairn) and Donald Crease (Sidney Poitier). A top-secret NSA job to acquire a mysterious “black box” device from its inventor leads Bishop into a shadowy world of conspiracies and double crosses, as well as an unexpected, unwelcome reunion with his college hacking buddy Cosmo (Ben Kingsley), who was arrested many years ago during a job while Bishop narrowly escaped. A box office success in 1992, SNEAKERS has continued to garner... read more
Martin Bishop (Robert Redford) heads up a motley crew of computer hackers and tech security mavens, including Darren “Mother” Roskow... read more
THE STING
Four years after the success of BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, Paul Newman and Robert Redford reunited with director George Roy Hill for THE STING, whch ended up garnering a remarkable seven Academy Awards® (including Best Picture). In Depression-era Chicago, after his friend and mentor Luther (Robert Earl Jones) is murdered by a New York gangster, small-time crook Johnny Hooker (Redford) teams up with veteran con man Henry Gondorff (Newman) to exact revenge in the form of a massive (and massively complicated) swindle. DIR George Roy Hill; SCR David S. Ward; PROD Tony Bill, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips. U.S.,... read more
Four years after the success of BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, Paul Newman and Robert Redford reunited with director... read more
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (Digital)
With her wildly ambitious third feature — a colonial-era musical about the rise of the Shaker movement spanning 30 years — filmmaker Mona Fastvold (co-writer of THE BRUTALIST) crafts a lyrical and visually arresting portrait of one of early America’s most enigmatic spiritual figures and one of the few female religious leaders of the 18th century. Amanda Seyfried delivers a career-defining performance as Ann Lee, the visionary leader of the Shakers — a movement that proposed a radically unique interpretation of Scripture which emphasized pacifism and collectivism in pursuit of a more equitable and utopian society. Making her way from... read more
With her wildly ambitious third feature — a colonial-era musical about the rise of the Shaker movement spanning 30 years... read more
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE in 70mm
With her wildly ambitious third feature — a colonial-era musical about the rise of the Shaker movement spanning 30 years — filmmaker Mona Fastvold (co-writer of THE BRUTALIST) crafts a lyrical and visually arresting portrait of one of early America’s most enigmatic spiritual figures and one of the few female religious leaders of the 18th century. Amanda Seyfried delivers a career-defining performance as Ann Lee, the visionary leader of the Shakers — a movement that proposed a radically unique interpretation of Scripture which emphasized pacifism and collectivism in pursuit of a more equitable and utopian society. Making her way from... read more
With her wildly ambitious third feature — a colonial-era musical about the rise of the Shaker movement spanning 30 years... read more
THERE WILL BE BLOOD in 35mm
“Now my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I...drink...your...milkshake. I drink it up!” Daniel Day-Lewis gives a mesmerizing, Oscar®-winning performance as obsessed oilman Daniel Plainview in Paul Thomas Anderson’s visionary adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s novel “Oil!” Following a mysterious tip about a hardscrabble little farm where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, one-time silver miner Plainview, with sweet-natured son H.W. in tow, settles on the property and soon strikes it rich. But with the flow of riches comes seemingly cursed consequences, as conflicts escalate and every human value — love, hope,... read more
“Now my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I...drink...your...milkshake. I drink it up!” Daniel Day-Lewis... read more
THE THIRD MAN
An American pulp novelist in postwar Vienna finds himself enmeshed in the hunt for an old friend, now a notorious black marketeer. Carol Reed's exemplary thriller, often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, and cinema's most vivid example of "high noir" style, stars Joseph Cotten as the innocent American abroad, Holly Martins; Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt, the woman who might lead Martins to his mysterious friend; Trevor Howard as Major Calloway, whose jurisdiction of the occupied city includes the part where Martins keeps getting himself into trouble; and Orson Welles as the mysterious Harry Lime. Winner... read more
An American pulp novelist in postwar Vienna finds himself enmeshed in the hunt for an old friend, now a notorious... read more
THIS IS NOT A FILM
[این فیلم نیست] [IN FILM NIST] This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France on a flash drive for a last-minute submission to the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his sentence — six years in prison and a 20-year ban from filmmaking for supporting the opposition party in Iran’s 2009 elections — Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, feeding his daughter’s pet iguana Igi, discussing his plight with co-director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and... read more
[این فیلم نیست] [IN FILM NIST] This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France on a... read more
THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
In this gripping political thriller from Sydney Pollack, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), code-named “Condor,” enters his clandestine CIA office in New York City to find all his co-workers murdered. In his ensuing struggle to evade the same fate, Condor forcibly recruits a woman (Faye Dunaway) to aid him, uncovers a vast conspiracy and learns that he can trust no one. Released just three years after the Watergate scandal, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR was immediately praised for its all-too-real timeliness; Pollack’s expert direction captured a pervasive sense of paranoia that gripped the nation and is still felt to this day.... read more
In this gripping political thriller from Sydney Pollack, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), code-named “Condor,” enters his clandestine CIA office in... read more
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
Bernard Herrmann’s whimsical score — his first of many memorable ones for Alfred Hitchcock — greatly enlivens this comedy about an inconvenient corpse. The trouble with Harry is that he has turned up dead in the woods, and there is no shortage of kindly, eccentric residents of the nearby village willing to confess to accidentally killing him. Shirley MacLaine is spritely and delightful in her screen debut, her casting a last-minute snap decision by Hitchcock. The wonderfully wry cast includes Jerry Mathers as her son, Edmund Gwenn as a retired sea captain, Mildred Natwick as the spinster he is sweet... read more
Bernard Herrmann’s whimsical score — his first of many memorable ones for Alfred Hitchcock — greatly enlivens this comedy about... read more
VERTIGO (Digital)
Perennially on Top 10 lists as one of the greatest films ever made, VERTIGO is Alfred Hitchcock’s supreme achievement, the fullest expression of his cinematic obsessions and the one that goes the furthest in pursuit of them. On a leave of absence after his spell of acrophobia led to the death of a beat cop, San Francisco detective Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) accepts an unusual assignment from old college classmate Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore): follow Elster’s wife (Kim Novak), not because she is cheating but because she is possessed! The truth is much more mundane, duplicitous and deadly, with Scottie... read more
Perennially on Top 10 lists as one of the greatest films ever made, VERTIGO is Alfred Hitchcock’s supreme achievement, the... read more
VERTIGO in 70mm
Perennially on Top 10 lists as one of the greatest films ever made, VERTIGO is Alfred Hitchcock’s supreme achievement, the fullest expression of his cinematic obsessions and the one that goes the furthest in pursuit of them. On a leave of absence after his spell of acrophobia led to the death of a beat cop, San Francisco detective Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) accepts an unusual assignment from old college classmate Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore): follow Elster’s wife (Kim Novak), not because she is cheating but because she is possessed! The truth is much more mundane, duplicitous and deadly, with Scottie... read more
Perennially on Top 10 lists as one of the greatest films ever made, VERTIGO is Alfred Hitchcock’s supreme achievement, the... read more
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
2026 Oscar® Selection, Tunisia | Nominee, Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language, 2026 Golden Globes [صوت هند رجب] On January 29, 2024, five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab and six members of her family attempted to flee to safety during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military shelled and shot at the fleeing vehicle, killing Hind’s family and trapping the young girl in the wreckage of the car. Hind was able to place a call to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society desperately begging for help, but the aid workers dispatched to her rescue were also murdered by the... read more
2026 Oscar® Selection, Tunisia | Nominee, Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language, 2026 Golden Globes [صوت هند رجب] On January... read more
THE WAY WE WERE
Opposites attract as WASP-y, carefree writer Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford) falls for Jewish, politically committed Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand); the two star-crossed lovers’ passionate but rocky relationship crosses peaks and valleys arm-in-arm with America’s mid-century history. Nominated for six Academy Awards®, with Marvin Hamlisch winning for both his score and the title song (shared with lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman), THE WAY WE WERE is an epic romance that dares to ask if politics and love can ever mix. DIR Sydney Pollack; SCR Arthur Laurents; PROD Ray Stark. U.S., 1973, color, 118 min. RATED PG In Memoriam: Robert Redford (1936–2025) read more
Opposites attract as WASP-y, carefree writer Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford) falls for Jewish, politically committed Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand); the... read more
THE WHITE BALLOON in 35mm
[بادکنک سفيد] [BADKONAKE SEFID] On the eve of the Iranian New Year, seven-year-old Razieh (Aida Mohammadkhani) spots a goldfish in a market and begs her mother to buy it, claiming that the ones in their home pond lack the proper girth for the celebrations. Though she refuses at first, Razieh’s mother relents and gives the family’s last 500-toman note to the girl, who sets off across Tehran to buy the coveted fish — until she loses the money. Working from a script written by his mentor — the celebrated Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami — award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s charming slice-of-life... read more
[بادکنک سفيد] [BADKONAKE SEFID] On the eve of the Iranian New Year, seven-year-old Razieh (Aida Mohammadkhani) spots a goldfish in... read more
THE WRONG MAN (1956)
Henry Fonda’s only film for Alfred Hitchcock is a uniquely sober retelling of true events by the typically sardonic director, experimenting in the neorealist style of Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica, which had recently impressed him. Stork Club bassist Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda) is mistakenly identified as a stickup man — he has the bad luck of being a dead ringer for the perp — and gets thrown into the slammer. Balestrero is confident that it is just a case of mistaken identity and will get sorted out in time, but his fragile wife (Vera Miles), shaken by the... read more
Henry Fonda’s only film for Alfred Hitchcock is a uniquely sober retelling of true events by the typically sardonic director,... read more
