"Fallen Angels" by Noël Coward
Sparkling, dizzying and deliciously potent, “Fallen Angels,” Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners, shocked and delighted audiences at its 1925 premiere. Two upper-class wives, their husbands away for the day, share a few toasts to their premarital dalliances — with the same man, who just may be en route from France to visit. Old rivalries and past scandals bubble to the surface in this intoxicating romp from one of theater’s comedy masters. Nominated for five Tony Awards®, this acclaimed revival of “Fallen Angels” by the Roundabout Theatre Company was filmed live on stage at Broadway’s Todd Haimes Theatre. The... read more
Sparkling, dizzying and deliciously potent, “Fallen Angels,” Noël Coward’s champagne-fresh comedy of bad manners, shocked and delighted audiences at its... read more
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
Lotte Reiniger’s trademark silhouette animation style brings “The Arabian Nights” to wondrous life in this enchanting film, hailed as the first feature-length animated film when it premiered in Germany in 1926. A wicked sorcerer tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse, which is intended to carry him to his death. But the prince foils the magician’s plan and soars headlong into a series of wondrous adventures — joining forces with Aladdin and the Witch of the Fiery Mountains, doing battle with the sorcerer’s army of monsters and demons and falling in love with the beautiful Princess Peri Banu.... read more
Lotte Reiniger’s trademark silhouette animation style brings “The Arabian Nights” to wondrous life in this enchanting film, hailed as the... read more
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951)
“Curioser and curioser.” A listless young girl, Alice, follows a waistcoat-clad White Rabbit down a hole into a fantastical world filled with talking playing cards, a Cheshire Cat sporting a wicked smile, a Mad Hatter and March Hare, a hookah-smoking Caterpillar and much more in Walt Disney’s animated adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece of literary nonsense. Former silent-film star Mary Pickford pitched Walt Disney on a live action/animated hybrid adaptation that she would star in, but Disney was hesitant to do so — though a live-action version was eventually filmed as a reference for this animated film. DIR Clyde Geronimi,... read more
“Curioser and curioser.” A listless young girl, Alice, follows a waistcoat-clad White Rabbit down a hole into a fantastical world... read more
ALL NIGHT LONG (1962)
Director Basil Dearden transplants Shakespeare’s “Othello” to London’s jazz world. Music promoter Rod Hamilton (Richard Attenborough) hosts an anniversary party for star musician Aurelius Rex (Paul Harris) and his wife, Delia Lane (Marti Stevens), a retired singer. But scheming drummer Johnny Cousin (Patrick McGoohan) wants Delia to come out of retirement and join his own band. Looking to break up the couple, Cousin spreads rumors of an affair between Delia and Aurelius’ manager, Cass (Keith Michell), pushing the jazzman over the edge. The band playing during the all-night party features real-life jazz greats Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus and John Dankworth.... read more
Director Basil Dearden transplants Shakespeare’s “Othello” to London’s jazz world. Music promoter Rod Hamilton (Richard Attenborough) hosts an anniversary party... read more
ANATOMY OF A MURDER
Country lawyer Paul Beigler (James Stewart) takes time off from fishing to take on what seems an impossible case: defending bad-tempered Lieutenant Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara) for murdering the bartender who allegedly raped his wife (Lee Remick). And Manion has already confessed to the crime! Otto Preminger’s tour-de-force courtroom drama also stars George C. Scott as a young hotshot prosecutor, Eve Arden as Stewart's wise-cracking secretary and Joseph N. Welch, the Army’s real-life lawyer during the McCarthy hearings, as the presiding judge; the film’s Grammy®-winning composer, Duke Ellington, cameos as a nightclub pianist. Filmed entirely on location in Michigan's Upper... read more
Country lawyer Paul Beigler (James Stewart) takes time off from fishing to take on what seems an impossible case: defending... read more
ATANARJUAT: THE FAST RUNNER
[ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ] Adapted from an ancient folk epic, this landmark film, created by Canadian filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk with a nearly all-Inuit cast and crew, was the first feature ever made entirely in the Inuktitut language, an unconventional saga shot on early video over the course of six months above the Arctic Circle. Utterly captivating, ATANARJUAT follows the adventures of a desperate Inuk man who is cast out of his tribe after being wrongly accused of attempted murder. Multigenerational in scope, the film adheres to a humane psychological realism even within its mythological framework. It won the Caméra d’Or for best first... read more
[ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ] Adapted from an ancient folk epic, this landmark film, created by Canadian filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk with a nearly all-Inuit... read more
THE BARKER in 35mm (1928)
Dorothy Mackaill gives one of her most memorable performances as a worldly carnival girl who takes a reckless wager to seduce the innocent son (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) of a wily fairground barker (Milton Sills) who is determined to steer the boy away from the midway. Complicating the scheme is Carrie (an Oscar®-nominated Betty Compson), a manipulative dancer consumed by her devotion to the father. But it is Mackaill’s performance as a woman whose love becomes her salvation that provides the film’s emotional core. Originally produced as a silent film, several talking sequences and a recorded score were added before release.... read more
Dorothy Mackaill gives one of her most memorable performances as a worldly carnival girl who takes a reckless wager to... read more
BATTLING BUTLER
At the behest of his father, effete millionaire Alfred Butler (Buster Keaton) embarks on a hunting trip to toughen up — with valet (Snitz Edwards) in tow. When Butler falls in love with a sweet mountain girl (Sally O’Neil), his valet claims that Butler is actually world heavyweight champion Alfred “Battling” Butler in order to impress the working-class lass’ family. Butler and his valet maintain the ruse and win the girl…until the real Battling Butler (Francis McDonald) appears and demands a grudge match in the ring. Adapted from a popular stage musical, BATTLING BUTLER was, by his own admission, Keaton’s favorite... read more
At the behest of his father, effete millionaire Alfred Butler (Buster Keaton) embarks on a hunting trip to toughen up... read more
BEAU GESTE (1926)
A trio of British brothers — played by future Oscar® winner Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton 40 years before he became Commissioner Gordon on TV’s BATMAN and the prolific Ralph Forbes — find themselves in the French Foreign Legion and at the mercy of a sadistic commanding officer (Noah Beery). William Powell shines in the supporting cast, eight years before he portrayed Nick Charles in the THE THIN MAN movie series. One of Paramount Pictures’ most popular films of the 1920s — and awarded the Medal of Honor by Photoplay magazine as one of 1926’s best movies, the year before the... read more
A trio of British brothers — played by future Oscar® winner Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton 40 years before he became... read more
BEETLEJUICE
A recently deceased couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) struggles to adjust to their new afterlives, not to mention the invasion of their beloved New England home after a brash New York couple (Catherine O’Hara and Jeffrey Jones) and their goth teenage daughter (Winona Ryder) move in. Too nice to be effective at haunting their own house and scaring away the interlopers, the ghost couple turns to the ghoulish Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a freelance “bio-exorcist” whose aggressive tactics and obnoxious antics create an even bigger mess. Keaton is brilliant as the madcap and frightful Beetlejuice. Director Tim Burton established himself... read more
A recently deceased couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) struggles to adjust to their new afterlives, not to mention the... read more
BEGOTTEN
This underground bootleg cult hit has been passed along like urban legend with theatrical screenings few and far between. The film has no characters in the ordinary sense; its final credits name three principal figures: God Killing Himself, Mother Earth and Son of Earth — Flesh on Bone. BEGOTTEN is about what these names do to each other and to the earth, a cycle of violence and rebirth, a collection of haunting tableaux that sears into memory. Enigmatic and visceral, this avant-garde phenomenon finally returns to theaters in its fully realized 4K restoration. (Note adapted from Kino Lorber). DIR/SCR/PROD E.... read more
This underground bootleg cult hit has been passed along like urban legend with theatrical screenings few and far between. The... read more
BLACK ANGEL (1946)
In this spellbinding adaptation of Cornell Woolrich’s thriller, noir favorite Dan Duryea gives a terrific performance as Martin Blair, a pickled pianist whose estranged wife is murdered. When her husband is charged with the crime, nightclub canary Catherine Bennett (June Vincent) enlists drunken Blair’s help in a search for the real culprit. Broderick Crawford and Peter Lorre add muscle and menace to the typically warped Woolrich atmosphere, well rendered by director Roy William Neill. (Note courtesy of Noir City Hollywood.) DIR/PROD Roy William Neill; SCR Roy Chanslor, from the novel by Cornell Woolrich; PROD Tom McKnight. U.S., 1946, b&w, 81... read more
In this spellbinding adaptation of Cornell Woolrich’s thriller, noir favorite Dan Duryea gives a terrific performance as Martin Blair, a... read more
THE BLACK PIRATE
Don’t miss Douglas Fairbanks at his swashbuckling best. Funny, fast-paced and furiously inventive, THE BLACK PIRATE was one of the first films shot in color (two-color Technicolor). Hoping to avenge the death of his father, the noble-born Duke of Arnoldo (Fairbanks) disguises himself as the Black Pirate to infiltrate a band of buccaneers. The film’s many iconic stunts and indelible images include Fairbanks sliding down a ship’s sail on the point of a knife; our hero singlehandedly fencing against a cadre of swordsmen; and the surreal attack of an underwater army. DIR Albert Parker; SCR Jack Cunningham; SCR Douglas Fairbanks.... read more
Don’t miss Douglas Fairbanks at his swashbuckling best. Funny, fast-paced and furiously inventive, THE BLACK PIRATE was one of the... read more
BLUES IN THE NIGHT (1941) in 35mm
In the inaugural jazz noir, an ambitious band leader (Richard Whorf) falls hook, line and sinker for a femme fatale club owner, and the complications that arise cause his band to violently and tragically implode. It is all there in the lyrics of the titular song. (Note courtesy of Noir City Hollywood.) DIR Anatole Litvak; SCR Robert Rossen from the play “Hot Nocturne” by Edwin Gilbert. U.S., 1941, b&w, 88 min. NOT RATED read more
In the inaugural jazz noir, an ambitious band leader (Richard Whorf) falls hook, line and sinker for a femme fatale... read more
CAMERON WINTER AT CARNEGIE HALL in 35mm
Cameron Winter, in December 2025, after a months-long sold-out tour with his band Geese, returned to New York to play a show at Carnegie Hall. One night only. This is the movie. Directed and shot on 35mm and 16mm by Oscar®-winning filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER), the crew includes filmmaker and actor Benny Safdie (THE SMASHING MACHINE) and music producer Ariel Rechtshaid (Grammy® winner for albums with Vampire Weekend and Adele). GQ praised Cameron Winter’s show at Carnegie Hall as “staggeringly good,” and Nick Cave said he has a “a glorious, emotive voice with brilliant, blistering words,... read more
Cameron Winter, in December 2025, after a months-long sold-out tour with his band Geese, returned to New York to play... read more
CARRIE (1976)
If only they knew she had the power. Shy, awkward Carrie (Sissy Spacek) has trouble fitting in with the obnoxious teens at her high school, and her home life is equally challenging, as she is tormented by her religious nut mother (Piper Laurie). Carrie experiences a moment of sheer terror after she gets her first period in the gym class shower and is mocked by her classmates. Her spirits lift when the cutest boy at school asks her to the prom — but no one can foresee what awaits at the dance, when a prank pushes Carrie over the edge,... read more
If only they knew she had the power. Shy, awkward Carrie (Sissy Spacek) has trouble fitting in with the obnoxious... read more
CHICKEN RUN
Day in and day out, the British chickens on Tweedy’s Farm, led by rebellious hen Ginger (Julia Sawalha), plot their escape from their foul home. Unfortunately, their efforts to fly the coop are repeatedly defeathered by Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy and their vicious guard dogs. When American rooster Rocky (Mel Gibson) accidentally crash lands inside the farm, Ginger believes their salvation is at hand — once Rocky teaches them all how to fly. Directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park, Aardman Animation’s first feature film is an eggs-quisite comedy filled with the studio’s trademark British wit, slapstick antics and impeccable... read more
Day in and day out, the British chickens on Tweedy’s Farm, led by rebellious hen Ginger (Julia Sawalha), plot their... read more
COCO
Pixar creates a colorful and imaginative animated exploration of the folklore behind Mexico’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and an ode to family ties across generations. Young Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming a troubadour like his idol, golden-age singer and actor Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). But strangely, his shoemaking family adheres to a strict ban on music in their household. When Miguel finds himself magically transported to the Land of the Dead, he meets a humorous trickster named Héctor (Gael García Bernal), who was once a musician in the Land of the... read more
Pixar creates a colorful and imaginative animated exploration of the folklore behind Mexico’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the... read more
Count Gore De Vol presents THE EVIL DEAD (1981)
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 theoriginal CREATURE FEATURE broadcasts, including vintage clips from the Count’s vault and interactive fun and games. Sam Raimi’s original vision for this slasher horror film was an indie experiment that would inspire a genre; he used the low budget to his advantage and injected humor into the Satan-laden narrative. Five college students, including Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell), travel to a cabin in the Tennessee woods where they encounter evil spirits emanating from an... read more
Join us for some creepy good fun when local TV legend Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) returns to present... read more
COYOTE VS. ACME
After decades of being blown to bits by bombs, demolished by dynamite, mangled by magnets, battered by boulders, trampled by trains, tricked by tunnels, sprung by springs, steamrolled by steamrollers, maligned by misfires, bedeviled by bungees, rattled by rockets, backstabbed by bat suits, rocked by rocket skates, upended by unicycles, quaked by quake pills, rubberized by rogue bands and hurled headlong off every cliff in the Southwest, Wile E. Coyote finally fights back. Teaming up with billboard accident lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte), he takes on slick corporate counsel Buddy Crane (John Cena) and ACME, Inc., the profit-obsessed conglomerate behind... read more
After decades of being blown to bits by bombs, demolished by dynamite, mangled by magnets, battered by boulders, trampled by... read more
THE CRIMSON CANARY (1945) in 35mm
A dead singer, a desperate fiancée and a detective who loves jazz comprise this charming B movie about a trumpet player who gets locked up after the lead singer of his band gets whacked. The mystery is engaging, but the musical performances by jazz luminaries Coleman Hawkins and Josh White really push it over the top. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR John Hoffman; SCR Henry Blankfort, Peggy Phillips. U.S., 1945, b&w, 64 min. NOT RATED read more
A dead singer, a desperate fiancée and a detective who loves jazz comprise this charming B movie about a trumpet... read more
DANCING LADY (1933) in 35mm
An ambitious dancer (Joan Crawford) claws her way up from burlesque stripper to Broadway chorus girl; a smitten millionaire (Franchot Tone) offers escape, while a hard-driving dance director (Clark Gable) provides crackling sexual tension. Lavish sets and famed costume designer Adrian’s glittering gowns frame a series of exuberant musical numbers, including Fred Astaire’s screen debut as Joan’s dancing partner. Robert Benchley and the Three Stooges provide comic relief. The introduction to this screening will include a short sequence cut before release — one of Hollywood’s earliest direct references to Adolf Hitler. DIR Robert Z. Leonard; SCR Allen Rivken, P.J. Wolfson,... read more
An ambitious dancer (Joan Crawford) claws her way up from burlesque stripper to Broadway chorus girl; a smitten millionaire (Franchot... read more
DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON (1931)
A Scotland Yard inspector (Sessue Hayakawa) tracks the elusive Fu Manchu to London, where dancer Princess Ling Moy (Anna May Wong) lives unaware that she is the evil mastermind’s long-lost daughter. When Fu Manchu (Swedish American actor Warner Oland) arrives on the scene, his daughter is drawn into his campaign of vengeance. Lavish sets and striking costumes frame a story steeped in the era’s stereotypes, yet Wong and Hayakawa transcend the material, bringing intelligence and gravity to their roles. In Wong’s first Hollywood film after several years of European stardom, she is beautifully costumed in faux qipao gowns; this was... read more
A Scotland Yard inspector (Sessue Hayakawa) tracks the elusive Fu Manchu to London, where dancer Princess Ling Moy (Anna May... read more
DEAD CALM
In this top-notch thriller shot almost entirely at sea, Nicole Kidman is Rae, a young mother recovering from the death of her child. Kidman’s “get away and recover” period aboard the sailboat she shares with her husband, John (Sam Neill), is shortened when the couple encounters a mysterious castaway Hughie (Billy Zane). While John is off exploring the castaway’s sinking ship, Rae must fight to save herself and, later, her returning husband. DIR Phillip Noyce; SCR/PROD Terry Hayes, SCR from the novel by Charles Williams; PROD George Miller, Doug Mitchell. Australia, 1989, color, 95 min. RATED R In Memoriam: Sam... read more
In this top-notch thriller shot almost entirely at sea, Nicole Kidman is Rae, a young mother recovering from the death... read more
DRACULA (1931)
“I never drink…wine.” Bela Lugosi stars as Count Dracula, a part which brought him undying fame, in the film that started Universal on the path to becoming Hollywood’s number one name in horror. Directed by Tod Browning, a master of the macabre from the silent cinema (most notably on several films with Lon Chaney), the film features exquisitely atmospheric camerawork by the great Karl Freund. DIR/PROD Tod Browning; SCR Garrett Fort, from the play by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston and the novel by Bram Stoker; PROD Carl Laemmle Jr. U.S., 1931, b&w, 75 min. NOT RATED read more
“I never drink…wine.” Bela Lugosi stars as Count Dracula, a part which brought him undying fame, in the film that... read more
EIGHT GIRLS IN A BOAT (1934) in 35mm
At a Swiss school for girls, Christa, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy industrialist learns she is pregnant as her emotionally remote father, unaware of her condition, forbids marriage. Facing the disgrace and exile of unwed motherhood, she chooses suicide and plans a final night of freedom. Kay Johnson (mother of actor James Cromwell) gives a memorable performance as the school’s stern athletic instructor whose efforts to break Christa will carry faint echoes of MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM (1931). Unseen since its original release and never available on television, home video or streaming, this is a major pre-Code rediscovery — an... read more
At a Swiss school for girls, Christa, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy industrialist learns she is pregnant as her... read more
EVENT HORIZON
In 2040, the pioneering research spacecraft Event Horizon mysteriously vanished without a trace on its maiden voyage. Seven years later, a persistent signal in the darkness of deep space prompts a rescue crew to wing its way through the galaxy on a bold rescue mission. Led by Captain S.J. Miller (Laurence Fishburne), the crew also includes Dr. William Weir (Sam Neill), the disgraced astrophysics engineer who crafted the Event Horizon’s mysterious malfunctioning gravity drive. But what they uncover is an unimaginable interstellar horror that will test the entire team’s sanity and their very souls. Blending the psychological terror of THE... read more
In 2040, the pioneering research spacecraft Event Horizon mysteriously vanished without a trace on its maiden voyage. Seven years later,... read more
THE FALL (2006)
In silent-era Hollywood, stuntman Roy Walker (Lee Pace, FOUNDATION, BODIES BODIES BODIES) is brought to a hospital after an on-set accident. There, he befriends a young girl (Catinca Untaru) and tells her a fantastical tale of epic heroes taking revenge on an evil ruler. The story transports her from the hospital into the exotic landscapes of her imagination. A monumental production that filmed over the course of four years in over 25 breathtaking locations across multiple continents, with dazzling costumes designed by Academy Award® winner Eiko Ishioka, THE FALL remains one of the most gorgeous films ever made, a genre-defying... read more
In silent-era Hollywood, stuntman Roy Walker (Lee Pace, FOUNDATION, BODIES BODIES BODIES) is brought to a hospital after an on-set... read more
FAUST (1926)
[FAUST: EINE DEUTSCHE VOLKSSAGE] A key film in Germany’s Expressionist film movement, FAUST was German film giant UFA’s most expensive production, until the following year’s legendary METROPOLIS (a combination credited with nearly bankrupting the company). Emil Jannings clearly relishes playing an over-the-top Mephisto, who tempts the aging alchemist Faust (Gösta Ekman) with youth, fame, fortune and sex in exchange for his soul. Among F. W. Murnau’s greatest films, FAUST dazzles the eye with UFA’s meticulous set design, gliding camerawork by Carl Hoffmann and innovative special effects. DIR F. W. Murnau; SCR Gerhart Hauptmann, Hans Kyser, from the play by Johann... read more
[FAUST: EINE DEUTSCHE VOLKSSAGE] A key film in Germany’s Expressionist film movement, FAUST was German film giant UFA’s most expensive... read more
FLESH AND THE DEVIL in 35mm (1926)
The first of seven Greta Garbo films directed by Clarence Brown, as well as the first to pair her with "The Great Lover" John Gilbert. Army cadets Gilbert and Lars Hanson are sworn blood brothers. Gilbert falls madly in love with the seductive Garbo, and, after killing her husband in a duel, is dispatched to Africa to avoid further scandal. He returns years later to find that Hanson, unaware of his friend's illicit romance with Garbo, has married her himself. William Daniels' masterly cinematography dazzles, most memorably during the climactic confrontation in the snow. DIR Clarence Brown; SCR Benjamin Glazer,... read more
The first of seven Greta Garbo films directed by Clarence Brown, as well as the first to pair her with... read more
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE in 35mm (1926)
Harold Lloyd plays J. Harold Manners, a callow young millionaire who quite accidentally finds himself philanthropically sponsoring a relief mission. Although he originally intends to nix the deal, Manners has a change of heart after meeting Hope (Jobyna Ralston), the beautiful daughter of the mission’s evangelist founder. Manners now adopts their cause as his own, to the horror of his snooty society friends, who kidnap him in the hope that he will come to his senses and call off his impending marriage. But the mission’s stumblebums rally — drunkenly — to bring Manners and Hope together. A massive success at... read more
Harold Lloyd plays J. Harold Manners, a callow young millionaire who quite accidentally finds himself philanthropically sponsoring a relief mission.... read more
THE GENERAL
When the Civil War breaks out, railroad engineer Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) tries to join the Confederate army to make his fiancée (Marion Mack) proud. Deeming his profession a valuable Southern asset, the army rejects him for service as a soldier — and so his fiancée rejects him as well. But after Union spies steal his beloved locomotive (and his girl along with it), Johnnie springs into daring action. Keaton’s deadpan drollery, pitch-perfect comedic timing and incredible physical talent and bravery make this one of the greatest silent-era comedies. DIR/SCR Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman; PROD Joseph M. Schenck. U.S., 1926,... read more
When the Civil War breaks out, railroad engineer Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) tries to join the Confederate army to make... read more
GILDA (1946)
Rita Hayworth created her Hollywood “Love Goddess” legend in this tailor-made romantic drama, the first of several sex-charged pairings with costar Glenn Ford. The sexual symbolism slipped past the censors (and most viewers) at the time; today the film is regarded as one of the greatest examples of a director “working around” the Production Code. (Note courtesy of the Film Noir Foundation.) DIR Charles Vidor; SCR Marion Parsonnet, Jo Eisinger, from the story by E.A. Ellington; PROD Virginia Van Upp. U.S., 1946, b&w, 110 min. NOT RATED read more
Rita Hayworth created her Hollywood “Love Goddess” legend in this tailor-made romantic drama, the first of several sex-charged pairings with... read more
HANGOVER SQUARE (1945)
Hard at work composing a piano concerto, highly sensitive Londoner George Harvey Bone (Laird Cregar) begins to suffer from blackouts when he hears harsh or strident sounds. Is he an innocent amnesiac or a psychotic killer? This eerie film noir is based on a novel by Patrick Hamilton, the celebrated novelist and playwright behind ROPE and GASLIGHT, and features a fiery piano sonata score by Bernard Herrmann, cited by Stephen Sondheim as an influence on his own “Sweeney Todd.” DIR John Brahm; SCR Barré Lyndon, from the novel by Patrick Hamilton; PROD Robert Bassler. U.S., 1945, b&w, 77 min. NOT... read more
Hard at work composing a piano concerto, highly sensitive Londoner George Harvey Bone (Laird Cregar) begins to suffer from blackouts... read more
THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE
Following the finale of his acclaimed HBO series HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON, NYC documentarian John Wilson looks to the bedrock of his beloved New York City for inspiration and structure. Concrete, the world’s most widely used building material, appears as an ever-present life force, and John sets out to make the definitive documentary on the matter. After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, he decides to use the industry-approved Hallmark formula to tell this seemingly drab story and increase his movie’s appeal. But his foundation soon begins to crumble — literally and figuratively... read more
Following the finale of his acclaimed HBO series HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON, NYC documentarian John Wilson looks to the... read more
HOLD YOUR MAN (1933) in 35mm
Fast-talking conman Eddie (Clark Gable) on the run from the police crosses paths with a wisecracking, hard-luck party girl, Ruby (Jean Harlow), in the depths of the Great Depression. Kindred spirits, the pair team up — romantically and professionally — in a world where survival depends on charm and hustle. When a blackmail scheme goes wrong, Ruby is sent to a woman's reformatory, where she fights with other prisoners while plotting her getaway. Crackling with pre-Code energy, the film pairs Harlow’s razor-edged dialogue, glamorous outfits and keen left hook with Gable’s easy toughness and unmistakable chemistry. The Production Code Administration... read more
Fast-talking conman Eddie (Clark Gable) on the run from the police crosses paths with a wisecracking, hard-luck party girl, Ruby... read more
THE HOLE (1998) in 35mm
Set just prior to the start of the 21st century, this vaguely futuristic story follows two residents of a quickly crumbling building who refuse to leave their homes in spite of a virus that has forced the evacuation of the area. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very odd relationship with the woman who lives below him. Combining deadpan humor with an austere view of loneliness and a couple of unexpected musical numbers, Tsai Ming-Liang crafted one of the most original... read more
Set just prior to the start of the 21st century, this vaguely futuristic story follows two residents of a quickly... read more
HULA (1927)
From her nude swimming scene to her exotic grass-skirted hula dance, Clara Bow radiates a sensual vitality that all but ignites the screen. Hula (Bow), the impulsive daughter of a Hawaiian plantation owner, pursues pleasure and eventually romance with a handsome young engineer from the mainland. Bow brought a high-energy sexuality to her performances that no other actress — then and now — could match. Victor Fleming showcases Bow in costumes as daring as the film’s teasingly thin pretext of a plot. Censored almost everywhere it was originally shown, this new restoration from an original nitrate print is complete —... read more
From her nude swimming scene to her exotic grass-skirted hula dance, Clara Bow radiates a sensual vitality that all but... read more
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
Director John McTiernan (DIE HARD) adapted Tom Clancy’s bestseller into a thriller that seethes with high-tech excitement and sweats with the tension of men who hold Doomsday in their hands. A new, technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Alec Baldwin) has a different idea: He thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it — because the entire Russian naval and... read more
Director John McTiernan (DIE HARD) adapted Tom Clancy’s bestseller into a thriller that seethes with high-tech excitement and sweats with... read more
HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky (Julian Dennison) gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: loving Aunt Bella, cantankerous Uncle Hec (Sam Neill) and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go into the bush on the run. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their differences and survive as a family. Equal parts road comedy and... read more
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky (Julian Dennison) gets a fresh start in the New Zealand... read more
In the Beginning: Animation's Famous Firsts!
The iconic characters of classic cartoons are stars in their own right — and part of our shared cultural memory. With hundreds of cartoons released every year in the 1930s and 1940s, some of these favorites appeared on screen fully formed, while others took time to evolve into the characters we know and love today. Yet these animated icons have stayed relevant for 90 years and counting. Join animation historian Jerry Beck — a professor at CalArts, UCLA and USC, and author of more than 15 books on classic cartoons — as he presents a program of cartoon milestones, tracing... read more
The iconic characters of classic cartoons are stars in their own right — and part of our shared cultural memory.... read more
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
Imagine a novel so overwhelmingly hypnotic, so tremendously horrifying that it paralyzes its audience with fear and turns its most sensible readers insane. When the author disappears, an insurance investigator (Sam Neill), hired to find the horror writer, discovers far more than he could have predicted in this spellbinding thriller. Also featuring Charlton Heston, John Carpenter’s film was inspired by the stories of H.P. Lovecraft. (Note courtesy of Warner Bros.) DIR John Carpenter; SCR Michael De Luca; PROD Sandy King. U.S., 1995, color, 95 min. RATED R In Memoriam: Sam Neill (1947–2026) read more
Imagine a novel so overwhelmingly hypnotic, so tremendously horrifying that it paralyzes its audience with fear and turns its most... read more
JURASSIC PARK (1993)
Thanks to an amber-trapped mosquito, genetics company InGen has been able to create an island theme park populated by dinosaurs. To calm investors, CEO John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) allows a group of experts (Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum) a sneak preview — but the dangerous stakes are raised even higher when security fails, a storm hits and the dinosaurs break loose. Boasting astonishing effects and a wonderful cast, this film is one of Steven Spielberg’s most visceral, thrilling adventures. DC natives take note: JURASSIC Park had its world premiere at the Uptown Theater two days before its wide... read more
Thanks to an amber-trapped mosquito, genetics company InGen has been able to create an island theme park populated by dinosaurs.... read more
KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS - New 4K Restoration
“The restoration of the material is like cleaning the Sistine Chapel with saliva. It is insane, the epic size of the film. I mean, I’ve seen it on the big screen in Telluride at a theater — but I’ve never seen the movie until I saw this restoration.” — Guillermo del Toro An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption — and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Power-mad Cardinal Richelieu (Christopher Logue) seeks control of 17th century... read more
“The restoration of the material is like cleaning the Sistine Chapel with saliva. It is insane, the epic size of... read more
KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS in 35mm
“The restoration of the material is like cleaning the Sistine Chapel with saliva. It is insane, the epic size of the film. I mean, I’ve seen it on the big screen in Telluride at a theater — but I’ve never seen the movie until I saw this restoration.” — Guillermo del Toro An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption — and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Power-mad Cardinal Richelieu (Christopher Logue) seeks control of 17th century... read more
“The restoration of the material is like cleaning the Sistine Chapel with saliva. It is insane, the epic size of... read more
KING CREOLE (1958)
A rebel without a cause (Elvis Presley) finds success as a nightclub singer, only to be dragged back into a life of crime by the crooked businessman who discovered him. Carolyn Jones haunts as the call girl who gets caught between warring show-biz factions. Presley delivers the acting performance of his career. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR Michael Curtiz; SCR Herbert Baker, Michael V. Gazzo, from the novel “A Stone for Danny Fisher” by Harold Robbins; PROD Hal. B. Wallis. U.S., 1958, b&w, 116 min. RATED PG read more
A rebel without a cause (Elvis Presley) finds success as a nightclub singer, only to be dragged back into a... read more
KWAIDAN
After more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn’s collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and meticulously crafted. The great Tatsuya Nakadai stars in the second story of four as poor woodcutter Minokichi, who has a chance encounter with a ghostly yuki-onna, a Japanese folkloric figure. One of Nakadai and Kobayashi’s eleven collaborations, KWAIDAN showcases just... read more
After more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi... read more
LAW AND ORDER (1932)
“The killingest peace officer that ever lived,” a hardened gunslinger (Walter Huston) rides into Tombstone, Arizona, amid a rigged election and reluctantly accepts the position of marshal. Facing a corrupt sheriff, his campaign to impose order by any means necessary begins to mirror the very lawlessness he has sworn to crush. Director Edward L. Cahn’s restless, prowling camera transforms a frontier showdown into something closer to a gangster film’s mob war — its violence and cynicism anticipating the moral bleakness of postwar film noir. This gripping western is also a somber elegy for the end of lawlessness in the west,... read more
“The killingest peace officer that ever lived,” a hardened gunslinger (Walter Huston) rides into Tombstone, Arizona, amid a rigged election... read more
LETTY LYNTON (1932)
Unseen for 90 years, this frank, provocative pre-Code film follows Letty (Joan Crawford), a rich girl who, after one final night of dance and drink with her possessive lover (Nils Asther), flees her decadent life of lotus and poppies in South America. A shipboard romance with a hardworking heir (Robert Montgomery) offers a fresh start — until the lover who refuses to stay in the past uses her old letters for blackmail. Letty agrees to meet him, but everything goes wrong. Promoted with the tagline “the story of a girl who loved too often and too well,” the film had... read more
Unseen for 90 years, this frank, provocative pre-Code film follows Letty (Joan Crawford), a rich girl who, after one final... read more
THE LONG GOODBYE (1973)
Resetting Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles detective classic from the 1940s to the 1970s, Robert Altman and company created a one-of-a-kind film that gleefully breaks all the rules. Elliott Gould plays private eye Philip Marlowe as a mumbling oddball who is nonetheless the lone voice for moral order in a corrupt world. The groundbreaking camerawork — constantly gliding, never still — is by Vilmos Zsigmond. John Williams’ eponymous theme song recurs organically throughout the film, arranged variously as supermarket Muzak, a hippie chant and a song on the radio. DIR Robert Altman; SCR Leigh Brackett, from the novel by Raymond Chandler;... read more
Resetting Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles detective classic from the 1940s to the 1970s, Robert Altman and company created a one-of-a-kind... read more
LOTR: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING in 35mm
The future of Middle-earth rests on the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it, but chance has placed it in the hands of a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who inherits the Ring from his uncle Bilbo (Ian Holm) and steps into legend. A daunting task lies ahead for Frodo when he becomes the Ringbearer: to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged. Peter Jackson revolutionized the epic fantasy genre with this first installment in his acclaimed LORD... read more
The future of Middle-earth rests on the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces... read more
LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING in 35mm
The culmination of nearly 10 years’ work and the conclusion to Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy based on the timeless J. R. R. Tolkien classics, THE RETURN OF THE KING presents the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of Middle-earth. Hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) reach Mordor in their quest to destroy the One Ring, while Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and the forces of good battle against Sauron’s evil army at the fortress city of Minas Tirith. To say that Jackson stuck the landing is an understatement: THE RETURN OF... read more
The culmination of nearly 10 years’ work and the conclusion to Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy based on the timeless J.... read more
LOTR: THE TWO TOWERS in 35mm
The sequel to the Academy Award®–winning THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS continues the quest of Frodo (Elijah Wood) and the Fellowship to destroy the One Ring. Frodo and Sam (Sean Astin) discover they are being followed by the mysterious Gollum. Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Elf archer Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli the Dwarf (John Rhys-Davies) find themselves in the kingdom of Rohan, whose once-great King Théoden (Bernard Hill) has fallen under Saruman’s (Christopher Lee) deadly spell. The second installment in Peter Jackson’s epic adaptation culminates in the Battle of Helm’s Deep, heralded as one of the greatest battles... read more
The sequel to the Academy Award®–winning THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS continues the quest of Frodo (Elijah... read more
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (1955)
The life of singer Ruth Etting gets the full noir treatment. Doris Day gives a powerhouse performance — both dramatically and vocally — as Etting, while James Cagney chews the scenery as the gangster who refuses to let her out of his grasp. The film won the 1956 Academy Award® for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, and “I’ll Never Stop Loving You” was nominated for Best Original Song. DIR Charles Vidor; SCR Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart; PROD Joe Pasternak. U.S., 1955, color, 122 min. NOT RATED read more
The life of singer Ruth Etting gets the full noir treatment. Doris Day gives a powerhouse performance — both dramatically... read more
A MAN CALLED ADAM (1966)
Sammy Davis, Jr. like you have never seen him before! Davis’ portrayal of Adam, the tortured cornetist alternating between self-sabotage and rotten luck, remains as startling today as when it was released. Leo Penn keeps his directorial choices for this unrelentingly bleak noir simple yet powerful. The film showcases George Rhodes and Louis Armstrong as they tear up real New York City nightclubs! DIR Leo Penn; SCR Les Pine, Tina Rome; PROD Ike Jones, James Waters. U.S., 1966, b&w, 104 min. NOT RATED read more
Sammy Davis, Jr. like you have never seen him before! Davis’ portrayal of Adam, the tortured cornetist alternating between self-sabotage... read more
THE MAN I LOVE (1946)
“There should be a law against knowing the things I found out about men!” Ida Lupino impresses as tough nightclub singer Petey Brown in this hard-boiled, jazzy melodrama with a yen for doomy romance. Quitting New York for California to be reunited with her siblings, Petey is soon busy sorting out the problems of her sisters Ginny (Martha Vickers) and Gloria (Dolores Moran). She also fends off the unwanted attention of her nightclub boss, Nicky Toresca (Robert Alda), while wondering if love will really bloom between her and damaged jazz man San Thomas (Bruce Bennett). The film was an inspiration... read more
“There should be a law against knowing the things I found out about men!” Ida Lupino impresses as tough nightclub... read more
MAN TROUBLE (1930) in 35mm
This long-unseen pre-Code gem is one of three films in the series featuring actress Dorothy Mackaill. (She also stars in THE MAN WHO CAME BACK and THE BARKER.) A hardboiled bootlegger (Milton Sills) saves the life of a singer on the skids (Mackaill). Both attracted and repelled, she accepts a job at his nightclub before drifting into a romance with a newspaperman; over a Christmas visit, his relatives treat them as married and her as a dream child, the daughter they never had. When the bootlegger learns of the affair, he drags her back into the underworld (to the immortal... read more
This long-unseen pre-Code gem is one of three films in the series featuring actress Dorothy Mackaill. (She also stars in... read more
THE MAN WHO CAME BACK (1924)
Dorothy Mackaill achieved stardom with her exceptional performance in this torrid melodrama. When the wastrel son (George O’Brien) of a rich businessman is cast loose to make his own way, he plunges into drink, violence and dissipation. When he meets a cabaret dancer (Mackaill), a fellow lost soul, she attempts to save him but is dragged down herself until they both hit rock bottom and reunite at a Shanghai opium den. The power of their shared love leads to a fragile chance at renewal, but she has to face the cold scrutiny of his respectable family. Alternately tough and deeply... read more
Dorothy Mackaill achieved stardom with her exceptional performance in this torrid melodrama. When the wastrel son (George O’Brien) of a... read more
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955)
Otto Preminger’s second challenge to the Production Code was shot in black and white to underscore the seriousness of the subject. Drug addict Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) tries to get clean — hindered by his neurotic wife, Sophia (Eleanor Parker). He is accused of killing a drug dealer and turns to his former girlfriend, Molly (Kim Novak), to clear him and help him finally kick his habit. Preminger’s controversial adaptation softens the bleaker aspects of Nelson Algren’s award-winning novel. Saul Bass’ groundbreaking title design became a Preminger trademark. DIR/PROD Otto Preminger; SCR Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer, from the novel by... read more
Otto Preminger’s second challenge to the Production Code was shot in black and white to underscore the seriousness of the... read more
More Lost and Found Cartoons
A showcase of recent restorations and rediscoveries from the golden age of animation, this program highlights the work of Walt Disney’s legendary rivals — Walter Lantz, Max Fleischer, Isadore “I.” Sparber, Hugh Harman and Isadore “Friz” Freleng — alongside forgotten gems and milestones from animation history. Curated by renowned cartoon historian Jerry Beck (author of more than 15 books on animation), the lineup features rare shorts charting the evolution of the art form: the birth of iconic characters, ambitious series that never took off and bold experiments that pushed the medium forward. Jerry’s insightful introductions offer behind-the-scenes context on the... read more
A showcase of recent restorations and rediscoveries from the golden age of animation, this program highlights the work of Walt... read more
More Pre-Code Cartoons
Join us for a wild ride through the forgotten corners of early 1930s animation! Before the Hays Code cleaned up Hollywood, cartoons were just as wild, surreal and outrageous as live-action films — sometimes even more so. Animation historian Jerry Beck — a professor at CalArts, UCLA and USC, and author of more than 15 books on classic cartoons — presents a handpicked lineup of his favorite pre-Code animated shorts, with an emphasis on the weird, the rare and the wonderful. Expect jazz-fueled antics and flapper-era flair from obscure studios most modern audiences have never heard of. Jerry’s lively introductions... read more
Join us for a wild ride through the forgotten corners of early 1930s animation! Before the Hays Code cleaned up... read more
MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic swashbuckling adventure receives a rollicking retelling courtesy of the Muppets. Jim Hawkins (Kevin Bishop) is a scrappy young orphan who gets his hands on a treasure map, taking his best friends Rizzo and Gonzo along for an epic journey to find the booty. They join the crew of a ship captained by Captain Abraham Smollett (Kermit the Frog) and meet the shady Long John Silver (Tim Curry), setting off a fight to see who can reach the treasure first. The ace comedic cast includes Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders and, of course, Miss Piggy as Benjamina Gunn,... read more
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic swashbuckling adventure receives a rollicking retelling courtesy of the Muppets. Jim Hawkins (Kevin Bishop) is a... read more
MY BRILLIANT CAREER
Reaching international screens the same year as George Miller’s MAD MAX, this period piece played a key role in popularizing the Australian New Wave around the world. Viewers were enchanted with its breathtaking views of the Australian landscape (mainly New South Wales), while feminists found a new heroine in the fiercely independent Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis), who rejects marriage to find work she considers more meaningful. Producer Margaret Fink discovered the 1901 book when it was republished in 1965, and she spent 14 years trying to get the film version made. Although she did not set out to do so,... read more
Reaching international screens the same year as George Miller’s MAD MAX, this period piece played a key role in popularizing... read more
NAZA
In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them. Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors of the Oscar®-winning film NO OTHER LAND, and executive produced by Jonathan Glazer (THE ZONE OF INTEREST), NAZA — an Israeli military acronym for nezek agavi, or “collateral damage” — expands on revelations originally published by The Guardian in collaboration with reporting partners +972 Magazine and Local Call between 2023 and 2025. DIR Yuval Abraham,... read more
In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian... read more
NETWORK
“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” When Howard Beale (Peter Finch), a veteran news anchor with slipping ratings, learns he is being let go, he launches into a rant on live television, ultimately proclaiming his intention to commit suicide live on an upcoming broadcast. The network’s executives cynically decide to keep Beale on and exploit the ratings boost following his rant. Sidney Lumet’s prescient examination of the modern news media depicts a cruel, ratings-hungry world, in which populism is exploited for profit. This touchstone film of the 1970s earned 10 Academy Award® nominations, including acting wins for Finch, Faye Dunaway and... read more
“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” When Howard Beale (Peter Finch), a veteran news... read more
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
Divorced inventor Larry (Ben Stiller) takes the night guard shift at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, expecting a quiet, no-nonsense gig that can help provide a stable life for his son. Little does he know that after hours the exhibits across the expansive museum come to life and cause quite the ruckus. Eager to keep his new job, Larry vows to keep the building and the exhibits under control until the sun rises. This rollicking adventure film, a delight for families, is filled with fun performances from its star-studded cast, including Robin Williams as a lovestruck... read more
Divorced inventor Larry (Ben Stiller) takes the night guard shift at the American Museum of Natural History in New York,... read more
NINE TO FIVE
In this hilarious caper, three working women (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton) live out their fantasy of getting even with their “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot” of a boss (Dabney Coleman). Undervalued and underpaid, the secretaries take over the office and implement flextime, day care, equal pay and more. A major box-office success (the film grossed more than $100 million), NINE TO FIVE inspired a TV sitcom of the same name, as well as a Broadway musical. Dolly Parton’s beloved title song was nominated for an Oscar® and won two Grammy Awards®. DIR/SCR Colin Higgins; SCR Patricia Resnick;... read more
In this hilarious caper, three working women (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton) live out their fantasy of getting... read more
NOCTURNE (1946) in 35mm
The death of a notable composer gets ruled a suicide, but detective Joe Warne (George Raft) becomes so obsessed with the investigation, and the various women who wanted to see the composer dead, that he disobeys orders in an effort to learn the truth. This popular release was made just after Raft and director Edwin L. Marin had worked together on JOHNNY ANGEL. (Note courtesy of Noir City Hollywood.) DIR Edwin L. Marin; SCR Johnathan Latimer; PROD Joan Harrison. U.S., 1946, b&w, 87 min. NOT RATED read more
The death of a notable composer gets ruled a suicide, but detective Joe Warne (George Raft) becomes so obsessed with... read more
NORA PRENTISS (1947)
A neglected classic! Richard Talbot (Kent Smith) is the squarest doctor you will ever meet, but he is so taken by San Francisco nightclub singer Nora Prentiss (Ann Sheridan) that he decides to throw his life away in the hopes of winning her over. San Francisco location shooting is an added bonus! (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR Vincent Sherman; SCR N. Richard Nash; PROD William Jacobs. U.S., 1947, b&w, 111 min. NOT RATED read more
A neglected classic! Richard Talbot (Kent Smith) is the squarest doctor you will ever meet, but he is so taken... read more
NOSFERATU (1922) w/ THE CAMERAMAN'S REVENGE (1912)
NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR [NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS] Casting a long and terrifying shadow over the genre, German silent-film master F. W. Murnau’s uncredited appropriation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” set the standard for all vampire flicks to come. Max Schreck’s monstrous Count Orlok is singularly frightening, repulsive and beastly, where Bela Lugosi was courtly and Christopher Lee seductive. DIR F. W. Murnau; SCR Henrik Galeen, from the novel “Dracula” by Bram Stoker; PROD Enrico Dieckmann, Albin Grau. Germany, 1922, b&w/hand-tinted color, 94 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED Preceded by: THE CAMERAMAN’S REVENGE [Месть кинематографического оператора] [MEST'... read more
NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR [NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS] Casting a long and terrifying shadow over the genre, German... read more
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW
Disgraced ex-cop Dave Burke (Ed Begley) masterminds a piece-of-cake bank robbery in upstate New York, but to pull it off he requires the cooperation of two dangerously mismatched men: gambling addict and jazzman Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte) and hotheaded war veteran Earl Slater (Robert Ryan), whose racist antagonism threatens to thwart the seemingly fool-proof plan. Uncredited co-producer Belafonte hired blacklisted screenwriter Abraham Polonsky to adapt William P. McGivern’s novel, specifically to subvert the sanctimony of 1958’s THE DEFIANT ONES, a “feel-good” movie about racism. Robert Wise’s direction is as fresh and expressive as anything being done by the French New... read more
Disgraced ex-cop Dave Burke (Ed Begley) masterminds a piece-of-cake bank robbery in upstate New York, but to pull it off... read more
THE OMEN (1976)
When his wife gives birth to a stillborn baby, American ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) accepts the hospital chaplain’s offer to secretly substitute a newborn whose mother died in childbirth. But little Damien turns out to be an infernal terror — literally. This psychologically savvy horror film, in the tradition of ROSEMARY’S BABY and THE EXORCIST, was a smash hit in 1976, establishing TV vet Richard Donner as a serious film director and spawning a long-running, if less distinguished, franchise of sequels and novelizations. Composer Jerry Goldsmith, an 18-time Academy Award® nominee, won his sole statuette for Best Score, and... read more
When his wife gives birth to a stillborn baby, American ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) accepts the hospital chaplain’s offer... read more
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD in 70mm
Quentin Tarantino’s vision of 1969 Hollywood sees a town and an entertainment industry on the cusp of seismic change. TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) worries that impending middle age, changing tastes and limited acting ability may consign him to yesterday’s news; his longtime stunt double and loyal friend Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt, in an Oscar®-winning performance) takes things as they come, his unflappable exterior perhaps concealing a dark secret from his past. The film’s starry ensemble features Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Timothy Olyphant, Dakota Fanning, Margaret Qualley, Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, Bruce Dern, Lena Dunham and Kurt Russell. DIR/SCR/PROD... read more
Quentin Tarantino’s vision of 1969 Hollywood sees a town and an entertainment industry on the cusp of seismic change. TV... read more
ONE HOUR WITH YOU (1932)
It is spring in Paris and romantic temptation is everywhere. A doctor (Maurice Chevalier) loves his wife (Jeanette MacDonald), but when her friend (Genevieve Tobin) arrives on the prowl, the doctor weakens. Once the friend’s husband hires a private detective to determine if she is faithful, Ernst Lubitsch has all the elements for another sparkling romantic comedy with songs. Chevalier’s frequent asides to the audience make the film more direct in its leering innuendo than any other Lubitsch comedy of the ‘30s — a procession of double entendres, hidden meanings, mistaken assumptions and off-camera assignations. Motion Picture Herald wrote, “It... read more
It is spring in Paris and romantic temptation is everywhere. A doctor (Maurice Chevalier) loves his wife (Jeanette MacDonald), but... read more
PAN'S LABYRINTH
Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic fairy tale tells a parable in two worlds: one, rural Spain during the early postwar dictatorship of Franco; the other, a magical realm of legend and folklore. Lonely Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), unhappy that her widowed mother (Ariadna Gil) has remarried the cruel Captain Vidal (Sergi López) and relocated them to a desolate part of the country, discovers a portal to a fantasy world hidden beneath their home. Ultimately, Ofelia must learn to navigate both worlds, to distinguish between danger and delights and to defend herself against monsters both real and imagined. The film was nominated for... read more
Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic fairy tale tells a parable in two worlds: one, rural Spain during the early postwar dictatorship... read more
PETE KELLY'S BLUES (1955)
Prohibition-era bandleader Pete Kelly (Jack Webb) refuses to bend the knee to a local bootlegger. Webb maintains the same iron-clad will that made him a star on DRAGNET, but PETE KELLY'S BLUES, which he also directed, ventures further into the darkness than the procedural franchise ever could. Janet Leigh stars as flapper Ivy Conrad who complicates Pete’s life, while vocal powerhouses Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald provide supporting talent. Lee scored a 1956 Best Supporting Actress Oscar® nomination for her performance as a boozy torch singer. DIR/PROD Jack Webb; SCR Richard L. Breen. U.S., 1955, color, 95 min. NOT RATED read more
Prohibition-era bandleader Pete Kelly (Jack Webb) refuses to bend the knee to a local bootlegger. Webb maintains the same iron-clad... read more
PHANTASM: REMASTERED (1979)
Underground auteur Don Coscarelli (BUBBA HO-TEP, JOHN DIES AT THE END) launched his career as a purveyor of weird fantasy with 1979’s PHANTASM, which spawned a series of sequels, becoming his signature franchise. A death-haunted young boy (A. Michael Baldwin), recently orphaned, notices weird goings-on at a local funeral parlor and discovers a bizarre grave-robbing plot hatched by a visitor from another dimension — a frightening figure known only as “The Tall Man” (Angus Scrimm). Coscarelli wrote the role of Reggie, the comic relief everyman, specifically for his friend, actor Reggie Bannister. DIR/SCR Don Coscarelli; PROD D.A. Coscarelli. U.S., 1979,... read more
Underground auteur Don Coscarelli (BUBBA HO-TEP, JOHN DIES AT THE END) launched his career as a purveyor of weird fantasy... read more
THE PIANO
Ada (Holly Hunter) — mute since the age of six — her nine-year-old daughter (Anna Paquin) and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of 19th-century New Zealand. Of all her belongings, her husband (Sam Neil) refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate, tattooed neighbor (Harvey Keitel). She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays; one black key for every lesson. The arrangement draws all three deeper and... read more
Ada (Holly Hunter) — mute since the age of six — her nine-year-old daughter (Anna Paquin) and her piano arrive... 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; PROD Marie-Laure Reyre. France/West Germany, 1981, color, 124 min. RATED R In... 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
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937) in 35mm
Oscar®-winning visual effects artist Craig Barron is also a renowned film historian, museum curator and educator with a deep focus on the history of cinematic illusion — from Hollywood’s studio era to the digital age. In an extended introduction, Barron breaks down the remarkable visual effects used in THE PRISONER OF ZENDA. His presentation incorporates color home movies and special-effects tests to explain how the filmmakers used split-screen photography to show the two characters played by Ronald Colman in conversation in the same scene, and matte paintings to expand the scale and majesty of the film. A wastrel heir to... read more
Oscar®-winning visual effects artist Craig Barron is also a renowned film historian, museum curator and educator with a deep focus... read more
QUEEN KELLY
It should have been a dream collaboration: Glamorous, world-famous movie star Gloria Swanson and her financier lover, Joseph P. Kennedy, hire celebrated director Erich von Stroheim to make a groundbreaking masterpiece. Instead, QUEEN KELLY was canceled mid-production and became the most infamous unfinished film in cinema history. Von Stroheim’s baroque, obsessive drama opens in a European country ruled by a mad queen (Seena Owen) obsessed with her feckless fiancé, “Wild” Prince Wolfram (Walter Byron). The dissolute prince falls for an innocent but flirtatious convent girl, Patricia Kelly (Swanson), kidnaps her and brings her to his rooms. When the queen discovers... read more
It should have been a dream collaboration: Glamorous, world-famous movie star Gloria Swanson and her financier lover, Joseph P. Kennedy,... read more
RAIN (1932)
Chafing against her glamorous MGM image, Joan Crawford put it all at risk to take on one of the era’s most notorious roles. As prostitute Sadie Thompson, she is stranded on Pago Pago during monsoon season alongside a charismatic but rigid missionary (Walter Huston) whose zeal to “save” her becomes a battle of wills. Sadie moves among a volatile mix of characters — a canny trader, his Samoan wife and a detachment of American Marines, one of whom falls hard for her — while the preacher offers salvation. Confined by heat, mud and unrelenting rain, director Lewis Milestone’s moving camera... read more
Chafing against her glamorous MGM image, Joan Crawford put it all at risk to take on one of the era’s... read more
RAISE THE RED LANTERN
[大红灯笼高高挂] Nineteen-year-old Songlian (Gong Li), a promising student whose family has been destroyed by her father’s death, is forced to abandon her studies and marry into wealth, becoming the fourth and newest concubine of the aging, unseen Master Chen. Inside his walled estate, she discovers a household ruled by a merciless ritual: Each night, red lanterns are lit outside the chambers of whichever wife the master chooses to visit, granting her privilege and status while the others are cast into cold irrelevance. Songlian is drawn into the orbit of her rivals, each shaped by years of fighting for the same... read more
[大红灯笼高高挂] Nineteen-year-old Songlian (Gong Li), a promising student whose family has been destroyed by her father’s death, is forced to... read more
REDLINE (2009)
The Redline — the galaxy’s deadliest and most popular car race — is about to begin. Reckless, daredevil driver JP (Takuya Kimura) is determined to reach first place with the sleek, ultra-customized TransAM20000. Winning will not be easy, as JP must contend with the militant cyborgs, the space mafia and Sonoshee McLaren (Yū Aoi), the alluring competitor he falls for — not to mention all the other deranged drivers in the race. Produced by studio Madhouse (NINJA SCROLL, PERFECT BLUE, PAPRIKA) and directed by Takeshi Koike (WORLD RECORD, part of THE ANIMATRIX), REDLINE is an exhilarating, high-octane ride through a... read more
The Redline — the galaxy’s deadliest and most popular car race — is about to begin. Reckless, daredevil driver JP... read more
THE RING (2002)
In a film renowned for its bleak atmosphere and palpable tension, the strange death of a teenage girl leads journalist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) to investigate an urban legend about a cursed VHS tape, which causes the untimely deaths of its viewers seven days after watching it. She enlists the help of her ex-husband, video analyst Noah (Martin Henderson), as they unfold the eerie, supernatural mystery of the tape and try to protect their son, Aiden (David Dorfman), who has his own mysterious abilities, from the effects of the tape. At just 12 years old, Daveigh Chase gave a complex... read more
In a film renowned for its bleak atmosphere and palpable tension, the strange death of a teenage girl leads journalist... read more
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Recently engaged Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) stumble upon a castle in the middle of the night that is definitely not a hunting lodge for “rich weirdos.” A jump to the left and a step to the right later, they find themselves as guests of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), who does his best to make them “shiver with anticipation” at what he has in store for everyone at the Annual Transylvanian Convention. A satirical, musical tribute to classic science fiction and horror B-movies, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW has become a beacon, a touchstone and, for... read more
Recently engaged Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) stumble upon a castle in the middle of the... read more
ROUND MIDNIGHT (1986)
Saxophonist Dale Turner (played by real-life jazz giant Dexter Gordon) battles alcoholism and drug addiction in ‘50s Paris, but is befriended and saved by Gallic groupie Francis Borier (François Cluzet). But what happens to their friendship if Turner goes back to America? This fictionalized telling of the friendship between bebop pianist Bud Powell and a French fan won composer Herbie Hancock an Academy Award® for Best Score and netted Dexter Gordon a Best Actor nomination for his only starring role. DIR/SCR Bertrand Tavernier; SCR David Rayfiel; PROD Irwin Winkler. U.S./France, 1986, color, 131 min. In French and English with English... read more
Saxophonist Dale Turner (played by real-life jazz giant Dexter Gordon) battles alcoholism and drug addiction in ‘50s Paris, but is... read more
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE
When Shaun the Sheep’s mischievous plan to take a day off inadvertently sends the Farmer into the Big City, it is up to Shaun, Bitzer and the Flock to rescue him. Their adventure into the Big City introduces them to two new Aardman characters: Trumper, the animal warden who rules the city’s animal shelter with a rod of iron, and Slip, an inner-city orphan dog who helps Shaun save the day. A feature-length adaptation of Nick Park and Bob Baker’s SHAUN THE SHEEP television series — in turn a spin-off of A CLOSE SHAVE (1995) — this big-screen entry in Aardman... read more
When Shaun the Sheep’s mischievous plan to take a day off inadvertently sends the Farmer into the Big City, it... read more
SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM
In the latest adventure for Shaun and the Flock, the residents of Mossy Bottom Farm are looking forward to Halloween — until the clumsy Farmer trashes the Flock’s beloved pumpkin patch! When Shaun turns mad scientist to fix the problem, things rapidly spiral out of control. With The Farmer missing and a wild beast roaming the woods of Mossingham, all the ingredients are in place for a monstrously fun family adventure. Aardman’s latest film displays their signature combination of meticulously handcrafted stop-motion animation, mischievous comedy and family-friendly storytelling, continuing to solidify the studio’s reputation as one of the world’s leading... read more
In the latest adventure for Shaun and the Flock, the residents of Mossy Bottom Farm are looking forward to Halloween... read more
SLEEPING DOGS (1977)
Sam Neill stars in this political thriller and personal drama that is a true landmark in New Zealand cinema, not least because it was the first feature-length 35mm film produced entirely in the country by an all-local crew. In his first leading role in a feature, Neill plays Smith, a man escaping the break-up of his marriage by finding isolation on a coastal island. As he settles in, the country experiences its own turmoil: an oil embargo has led to martial law and a civil war with which Smith becomes increasingly involved. (Note courtesy of American Genre Film Archive). DIR/PROD... read more
Sam Neill stars in this political thriller and personal drama that is a true landmark in New Zealand cinema, not... read more
SPIRITED AWAY
[SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI] [千と千尋の神隠し] Teeming with mythical beasts and complex characters, Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece won the Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival and the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature and held the record for the highest-grossing film in Japan’s history until 2020. While out exploring, a young girl strays from her parents and stumbles into the spirit world. There, she is conscripted into working in a fabulous bathhouse where all manner of magical creatures come to relax. Now she must live by her wits to navigate the perils of her weird workplace and find her... read more
[SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI] [千と千尋の神隠し] Teeming with mythical beasts and complex characters, Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece won the Golden Bear... read more
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
Tennis champ Guy Haines (Farley Granger) meets mysterious, overly admiring Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) on a train from New York to Washington, DC, and receives a startling proposal: Bruno will kill Guy’s unfaithful wife in return for Guy killing Bruno’s hated father. Alfred Hitchcock’s ingeniously choreographed thriller begins like a farce, but through tightly scripted narrative turns and masterful cinematic design, the suspense is ratcheted up toward a show-stopping finale. DIR Alfred Hitchcock; SCR Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, from the novel by Patricia Highsmith. U.S., 1951, b&w, 101 min. RATED PG read more
Tennis champ Guy Haines (Farley Granger) meets mysterious, overly admiring Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) on a train from New York... read more
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
“Stella! Stelllaaaa!” Hoping to start a new life in New Orleans after leaving small-town Mississippi, troubled Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) moves in with her sister, Stella (Kim Hunter), and Stella’s husband, Stanley (Marlon Brando). As her presence inflames the tensions already simmering in their volatile relationship, Blanche is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law. For the film version of Tennessee Williams’ play, director Elia Kazan retained his claustrophobic setting and three of the four principals from the award-winning Broadway smash, replacing Jessica Tandy in favor of Leigh from Laurence Olivier’s London production. The resulting film earned 12 Academy Award®... read more
“Stella! Stelllaaaa!” Hoping to start a new life in New Orleans after leaving small-town Mississippi, troubled Southern belle Blanche DuBois... read more
SUSPIRIA (1977)
The signature film of Italian horror maestro Dario Argento sends fresh-faced American dancer Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) off to a prestigious ballet school in Germany, where she is greeted by students fleeing in panic, secretive headmistresses (Joan Bennett and Alida Valli) and a series of murders and supernatural occurrences that grow increasingly gruesome. Does something more than the spirit of the dance live within the school’s walls? Propelled by a pounding soundtrack by Italian rock band Goblin and bold, almost impossibly stylized Technicolor visuals, this film is a landmark work of cinematic horror. DIR/SCR Dario Argento; SCR Daria Nicolodi, from... read more
The signature film of Italian horror maestro Dario Argento sends fresh-faced American dancer Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper) off to a... read more
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
“I'd hate to take a bite out of you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.” This is one of the nastiest, most acid-tongued indictments of the power of the press ever produced. Burt Lancaster gives a legendary performance as J. J. Hunsecker, the most feared columnist in New York, who delights in making desperate press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) do his dirty deeds in one of the most enjoyably unpleasant films ever made. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR Alexander Mackendrick; SCR Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman, from Lehman’s novelette “Tell Me About It Tomorrow!”; PROD James Hill. U.S., 1957,... read more
“I'd hate to take a bite out of you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.” This is one of the... read more
TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM (1926)
Based on the 1854 novel “Ten Nights in a Bar-room and What I Saw There” by Timothy Shay Arthur and the 1854 play by William W. Pratt, this key work of the Black silent period tells the provocative tale of the downward spiral of Joe Morgan, a man who turns to alcohol for escape. Soon he is completely out of control and devastates his friends and family in a series of violent explosions — but all hope is not lost. A tale of temperance, the film (the first of two adaptations to be released during the Prohibition period) features preeminent... read more
Based on the 1854 novel “Ten Nights in a Bar-room and What I Saw There” by Timothy Shay Arthur and... read more
THE THIRD MAN in 35mm
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
THREE ON A MATCH (1932) in 35mm
Three girls from the slums follow different paths — Ruth (Bette Davis) becomes a stenographer, Vivian (Ann Dvorak) a trophy wife and Mary (Joan Blondell) a showgirl via reform school. Their happenstance reunion in the big city leads to a vivid exploration of themes soon to be forbidden under the production code — alcoholism, drug addiction, blackmail, child kidnapping, suicide, illicit sex and more. Dvorak gives the performance of a lifetime as the socialite who explores her dark side with a playboy gambler with mob connections (Lyle Talbot). This compact melodrama heads in unexpected directions, with an ending that still... read more
Three girls from the slums follow different paths — Ruth (Bette Davis) becomes a stenographer, Vivian (Ann Dvorak) a trophy... read more
THUNDER ROAD (1958)
A personal project for Robert Mitchum, who, in addition to starring in the film, wrote the story for it, served as an uncredited producer and even composed and sang the title song, which became a radio hit. Luke Doolin (Mitchum), a proud Tennessee war vet turned bootlegger, must contend with both the feds and the mobsters who want a piece of his action. Full of thrilling car chases, memorable characters and plenty of local color, THUNDER ROAD enjoyed enormous and enduring popularity throughout the South, becoming a drive-in classic. DIR Arthur Ripley; SCR James Atlee Phillips, Walter Wise. U.S., 1958,... read more
A personal project for Robert Mitchum, who, in addition to starring in the film, wrote the story for it, served... read more
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)
“You know how to whistle, don't you Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.” Lauren Bacall’s sultry come-ons to Humphrey Bogart made her a star overnight and began one of Hollywood’s great on- and off-screen love affairs. Bogart plays Harry Morgan, an American fishing boat captain in 1940 Martinique, unconcerned about when and from where his next dollar is coming but unwilling to take chances running local French resistance fighters on dangerous nighttime missions. Bacall plays Marie, a woman with a shady past and fierce instincts for self-preservation, whom Morgan falls for. The film famously bears little resemblance... read more
“You know how to whistle, don't you Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.” Lauren Bacall’s sultry come-ons... read more
TRAIN TO BUSAN
[부산행] [BUSANHAENG] Yeon Sang-ho‘s (THE FAKE, THE KING OF PIGS) first live-action film is a harrowing zombie-train thriller that was a box-office sensation in South Korea and went on to wow audiences across the globe. Trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train from Seoul, a group of terrified passengers must fight their way through a countrywide viral outbreak in order to reach the southern resort city of Busan, the one place that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes…or so everyone hopes. DIR/SCR Yeon Sang-ho; SCR Park Joo-suk; PROD Lee Dong-ha. South Korea, 2016, color, 118 min. In Korean... read more
[부산행] [BUSANHAENG] Yeon Sang-ho‘s (THE FAKE, THE KING OF PIGS) first live-action film is a harrowing zombie-train thriller that was... read more
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CLASSIC SHORTS
Back on the big screen for the first time in ages! Aardman’s beloved duo of clueless inventor Wallace and his wise, world-weary dog companion Gromit first took the world by storm in this trio of sweetly absurd Oscar®-winning shorts by visionary animator Nick Park. Full of stunning filmmaking and design, clever writing and deep emotional beats, this timeless program of claymation is for the kid in us all. (Note courtesy of AGFA.) A GRAND DAY OUT Talented but unlucky inventor Wallace travels with his loyal sidekick Gromit on a cheese-seeking moon quest. DIR Nick Park. UK, 1989, color, 25 min.... read more
Back on the big screen for the first time in ages! Aardman’s beloved duo of clueless inventor Wallace and his... read more
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
Loveable duo Wallace and Gromit made their big-screen debut with this “vegetarian horror film” (as directors Nick Park and Steve Box cheekily call it) that features the voices of Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and Peter Kay. Wallace and Gromit’s latest business venture — a humane pest-control outfit called “Anti-Pesto” — is booming, but the enterprising duo are finding it hard to manage all the captive rabbits taking over West Wallaby Street. And now they have been tasked with tracking down the mysterious beast that has been decimating the town’s vegetable plots. With the fate of Lady Tottington’s... read more
Loveable duo Wallace and Gromit made their big-screen debut with this “vegetarian horror film” (as directors Nick Park and Steve... read more
WELCOME II THE TERRORDOME
Ngozi Onwurah’s radically ahead-of-its-time Afrofuturist vision WELCOME II THE TERRORDOME made history as the first theatrically distributed British feature directed by a Black woman. Nevertheless, it was largely dismissed upon its release by critics unable to see the urgency in its evocation of a gritty dystopia in which Black people have been relegated to living in a slum called the Terrordome, where simmering racial tension threatens to boil over in the wake of a young boy’s death. Over thirty years later, Onwurah’s fusion of political commentary and genre spectacle looks positively prescient, and her ability to build an entire cosmology... read more
Ngozi Onwurah’s radically ahead-of-its-time Afrofuturist vision WELCOME II THE TERRORDOME made history as the first theatrically distributed British feature directed... read more
WHAT PRICE GLORY (1926)
Two American Marines (Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe) battle over women around the world, starting with good-time girl “Shanghai Mabel” (Phyllis Haver). When they reach France during World War I, their boisterous competition is redirected toward a French innkeeper’s fiery daughter, Charmaine (Dolores Del Río). Their coarse rivalry gives way to the horrors of war with an extended battle sequence that balances male camaraderie against the human toll of battle. WHAT PRICE GLORY is perhaps the most foul-mouthed silent film in history — a delight for lip-readers — with the two Marines’ salty language amusingly paraphrased in polite intertitles. DIR... read more
Two American Marines (Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe) battle over women around the world, starting with good-time girl “Shanghai Mabel”... read more
WILD AT HEART - UNRATED
Absurdist humor punctuates this thriller — part road movie, part love story and part perverse homage to THE WIZARD OF OZ. Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage ignite the screen as Southern-fried, star-crossed lovers Lula and Sailor. David Lynch veterans Jack Nance, Sheryl Lee, Sherilyn Fenn, Isabella Rossellini and Harry Dean Stanton are along for the ride, with Oscar®-nominated Diane Ladd as Lula’s vengeful mother and Willem Dafoe as ne’er-do-well Bobby Peru. This new 4K restoration presents the uncut version David Lynch submitted to the 1990 Cannes Film Festival — one day after he completed the film — which went on... read more
Absurdist humor punctuates this thriller — part road movie, part love story and part perverse homage to THE WIZARD OF... read more
WILD GIRL (1932)
In a rugged mountain outpost, backwoods tomboy Salomy Jane (Joan Bennett) comes of age while fending off a trio of predatory men — a lecherous politician, a grasping rancher and a too-slick gambler. Her fate shifts when, during a moonlight swim, she encounters a mysterious stranger (Charles Farrell), newly arrived with vengeance on his mind. The film was shot in beautiful locations throughout Sequoia National Park. Richard Brody, film critic for the New Yorker, praised how director Raoul Walsh’s “richly textured populist panorama, with its simmering feuds, casual gunplay and corrupt local politics, along with the shoddy justice of vigilante... read more
In a rugged mountain outpost, backwoods tomboy Salomy Jane (Joan Bennett) comes of age while fending off a trio of... read more
WILDWOOD (Digital)
From Laika, the makers of CORALINE, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS and MISSING LINK, comes WILDWOOD, a sweeping, darkly magical adventure about Prue, a young girl who journeys into a hidden forest in the Pacific Northwest to rescue her younger brother after he is abducted by crows. As she travels through the forest, she encounters a world teeming with magic, full of extraordinary creatures and shadowy secrets but on the brink of total war. Alongside her classmate Curtis, Prue must discover the mystery behind her brother’s kidnapping and the truth linking her family to this incredible realm. DIR/PROD Travis Knight;... read more
From Laika, the makers of CORALINE, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS and MISSING LINK, comes WILDWOOD, a sweeping, darkly magical... read more
WILDWOOD in 35mm
From Laika, the makers of CORALINE, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS and MISSING LINK, comes WILDWOOD, a sweeping, darkly magical adventure about Prue, a young girl who journeys into a hidden forest in the Pacific Northwest to rescue her younger brother after he is abducted by crows. As she travels through the forest, she encounters a world teeming with magic, full of extraordinary creatures and shadowy secrets but on the brink of total war. Alongside her classmate Curtis, Prue must discover the mystery behind her brother’s kidnapping and the truth linking her family to this incredible realm. DIR/PROD Travis Knight;... read more
From Laika, the makers of CORALINE, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS and MISSING LINK, comes WILDWOOD, a sweeping, darkly magical... read more
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
“Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!” Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the lonely dreamer from Kansas who runs away with her dog, Toto, and is transported over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz, where she makes an enemy of the Wicked Witch of the West. In order to return home, Dorothy must seek out the all-powerful Wizard of Oz with the help of her new friends: a scarecrow without a brain, a tin man without a heart and a cowardly lion. The film received five Oscar® nominations, with wins for Best Score and Best Song (“Over the... read more
“Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!” Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, the lonely dreamer from Kansas who runs away... read more
THE YELLOW CANARY (1963)
Wait a minute — where did this come from? A late-cycle film noir with a script by Rod Serling, from a novel by Whit Masterson (“Badge of Evil,” the inspiration for Orson Welles’ TOUCH OF EVIL)? Starring Pat Boone as an egomaniacal pop crooner whose only child is kidnapped for a king’s ransom? With Barbara Eden as his wife? And Jack Klugman the investigating cop? With a wall-to-wall jazz-pop score by Kenyon Hopkins? And a supporting cast that is a Who’s Who of ‘60s favorites: Steve Forrest, Jesse White, Harold Gould, Milton Selzer, Jeff Corey and Joe Turkel? The Film... read more
Wait a minute — where did this come from? A late-cycle film noir with a script by Rod Serling, from... read more
YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: I CONFESS w/ LONELYHEARTS
Join us for a double feature inspired by the new season of the hit podcast YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS, which launches on September 15! The latest season of Karina Longworth’s award-winning podcast is called “The Bisexuals,” and traces the life of torch singer — and accused murderess — Libby Holman and her sexually-fluid group of friends and lovers from the 1920s to the end of the 1960s, which included Montgomery Clift, Tallulah Bankhead, Josephine Baker, Nicholas Ray and many more. Longworth will introduce two films starring enigmatic four-time Academy Award® nominee Montgomery Clift, made at the height of his fame... read more
Join us for a double feature inspired by the new season of the hit podcast YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS, which... read more
YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN (1950)
Musician Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) finds a sense of belonging in only one thing: the trumpet he bonded with as a young orphan. In his rise to artistic success, Martin struggles to maintain relationships as strong as the music he creates, and eventually he risks losing everything in a steady swirl of ignorance and alcohol. Doris Day plays the singer/savior Martin tosses aside in favor of sultry Amy North (Lauren Bacall), whose bisexuality stealthily slipped past the Hollywood censors. (Note courtesy of Noir City.) DIR Michael Curtiz; SCR Carl Foreman, Edmund H. North, from the novel by Dorothy Baker; PROD... read more
Musician Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) finds a sense of belonging in only one thing: the trumpet he bonded with as... read more
