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FILM GUIDE
FEBRUARY 2015
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FEBRUARY 2015
SPECIAL ENGAMENTS 3 - 18
ART ON SCREEN 3, 14
LOFT STAFF SELECTS 5, 17
LOFT MEMBERSHIPS 8
LOFT JR. 9, 18
ESSENTIAL CINEMA 11, 17
REEL PRIDE SERIES 11
ONE HIT WONDERS 12
REEL READS SELECTION 14
MONTH-LONG SERIES 15 - 16
NEW FILMS 20 - 28
MONDO MONDAYS 29
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
OF MICE AND MEN
PRESENTED BY NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 AT 11:00AM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 AT 7:00PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 AT 11:00AM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 • LOFT MEMBERS: $10
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
PART OF OUR ART ON SCREEN SERIES
Enjoy the performing arts on the big screen, with
thrilling opera, ballet and theatre productions from
around the world, captured live and presented in
beautiful high definition!
“A moving masterpiece.” – Time Magazine
“Steinbeck’s work comes to vivid, heartwrenching life. A distinguished revival.” –
Huffington Post
“James Franco crackles with intensity. Chris
O’Dowd is a revelation.” – Daily Telegraph
Golden Globe-winner and Academy Award-nominee James
Franco (127 Hours, Milk) and Tony Award-nominee Chris
O’Dowd (Bridesmaids, “Girls”) star in the hit Broadway
production Of Mice and Men, filmed on stage by National
Theatre Live. This landmark revival of Nobel Prize-winner
John Steinbeck’s classic play is a powerful portrait of the
American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of
friendship. Of Mice and Men is directed by Tony Award, Drama
Desk and Outer Critics Circles award-winner Anna D. Shapiro
(Broadway’s August: Osage County), and features Leighton
Meester (Country Strong) and Tony Award-winner Jim Norton
(The Seafarer). This acclaimed production was nominated for
two Tony Awards, including Best Performance by an Actor in a
Leading Role for Chris O’Dowd. (Running time 150 mins., which
includes one intermission)
FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 AT 9:00PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5
$200 MONTHLY GRAND PRIZE!
$1,000 YEARLY GRAND PRIZE!
On the first Friday of each month at 9:00pm, Red Meat’s Max
Cannon hosts the biggest, baddest short film contest in town –
just bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest
movie screen in Southern Arizona!
In case you’ve never been to a First Friday Shorts show, here
are the rules: We’ll play anything you’ve made that’s under
15 minutes long and is brought to us on a DVD, thumb drive
or BLU-ray (one film per person, and DVDs must be playable
on a regular DVD player and films on drives need to be in by
8:00pm). Submissions are only taken on the day of the event,
and all entries MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START
OF THE ACTUAL SHOW (we cannot accept films after the
show has begun, or during intermission). All films are played
in the order they’re received. Every film is guaranteed to play
for 3 minutes, but after that the audience can call for the
dreaded “gong” if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck,
our intrepid host stops the film and the next movie begins.
But don’t despair … if your film is gonged, you can re-work
it and bring it back to see if the changes you’ve made have
pleased the audience. This is a great way for filmmakers to try
out new ideas and see how an actual audience responds, so
take advantage. You cannot submit the same film more than
once unless it has been re-worked. Remember, the audience
decides the winner each and every month, so keep them happy!
PLEASE NOTE: We only take the first 15 films that are brought in each
month and the spots have been filling up really fast. We start taking
submissions as soon as we open the day of the show so get your films
in early!
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Since we don’t pre-screen First Friday Shorts
entries, we don’t know what each month’s “film content” rating will be.
Be advised that some material may not be suitable for all audiences.
Congratulations to Benjamin Freiburger for winning the
January contest with his short film, Separated!
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 AT 7:00PM
COSTUME CONTEST AT 7:00PM • SING-A-LONG AT 7:30PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $10
LOFT MEMBERS & CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER: $8
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
ADMISSION INCLUDES A FREE GREASE GOODIE BAG!
Calling all T-Birds and Pink Ladies! You’ll rule the school as we
once again celebrate everyone’s favorite rock-n-roll movie musical
at The Grease Sing-A-Long! We know that for all of you who’ve
remained hopelessly devoted to Danny, Sandy, Rizzo, Kenickie
and the whole Rydell High gang, Grease is still, and will always
be, the word, so we’re bringing back one of our most popular
sing-a-longs ever! Your chills will be multiplyin’ and the mood
electrifyin’ as we screen a specially-subtitled Sing-A-Long version
of Grease that will help you belt out such hit tunes as “You’re
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the One That I Want,” “Greased Lightning,” “We Go Together,”
“Summer Loving,” and many more at this fun-filled screening of
the 1970s movie about the 1950s that’s still going strong in 2014!
We guarantee you’ll be shouting “tell me more, tell me more!”
But wait, there IS more! Come dressed to impress (make sure
your bangs are curled and your lashes twirled) for our Rockin’
Rydell Costume Contest. Grease-y prizes will be awarded for the
best Grease-inspired look (and if you can do a couple rounds of
the “hand jive,” all the better), and whether you’re naughty or
nice, spandex-suited or cardigan-clad, you’ll ALWAYS be the
one that we want ... whoo hoo hoo, honey. You’ll also receive
a Grease Goodie Bag filled with props and fun surprises to use
throughout the movie to help you get your Grease on! Get your
tickets now because this high school social is sure to be packed
to the rafters. And don’t worry if you sing off key ... there are
worse things you could do. Like miss this only-at-The Loft Grease
Sing-A-Long extravaganza! “Rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga
dong!” (Dir. by Randal Kleiser, 1978, USA, 110 mins., rated PG)
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
YOJIMBO
MELVIN AND HOWARD
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 AT 1:00PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AT 7:00PM
GENERAL ADMISSION $12
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
Proceeds from this screening benefit Aikido at
the Center.
Dojo demo and Q&A at 1:00pm; Movie starts at
2:00pm.
Aikido at the Center is a not-for-profit dojo founded
in 1993 by Judith Robinson. Robinson Sensei is a 6th
degree black belt with over 25 years of experience.
Master filmmaker Akira
Kurosawa once again teamed
up with his on-screen
muse, the incomparable
Toshiro Mifune, to create
a visually-stunning, darkly
comic masterpiece. To rid
a terror-stricken village of
corruption, wily masterless
samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans
to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone (as A
Fistful of Dollars) and Walter Hill (as Last Man Standing), this
exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential
and entertaining films of all time. (Dir. by Akira Kurosawa, 1961,
Japan, 110 mins., Not Rated)
“Something of a
textbook example of
the perfect crowdpleaser.” – Rob
Humanick, Slant
Magazine
GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5
PART OF OUR LOFT STAFF SELECTS SERIES
A monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen
by our amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s Loft
Staff Selects film was chosen by Jonathan Kleefeld,
Finance Director!
Director Jonathan Demme created one of his most enduring,
rewarding films in this warmly funny sleeper, a hymn to
independent dreamers everywhere. Melvin and Howard is based
on the stranger-than-fiction tale of one Melvin Dummar (Paul
LeMat), a hapless average Joe who unknowingly gives a ride to
the elderly Howard Hughes
“An almost flawless (Oscar-nominated Jason
Robards) in the nocturnal
act of sympathetic
Nevada desert, and later
imagination. This
becomes the subject of a
national media frenzy when
picture suggests
he is named as an heir to
what it might have
the eccentric billionaire’s
been like if Jean
vast fortune in Hughes’
Renoir had directed much-contested “Mormon
will.” In vintage Demme
a Preston Sturges
fashion, however, the film
is much less concerned with
comedy.”- Pauline
Hughes and his estate than
Kael, New Yorker
in Dummar, an endearing
small-town rube who, no matter how badly he stumbles, never
stops reaching for the big, shiny American Dream. Featuring a
priceless, Oscar-winning performance by Mary Steenburgen as
Melvin’s lovable, slightly daffy wife, Melvin & Howard also won
an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. (Dir. by Jonathan Demme,
1980, USA, 95 mins., Rated R)
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
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AMERICAN WINE STORY
HITS / SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT 7:00PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 AT 7:00PM
Co-presented by Edible Baja Arizona and The
Loft Cinema. Featuring a free wine sampling
before the movie! See Sonoita, AZ winery Dos
Cabezas WineWorks highlighted in the film!
Don’t miss this very special advance screening of
the hilarious new comedy written and directed
by The Godfather of Underground Comedy,
David Cross! The Loft is one of a limited number
of cinemas that have been selected to present
this “Pay What You Want” advance screening of
Hits, which means YOU choose the admission
price. Of course, a portion of the proceeds will
benefit the non-profit Loft Cinema, so we know
you’ll make the right choice!
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ADMISSION: PAY WHAT YOU WANT
“A sharp, edgy satire.” – Screen Daily
The new documentary American Wine Story follows dozens of
winemakers from around the country as they journey toward a
new future immersed in wine, food, agriculture, and geography.
These
devoted
wine
“Incredible… draws
connoisseurs come from
all walks of life, exploring
you in from the start
a new industry that
with compelling tales
reconnects them to the land
of tragedy, hard work
and to our entrepreneurial
and success.” – Wine and American spirit as they
Good Food
experience risk, reward, and
reinvention. From the initial
spark of that magic bottle of wine to the decision to pull up
stakes and risk everything, these devoted winemakers dedicate
their lives to answering the siren call of the vineyard. American
Wine Story offers an entertaining, inspiring and eye-opening
look at the transformative power of a humble beverage to fuel
passion and reshape lives as it examines oenological aficionados
chasing their dreams with a bottle in one hand and a corkscrew
in the other. (Dir. by David Baker, 2014, USA, 74 mins., Not Rated)
“A wealth of deadpan, snarling comedy.” – We
Got This Covered
“Ballsy and uncompromising… as mean and
cynical as you’d hope.” – Flavorwire
David Cross (Mr. Show, Arrested Development) makes his feature
directorial debut with this biting comedy about an anxious
municipal worker who becomes a viral video superstar. Dave
(Matt Walsh, Ted) is a regular working-class father from upstate
New York whose TV-addicted daughter is dating a talentless
teenage rapper. Incensed by a series of perceived injustices
being committed by his local government, Dave records a series
of caustic rants against City Hall that spread across the internet
like wildfire. Meanwhile, a horde of benevolent Brooklyn
hipsters descend upon Dave’s quiet neighborhood to help him
take a stand against the tyrannical powers that be. Featuring an
all-star comedy cast including Michael Cera, Amy Sedaris, Jason
Ritter, David Koechner, Meredith Hagner and more, Hits is a
dangerously dark comedy exploring the nature of fame in 21st
Century YouTube America. (Dir. by David Cross, 2014, USA, 96
mins., Not Rated)
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
A LITTLE PRINCESS
CASABLANCA
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 AT 10:00AM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 AT 7:00PM
PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES
A free monthly series showcasing great new and
classic family-friendly films from around the world!
Presented by Trail Dust Town! Pre-show activities
hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at
9:15am!
Celebrate your Valentine’s Day with Bogart and
Bergman in one of the most romantic films of
all-time, the one-and-only Casablanca! Enter
our FREE PRIZE RAFFLE for Valentine goodies,
and take the stage for our pre-show Casablanca
COSTUME CONTEST (fedoras and trench coats
encouraged, or course), where you could win a
special prize. PLUS: Pre-show music by pianist
David Prouty and join us in a swoon-inducing
sing-a-long of “As Time Goes By” to kick the
movie off! “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
FREE ADMISSION!
A privileged, free-spirited young girl tries to adapt to life in a
strict boarding school in this charming, critically-acclaimed
children’s fantasy. Adapted from the classic novel by Frances
Hodgson Burnett (also the author of The Secret Garden), the
story opens in New York just before the outbreak of World War
I, when young Sara (Leisel Matthews) is enrolled in private
boarding school while her father goes off to war. Filled with
wild stories and a playful
“An astonishing work… attitude, the unconventional
Sara becomes popular with
A Little Princess is that
her classmates but quickly
rarest of creations, a
children’s film that plays comes into conflict with the
wicked headmistress, Miss
equally well to kids and Minchin (Eleanor Bron),
adults.” – Todd McCarty, who attempts to quash the
child’s individuality. But fate
Variety
unexpectedly intervenes and
Sara faces a stern reversal of fortune. Suddenly impoverished,
she is forced into life as a servant. Treated as a lesser class of
person by her former companions, Sara instead befriends her
fellow servants and turns to wild flights of fancy in order to
maintain hope for the future. A moving rags-to-riches story
punctuated with a series of lush, imaginative fantasy sequences
that celebrate the power of a child’s imagination to overcome
adversity, A Little Princess is one of the best family films of the
‘90s, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alfonso
Cuarón (Gravity, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). (Dir.
by Alfonso Cuarón, 1995, USA, 97 mins., Rated G)
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Iconic. Unforgettable. A national treasure. And even as time
goes by, Casablanca remains one of the greatest romances ever
made. It could’ve been just another average wartime studio
picture—no one was expecting a great movie. But luckily for
everyone, destiny intervened with story, lighting, music, and
the unparalleled acting chops of Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid
Bergman coming together with gloriously perfect precision and
unparalleled craftsmanship. There’s a lot more that could be
said about cynical, heartbroken American expatriate Rick Blaine
(an exceptionally world-weary Bogart) and Ilsa (a never-morebeautiful Ingrid Bergman), the mysterious woman who walks
into his Moroccan gin joint from out of the past and insinuates
her way back into his life, but it all comes down to this: If you
miss this opportunity to see Casablanca on the big screen on
the most romantic night of the year, you’ll regret it. Maybe not
today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your
life. Winner of three Academy Awards, including Best Picture,
and featuring a stellar line-up of supporting actors, including
Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet and Conrad
Veidt, Casablanca is an American classic that can be watched
(and fallen in love with) over and over again. (Dir. by Michael
Curtiz, 1942, USA, 102 mins., Rated PG)
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HAVE A HEART FOR OUR PLANET
STRANGE BREW
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 AT 10:00AM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 AT 7:00PM
FREE ALL DAY COMMUNITY EVENT!
CO-HOSTED BY GOLDEN EAGLE
DISTRIBUTORS AND THE LOFT CINEMA
FREE ADMISSION!
On this special Valentine’s weekend, show your love for our
planet as well as your sweetheart, by attending this event to
learn about the most pressing issues facing our environment
and our future. We will have two FREE screenings of the
groundbreaking environmental documentary, Cowspiracy, at
11am and 3:30pm, with a Q&A after each showing with the
filmmakers Kip Anderson
“Cowspiracy may be and Keegan Kuhn, along
the most important with Environmental Activist
Martos.
film made to inspire Demosthenes
Starting at 10am, we will
saving the planet.”
feature speakers and food
demos throughout the
– Louie Psihoyos,
day, starting with Robert
Oscar-Winning
Cheeke – Vegan bodybuilder,
Director of The Cove motivational speaker and
author; Joseph Gonzales,
RD, LD – Plant Based Dietitian; Robin Helfritch – Animal rights
and Animal Rescue Activist; and other speakers. The day will
conclude with an Expert Q&A Panel Discussion at 5pm with all
of the day’s speakers. The speakers will be available throughout
the day to meet and greet, as well as to sign books and discuss
their work.
The Loft campus will be filled with incredible food
vendors so come hungry and enjoy the day. Please
bring your friends, family and co-workers.
FREE DOOR PRIZES for the first 150 people, ages
15-22 (must show ID).
For more details and schedule, go to:
www.HealthyYouNetwork.org
GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5
PART OF ARIZONA BEER WEEK!
Featuring tons of sampling on The Loft patio
by Golden Eagle, Dragoon Brewing Company,
Pueblo Vida Brewing Company, Borderlands
Brewing Company and Iron John’s Brewing
Company beginning at 6:00pm, and a beer class
inside the theatre beginning at 7:00pm. The
movie starts at approximately 7:20pm.
“This type of low-brow, over-the-top silliness
is perhaps the most dangerous thing to pull of
successfully.” – Brad Laidman, Film Threat
Purporting to be loosely based on Hamlet, Strange Brew is about
an evil braumeister at the Elsinore Brewery who has discovered
an additive that when guzzled in beer, allows the drinkers to be
easily controlled. Braumeister Smith (legendary screen star Max
von Sydow) has a plan to take over the world with his new brew,
and only the Great White hosers of the North, Bob and Doug
McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) — with their plaid
shirts, ski toques, fur-lined parkas, and addiction to beer — can
stop the dastardly plan, sober or not. There are several jabs at
“hoseheads” and the business of movie-making, including an
epilogue that critiques the film itself. Strange Brew found a cult
audience with fans of the Second City comedy troupe, of which
Moranis and Thomas were members. If ever there was a film to
watch while downing an oat soda or two, it’s this one. (Dir. by
Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, 1983, Canada, 90 mins., PG)
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
CARMEN JONES
TRU LOVE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 AT 7:00PM
PART OF THE 2015 LESBIAN LOOKS FILM SERIES
FREE ADMISSION!
PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIES
See classic art films the way they were meant to be
seen - with an audience, on the big screen!
SPONSORED BY THE TUCSON BLACK FILM CLUB
Carmen Jones is Otto Preminger’s daring, audacious, one-of-akind film musical, a black opera based on Oscar Hammerstein’s
Broadway version of the Bizet classic set in the American South
during wartime. In this sultry tale of burning passion and
doomed romance, the electrifying Dorothy Dandridge stars as
Carmen Jones, the restless and ultimately destructive siren who
toils as an employee at a parachute factory, though she yearns to
live “the good life.” Harry Belafonte plays Joe, a young, straightarrow military officer on a Southern military base during WWII.
Joe is set to attend flight school and marry his hometown
sweetheart, the virginal Cindy Lou (Olga James), when fate has
him cross paths with the tempestuous Carmen Jones, sending
him down the road to ruin. When Carmen gets into a fight
with another girl, she is placed under arrest and put in Joe’s
charge. In short order, Joe is swept up in Carmen’s carnal anarchy
and her all-consuming desire to escape her unhappy life. When
an impulsive act of shocking violence puts Joe’s future into
question, Carmen must decide whether to save him or destroy
him, leading to tragic consequences. Considered a cinematic
landmark as one of the first all-black, big-budget Hollywood
studio films, Carmen Jones is a flamboyant musical unlike any
other, featuring classic Oscar Hammerstein Jr. songs reworked
from George Bizet’s opera Carmen, dazzling choreography and
a superb supporting cast including Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters,
Diahann Carroll and Olga James. But it’s Dandridge’s stillsizzling, defiantly sexy performance as the wild femme fatale
Carmen Jones that makes this a truly groundbreaking film for
the ages, as the young star became the first person of color to
earn a Best Actress Oscar nomination. (Dir. by Otto Preminger,
USA, 1954, 105 mins., Not Rated)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 AT 7:00PM
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PART OF OUR REEL PRIDE SERIES
The Loft’s year-round celebration of the best in LGBT
cinema!
Tru Love, winner of numerous LGBT Film Festival awards,
tells the charming and moving story of a life-changing May/
December romance that
“Delightful… full of breaks all the rules. Tru
(Shauna MacDonald, Saint
laughter, love and
Ralph) is a 37 year-old
tears, Tru Love is
lesbian who can’t commit to
a relationship for any length
a sparkling gem of
of time. Restless by nature
a film.” – Michelle
and wounded by the past,
Faye, Curve Magazine she goes through life bedhopping with no anchor to
ground her until she meets Alice (Kate Trotter, Beyond Borders),
a beautiful 60-year-old widow who has come to town to visit
her workaholic daughter Suzanne (Christine Horne, Stories We
Tell), who is also Tru’s best friend. Despite Suzanne’s strong
opposition, sparks fly between Alice and Tru until a momentous
event changes the paths of everyone involved. (Dir. by Kate
Johnston & Shauna MacDonald, 2013, Canada, 87 mins., Not
Rated)
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THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
NATIONAL GALLERY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 AT MIDNIGHT
GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 AT 7:00PM
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FEBRUARY THEME: VALENTINE/LEATHER & LACE
PART OF OUR ONE HIT WONDERS SERIES
Showcasing great new documentaries at special onenight-only screenings!
Whatever happened to Saturday night? It was locked in a closet with The
Rocky Horror Picture Show and it hasn’t been the same since! Unleash
your inner Sweet Transvestite when the mother of all cult classics
hits the big screen with the “Heavy Petting” shadow cast, live and in
your face! You’ll see a healthy young couple inducted into the world of
absolute pleasure, Transylvanians doing the pelvic thrust and a sexy
scientist trying to free us of all our inhibitions (not to mention our
clothing)! So pull up your fishnets and get ready to become a creature of
the night at the strangest, sexiest “science fiction double feature” of alltime, a Loft tradition for 37 years and counting! (Dir. by Jim Sharman,
1975, UK/USA, 98 mins., Rated R, 20th Century Fox)
The latest film from master documentarian Frederick Wiseman
(La Danse) takes viewers deep inside the inner workings of
London’s National Gallery for a privileged look at one of the
world’s greatest art collections. Filmed over twelve weeks
in 2012, Wiseman takes in visitor tours, staff meetings,
restorations, classes, and protests. As usual, he practices a strict
observational approach, eschewing voice-over and interviews.
His method calls upon viewers to draw their own meaning from
the material, just as we do with paintings. For art lovers, there
are endless riches to enjoy
over the film’s three hours.
“Remarkably engaging
Wiseman
concentrates
and, with close looks
mostly on Old Masters,
at so many important
and his visit coincides with
pieces of art, bursting
major exhibitions of Titian,
with beauty.” –
Leonardo Da Vinci, and
J.M.W. Turner (the subject
Stephanie Merry,
of Mike Leigh’s acclaimed
Washington Post
drama Mr. Turner). On
several occasions, the director and his cameraman, John Davey,
linger on talks from the museum’s lively docents, who radiate
knowledge, passion, and wit. As an Old Master of documentary,
Wiseman enjoys an access that might not be granted to
many other filmmakers. Behind the scenes we join National
Gallery director Nicholas Penny and head of communications
Jill Preston as they deliberate how to attract new audiences
without compromising the museum’s integrity; and we visit
the studio of restoration specialist Larry Keith as he works on
Rembrandt’s Portrait of Frederick Rihel on Horseback. Each
painting in National Gallery raises a fascinating set of historical
questions about religion, fashion, symbolism, and society. They
are precious windows into the past, just as Wiseman’s new film
will be for generations to come. (Dir. by Frederick Wiseman, 2014,
USA, 180 mins., Not Rated)
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
IN THE AMERICAS
BLUEBIRD
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 AT 7:30PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 AT 7:00PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 • LOFT MEMBERS: $10
GENERAL ADMISSION $2
ADMISSION INCLUDES RAFFLE TICKET
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
A Gala Evening Presentation, presented by The
Southwest Center and the Center for Latin
American Studies.
In the Americas with David Yetman, the new HDTV series
by multiple Emmy Award-winning producer and director
Dan Duncan and internationally renowned writer, host,
and producer David Yetman, takes a fresh look at the
lands that make up much of the Western Hemisphere.
Each country contains landscapes, peoples, and history
that have not received the attention they deserve on the
world stage. In the Americas with David Yetman undertakes
a new approach to travel and adventure.
Part 1 will be the segment “Coffee and Culture in Oaxaca.”
The state of Oaxaca is home to sixteen different Indian
groups, among whom can be found more than sixty
different languages. Each group retains much of its
ancient culture. We visit a Zapotec market, navigate the
mangrove watercourses on the coast, and participate in
the harvesting, drying and roasting of coffee in the fog
forest.
Part 2 will be the segment “Bogota to the Amazon: A
Trip Across Colombia.” From the urban capital city of
Bogota and its famous cicolvia dedicated to bicycles, this
sprawling nation offers a unexpected variety of cultures
and urban landscapes. We hop from the mountains to the
extreme southern tip of the country to see wildlife and to
visit indigenous villages of the people who live in the heart
of the Amazon jungle.
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
See the highly-acclaimed drama Bluebird before its national
theatrical release at this special New York Film Critics Series
preview screening, featuring a captured-live post-film discussion
with star John Slattery (Emmy-nominated star of “Mad Men”),
moderated by Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers! The New York
Film Critics Series, broadcast to 50 selected major markets, takes
place exclusively in cinemas and is never available on TV or online.
Bluebird explores the interconnectedness of a small town in the
northern reaches of Maine. When Lesley, the local school bus
driver, (Amy Morton, Up in the Air) becomes distracted during
her end-of-day inspection, she fails to notice a sleeping boy in the
back of the bus. What happens next shatters the tranquility of her
small Maine logging town, proving that even the slightest actions
have enormous consequences. Stricken by an overwhelming sense
of guilt, Lesley’s fragility is further tested by her husband (John
Slattery, “Mad Men”) — a local logger preoccupied by the imminent
closing of the town paper mill — and the boy’s mother (Marla
Krause), a disaffected young woman looking to take advantage of
a delicate situation. Also starring Adam Driver (“Girls”), and shot
on location in the stark, frozen Maine hills, Bluebird fosters a
profound sense of place — chillingly capturing the setting’s lonely
yet beautiful tone — thanks to the masterwork of cinematographer
Jody Lee Lipes (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Tiny Furniture). (Dir. by
Lance Edmands, 2014, USA, 91 mins., Not Rated)
The New York Film Critics Series is the first-ever live national
premiere screening series. It is dedicated to producing inspiring
events in a collaborative environment and to nurturing the longterm success of better, smarter movies. Each NYFCS screening
brings prestigious, live New York City screenings of soon-to-bereleased films to the best independent cinemas in America. These
screening events are moderated by Rolling Stone film critic Peter
Travers, and include a preview screening of a new film prior to its
national release, interviews with talent from the film and special
behind the scenes content. These screenings are scheduled to take
place once a month and will happen approximately 12 times per
year. Recent NYFCS premieres and live chats with directors/stars
have included such films as Gone Girl, Chef, Nebraskaand American
Hustle.
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
WRENCHED
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 AT 7:00PM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
FEATURING A POST-FILM Q&A WITH
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ML LINCOLN!
FEBRUARY’S REEL READS SELECTION
Purchase a copy of The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
during the month of February and receive a special “Loft Reel
Reads” discount off the cover price – 20% for Loft Members and
10% for the general public. Copies of the book are available at
The Loft Cinema and Antigone Books.
From Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle to Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring,
American literature has a history of being in the vanguard when
it comes to activism about controversial issues. The books of
Edward Abbey carry on that tradition, with memoirs like Desert
Solitaire and the classic comic novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang,
taking on the degradation of the American Southwest. Filmmaker
ML Lincoln’s documentary Wrenched reveals how Edward Abbey’s
anarchistic spirit and riotous novels influenced and helped guide
the nascent environmental movement of the 1970s and ‘80s.
Through interviews, archival footage and re-enactments, ML
Lincoln captures the outrage of Abbey’s friends who were the
original eco-warriors. In defense of wilderness, these early activists
pioneered ”monkeywrenching” - a radical blueprint for “wrenching
the system.” Exemplified by EarthFirst! in the early ‘80s, direct
action and civil disobedience grew in popularity. With tree-spiking,
forest occupation and high-profile publicity stunts such as the
cracking at Glen Canyon Dam, this group became the eventual
target of FBI infiltrators, leading to the arrest of various members.
Abbey’s message has lived on. Young activists are carrying on the
monkeywrenching torch, using his books as a source of inspiration.
Wrenched captures a new generation as personified in Tim
DeChristopher, who singlehandedly stopped the sale of 100,000+ of
acres of public trust lands in southeastern Utah. He was sentenced
to federal prison for his actions. The fight continues to sustain
the last bastion of the American frontier – the Wild West. And
Wrenched, following in Abbey’s footsteps, asks the question: “how
far are we willing go in defense of wilderness?” Featuring Charles
Bowden, Katie Lee, Robert Redford, Terry Tempest Williams and
more! (Dir. by ML Lincoln, 2014, USA, 90 mins., Not Rated)
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TREASURE ISLAND
PRESENTED BY NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
SUNDAY, MARCH 1 AT 11:00AM
TUESDAY, MARCH 3 AT 7:00PM
THURSDAY, MARCH 5 AT 11:00AM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $15
LOFT MEMBERS & CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER: $10
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
PART OF OUR ART ON SCREEN SERIES
Enjoy the performing arts on the big screen, with
thrilling opera, ballet and theatre productions from
around the world, captured live and presented in
beautiful high definition!
“Spectacular! Daring! Fun for all the family.” –
Time Out London
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure tale of murder,
money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage
adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast live from London’s
National Theatre. It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out.
Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a
terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest,
full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage
begins. (Running time 145 mins., includes one intermission, Not
Rated / Suitable for ages 10 and up)
OSCAR NOMINATED
SHORT FILMS 2015
DOCUMENTARY | LIVE ACTION | ANIMATION
Catch all of this year’s Oscar
nominated short films before the
87th Annual Academy Awards
telecast on Sunday, February
22! And the winners are … Once
again, The Loft is proud to present
this nationally-touring program
highlighting all of the Documentary
Short Films, Live Action Short
Films and Animated Short Films
that received Academy Award
nominations this past year. The
Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015 program offers viewers the rare
opportunity to experience the year’s best short films from across the
globe, collected together in this special cinematic showcase courtesy of
Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures. At the screenings, pick up an
“Oscar Shorts Prediction” ballot in the lobby, check off your favorite film,
and all those who correctly guess the winner (the winning films will be
announced at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 2) will be
entered into a drawing for free movie passes to The Loft! Pass winners will
be notified the week following the Oscar telecast. Don’t miss your golden
opportunity to experience all of this year’s Oscar nominated short films,
exclusively at The Loft Cinema!
“Thank the gods
of cinema for this
annual release of
Oscar nominees.” –
Walter V. Addiego,
San Francisco
Chronicle
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 AT 7:00PM
CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1
This timely documentary spotlights the traumas endured by American’s
veterans, as seen through the work of the hotline’s trained responders,
who provide immediate intervention and support in hopes of saving
the lives of service members. (Dir. by Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana
Perry, 2013, USA, 39 mins.)
JOANNA
With great visual poetry, Joanna portrays the simple and meaningful
moments in the life of her family. Diagnosed with an untreatable
illness, Joanna promises her son that she will do her best to live as
long as possible. It is a story of close relationships, tenderness, love
and thoughtfulness. (Dir. by Aneta Kopacz, 2013, Poland, in Polish with
subtitles, 40 mins.)
OUR CURSE
PARVANEH
A young Afghan immigrant travels to Zurich where she meets a punk
named Emily. (Dir. by Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger, 2013,
Switzerland/Dari, in German with subtitles, 25 mins.)
THE PHONE CALL
The Phone Call follows Heather (played by Oscar-nominee Sally
Hawkins), a shy woman who works at a helpline call center. When she
receives a phone call from a mystery man (played by Oscar-winner Jim
Broadbent), she has no idea that the encounter will change her life
forever. (Dir. by Mat Kirkby and James Lucas, 2014, UK, 21 mins.)
(Total program running time: approximately 118 mins.)
ANIMATED SHORTS:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT 7:00PM
THE BIGGER PICTURE
The film is a personal statement of the director and his wife, who
have to deal with a very rare and incurable disease of their newborn
son. (Dir. by Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki, 2013, Poland, in Polish
with subtitles, 27 mins.)
‘You want to put her in a home; you tell her; tell her now!’ hisses one
brother to the other. But Mother won’t go, and their own lives quickly
unravel as she clings to life. Innovative life-size animated characters tell
the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent. (Dir.
by Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees, 2014, UK, 7 mins.)
THE REAPER (LA PARKA)
THE DAM KEEPER
Efrain, known as The Reaper, has worked at a slaughterhouse for
25 years. We will discover his deep relationship with death and his
struggle to live. (Dir. by Gabriel Serra Arguello, 2013, Mexico, in Spanish
with subtitles, 29 mins.)
WHITE EARTH
Thousands of souls flock to America’s Northern Plains seeking work in
the oil fields. This is the tale of an oil boom as seen through unexpected
eyes. Three children and an immigrant mother brave a cruel winter and
explore themes of innocence, home and the American Dream. (Dir. by J.
Christian Jensen, USA, in English/Spanish with subtitles, 20 mins.)
(Total program running time: approx. 160 mins.)
LIVE ACTION SHORTS:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 AT 7:00PM
AYA
Two strangers unexpectedly meet at an airport. He mistakenly assumes
her to be his assigned driver. She, enchanted by the random encounter,
does not hurry to prove him wrong. (Dir. by Oded Binnun and Mihal
Brezis, 2014, Israel/France, in English/ Hebrew/Danish with subtitles, 39
mins.)
BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM
Jamesy and Malachy are over the moon when their soft-hearted Dad
presents them with two baby chicks to care for, but the two boys are in
for a shock when their parents announce that big changes are coming
to the family. (Dir. by Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney, 2014, UK, 14
mins.)
BUTTER LAMP
(LA LAMPE AU BEURRE DE YAK)
A young itinerant photographer and his assistant offer to photograph
some Tibetan nomads in front of various background. (Dir. by Hu Wei
and Julien Féret, 2013, France/China, in Tibetan with subtitles, 15 mins.)
The Dam Keeper tells the story of a young pig with an important job, and
a new friend who changes everything. In a desolate future, one small
town has survived because of a large windmill dam that acts as a fan to
keep out pollution. The dam’s operator, Pig, works tirelessly to keep the
sails spinning and protect the town, despite abuse from classmates and
an indifferent public. When a new student joins Pig’s class, nothing will
be the same again. (Dir. by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, 2014, USA,
Non-dialogue, 18 mins.)
FEAST
Feast, a new short from Walt Disney Animation Studios, is the story of
one man’s love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog,
Winston, and revealed bite by bite through the meals they share. (Dir.
by Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed, 2014, USA, Non-dialogue, 6 mins.)
ME AND MY MOULTON
One summer in mid-‘60s Norway, a seven-year-old girl asks her parents
if she and her sister can have a bicycle. The film provides a glimpse of
its young heroine’s thoughts as she struggles with her sense that her
family is a little out of sync with what she perceives as “normal.” (Dir. by
Torill Kove, 2014, Canada, 14 mins.)
A SINGLE LIFE
When Pia plays a mysterious vinyl record single, she suddenly knows
how to travel through her own life. (Dir. by Marieke Blaauw, Joris Oprins
and Job Roggeveen, 2014, The Netherlands, Non-dialogue, 2 mins.)
PLUS! Three “Highly Commended” shorts, TBA.
(Total program running time: approx. 85 mins.)
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES FOR EACH
PROGRAM
VIEW TRAILERS AT: LOFTCINEMA.ORG
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
HARLAN COUNTY USA
HOLIDAY
TUESDAY, MARCH 3 AT 7:00PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 8 AT 7:00PM
PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIES
See classic art films the way they were meant to be
seen - with an audience, on the big screen!
PART OF OUR LOFT STAFF SELECTS SERIES
A monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen
by our amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s Loft
Staff Selects film was chosen by Brenda Rodriguez,
Assistant Manager & Volunteer Coordinator!
FREE ADMISSION! • $5 SUGGESTED DONATION
“A great American document, but it’s also
entertaining.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“Extraordinarily detailed… instantly became
a cultural touchstone.” – Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice
“Earned its Oscar as a dramatic, involving
story, full of tough and appealing characters.” Chicago Reader
Winner of the Best Documentary Academy Award, Barbara
Kopple’s groundbreaking Harlan County USA unflinchingly
documents a grueling coal miners’ strike in a small Kentucky
town. Portraying a classic twentieth century conflict between
labor and management, the film dramatically chronicles the
efforts of coal mining families to win a United Mines Workers
contract. With unprecedented access, Kopple (director of such
acclaimed documentaries as Shut Up and Sing and Running from
Crazy, here making her feature documentary debut) and her film
crew captured the miners’ sometimes violent struggles with
strikebreakers, local police and company thugs, as well as the
intimate dramas of the families involved. Featuring a haunting
soundtrack—with legendary country and bluegrass artists
Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, Sarah Gunning, and Florence
Reece—Harlan County USA is a landmark in documentary
filmmaking (pre-figuring the social activist documentary
boom which followed) as well as a heartbreaking record of the
thirteen-month struggle between a small community fighting
to survive and a large corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
(Dir. by Barbara Kopple, 1976, USA, 103 mins., Rated PG)
GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5
In this fast and funny screwball comedy, screen legends Cary
Grant and Katherine Hepburn send sparks flying as a pair of
rebellious singles who must decide if they’re ready to be the
perfect couple! Johnny Case (Cary Grant), a happy-go-lucky,
self-made success in the world of high finance, has finally found
the girl of his dreams – Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), the spoiled
daughter of a socially prominent millionaire – and she’s agreed
to marry him! But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two
to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other
plans – she wants Johnny to work in her father’s bank! As he
tries to decide whether to follow his head or his heart, Johnny
can rely on at least one Seton in his corner. She’s Linda Seton
(Katherine Hepburn), the down-to-earth younger sister of
his soon-to-be-wife, and she likes Johnny just the way he is.
This absolutely charming, wholly engaging romantic comedy
is the hidden gem of the four collaborations of Hepburn and
Grant (whose onscreen chemistry also lit up such classics
as Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story), an unorthodox,
hilarious comedy of life among the rich and privileged, based
on the Broadway hit by playwright Philip Barry. Expertly
guided by Oscar-winning director George Cukor (A Star is
Born), Holiday plays up the social politics of the story just as well
as the exquisite romance, with Hepburn and Grant, as always,
perfectly paired as the sophisticated, fast-talking and often
downright goofy couple who were just meant to be together,
even though not everyone else in the film can see it! (Dir. by
George Cukor, 1938, USA, 95 mins., Not Rated)
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
THE LAST UNICORN
WITH AUTHOR PETER S. BEAGLE IN PERSON!
MONDAY, MARCH 9 AT 7:00PM • MERCH
SIGNING AT 6:00PM • Q&A AND PRIZE RAFFLE
AT 7:00PM • FILM AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 •LOFT MEMBERS: $12
CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $8
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
Don’t miss this very special screening of the classic 1982
animated fantasy The Last Unicorn, in a brand-new digitally
restored version, featuring a live appearance by acclaimed
author/screenwriter Peter S. Beagle, who will host a pre-film
Q&A and prize raffle. Copies of his novel The Last Unicorn and
other merchandise will be available for sale and signing at
this event.
Legendary Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Peter
S. Beagle’s 1968 novel The Last Unicorn is regarded as one of
the greatest all-time novels in the fantasy field. Since its first
publication it has never been out of print in the U.S., and has sold
over 6 million copies worldwide in over 25 languages. In 1982, an
animated feature film written by Mr. Beagle, directed by Rankin &
Bass (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer), and featuring the voices of
Jeff Bridges, Christopher Lee, Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin and Angela
Lansbury was released to theatres before going on to become a cult
favorite on home video. In this enchanting film, a lone unicorn
seeks out others like herself through a mystical land of talking cats
and spellbinding magicians. In her search for other unicorns, the
last unicorn encounters a cast of delightful characters as well as
dangers she never imagined. Throughout the fantastic adventure,
she learns of friendship, love, and most importantly, her true self.
Except for a handful of film festival and special appearances, The
Last Unicorn has been relegated to home video since its original
release in 1982. For many of its millions of fans, the small screen
is the only way they’ve ever been able to see the film. Now author/
screenwriter Peter S. Beagle, Conlan Press, and Europe’s ITV plc (the
owner of the film) have joined forces to change that. For 8-12 days
every month until the end of 2015, a beautiful new 2K digital print
of The Last Unicorn will tour the world one movie theater at a time,
with Peter S. Beagle himself at every screening to host audience
Q&As, meet fans, and sign books, videos, art prints, soundtracks,
and special new merchandise. (Dir. by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr.,
1982, USA, 92 mins., Rated G)
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THE SECRET OF KELLS
SATURDAY, MARCH 14 AT 10:00AM
FREE ADMISSION!
PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES
A free monthly series showcasing great new and
classic family-friendly films from around the world!
Presented by Trail Dust Town! Pre-show activities
hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at
9:15am!
The Secret of Kells is an enchanting, Oscar-nominated animated
masterpiece from the producers of The Triplets of Belleville and
Song of the Sea! Magic, fantasy and Celtic mythology come
together in a riot of color, detail and gorgeous hand-drawn
animation that dazzles the eyes in this sweeping story about the
power of imagination and faith to carry humanity through dark
times. Features the voices of Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter),
Mick Lally, Evan McGuire
“Gorgeous and
and Christen Mooney. Young
Brendan lives in a remote
enchanting, The
medieval outpost under
Secret of Kells is a
siege from barbarian raids.
But a new life of adventure
magical adventure
beckons when a celebrated
unlike anything
master illuminator arrives
we’ve seen on screen from foreign lands carrying
an ancient but unfinished
before.”– Claudia
book, brimming with secret
Puig, USA Today
wisdom and powers. To
help complete the magical
book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous
quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical
creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a
mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him along the way. But
with the barbarians closing in, will Brendan’s determination
and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and show that
enlightenment is the greatest force against evil? (Dir. by Tomm
Moore & Nora Twomey, 2009, Ireland/France/Belgium, in English,
75 mins., Not Rated / Suitable for all ages)
NEW FILMS
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MR. TURNER
R100
STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
Nominated for 4 Academy Awards: Best
Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best
Original Score and Best Production Design.
In this audaciously kinky, meta-comedic thriller, a lonely father with a
secret taste for S&M (Nao Ohmori, best known for his titular turn in
Takashi Miike’s Ichi the Killer) hires a boutique dominatrix agency that
specializes in guerilla acts of public degradation. Although the rough treatment
and humiliation Takafumi Katayama receives from these leather-clad women––
in cafés and on the street––drives him to ecstatic pleasure, he soon finds
himself over his head during a surprise house call by one of the mistresses. After
a freak and fatal accident, Takafumi is forced into action with a slew of
vengeful dominatrices chasing him down. With the help of his son, he’ll have
to devise a plan to take on the relentless femmes fatales, who each possess a
unique S&M talent by which to exact painful revenge. (Dir. by Hiroshi Matsumoto,
2014, Japan, in Japanese with subtitles, 100 mins., Not Rated)
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
“Leigh’s glorious picture is a hilarious,
confounding, wholehearted and dazzlingly
performed portrait of an artist as an aging
man.” – Ian Nathan, Empire Magazine
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“As ever with Leigh, Mr. Turner addresses
the big questions with small moments. It’s
an extraordinary film, all at once strange,
entertaining, thoughtful and exciting.” – Dave
Calhoun, Time Out London
Oscar-winning filmmaker Mike Leigh’s hilarious and moving
biopic Mr. Turner explores the last quarter century of the great,
eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner. Profoundly affected by
the death of his father, and loved by a housekeeper he takes for
granted and occasionally exploits sexually, Turner forms a close
relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually
lives incognito in Chelsea. Through all of this, he travels, paints,
stays with the country aristocracy, visits brothels, is a popular
if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, has himself
strapped to the mast of a ship so that he can paint a snowstorm,
and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and by royalty.
Leigh’s film is certainly a portrait of a great artist and his time,
but it is also a film about the human problem of… others.
Cannes Best Actor award winner Timothy Spall (The King’s
Speech) gives a towering performance in the title role, and his
grunting, unkempt J.M.W. Turner is a truly marvelous creation
to behold as he embarks upon an endless and sometimes
punishing journey toward artistic truth. A rich, funny, touching
and extremely clear-eyed film about art and its creation, Mr.
Turner is an unforgettable look at an unforgettable man. (Dir. by
Mike Leigh, 2014, UK, 150 mins., Rated R)
INHERENT VICE
STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards:Best Adapted
Screenplay and Best Costume Design
Inherent Vice is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and
the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel. With a cast
of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a
murderous loan shark, LAPD Detectives, a tenor sax player working
undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which
may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists… Part surf noir, part
psychedelic romp – all Thomas Pynchon. (Dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson,
2015, USA, 148 mins., Rated R)
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NEW FILMS
SONG OF THE SEA
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6
FREE LOFT MEMBERS SCREENING
Friday, January 30 at 7:30pm. Free for Loft members
and open to the public at regular admission prices.
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary!
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
Nominated for the Best Animated Feature
Academy Award!
“One of the most blissfully beautiful animated
films ever made! A gem beaming with aweinspiring, heartwarming magic.” – Carlos
Aguilar, Indiewire
From Tomm Moore, director of the Academy Awardnominated The Secret of Kells, comes this captivating animated
film steeped in the wondrous worlds of Irish myth. Inspired by
the legend of the “selkies” — magical beings who live as seals
in water and humans on land — Song of the Sea follows young
Ben and his little sister Saoirse on a fantastic journey. Ben and
Saoirse live in a lighthouse by the sea with their father, who
remains distraught over the loss of his wife several years earlier.
Though Ben is aware of the responsibility that comes with being
a big brother, he is easily frustrated with Saoirse, who, at six
years old, has yet to utter a single word. When Saoirse discovers
a shell flute that used to belong to their mother, the spellbinding
music she creates becomes both a means of communication and
the key to a magical secret locked deep in their mother’s past.
After they are sent to live with their granny in the city, Saoirse
and Ben must work together to find their way home. Ben soon
realizes that his sister holds the power to bring the ancient
stories their mother told them to life — but in order to keep
these tales alive, she needs to find her voice, and he needs to
overcome his deepest fears. With a talented voice cast including
Brendan Gleeson and Fionnula Flanagan, and featuring a
haunting soundtrack by Bruno Coulais and the Irish band
Kíla, Song of the Sea is an enchanting and visually sumptuous
adventure. (Dir. by Tomm Moore, 2014, Ireland/Luxembourg/
Belgium/France/Denmark, in English, 93 mins., PG)
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“Apt and witty… The movie’s true power
comes from her images, by turns melancholy,
sympathetic, funny and sharp.” - New York Post
“Every time one of her photos flashes on the
screen, the woman’s genius is undeniable.” Tom Long, Detroit News
Who is Vivian Maier? Now considered one of the 20th century’s
greatest street photographers, Vivian Maier was a loner who
worked as a nanny most of her life, and shot photos constantly
everywhere she went, taking over 100,000 photographs that
went unseen during her lifetime. Amateur historian John
Maloof bought the contents of her storage locker by chance
at an auction, and soon became obsessed with trying to learn
more about the mysterious recluse. The first trace he was able
to find of her was her recent obituary. Since then Maloof has
organized many acclaimed exhibits of her work, and is crusading
to put this prolific photographer into the history books.
In Finding Vivian Maier, Maloof and co-director Charlie Siskel’s
captivating documentary, Maier’s strange and riveting life and
art are revealed through never-before-seen photographs, films,
and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her. (Dir. by
John Maloof & Charlie Siskel, 2013, USA, 83 mins., Not Rated)
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CITIZENFOUR
MATCH
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary!
“The inspiring, generous Match is so good that
it’s like some kind of trick.” – Chris Packham,
Village Voice
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“Utterly engrossing … the most chilling thriller
of the year.” – Mark Kermode, Guardian
In January 2013, filmmaker Laura Poitras was in the process of
constructing a film about abuses of national security in post9/11 America when she started receiving encrypted e-mails
from someone identifying himself as “citizen four,” who was
ready to blow the whistle on the massive covert surveillance
programs run by the NSA and other intelligence agencies. In
June 2013, she and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong
Kong for the first of many meetings with the man who turned
out to be Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
The film that resulted from this series of tense encounters is
absolutely sui generis in the history of cinema: a 100% real-life
thriller unfolding minute by minute before our eyes. Poitras
is a masterful storyteller: she compresses the many days of
questioning, waiting, confirming, watching the world’s reaction
and agonizing over the next move, into both a great character
study of Snowden and a narrative that will leave you on the edge
of your seat as it inexorably moves toward its conclusion. (Dir.
by Laura Poitras, 2014, USA, 114 mins., Rated R)
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“Patrick Stewart knocks it out of the park as a
Juilliard School dance teacher forced to spill his
biggest secrets in Match.”– Lou Lumenick, New
York Post
Patrick Stewart gives a captivating performance in this witty,
emotionally gripping adaptation of director Stephen Belber’s
own Tony Award-nominated play. Stewart stars as Tobi, an
eccentric, pot-smoking Manhattan ballet instructor whose
quiet life is interrupted by the arrival of a young couple (Carla
Gugino and Matthew Lillard) from Seattle, presumably there to
interview him about his colorful life as a dancer in the 1960s.
As Tobi spins salacious tales from his former career, an ulterior
motive for the couple’s visit emerges, forcing the trio to confront
a secret that may connect them all. Driven by Stewart’s tour-deforce performance, Match moves masterfully between razorsharp comic banter and heartrending poignancy. (Dir. by Stephen
Belber, 2014, USA, 90 mins., Rated)
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NEW FILMS
MOMMY
TIMBUKTU
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Co-winner of the prestigious Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes
Film Festival, Mommy is the latest film from Canadian
wunderkind Xavier Dolan (Heartbeats), who at age 25 already
has five prizewinning features under his belt. Daringly filmed in
an unconventional 1:1 aspect ratio that mimics the aesthetics
of Instagram, Mommy is shot through with dazzling displays
of color and movement that intensify its affecting, outsized
emotions, creating an overwhelmingly moving portrait of a
mother’s unconditional love. (Dir. by Xavier Dolan, 2014, Canada,
in French with subtitles, 139 mins., Rated R)
Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign
Language Film!
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AMIRA & SAM
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
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Rousing, smart, and sweet, Amira & Sam is a charming feature debut
from writer/director Sean Mullin following Sam (Martin Starr, “Freaks
& Geeks”), an army veteran adapting back to civilian life after a lengthy
tour overseas. Upon reuniting with his unit’s former Iraqi translator
in New York City, he meets Amira (newcomer Dina Shihabi), his war
buddy’s niece; suspicious of soldiers, she wants nothing to do with
him. However, when Amira runs into immigration trouble, Sam offers
to keep her safe at his apartment. After a rocky start, their unlikely
friendship starts to blossom into something more. Refreshingly
offbeat, this unconventional romantic comedy is a love letter to anyone
who has ever felt like they didn’t belong. (Dir. by Sean Mullin, 2014,
USA, 88 mins., Not Rated)
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“Passionate and visually beautiful… a cry from
the heart.” – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious
fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his
wife Satima, his daughter Toya, and Issan, their twelve-year-old
shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime
of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their
faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned.
The women have become shadows but resist with dignity.
Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd
sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that
prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes when Kidane
accidentally kills Amadou, the fisherman who slaughtered
“GPS,” his beloved cow. He now has to face the new laws of
the foreign occupants. Visually stunning, filled with wondrous
images not easily forgotten, Timbuktu is also a deeply moving,
poetic and often humorous story of humanism in the face of
nightmarish circumstances. Director Abderrahmane Sissako’s
becalmed and sensitive eye for beauty masterfully intensifies
the absurdity and horror of the film’s quietly unfolding tragedy.
(Dir. by Aberrahmane Sissako, 2014, Mauritania/France, in French/
Arabic/Bambara/English/Songhay with subtitles, 97 mins., Rated
PG-13)
NEW FILMS
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA
RED ARMY
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated
Feature!
“You don’t have to be a
War buff to relish the
investigation and fierce
brisk, terrific movie.” –
York Daily News
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“A marvel of Japanese animation, a handdrawn, painterly epic that submerges us in a
world of beauty.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles
Times
Legendary Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the
Fireflies) revisits Japan’s most famous folktale in this gorgeous,
hand-drawn masterwork, decades in the making. Found inside
a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his
wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The
mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her –
but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment
for her crime. From the studio that brought you Spirited Away,
My Neighbor Totoro, and The Wind Rises comes a powerful and
sweeping epic that redefines the limits of animated storytelling
and marks a triumphant high point within an extraordinary
career in filmmaking for director Isao Takahata. (Dir. by Isao
Takahata, 2014, Japan, in Japanese with subtitles, 137 min., Rated
PG)
This film will be shown in both subtitled and
dubbed versions.
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sports fan or a Cold
compelling political
rink action in this
Graham Fuller, New
“Emotionally charged, viscerally exciting and
consistently enlightening, Gabe Polsky’s Red
Army is a sports documentary like no other.” Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com
From Oscar® nominated and Emmy award-winning filmmakers
(including executive producer Werner Herzog), Red Army is
a feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most
successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team.
Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story
portrays his transformation from national hero to political
enemy. From the USSR to Russia, the film examines how sport
mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and
fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union. Red Army is an
inspiring story about the Cold War played out on the ice rink,
and a man who stood up to a powerful system and paved the
way for change for generations of Russians. (Dir. by Gabe Polsky,
2014, USA/Russia, in English and Russian with English subtitles,
76 mins., Rated PG)
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LEVIATHAN
MAPS TO THE STARS
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award!
“The creepiest haunted Hollywood movie since
Mulholland Drive.” – Geoff Pevere, Globe and
Mail
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Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best
Foreign Film!
“Absolutely fantastic. Not just masterful, but
hugely important.” – Oliver Lyttelton, Playlist
Russia’s official selection for Best Foreign Language Film at
the 87th Academy Awards tells the story of Kolya (Alexeï
Serebriakov), who lives in a small fishing town near the stunning
Barents Sea in Northern Russia. He owns an auto-repair shop
that stands right next to the house where he lives with his young
wife and his son from a previous marriage. The town’s corrupt
mayor Vadim (Roman Madianov) is determined to take away
his business, his house, as well as his land. First the Mayor tries
buying off Kolya, but Kolya unflinchingly fights as hard as he
can so as not to lose everything he owns, including the beauty
that has surrounded him from the day he was born. Facing
resistance, the mayor starts to become more aggressive, leading
to a life-changing conflict. Winner of the Best Screenplay award
at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Leviathan is the latest drama
from Andrey Zvyagintsev, acclaimed director of Elena and The
Return. (Dir. by Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014, Russian, in Russian
with subtitles, 140 mins., Rated R)
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“Extraordinary… nightmarishly compelling.” –
Robbie Collin, Telegraph
Celebrated filmmaker David Cronenberg strips Hollywood bare
in this wicked satire of the movie business. Havana Segrand
(Julianne Moore, who won the Best Actress Award at the 2014
Cannes Film Festival for her fearless performance) is a desperate
and increasingly unhinged middle-aged actress scheming to
land the lead in a remake of a film her mother starred in years
ago. Around this imploding star revolves a constellation of
shady Tinseltown types: Dr. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack), a
TV psychologist and self-help guru whose teen-idol son is going
off the rails; Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), a pyromaniac who gets
hired as Havana’s assistant; Jerome (Robert Pattinson), a limo
driver, struggling actor and aspiring screenwriter who is literally
available for anything; and various wives, agents, and phantoms
who stroll periodically through the carnage. Gleefully dissecting
a milieu driven by all the wrong values, Maps to the Stars peels
back Tinseltown’s skin-deep facade to reveal a dystopia that’s
at once utterly alien and eerily recognizable. (Dir. by David
Cronenberg, 2014, Canada/US/Germany/France, 111 mins., Rated
R)
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BALLET 422
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 6
FREE LOFT MEMBERS SCREENING
Friday, February 27. Time tba. Free for Loft members
and open to the public at regular admission prices.
“Here it is at long last: a truly great vampire
comedy. And also the funniest horror film to
come out of New Zealand since Braindead.” –
Dan Jolin, Empire Magazine
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“TRULY EXTRAODINARY. Essential viewing for
any artist. An intimate window into a seemingly
unobtainable world, a journey that ends up
being just as exhilarating as it is elegant” –
Regina Mogilevskaya, Art Info
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“A CINEMATIC GEM. It encapsulates the
passion of two inspired artists, the one in front
of the camera and the one behind it.” – Raffi
Asdourian, The Film Stage
From first rehearsal to world premiere, Ballet 422 takes us
backstage at New York City Ballet as Justin Peck, a young
up-and-coming choreographer, crafts a new work. Ballet
422 illuminates the process behind the creation of a single
ballet within the ongoing cycle of work at one of the world’s
great ballet companies. New York City Ballet, under the artistic
direction of Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins, boasts a roster
of more than 90 elite dancers and a repertory of works by many
of the greatest choreographers in the history of the art form.
When 25-year-old NYCB dancer Justin Peck begins to emerge
as a promising young choreographer, he is commissioned to
create a new ballet for the Company’s 2013 Winter Season. With
unprecedented access to an elite world, the film follows Peck
as he collaborates with musicians, lighting designers, costume
designers and his fellow dancers to create Paz de la Jolla, NYCB’s
422nd new ballet. Ballet 422 is an unembellished vérité portrait
of a process that has never before been documented at New
York City Ballet in its entirety. (Dir. by Jody Lee Lipes, 2014, USA,
72 mins., Rated PG)
What We Do In The Shadows chronicles the adventures of four
vampire roommates trying to get by in a modern world that’s
not always hospitable to the undead. Jemaine Clement and
Taika Waititi, creators of the HBO hit series “Flight of the
Conchords,” co-wrote, co-directed, and co-star in this hilarious
send-up in which an endearingly unhip quartet of friends reveal
to us or, rather, to the documentary crew that’s filming them,
the details of their daily-make that nightly-routine. Ranging
in age from 183 to 8,000, and in appearance from adorably
youthful to Nosferatu-crusty, they squabble over household
chores, struggle to keep up with the latest trends in technology
and fashion, antagonize the local werewolves, cruise clubs for
lovely ladies, and deal with the rigors of living on a very, very
strict diet. The film also stars Rhys Darby, Jonathan Brugh, Cori
Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Jackie Van Beek. (Dir. by
Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, 2014, New Zealand, 86 mins.,
Not Rated)
MONDO
MONDAYS
EVERY MONDAY AT 8:00PM!
Weird, wild and wonderful flicks from the mondo
side of the silver screen!
Don’t forget to check out our yummy “mondo
munchies” snack bucket... fill a cup for a buck!
Admission is only $3! • Loft members pay just $2!
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23
MONDAY, MARCH 2
REMOTE CONTROL
DR. BLACK & MR.
HYDE
MESA OF LOST
WOMEN
BIG BAD MAMA
TC 2000
“Men, Money And Moonshine:
When It Comes To Vice, Mama
Knows Best!”
“The year is 2020. He’s
mostly human, and totally
invincible... until now!”
It’s Bonnie and Clyde with more
bullets, more blood and more
bursting bras when legendary
‘70s stars Angie Dickinson and
William Shatner team up to play
Depression-era outlaws tearing
up the country in this rip-roaring
backwoods gangster flick from
producer Roger Corman!
Martial artist and Tae Bo exercise
guru Billy Blanks kicks it into
high gear in this seriously shoddy
futuristic thriller pitting a postapocalyptic cop against all manner
of ridiculousness, including wild
gangs, government corruption
and a female cybernetic killing
machine with a really bad attitude.
“Big Bad Mama is a campy,
raucous good time filled with
sex, violence and family values…
Angie Dickinson is one of the
screen’s all-time badass women.” –
Monsters and Critics
“90 minutes of goofy sci-fi action
fun… a post-apocalyptic kung fu
mess with lots of leg sweeps and
lasers.” – Fist of B List
(Dir. by Jeff Leiberman, 1988, USA,
88 mins., Rated R)
“As close to home as your
VCR.”
Something
very
weird
is
happening to the home video
junkies who dare to rent a
mysterious new VHS release
called Remote Control, and before
you know it they’re all having a
Blockbuster Night… from hell!
“A clever satire of both classic scifi flicks and the VHS boom of the
1980s … fun and unique.” – The
Lightning Bug’s Lair
(Dir. by William Crain, 1976, USA,
87 mins., Rated R)
“A screaming demon rages
inside, turning him into Mr.
Hyde... don’t give him no sass
or he’ll kick your ass!”
You’d better get off the streets,
because the mild-mannered Dr.
Black has just discovered the
sweet potion that will turn him
into the lumbering, pasty-faced,
hooker-murdering lunatic Mr.
Hyde, and he ain’t afraid to use it!
“A
wild
and
entertaining
Blaxploitation monster romp…
laughably heavy-handed, but
with so much corny cursing,
melodrama, violence and jivetalking, how can you resist?” –
Cinema Somnambulist
(Dir. by Ron Ormond & Herbert
Tevos, 1953, USA, 70 mins., Not
Rated)
“A race of deadly spider-women
luring men to their death!”
Crazed scientists, rabid superwomen and giant spider puppets
collide in the forbidden Mexican
desert of Zarpa Mesa in this unholy
monolith of ‘50s trash cinema that’s
like an Ed Wood movie viewed
through a pulsating cloud of reefer
smoke!
“Jaw-dropping… unforgettable… this
is a genuine treat for connoisseurs of
hilariously awful movies.” – B Movie
Madness
(Dir. by Steve Carver, 1974, USA, 84
mins., Rated R)
(Dir. by T.J. Scott, 1993, USA, 91
mins., Rated R)
LATE NIGHT CULT CLASSICS
The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen!
Admission is only $6! • Loft members pay just $5!
FRI, JANUARY 30 &
SAT, JANUARY 31
AT 10:00PM
FRI, FEBRUARY 6 &
SAT, FEBRUARY 7
AT 10:00PM
FRI, FEBRUARY 13 &
SAT, FEBRUARY 14
AT 10:00PM
FRI, FEBRUARY 20 &
SAT, FEBRUARY 21
AT 10:00PM
THUR, FEBRUARY 26 SUN, MARCH 1
GHOST IN THE
SHELL
FIGHT CLUB
ETERNAL
SUNSHINE OF THE
SPOTLESS MIND
BLAZING SADDLES
MY NEIGHBOR
TOTORO
(Dir. by Mamoru Oshii, 1995, Japan, in
Japanese with subtitles, 83 mins., Rated R)
A
milestone
of
animated
cinema, Mamoru Oshii’s scifi masterpiece has gone on to
inspire a generation of filmmakers
and has become one of the most
revered anime features of all
time, profoundly influencing the
Matrix films with its cool and cruel
vision of a dystopian future where
humanity and technology have
become inextricably intertwined.
“Dizzying… for sheer mindexpanding sci-fi strangeness,
this is hard to beat.” – Tom
Huddleston, Time Out
(Dir. by David Fincher, 1999, 139
mins., Rated R)
Based on the cult novel
by Chuck Palahniuk and
directed by Oscar-nominated
filmmaker David Fincher,
Fight Club is a shocking,
hilarious
and
thoughtprovoking kick in the head.
“Sensational!
Delivers
a
sucker punch to the audience
and then pulls the rug out
from under it.” – Bob Graham,
San Francisco Chronicle
(Dir. by Michel Gondry, 2004, USA,
108 mins., Rated R)
From acclaimed writer Charlie
Kaufman and visionary director
Michel Gondry comes Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
An all-star ensemble cast shines
in this comical and poignant look
at breakups, breakdowns and
breakthroughs.
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind goes by like a fevered dream
of love, but one you remember
vividly, with profound pleasure.”
– Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street
Journal
(Dir. by Mel Brooks, 1974, USA, 93
mins., Rated R)
Vulgar, crude, and occasionally
scandalous in its racial humor,
this hilarious bad-taste spoof of
Westerns, co-written by Richard
Pryor, features Cleavon Little as
the first black sheriff of a stunned
town scheduled for demolition by
an encroaching railroad.
“It’s a crazed grab bag of a movie
that does everything to keep us
laughing except hit us over the
head with a rubber chicken.” –
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
AT 11:00AM & 10:00PM
(Dir. by Hayao Miyazaki, 1988,
Japan, in Japanese with subtitles,
86 mins, Rated G)
*This film will be shown in both
subtitled and dubbed versions*
One of the most endearing and
internationally renowned family
films of all time, a film that Roger
Ebert called “one of the five best
movies” ever made for children.
“Visually
arresting
and
consistently compelling, this
movie is magical.” – Bill Gibron,
Pop Matters
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