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March - May at the Heights and Trylon
One of the year’s most anticipated festivals returns! That’s right—it’s the annual Hitchcock Film Festival, with seven classics from the Master of Suspense spanning fifty years, including a newly restored 70mm print of North by Northwest and a silent screening with live musical accompaniment.
(1927, 92m, silent w/intertitles) w/June Tripp, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault. A tense atmosphere, a man wrongly accused, and even a cameo appearance by the director mark The Lodger as the first “real” Hitchcock movie. With live musical accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys. $20, or 2 Trylon Discount Card punches. SUN MAR-29 11:30A
Screenings: March 29 11:30
(1960, 109m, uncut theatrical release) w/Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh. Marion Crane (Leigh) goes on the run after embezzling funds and stops at the cozy Bates Motel to hide out. Perhaps the most iconic of Hitchcock’s movies, Psycho is still shocking, sixty years after its debut. $13 THUR APR-2 7:00 SUN APR-5 11:30A
Screenings: April 5 11:30, April 2 7:00
(1954, 112m) w/James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter. Photographer “Jeff” Jefferies (Stewart) has a broken leg and sweats out summer days in his wheelchair, spying on neighbors from his apartment window. At first aghast, his girlfriend (Kelly) and nurse (Ritter) help him uncover what he suspects is a murder occurring across the courtyard. This classic…
Screenings: April 9 7:00, April 12 11:30
(1941, 95m) w/Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond. A Hitchcock screwball comedy? Believe it. Lombard and Montgomery play one of the most cantankerous couples in Hollywood history. They think they’ve been wed for three years—only to discover that the marriage isn’t legal. Guest appearances by the original Trylon and Perisphere. $13 THU APR-16 7:00
Screenings: April 16 7:00
(1948, 80m) w/James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger. Inspired by the notorious 1924 Leopold–Loeb murder case, Rope concerns a pair of intellectuals who kill a young man to prove their superiority—and then invite their professor over while the body lies in a trunk in the living room. $13 THU APR-23 7:00
Screenings: April 23 7:00
(1959, 136m) w/Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason. Charming adman Roger O. Thornhill (Grant) must run for his life when he’s mistaken for a government agent by a crime ring, gaining help from the seductive Eve Kendall (Saint) along the way. This one has it all: high-flying thrills, a barrage of witty quips, and…
Screenings: April 30 7:00, May 3 11:00
(1976, 120m) w/Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Barbara Harris. Dueling con artists vie for the attention of an heir to a large fortune. Hitchcock’s swan song blends elements of his early work with the sentiments of New Hollywood. FRI/SAT 7:00 9:30 SUN 3:00 5:30
Screenings: May 1 7:00, 9:30, May 2 7:00, 9:30, May 3 3:00, 5:30