SERIES
All Summer at the Trylon
Cinema and road trips are a natural partnership. Come along for a ride with hustlers, bandits, singing frogs, and people seeking emotional connection. Representing six decades and several continents, this series highlights both the enduring appeal of freedom and the chance to just get the hell out of town.
(1971, 99m) dir Richard C. Sarafian w/Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger. Kowalski (Newman) is a car delivery driver who has been tasked with bringing a 1970 white Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco. He makes a bet that he can do the run in 15 hours. An archetypal 1970s cult picture that encapsulates…
Screenings: July 5 5:00, 7:00, July 6 7:00, 9:00, July 7 7:00, 9:00
(1957, 92m, Swedish w/English subtitles) dir Ingmar Bergman w/Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin. Professor Borg (Sjöström) is an aging widower traveling from Stockholm to Lund to accept an honorary degree. Along the way, he confronts his regrets and contemplates his inevitable demise through surrealist dreams. In his late thirties, Bergman managed to create this…
Screenings: July 12 5:00, 7:00, July 13 7:00, 9:00, July 14 7:00, 9:00
(2001, 106m, Spanish w/English subtitles) dir Alfonso Cuarón w/Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna. Horny and restless high school graduates Julio and Tenoch (Bernal, Luna) set off on an ambitious road trip to a mysterious beach with Luisa (Verdú), the beautiful wife of Tenoch’s cousin. The epitome of the road movie, Y Tu Mamá…
Screenings: July 19 5:00, 7:00, July 20 7:00, 9:00, July 21 7:00, 9:00
(1970, 102m) dir Barbara Loden w/Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Dorothy Shupenes. Disillusioned and penniless, Wanda (Loden) leaves her husband and infant child to wander in a stupor before getting pulled into life with a criminal on the run. Shot on a shoestring budget in 16mm and filmed in Pennsylvania coal country, Wanda is a tour…
Screenings: July 26 5:00, 7:00, July 27 7:00, 9:00, July 28 7:00, 9:00
(1989, Standard Definition DCP, 91m) dir Jonathan Wacks w/Gary Farmer, A Martinez, Joanelle Romero. Philbert (Farmer) and Buddy (Martinez) need to travel from the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to get Buddy’s sister, who has been framed, out of prison. Only a standard definition version of this film remains…
Screenings: July 29 7:00, 9:00
(1979, 95m) dir James Frawley w/Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Mel Brooks, Charles Durning. Kermit the Frog (Henson) is hanging out in his swamp when a talent agent hears his singing and encourages him to pursue a career in Hollywood. Kermit tries to make his way to Los Angeles but is stalked by ruthless frog-legs…
Screenings: August 2 1:00, 3:00, August 3 7:00, 9:00, August 4 7:00, 9:00, August 15 3:00, August 22 3:00
(1975, 91m) dir Dick Richards w/Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Mackenzie Phillips. Rafferty (Arkin) is a veteran who works as a driving instructor in Los Angeles. Mac (Kellerman) and Frisbee (Phillips) hold him at gunpoint and demand a ride to New Orleans. Deadpan and introspective, Rafferty is a true gem. SUN 5:00 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 9:00
Screenings: August 9 5:00, 7:00, August 10 7:00, 9:00, August 11 7:00, 9:00
(1986, 119m) dir Martin Scorsese w/Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro. This follow-up to The Hustler finds pool shark “Fast Eddie” Felson (Newman) all washed up. When he happens to see the brash and talented Vincent (Cruise) play, he decides to get back in the game as his teacher. Scorsese’s…
Screenings: August 16 5:00, 7:15, August 17 7:00, 9:15, August 18 7:00, 9:15
(1991, 104m) dir Gus Van Sant w/River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo. Two wandering hustlers, Mike (Phoenix) and Scott (Reeves), strike out on the road in Van Sant’s take on Henry IV. A seminal film of ’90s gay cinema, Idaho dredges the depths of loneliness and rejection. SUN 5:00 7:15 MON/TUE 7:00 9:15
Screenings: August 23 5:00, 7:15, August 24 7:00, 9:15, August 25 7:00, 9:15
(2013, 82m, Polish w/English subtitles) dir Pawel Pawlikowski w/Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik. Anna (Trzebuchowska) has grown up in a convent and is on the verge of taking her vows but must first visit her last living relative, Wanda (Kulesza). Gorgeously shot in black and white, Ida is a fully realized portrait of family…
Screenings: August 30 5:00, 7:00, August 31 7:00, 9:00, September 1 7:00, 9:00
(1971, 102m) dir Monte Hellman w/James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson. A driver and a mechanic crisscross America in their souped-up ’55 Chevy, making a living on the underground drag-race circuit. Oates steals the show as the rival racer called GTO. A must-see on film. *NOTE: The 5pm show on Sunday September 6,…
Screenings: September 6 5:00, 7:15, September 7 7:00, 9:15, September 8 7:00, 9:15
(1934, 105m) dir Frank Capra w/Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly. Ellie Andrews (Colbert) is the heiress to a massive fortune, but all she wants is to escape the control of her father. When she strikes out on her own, an out-of-work tabloid journalist (Gable) helps her find her way in exchange for an exclusive.…
Screenings: September 13 7:30, September 14 7:00, 9:15, September 15 7:00, 9:15
(1984, 145m) dir Wim Wenders w/Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell. Travis Henderson (Stanton) wanders out of the scorching Texas desert after going missing for four years. With no clear path forward, he goes searching for his wife. An elegiac masterpiece, Paris ruminates on family, masculinity, and the American West. SUN 10:00AM 5:00 8:00…
Screenings: September 20 5:00, 8:00, 10:00, September 21 7:00, September 22 7:00, September 23 7:00
1975, 86m, French w/English subtitles) dir Chantal Akerman w/Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthion. Rudderless and isolated, Julie (Akerman) steps out to hitchhike on a forlorn road trip. Capturing iconic images of the silent moments in roadside diners and portraying the sexual hunger fed by loneliness, Akerman’s debut is a milestone in queer cinema. SUN…
Screenings: September 27 5:00, 7:00, September 28 7:00, 9:00, September 29 7:00, 9:00