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First Thursdays at the Trylon
Volunteers pick the movie the first Thursday of the month.
(1943, 104m) dir George Stevens w/Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn. “The More the Merrier, set amidst a severe housing shortage in Washington, DC, is top-drawer screwball comedy. Jean Arthur is perfection (it is, shockingly, the only performance that earned her an Oscar nomination). She’s charming and hilarious and, dare I say it, even sexy!…
Screenings: November 5 7:00
(1997, 138m) dir Curtis Hanson w/Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce. “Three cops in 1950s Los Angeles—one brainy, one brawny, and one smarmy—team up to uncover a conspiracy behind a massacre at a late-night diner and 25 pounds of missing H. I didn’t know what noir, neo or OG, was when I was 14, but…
Screenings: December 3 7:00
(2005, 127m) dir Tony Scott w/Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramírez. “The tale of a trio of bounty hunters—from the director of Top Gun and the screenwriter of Donnie Darko. The editing is frenetic, the action is packed, and the cast is stacked. Universally panned by critics on its initial release, this film perfectly captures…
Screenings: July 9 7:00
(1996, 109m) dirs Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci w/Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Minnie Driver. “Big Night is a delightful film that celebrates food without skimping on flavor or critiques of the American dream. Its star-studded cast includes Tony Shalhoub playing an uncompromising Italian American chef who refuses to give in to the Spaghetti-Warehousification of his homeland’s…
Screenings: August 6 7:00, 9:15
(1986, 93m) dir Anthony Perkins w/Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey. “As a huge Anthony Perkins fan, I appreciate that he got the chance to take control of his iconic role Norman Bates, serving as director of this installment of the Psycho series. Who better to helm a film about an aging Norman trying to…
Screenings: September 3 7:00
(1953, 91m) dir Anthony Mann w/James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan. “By the time Anthony Mann and James Stewart made The Naked Spur in 1953, they’d set the formula for their Westerns: man with shady past involves himself in righting a moral situation while maybe not being entirely moral and forthright himself. In this, my…
Screenings: October 1 7:00