A tribute to local screen and stage legend Scott Carson, star of Citizen ‘Caine and The Tiki War. Director John Ervin will introduce both movies, in which he worked with Scott Carson, who passed away in September, 2023. CITIZEN ‘CAINE (2013) HD Digital 28 minutes Directed by John Ervin Starring Scott Carson, Rachel Grubb, Jennifer […]
(2017, DCP, 101m, Japanese w/English subtitles) dir Takahide Hori w/Atsuko Miyake, Takahide Hori. Due to gene manipulation aimed at extending life, humans can no longer reproduce. Parton is selected for a mission through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters to secure humanity’s future. Made across seven years with a small team of animators, Junk Head […]
Showings: Dec. 1 7:00, 9:15, Dec. 2 7:00, 9:15, Dec. 3 3:00, 5:15
(1985, 35mm, 116m) dir William Friedkin w/William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, Debra Feuer. In this scorching, sun- and neon-drenched action-noir, Secret Service agent Richard Chance (Petersen) hunts violent counterfeiter Eric Masters (Dafoe)—and his own demons. One of Friedkin’s (who we so recently lost) finest, relatively unheralded films. For Perisphere, Jay Ditzer dives into Wang Chung’s iconic […]
Showings: Dec. 3 7:30, Dec. 4 7:00, 9:15, Dec. 5 7:00, 9:15
Join Tape Freaks as they present movies they love to audiences who don’t know what they’re in for until the title hits the screen! Shows are at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month. Tickets are $5. For more details, check out TapeFreaks.blogspot.com. 7:00 $5
(1973, 35mm, 114m, Spanish w/English subtitles) dir Alejandro Jodorowsky w/Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders. From the iconoclast behind Santa Sangre and El Topo comes a Spanish fever dream that follows a Christlike thief searching for gold, answers, and the secret to immortality. 50th Anniversary! FRI/SAT 7:00 9:15 SUN 3:00 5:15
Showings: Dec. 8 7:00, 9:15, Dec. 9 7:00, 9:15, Dec. 10 3:00, 5:15
(1985, 35mm, 132m) dir Terry Gilliam w/Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro. Sam Lowry (Pryce) sorts through bureaucratic (and plumbing!) hell with help from Harry Tuttle (De Niro). Climate change, banking issues—it’s all here in one of the most biting satires on film. SUN 7:45 MON/TUE 7:00 9:30
Showings: Dec. 10 7:45, Dec. 11 7:00, 9:30, Dec. 12 7:00, 9:30
(1983, BluRay, UK, 123m) dir Nagisa Oshima. In this captivating, skewed World War II drama from Nagisa Oshima, David Bowie regally embodies Celliers, a British officer interned by the Japanese as a POW. Rock star Ryuichi Sakamoto (who also composed this film’s hypnotic score) plays the camp commander, obsessed with the mysterious blond major, while […]
We’re back with your favorite holiday get-together! Put on your ugliest holiday sweater (to compete for a prize!) and join us for a celebration of Christmas kitsch. A secret Hallmark holiday feature will be accompanied by 16mm shorts, commercials, Hallmark bingo, hot cider, holiday snacks, and more! One Show Only! THU 7:00 $8
(1952, DCP, 103m) dir Stanley Donen w/Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds. With amazing Technicolor cinematography, Kelly and Donen’s brilliant take on the transition from silent film to talkies changed cinema forever. FRI 7:00 SAT 9:15 SUN 3:00
Showings: Dec. 15 7:00, Dec. 16 9:15, Dec. 17 3:00
(1951, DCP, 114m) dir Vincente Minnelli w/Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. Love triangles (rectangles?) abound and high jinks ensue among Americans looking for work in postwar Paris. Spectacular dancing, vibrant colors, and an iconic Gershwin score make this one of the most beloved films of the era. FRI 9:15 SAT 7:00 SUN 5:15
Showings: Dec. 15 9:15, Dec. 16 7:00, Dec. 17 5:15
(1980, DCP, 114m) dir John Mackenzie w/Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman. London gangster Harold (Hoskins) is about to close an important business deal with powerful underworld allies. After a series of brutal hits on his territory threaten the contract, he has one day to find out who crossed him. SUN 7:30 MON/TUE 7:00 9:15
Showings: Dec. 17 7:30, Dec. 18 7:00, 9:15, Dec. 19 7:00, 9:15
(1989) 89m. On Christmas Eve, shop-girl Kirsten discovers that she is the focus of a decades-old evil nazi experiment involving selective breeding in an attempt to create human/elf super hybrids. She and two of her friends are trapped in a department store with an evil elf, and only a renegade loose-cannon mall Santa can save […]
(1940, DCP, 99m) dir Ernst Lubitsch w/Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan. At a high-end department store in Budapest, salesclerks Alfred (Stewart) and Klara (Sullavan) are both falling for their anonymous pen pals while struggling to work together. With this Christmas classic, Lubitsch created an enduring blueprint for rom-coms (including Nora Ephron’s 1998 direct remake […]
Showings: Dec. 22 7:00, 9:00, Dec. 23 7:00, 9:00
(2005, DCP, 103m) dir Shane Black w/Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan. Petty thief Harry Lockhart (Downey Jr.) accidentally lands a role in a detective movie and heads to Los Angeles to learn from real-life Hollywood PI “Gay Perry” (Kilmer). He becomes embroiled in a real-life murder mystery. Its fantastic cast, whip-smart dialogue, and […]
Showings: Dec. 25 5:00, 7:00, 9:00, Dec. 26 7:00, 9:00
(16mm, 75m) Enlightening or bewildering?! Put on your thinking cap and join the Cult Film Collective and animator/collector/MinnAnimate organizer Adam Loomis for animated educational shorts that revel in the strange space between education and entertainment. 7:00 $10
(1985, DCP, 114m, Japanese w/English subtitles) dir Jûzô Itami w/Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto. When a truck driver with a deep understanding of miso broth happens upon a struggling noodle shop, he stops everything to build up the business. This difficult-to-describe ode to ramen is a delight both for its style and its heartfelt […]
Showings: Dec. 29 7:00, 9:15, Dec. 30 7:00, 9:15, Dec. 31 3:00, 5:15
(1995, 35mm, 145m) dir Kathryn Bigelow w/Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis. In a dystopian L.A., the seedy distributor of illicit recorded memories (Fiennes) stumbles onto gruesome snuff films connected to the assassination of an important political figure. SUN 7:30 MON/TUE 7:00
Showings: Dec. 31 7:30, Jan. 1 7:00, Jan. 2 7:00
Join Tape Freaks as they present movies they love to audiences who don’t know what they’re in for until the title hits the screen! Shows are at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month. Tickets are $5. For more details, check out TapeFreaks.blogspot.com. 7:00 $5
(1979, 35mm, 97m) dir William Richert w/Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins. This hyper paranoid ’70s gem finds Nick Kegan (Bridges) in one conspiracy after another following the murder of his brother, the president. Once underappreciated, Winter Kills finds new life in a brand-new 35mm print. These screenings are presented in partnership with the Cult […]
Showings: Jan. 5 7:00, 9:00, Jan. 6 7:00, 9:00, Jan. 7 3:00, 5:00
(2003, DCP, 131m, Korean w/English subtitles) dir Bong Joon Ho w/Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Roe-ha Kim. Following the first serial murders in Korea, two small-town detectives search for the killer. Nuanced, gorgeously photographed, and eerily paced, Memories is Bong’s first masterwork. SUN 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 9:30
Showings: Jan. 7 7:00, Jan. 8 7:00, 9:30, Jan. 9 7:00, 9:30
(2023, DCP, USA, 72m) dir Mike Plante & Jason Willis and Joe Target Rees. On June 13, 1978, the soon-to-be legendary rock band The Cramps went to play Napa State, a psychiatric hospital in the small town of Napa in Northern California. Opening for them was The Mutants, an eclectic septet of art school punks […]
(1985, 35mm, 91m) dir Tim Burton w/Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Alice Nunn. It was fifty years ago on a night just like tonight. Why, tonight’s the anniversary. Worst accident I ever seen. THU–SAT 7:00 9:00 SUN 3:00 5:00
Showings: Jan. 11 7:00, 9:00, Jan. 12 7:00, 9:00, Jan. 13 7:00, 9:00, Jan. 14 3:00, 5:00
(1982, 35mm, 117m) dir Ridley Scott w/Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young. In 2019, L.A. detective Rick Deckard (Ford) tracks down genetically engineered replicant renegades who are indistinguishable from humans. This is the definitive version of Scott’s 1982 classic. SUN 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 9:30
Showings: Jan. 14 7:00, Jan. 15 7:00, 9:30, Jan. 16 7:00, 9:30
(1987) 87m. A solid sword and sorcery movie directed by Cannibal Holocaust’s Rugerro Deodato and starring jacked bodybuilding twins, Peter and David Paul. Orphaned brothers are trained as gladiators in order to rescue their tribe’s kidnapped leader and retrieve a powerful stolen jewel. 7:00 $10