(2023, DCP, 97m) dir Michael Johnson w/Steve Guttenberg and Dee Wallace. In this “half-fish” out-of-water animated adventure, a mermaid princess makes a bargain with a sea witch to become human. On land, the princess discovers just how much she loves the surface world and must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice to stay […]
Showings: Jun. 2 1:00, Jun. 3 5:00, Jun. 4 1:00, Jun. 5 5:00, Jun. 6 5:00, Jun. 7 5:00, Jun. 8 5:00
(1973, DCP, 97m, Japanese w/English subtitles) dir Toshiya Fujita w/Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon. A young girl (Kaji) whose family has been ruthlessly destroyed by a gang of criminals is raised to exact coldblooded retribution. Fujita’s influential film perfectly balances violence and beauty. FRI/SAT 7:00 9:00 SUN 3:00 5:00 At Perisphere: Rowan Smith asks what […]
Showings: Jun. 2 7:00, 9:00, Jun. 3 7:00, 9:00, Jun. 4 3:00, 5:00
(1995, DCP, 94m) dir Daisy von Scherler Mayer w/Parker Posey, Omar Townsend, The Lady Bunny, Liev Schreiber. After too much disorderly revelry, a high-voltage socialite must pay off her debts by working at a library. Cinema’s most persuasive argument for the Dewey Decimal System. New Restoration! SUN 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 9:00 Promotional support provided […]
Showings: Jun. 4 7:00, Jun. 5 7:00, 9:00, Jun. 6 7:00, 9:00
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
(2021, DCP, 119m, Spain & Canada) dir Inés Toharia Terán. “Did you know that approximately 80% of all the silent movies ever made are completely lost? Whether they rotted away, went up in flames, were melted down for silver, or were dumped in the ocean, so many movies created at the very dawn of the […]
(1967, 35mm, 92m) dir John Boorman w/Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Vernon. Double-crossed and left for dead in a heist gone wrong, Walker (Marvin) will stop at nothing to get even. Boorman’s direction takes a familiar premise and makes Point Blank a paragon of revenge cinema. FRI/SAT 7:00 9:00 SUN 3:00 5:00
Showings: Jun. 9 7:00, 9:00, Jun. 10 7:00, 9:00, Jun. 11 3:00, 5:00
(1995, DCP, 83m) dir Gregg Araki w/Parker Posey, James Duval, Rose McGowan, Margaret Cho. On the lam following a deadly accident, a trio of troubled teenagers take a darkly comic voyage through the outskirts of an apocalyptic Los Angeles. Posey does a heel turn as a vengeful, sword-wielding ex-lover. New Restoration! SUN 7:00 MON/TUE 7:00 […]
Showings: Jun. 11 7:00, Jun. 12 7:00, 8:45, Jun. 13 7:00, 8:45
(2023, USA, DCP, 116m) dir Robert Schwartzman. In their first ever feature documentary nearly sixty years after they met as teenagers before the British Invasion music scene, The Zombies tell their story of navigating the tumultuous music industry over the decades and making one of the most influential albums of all time, Odessey and Oracle. […]
Little Men (2019, Digital Video 4K, 25m) dir Atlas O Phoenix w/Brenden Lucas, TJ Ward, Lerea Carter, Heidi Berg, with Kevin Lokey and Toussaint Morrison.Two boys make a startling discovery on the way to school. A multi-award-winning short taking place in 1989, Little Men is a compelling winter tale of two endearing 10-year-old boys, Andre […]
(2009, 35mm, 153m) dir Quentin Tarantino w/Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Brad Pitt. Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France, Shosanna’s (Laurent) entire family is slain by German Colonel Hans Landa (Waltz). Later, as a movie theater owner in Paris, she gets a chance for redress. Tarantino plays on fifty years of exploitation revenge cinema for […]
Showings: Jun. 16 7:00, Jun. 17 7:00, Jun. 18 3:00, 6:00
(1996, 35mm, 84m) dir Christopher Guest w/Guest, Parker Posey, Catherine O’Hara, Fred Willard. A group of community-theater eccentrics in a small Missouri town undertake a deeply misguided campaign to impress a Broadway producer. Guest’s mockumentary, one of the funniest films of the 1990s, made him a leader of the form. 35mm print courtesy of film […]
Showings: Jun. 19 7:00, 8:45, Jun. 20 7:00, 8:45
(1961, DCP, 98m) dir Samuel Fuller w/Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay. Fuller’s take on The Count of Monte Cristo follows Tolly Devlin (Robertson), who as a teenager saw his father killed by four mobsters. After discovering their names, he sets out to destroy them one by one. FRI 7:00 SAT 9:15 SUN 3:00
Showings: Jun. 23 7:00, Jun. 24 9:15, Jun. 25 3:00
(1994, DCP, 102m) dir Alex Proyas w/Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Tony Todd. One year after Eric Draven’s (Lee) murder, a crow brings him back from the grave to avenge his death as well as the rape and killing of his fiancée. Lee’s famed final film is both stylish and sensitive. FRI 9:00 SAT 7:00 SUN […]
Showings: Jun. 23 9:00, Jun. 24 7:00, Jun. 25 5:00
When you come to the Trylon, do you ever stop to admire those cool movie posters? The look of Bogart sneering at you, gat in hand? The strange Mona Lisa smile on the face of Godzilla? We’ve got ’em, and more, and we want to sell them to you. Poster sale: 12pm-2:45pm Closed to tidy up: 2:45pm-3:00pm […]
(1993, 35mm, 103m) dir Richard Linklater w/Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason London. On the last day of high school in a small Texas town in 1976, students from across the social spectrum mingle, scheme, and look toward a tantalizingly uncertain future. Posey has a small but memorable role as an iron-fisted senior […]
Showings: Jun. 25 7:15, Jun. 26 7:00, 9:15, Jun. 27 7:00, 9:15
Under the Blue Sky (1979) was the first major Thai film featuring Hmong characters played by Thai actors, Noppol Gomarachun and Naowarat Yuktanun. Thanks to the Hmong dubbed version by S.T. Universal Videos in 1992, the film became an instant classic for the newly arrived Hmong refugees of the 80’s and 90’s. This novel adapted […]
(2002, 35mm, 129m, Korean w/English subtitles) dir Park Chan-wook w/Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona. When Ryu (Ha-kyun) discovers that his sister needs a kidney transplant, he kidnaps the daughter of an electronics giant to pay for the surgery, leading to tragedy. Mr. Vengeance is a bleak depiction of poverty and the costs of violence. […]
Showings: Jun. 30 7:00, 9:30, Jul. 1 7:00, 9:30, Jul. 2 5:45, 8:15
(2022, DCP, 91m) dir Sierra Pettengill. Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the US military. Using all archival footage, the film explores the militarization of the police and creates a counter-narrative to the nation’s reaction to the uprisings of the late ’60s. This screening is presented by the Minnesota Socialist Rifle Association (MN […]
(1968, DCP, 134m) dir Anthony Harvey w/Peter O’Toole, Katherine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Timothy Dalton. When King Henry II (O’Toole) agrees to let his conspiratorial, imprisoned wife, Eleanor (Hepburn), out for a Christmas visit, the struggle among their three thoroughly dislikeable sons for the crown begins. O’Toole does virtuoso work as the bullying, conceited, bruised monarch. […]
Showings: Jul. 2 3:00, Jul. 3 7:00, Jul. 4 7:00
(1951, DCP, 87m) dir Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks w/Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness. A remote research base in Alaska is invaded by a mysterious creature from outer space. Based on John W. Campbell’s novel Who Goes There?, this sci-fi horror flick preys upon post-World War 2 fears about science and the unknown. FRI/SAT […]
Showings: Jul. 7 7:00, 9:00, Jul. 8 7:00, 9:00, Jul. 9 6:00, 8:00
(1972, DCP, 154m) dir Peter Medak w/Peter O’Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews. Jack, the 14th Earl of Gurney (O’Toole), believes himself to be the second coming of Jesus Christ. When his father dies, he’s set to enter the House of Lords. But his family won’t be having any of that. The Ruling Class […]
Showings: Jul. 9 3:00, Jul. 10 7:00, Jul. 11 7:00
(1972, 35mm, 91m) dir Gordon Parks w/Ron O’Neal, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris. Immortalized by Curtis Mayfield’s sizzling score, Super Fly tells the story of Priest (O’Neal), a cocaine pusher-man who hopes to pull off one last major deal before retiring. The mob has different plans. Rare 35mm print! These screenings are presented in partnership with […]
Showings: Jul. 14 7:00, 9:00, Jul. 15 7:00, 9:00, Jul. 16 5:15, 7:15
(1971, DCP, 107m) dir Peter Yates w/Peter O’Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Jansen. A Nazi submarine sinks a British battleship, killing all of the crew except for Murphy (O’Toole) — who fixates on doing whatever it takes to kill every one of those damned bastards. O’Toole gives a euphoric performance as the nautical monomaniac. […]
Showings: Jul. 16 3:00, Jul. 17 7:00, 9:15, Jul. 18 7:00, 9:15
(1976, 35mm, 105m, Spanish w/English subtitles) dir Carlos Saura w/ Ana Torrent, Geraldine Chaplin, Conchita Pérez. Orphaned at age eight, melancholic Ana (Torrent) and her two sisters go to live with their emotionally stiff aunt, sending the girl down a spiraling path of insecurity. Torrent gives one of the great child performances. FRI/SAT 7:00 9:15 […]
Showings: Jul. 21 7:00, 9:15, Jul. 22 7:00, 9:15, Jul. 23 7:15