SERIES
February 16-18
After the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War, American audiences found it hard to laugh at themselves. But Albert Brooks made that happen, homing in on and ridiculing the idiosyncrasies that connect us all.
(1981, DCP, 93m) dir Albert Brooks w/Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Jane Hallaren. Film editor Robert Cole (Brooks) is constantly breaking up with his long-suffering girlfriend. Brooks’s film is a hilarious, insightful view into filmmaking and human relationships. FRI 7:00 SAT 9:00 SUN 3:00
Showings: Feb. 16 7:00, Feb. 17 9:00, Feb. 18 3:00
(1979, DCP, 99m) dir Albert Brooks w/Charles Grodin, Albert Brooks, Frances Lee McCain. Brooks plays himself, chronicling a year in the life of a Wisconsin family on the TV program An American Family. Shrewdly satirical, Real Life makes light of and pokes fun at the movie industry, the nuclear family, furniture refinishing, and just about […]
Showings: Feb. 16 9:00, Feb. 17 7:00, Feb. 18 5:00