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(1987, 54m) dir Donald Farmer w/ Mary Fanaro, Dennis Stewart, & Clifton Dance. Lucinda is a bloodsucking babe who knows what she wants. Surprisingly good gore and synth tracks for having a $2 budget. 7:00 $5
(2021, DCP, 82m) Eating our Way to Extinction takes audiences on a cinematic journey around the world, from the depths of the Amazon rainforests to the Taiwanese Mountains, the Mongolian desert, the US Dust Bowl, the Norwegian Fjords and the Scottish coastlines, telling the story of our planet through shocking testimonials, poignant accounts from indigenous […]
(1962, DCP, 119m) dir Orson Welles w/Anthony Perkins, Arnoldo Foà, Jess Han. Josef K. (Perkins) finds himself arrested but is never told of the charges. The Trial, which Welles believed to be his greatest film, was for years available only in poor-quality prints. This restoration returns it to its original glory. Check out Luke Mosher's […]
(1955, 35mm 90m) dir Delbert Mann w/Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell. Marty (Borgnine), an easily ruffled unmarried butcher, has given up hope of finding love—when along comes schoolteacher Clara Snyder (Blair). Winner of the Palme D’Or and Best Picture Oscar, Marty is brought to life by the sensitive performances of Borgnine (who won the Best Actor […]
(DCP, approx 140m) The film we've chosen this quarter is one that we wanted to book for this spring's calendar but it was unavailable. Tickets (one per member) are free for Trylon Club members with active subscriptions as of April 21, on a first come first served basis, when the doors open at 6:30pm. Space […]
(1987, DCP, 98m) dir Rob Reiner w/Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Chris Sarandon. A farm boy (Elwes) embarks on an “inconceivable” quest to save the beautiful Princess Buttercup (Wright) from the evil Prince Humperdinck (Sarandon). Filled with revenge, chases, escapes, and miracles. And Carol Kane. Is The Princess Bride more than just a fun storybook adventure? Jake […]
(2007, DCP, 127m) dir Matthew Vaughn w/Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro. Vaughn (director of Kingsman and also that good X-Men movie with Kevin Bacon) directs this film from a story by Neil Gaiman (writer of, well, you probably know). It stars Charlie Cox (Daredevil is coming back) and has princes, pirates, […]
(1972, DCP, 117m) dir Ronald Neame w/Gene Hackman, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen. The aging cruise ship Poseidon is set to sail one last time before being scrapped. Its industrialist owners order the captain (Nielsen) to travel at full speed without sufficient ballast. Though countless disaster movies have tried to copy Poseidon, none has equaled it. […]
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
(2023, DCP, 90m) dir Noah Luke, w/Patrick Labyorteaux, Caroline Williams, Joseph Michael Harris, Anthony Jensen. A meteor bigger than the moon, and unseen by Earth until now, has less than a week until planetary impact. Scientists try to stop the giant mass with rockets armed with high-powered lasers. When that fails they land on the asteroid, mounting it with […]
(1974, 35mm, 112m) w/Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber. A wealthy rancher offers a million dollars for the head of the man who got his daughter pregnant. Seedy barroom pianist Bennie (Oates) heads to Mexico, determined to claim the bounty. Read essays by Sophie Durbin and Lucas Hardwick at Perisphere. FRI/SAT 7:00 9:15 SUN 3:00 […]
(2000, 35mm, 98m, Cantonese w/English subtitles) dir Wong Kar Wai w/Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung. Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Leung) and Su Li-zhen (Cheung) move into adjacent apartments on the same day, then discover their spouses are having an affair. Deliriously beautiful and filled with a powerful sense of longing, In the Mood is a […]
DRIVER 23 (1999, 35mm, 72m) and THE ATLAS MOTH (2001, HD, 75m) document seven years in the life of Dan Cleveland, a Minneapolis-based rock guitarist/deliveryman and his band, Dark Horse. In spite of, or because of his obsessive-compulsive disorder, Dan is driven with an existential need to accomplish something…anything. He faces all obstacles with uncanny […]
(1973, DCP, 115m) w/Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Jason Robards, Bob Dylan. Sheriff Garrett (Coburn) is forced to hunt down his old friend Billy the Kid (Kristofferson). Peckinpah’s last great western was heavily edited by the studio and panned by critics. Finally available in its longer, better cut, it has become one of Peckinpah’s most hailed […]
(1993, DCP, 88m, Cantonese w/English subtitles) dir Johnnie To w/Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Damian Lau. When police can’t solve the kidnapping of multiple heirs to the throne, they call in three women with incredible powers and dark pasts. Playing like a comic book kung fu mystery, To’s film is a wonder of outlandish […]
(1996, 68m) dir Jon McBride, John Polonia, & Mark Polonia w/ Jon McBride, John Polonia, & Sebastian Barran. Two friends on a road trip stumble across an ultra-low-budget alien invasion. Shot on video for $500 over 4 days, Feeders must be seen to be believed. 7:00 $5
(2016, DCP, 102m) dir Sompot Chidgasornpongse (Thailand). Railway Sleepers explores the close connection between Thai people and the Thai railway. Through various activities and scenes inside and outside the moving vehicles, the film turns the train into a microcosm of life in Thailand. With mundane talk, onboard walks, outward gazes, exchanged glances, sitting, and sleeping, […]
(2020, DCP, 98m) dir Maung Sun (Myanmar). Wai Bhone, a young film director, has to overcome the tough realities in order to direct his debut film. The hard worked scenario is criticised and undermined by the unpretentious censorship of the authorities. The film producers constantly pressure for lack of money, and even casting actors to […]
(1962, 35mm, 94m) w/Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley. Judd (McCrea) is hired to transport gold through dangerous territory, not realizing that his partners have other plans. Peckinpah based Judd’s character on his father and reworked the script to reflect his own ranch experiences. The film culminates in Judd’s redemption amid a hail of bullets. […]
(1970, DCP, 121m) w/Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, Slim Pickens. Cable Hogue (Robards) is a prospector left for dead in the desert by his double-crossing partners. But he discovers a clear spring and becomes wealthy selling water to stagecoach travelers. Funny and emotionally resonant, this is a different kind of Peckinpah film but no less essential. […]
(1996, 35mm, 99m, French w/English subtitles) dir Olivier Assayas w/Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Natalie Richard. Cheung plays a fictional version of herself cast as the lead in a remake of the 1915 film Les vampires. Both a sentimental ode to cinema’s past and a gentle jab at the excesses of the French New Wave, Vep […]
Filmmaker Azza El-Hassan founded the Void Project in 2018 to explore the presence and absence of visual archives in wartime narratives. The project focuses on restoring and reimagining existing and lost films. The examples in this series focus specifically on visualizing Palestine. To learn more about the Void Project, visit https://www.thevoidproject.org/. JERUSALEM, FLOWER OF ALL […]
(1972, DCP, 123m) w/Steve McQueen, Ali McGraw, Ben Johnson. Parole board chief Jack Beynon (Johnson) agrees to let Doc McCoy (McQueen) out of prison if he’ll pull a job for him. When things don’t go as planned, Doc and his wife, Carol (McGraw), need to settle their differences and find a way out. FRI/SAT 7:00 […]
(1989, DCP, 114m, Cantonese w/English subtitles) dir Clarence Fok w/Maggie Cheung, Biao Yuen, Wah Yuen. Before Encino Man and Demolition Man, there was The Iceman Cometh. Ming Dynasty royal guard Fong-Sau Ching (Biao Yuen) tracks down rapist/serial murderer Fung San (Wah Yuen) in the mountains. Both become frozen during their struggle. When they thaw out, […]