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(1962, DCP, 226m) dir David Lean w/Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn. Lean’s pièce de résistance is a wonder. The massive production, shot in Jordan, Morocco, Spain, and England, took two years to complete and, thanks to O’Toole, yielded an indelible portrait of the complex, charismatic T. E. Lawrence. SUN 3:00 MON/TUE 7:00
(1970, DCP, 103m, Italian w/English subtitles) dir Bernardo Bertolucci w/Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin. Bertolucci’s masterful political takedown details the life of a passive young Italian (Trintignant) who submits to Mussollini’s henchmen and betrays those closest to him. New Restoration! FRI/SAT 7:00 9:15 SUN 6:00 8:15
(1967, 35mm, 148m) dir Anatole Litvak w/Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasance. When a gruesome murder is committed, the suspects are three Nazi generals (O'Toole, Pleasance, and Charles Gray). A German intelligence officer (Sharif) refuses to let the matter drop. Archival 35mm Print! SUN 3:00 MON/TUE 7:00
(1971, DCP, 100m) dir Gordon Parks w/Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi. Black private detective John Shaft (Roundtree) must find a Harlem mobster’s missing daughter before the city gets embroiled in a gang war. New Restoration! FRI 7:00 SAT 9:15 SUN 3:00
(1972, DCP, 104m) dir Gordon Parks w/Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown. The “cat that won’t cop out” is back, this time searching for his friend Carl’s murderer and the 250-grand score that got him killed. Even cooler than the original, Shaft's Big Score allowed Parks to craft an epic action finale. FRI 9:15 […]
(1966, DCP, 75m, Japanese w/English subtitles) dir Hideo Gosha w/Isao Natsuyagi, Ryôhei Uchida, Junko Miyazono. The Vicious Wolf (Natsuyagi), a wandering ronin with a strange fighting style, happens upon a war between two factions in a remote town. This is a lean, mean B-grade samurai flick with comic overtones that punches way above its weight. […]
(2001, DCP, 119m, Mandarin w/English subtitles) dir Hsiao-Hsien Hou w/Shu Qi, Jack Kao, Chun-hao Tuan. Vicky (Shu Qi) is an aimless bar hostess drifting away from her blowhard boyfriend (Tuan) and toward a successful gangster (Kao). Structured as a flashback, the film brims with club lights, endorphin rushes, and ennui. New Restoration! FRI/SAT 7:00 9:30 […]
(1964, 35mm, 93m, Japanese w/English subtitles) dir Hideo Gosha w/Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira. A world-weary ronin (Tanba) and two samurai (Nagato and Hira) join a group of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate to coerce him into lowering their exorbitant taxes. Gosha’s exceptionally crafted film delves into themes of […]
(2000, 93m, DCP) dir Josh Miller w/Pat Casey, Andy Kriss, Maria A. Morales. Long before they made Sonic the Hedgehog and Violent Night, Miller and Casey got together with a group of friends to create this insane horror comedy in Bloomington, MN, for $500. Now a cult favorite, it’s been newly restored. We’re pleased to […]
(1966, DCP, 121m, French w/English subtitles) dir Alain Resnais w/Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Geneviève Bujold, Jean Dasté. In the wake of the Spanish Civil War, a middle-aged Communist (Montand) is caught between his anti-Francoism and some violent anti-fascist extremists. Once dismissed as a minor Resnais work, La Guerre now feels more important than ever. New […]
(1969, DCP, 127m, French and Russian w/English subtitles) dir Costa-Gavras w/Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Dux. In a fictional, junta-led Mediterranean country, Z (Montand)—a charismatic, pacifist opposition-party deputy—is gunned down in the street. This interpretation of the actual assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis centers on an investigating officer (Trintignant) and his tenacious […]
(1978, 35mm, 163m, Japanese w/English subtitles) dir Hideo Gosha w/Tatsuya Nakadai, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Shima Iwashita. This bloody epic focuses on an ex-samurai, Kumokiri Nizaemon (Nakadai), and a strong, resourceful prostitute, Chiyo (Iwashita), who team up with a clan of bandits to rob the castle of Kumokiri’s corrupt former clan. Set against a backdrop of violence […]
(1992, DCP, 104m, Cantonese w/English subtitles) dir Ringo Lam and Hark Tsui w/Jackie Chan, Teddy Robin Kwan. You’re not seeing double. This kung-fu feature follows identical twins reuniting to take on tyrants in Hong Kong. Also starring Trylon favorite Maggie Chueng. FRI 7:00 SAT 9:15 SUN 3:00
(1991, 35mm, 110m) dir Sheldon Lettich w/Jean-Claude Van Damme, Alonna Shaw, Bolo Yeung. Identical twins Chad and Alex (Van Damme and also Van Damme) are reunited by their parents' former bodyguard to take on the man who destroyed their family. Tune in for action, jump-kicks, and double the Van Damme! FRI 9:15 SAT 7:00 SUN 5:15
(1974, DCP, 96m, Japanese w/English subtitles) dir Hideo Gosha w/Noboru Andô, Akira Kobayashi, Isao Natsuyagi. A retired yakuza soldier (Andô) finds himself caught between loyalty to a clan that turned its back on him and a new clan that’s out to take what he has left. Violent Streets is by turns a well-oiled heist film, […]