THIS WEEK AT DOC
01/09-01/15

MONDAY @ 7:00 PM

The Living End

(Gregg Araki, 1992) · This classic of the New Queer Cinema is both sexy and funny, while still taking on the AIDS crisis in a critical way. In this "gay Thelma and Louise", Jon, a timid film critic, takes home Luke, a sexy drifter who turns a supposed one-night stand into a crime-filled road trip. Both HIV positive, they turn their backs on their lives, embracing a new way of living ruled by the motto, "Fuck Everything." This film is a statement against Hollywoodizing of the AIDS epidemic.

runtime: 81m format: Digital

 

TUESDAY @ 7:00 PM

Children of Nature

(Friðrik Friðriksson, 1991) · Spectacular landscapes and beautifully crafted scenes abound in this film about an elderly couple's escape from a retirement home to the abandoned farm where they spent their early years as childhood sweethearts. Both heartwarming and moving, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's breakthrough film set the tone for his dominance of the Icelandic film scene in the 1990s. Iceland's first and so far only nominee for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film.

runtime: 82m format: DCP

 

WEDNESDAY @ 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

The Kid

(Charlie Chaplin, 1921) · Chaplin's first full-length feature as a director explores the intense love between an unlikely pair: the Tramp and his scrappy little charge (Jackie Coogan), who was abandoned as a baby in the streets. Together, they create mischief and merriment, but interference by the local orphanage threatens to end this relationship. The Kid, a somewhat autobiographical story "with a smile and perhaps a tear," remains one of Chaplin's finest works.

runtime: 68m format: 35mm

 

THURSDAY @ 7:00 PM

Three Days of the Condor

(Sydney Pollack, 1975) · Returning with lunch for his colleagues at a CIA research cell, stylish bookworm Joe Turner (Robert Redford) discovers the bullet-riddled corpses of all of his co-workers. Unable to trust anyone, he plunges headfirst into a nebulous underworld of spies and assassins with nothing but his codename and a .45 he's never shot. Condor endures as a groovy variation on the Hitchcockian suspense thriller about a regular guy caught in a nearly impossible situation.

runtime: 117m format: 35mm

 

THURSDAY @ 9:45 PM

Time Bandits

(Terry Gilliam, 1981) · From the minds that brought us Monty Python, Time Bandits is the first film in Terry Gilliam's "Trilogy of Imagination". When a band of treasure-seeking dwarves spill out of 11-year-old Kevin's wardrobe, he is whisked into a journey that takes him across time. Told through the eyes of a child, Time Bandits creates a unique and hilarious world of time travel and fantasy that is both thought-provoking and a pleasure to watch.

runtime: 110m format: DCP

 

FRIDAY @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 1:30 PM

Fargo

(Ethan and Joel Coen, 1996) · To cover up his embezzlement, a car salesman stages the kidnapping and ransom of his own wife, but his simple scheme quickly goes awry. Enter Coen Bros regular Frances McDormand, as a pregnant Minnesotan police chief who follows the trail of blood all the way back to the remote tundra of Fargo, ND. Part black comedy, part crime flick, Fargo never fails to find humor in a calamitous snowstorm of poor judgement and escalating violence.

runtime: 98m format: DCP

 

SATURDAY @ 7:00 PM 9:45 PM
SUNDAY @ 3:45 PM

White Girl

(Elizabeth Wood, 2016) · Amidst a world of drugs, sex, and non-stop partying, NYC college student Leah (Morgan Saylor) falls in love with local drug dealer Blue (Brian "Sene" Marc). When Blue is arrested, Leah goes to wild lengths to free him. Controversial since its release, Woods' feature debut, loosely based on her own experiences, is anchored by raw performances from the two leads. Saylor, a sophomore at UChicago, will hold a Q&A with the audience after the 7 p.m. screening.

runtime: 88m format: DCP

 

SUNDAY @ 7:00 PM

Way Down East

(D.W. Griffith, 1920) · Anna (Lillian Gish) is a naïve country girl who is seduced by a handsome playboy in the city. After giving birth out-of-wedlock, Anna must build a precarious new life in a rural Maine community. But the secrets of her unbecoming past soon threaten to unravel her new-found happiness. Griffith blends scenes of emotional intimacy with epic action, conveying the intensity of heartbreak through nature, with a raging snowstorm and unforgettable race across ice floes. Presented with live piano accompaniment by Sun Woo Park.

runtime: 145m format: 16mm