Saturdays
NEW RELEASES
Programmed by Antonia Glaser and Alexander Fee
3/31/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 4/1/2018 @ 4:00 PM
The Shape of Water
(Guillermo del Toro, 2017) · Set in a 1960s America gripped by Cold War paranoia, the winner of the 2018 Oscar for Best Picture follows Elisa, a mute and lonely cleaning lady at a top secret military base. She stumbles upon an otherworldly creature that threatens the very fabric of society. Equal parts nightmarish fantasia and swooningly romantic love story, the latest imaginative concoction from the visionary director of Pan's Labyrinth is an utterly captivating feast for the senses.
runtime: 123m format: DCP
4/7/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 4/8/18 @ 4:00 PM
I, Tonya
(Craig Gillespie, 2017) · Both hilarious and heart-rending, I, Tonya depicts the true story of figure skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie). As she rises in rank and fame, her future is jeopardized by her potential connection to an attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan. Earning Allison Janney (as Tonya's overbearing mother) the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, I, Tonya boasts spectacular performances that bring its enthralling plot and dynamic mockumentary style to life.
runtime: 119m format: DCP
4/14/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 4/15/18 @ 4:00 PM
Phantom Thread
(Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) · Daniel Day-Lewis stars in his final role as an exacting couture designer used to getting his way, in all respects. But when the resolute Alma (a spellbinding Vicky Krieps) crashes into his life, the stage is set for Anderson's rapturous study of their fiercely agonistic relationship's intricate pushes and pulls - some of them subtle, some subversively not. Johnny Greenwood's sumptuous score rounds out Phantom Thread as another formidable entry in Anderson's filmography.
runtime: 130m format: DCP
4/21/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 4/22/18 @ 4:00 PM
24 Frames
(Abbas Kiarostami, 2017) · Can the camera really isolate a moment in time? Can we completely trust the proscenium of the camera frame as a sign of objectivity? In his final film, acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami explores these questions, layering digital animation over a series of 24 photographs taken by his own hand. Visually resplendent, the resulting compositions take their first steps away from the stasis of photography, and towards a stirring, uncanny life of their own.
runtime: 114m format: DCP
4/28/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 4/29/18 @ 4:30 PM
Call Me by Your Name
(Luca Guadagnino, 2017) · Based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman and set to music by Sufjan Stevens, Call Me by Your Name vividly captures the intensity and ephemerality of a summer romance. In the sun-drenched scenery of pastoral Europe, 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) takes an interest in Oliver (Armie Hammer), a graduate student renting a room in his family's home. Their blossoming relationship introduces them both to new vistas of ecstasy and tragedy.
runtime: 132m format: DCP
5/5/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 5/6/18 @ 4:00 PM
Annihilation
(Alex Garland, 2018) · Alex Garland's follow-up to his lauded Ex Machina stars Natalie Portman as a biologist, who joins an expedition to journey into the depths of the 'shimmer' - an ever-expanding environmental disaster zone that defies the laws of nature. Trapped in a place where organisms disassemble and redesign themselves, and ethereal visuals combine with visceral horror, the team find themselves threatened by the terrifying flora and fauna of a new world.
runtime: 115m format: DCP
5/12/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 5/13/18 @ 4:00 PM
Happy End
(Michael Haneke, 2017) · This "disquieting, blisteringly funny evisceration of the bourgeoisie" stars Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant as scions of a wealthy family living in a Calais mansion, in the midst of the European refugee crisis. Following a serious accident with one of their laborers, the family's way of life is thrown into disarray. Haneke's uniquely unsettling tone renders Happy End a revelation, crackling with urgent sociopolitical charge.
runtime: 107m format: DCP
5/19/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 5/20/18 @ 4:00 PM
Zama
(Lucrecia Martel, 2017) · Don Diego de Zama is a fish out of water as an administrator in colonial Argentina. The exotic vibrance of his environment soon assumes an oppressive aura, forcing Zama into violent confrontations with the mysterious forces of the South American tropics. With this feverish hothouse of a movie, Lucretia Martel confirms her status as the leading light of the vaunted New Argentine Cinema, one of contemporary film's most exciting wellsprings of creativity.
runtime: 115m format: DCP
5/26/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 5/27/18 @ 4:00 PM
A Fantastic Woman
(Sebastián Lelio, 2017) · This visually sumptuous tale of resilience and recovery won the 2018 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Marina (Daniela Vega), a transgender waitress, lives an idyllic life with her lover Orlando (Francisco Reyes), until his sudden death brings it all crashing down. The object of unending suspicion by everyone who used to know her, Marina confronts prejudice of all kinds, emboldened and exacerbated by her misfortune, at every turn.
runtime: 104m format: DCP
6/2/18 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM 6/3/18 @ 4:00 PM
Black Panther
(Ryan Coogler, 2018) · Afrofuturism meets Marvel superhero movie-what more could you ask for? Featuring an all black cast and an exquisite soundtrack, Black Panther is both a milestone in representation and a nuanced reflection on race relations within black communities themselves. Set after the events of Civil War, the young prince of Wakanda must step up to the throne and protect his people against the malevolent forces from both outside and within.
runtime: 134m format: DCP
