Monday 1/27 at 7PM
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Richard Brooks, 1977
A repressed Catholic teacher explores the more dangerous sides of Chicago nightlife. Filmed in what was once the epicenter of the city's bar and club scene, Rush Street, this movie shows a woman exploring her fantasies and sexuality in ways that spiral further and further out of her control. Through a vivid portrayal of danger and the unknown, Looking for Mr. Goodbar documents a woman's journey into her own desire. Controversial upon its release, the film manages to remain just as shocking 40 years later.
runtime: 136m format: 35mm
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Wednesday 1/29 at 7PM + 9PM
Not Wanted
Ida Lupino and Elmer Clifton, 1949
After a fling with a caddish jazz musician (Leo Penn, Sean's dad), a naive young waitress (Sally Forrest) finds herself pregnant. This was the first film Lupino directed; she stepped in when the original director suffered a heart attack three days into production. She handles the material with empathy and sensitivity, blending documentary-like detail with intense, noirish visuals. The New Yorker described its hospital sequence as "a masterpiece of low-budget Expressionism."
runtime: 91m format: DCP
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Thursday 1/30 at 9:30PM
The Omen
Richard Donner, 1976
If the hospital informs you that the baby your wife just gave birth to has died, you should probably just tell your wife about it rather than letting the chaplain convince you to secretly swap in another baby he happens to have on hand. Because if that baby is the Antichrist, that’s on you. This is the lesson of The Omen—one that Gregory Peck, the credulous father, takes too long to learn. Jerry Goldsmith’s chilling score sets the mood; it won him his only Oscar and includes the theme song “Ave Satani.”
runtime: 111m format: DCP
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Saturday 2/1 at 7PM and Sunday 2/2 at 4PM
The Irishman
Martin Scorsese, 2019
Scorsese reunites with longtime collaborators Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in this monumental enactment of a (supposedly) true story. Based on the memoir of mobster Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran (De Niro), the film follows Sheeran's career from its beginning through his retirement, focusing on a partcularly memorable road trip in 1975. Gangsters, Teamsters, Kennedys, and more make appearances in this film as it builds towards the mysterious disappearace of Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino).
runtime: 208m format: DCP
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Tuesday 1/28 at 7PM
Giant
George Stevens, 1956
The third and final film of 50s superstar James Dean, Giant takes place on a massive cattle ranch inspired by South Texas's real-life King Ranch. Ranch owner Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) returns home with his new wife Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor), whose East Coast attitudes and progressivism clash with life on the ranch. A sprawling three-hour epic, the film dramatizes the oil boom's impact on Texan life, as well as racism towards Mexican-Americans, a topic rarely explored in the films of the day.
runtime: 201m format: DCP
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Thursday 1/30 at 7PM
They Live
John Carpenter, 1988
John Carpenter's cult classic They Live is perhaps best known for its iconic line, "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum." Following a drifter who discovers the world's ruling class are aliens, Carpenter's film presents a striking commentary on media manipulation, unchecked capitalism, commercialization, and the rising paranoia of middle Americans who increasingly distrust the global elite and political leaders of the world.
runtime: 94m format: 35mm
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Friday 1/31 at 7PM and Sunday 2/2 at 1:30PM
The Hole
Tsai Ming-Liang, 1998
Introduction on January 31 by Jennifer Reeder. Introduction on February 2 by Alex Wen of subtitle magazine.
A mysterious Y2K bug has hit Taiwan. Those infected scuttle, seek, and scatter like cockroaches. Hsiao-kang, a clueless customer-less shopkeeper in a quarantine zone, begins picking at a hole left by a plumber in his floor, irritating his neighbor as she fastidiously attempts to keep her flooding home intact and the bug at bay. Alienated, frustrated, and days away from a water shutoff, she fantasizes about connecting with Hsiao-kang--through nostalgic technicolor musical interludes imitating 50s Hong Kong chanteuse Grace Chang.
runtime: 95m format: 35mm
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Sunday 2/2 at 8PM
Senso
Luchino Visconti, 1954
In Senso, Luchino Visconti, the great chronicler of the Italian aristocracy, paints a portrait of a country shackled by Austrian occupation and of a woman shackled by custom. Alida Valli stars as an Italian countess who falls for a charming Austrian officer (Farley Granger). But her all-consuming lust soon threatens to destroy the bonds of family, tradition, and nation as she barrels towards a disastrous confrontation between her passion and her political allegiance.
runtime: 123m format: DCP
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