Sci-Fi Classic tonight.
Blockbusters this weekend.
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Tonight
Close Encounters with a film and its music
Our one-time screening of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is tonight, Thursday, Sept 9, 7 p.m., kicking off our Cinema Sounds series. Don't miss this 1977 Spielberg classic from his less sentimental days. Its astonishing visual effects demand a big screen.
We'll start with a talk by Richard Guérin about John Williams' amazing score. Williams is a contender for the GOAT among film composers, and this film's music is actually integral to the plot. Besides, it's great music for a great film. If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't seen it. Buy Tickets.
MOGUL MOWGLI brings another acclaimed performance from Riz Ahmed (THE SOUND OF METAL, THE NIGHT OF) and praise for director Bassam Tariq (GHOSTS OF SUGARLAND, THESE BIRDS WALK). A British Pakistani rapper on the cusp of his first world tour is struck down by an illness that forces him to face his past, his family, and the uncertainty of his legacy.
"Tariq stitches domestic drama, satire and magical realism into a tissue of moods and meanings, held together by the shattering credibility of Ahmed's performance." A.O. Scott, New York Times
Night Light, Friday, Sept. 10, 10 p.m. (Buy tickets)
Our Friday late-night series continues with MYSTERIOUS SKIN. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbett star as Neil and Brian, two small-town teens whose twinned trauma has propelled them in very different directions. While Neil thrives on over-sexed punk antics, Brian lives a life of quiet obsession, believing he was abducted by aliens as a child. Their collision dredges up and detonates their shared history. Though he made his name in the 90s on “Teen Apocalypse” films like THE DOOM GENERATION and TOTALLY F***ED UP, this moody, lacerating, visually dazzling film is queer indie firebrand Gregg Araki’s gift to cinema history.
