NO Films in April. Join us in May for our new series!
Wierd Science
Fridays, May 4th – June 22nd at 6pm
Join us for a look at some of cinema’s finest offerings on the subjects of freaky phenomena, strange scientific escapades and the outer limits of exploration.
May 4th: Young Frankenstein – (1974) Rated PG; 106 minutes. After inheriting his grandfather Victor von Frankenstein’s castle, a young neurosurgeon discovers that his ancestor’s infamous experimentation might not have been as crazy as he once thought. Thrills, hijinks and tap-dancing(!) ensue as Gene Wilder’s Dr. Frankenstein picks up where his grandfather left off in Mel Brooks’ comedy classic.
May 11th: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – (1920) Not Rated; 71 minutes. . In this silent-era visual masterpiece, a young man in an insane asylum recalls the events that led him to his fate. The chilling tale of a wicked hypnotist, Dr. Caligari, and his sleepwalking pawn, Cesare, unfolds over the course of the surreal, expressionist film. Shown with live musical accompaniment by Peter Tavalin.
May 18th: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – (2004) Rated R; 108 minutes. In this mind-bending drama written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry, an eccentric couple undergoes an experimental procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they really had to begin with.
May 25th: Moon – (2009) Rated R; 97 minutes. Astronaut Sam Bell is wrapping up his three-year stint of mining a resource from the surface of the moon to send back to power-diminished Earth. As he prepares to return home, he discovers that things may not be as they seem either back at home – or right there in his solitary lunar station with only his computer companion GERTY for company.
June 1st: The Manchurian Candidate – (1962) Rated PG-13; 126 minutes. While being held prisoner in Korea, an American G.I. is brainwashed by the Chinese Communists to kill at will. But another former POW may know how to save him from his tortured fate before it is too late.The suspense builds to a riveting, action-packed political assassination finale in Madison Square Garden.
June 8th: Cave of Forgotten Dreams – (2010) Rated G; 90 minutes. This breathtaking new documentary from Werner Herzog follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art created by man. Historians, archaeologists and paleontologists discuss what these humans would have been like and try to build a bridge from the past to the present.
June 15th: Primer - (2004) Rated PG-13; 77 minutes. Abe and Aaron build a machine in their garage which they know will be incredibly important and powerful… even if they don’t know what it does. This film, which won the award for best drama at Sundance in 2004, is a maddening and yet fascinating look at events without explanation, chronologies that don't seem to fit and loopholes in the time continuum.
June 22nd: The Thing – (1982) Rated R; 127 minutes. An American research expedition in the Antarctic accidentally unleashes an alien being that had lain frozen for more than 100,000 years. The creature, capable of changing into any shape or form, (courtesy of astonishing special effects), terrorizes the crew, wreaks havoc and death, and threatens mankind in this gripping contemporary thriller.