| Special One Night Events &
Limited Engagements, Sneak Previews in November:
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Sunday, November 1 - 7:30 PM
Double Feature: THE PAWNBROKER, 1965, Paramount, 119 min. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Rod
Steiger is the pawnbroker of the title, an emotionally constricted Holocaust survivor
whose efforts to cut himself off from others are severely tested.
Trailer
THE OFFENCE, 1973, MGM
Repertory, 112 min. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Sean Connery plays Officer Johnson, a veteran cop
on the trail of a child molester. When he catches a suspect (Ian Bannen), an interrogation
ensues in which Johnson loses all control and becomes engaged in a violent, life-and-death
showdown. Trailer
Wednesday, November 4 -7:30 PM
Double Feature: THE STUFF, 1985, New World, 93 min. Dir. Larry Cohen. A newly
popular food - the gooey "stuff" of the title - turns out to contain a deadly
virus in Larry Cohen's sly combination of horror movie and social satire. Cohen regular
Michael Moriarty stars, along with Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Danny Aiello and, in a
cameo, Brooke Adams. Trailer
Q (aka THE WINGED SERPENT), 1982, Taurus, 93 min. Dir. Larry
Cohen. Q is a winged resurrected Aztec deity decapitating New York citizens - and two-bit
piano player Michael Moriarty knows just which skyscraper hides its nest. He intends to
profit from the knowledge, much to the dismay of cops David Carradine and Richard
Roundtree. Discussion in between films with director Larry
Cohen. Trailer
Thursday, November 5 - 7:30 PM
Sneak Preview! FANTASTIC MR. FOX, 2009, 20th Century Fox, 87 min.
Director Wes Anderson's first animated film is an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic
children's book. Mr. and Mrs. Fox (voiced by George Clooney and Meryl Streep) live an
idyllic home life with son Ash (Jason Schwartzman), but the bucolic existence proves too
much for Mr. Fox. When he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief, he ends
up endangering the whole animal community. Discussion
following with actor Jason Schwartzman and producer Allison Abbate. Trailer
Friday, November 6 - 7:30 PM
25th Anniversary! DUNE,
1984, Universal, 140 min. Director David Lynch's psychedelic sci-fi masterpiece still
holds up as one of the most intense depictions ever of a galactic cosmology. Young
aristocrat Paul Usul Muad'Dib Atreides (Kyle MacLachlan) is sent to planet Dune in order
to find the only species that can save space travel and the future of the universe. Also
starring Virginia Madsen, Brad Dourif, Max von Sydow, Patrick Stewart and Sting. Trailer
Saturday, November 7 - 7:30 PM
Triple Features, Trilogies and Triple Bills!
EARTHQUAKE, 1974, Universal, 123 min. Dir. Mark Robson.
Charlton Heston is a construction engineer trying to deal with his boozy, jealous wife,
Ava Gardner, whose father (Lorne Greene) just happens to be his boss. Meanwhile, maverick
cop George Kennedy may quit the force, and lecherous grocery store manager Marjoe Gortner
has the hots for Victoria Principal, whose brother Gabriel Dell is the assistant to
hot-shot stunt rider Richard Roundtree. Then the earthquake hits! Trailer
THE TOWERING INFERNO, 1974, 20th Century Fox, 165
min. Dirs. John Guillermin and Irwin Allen. Architect Paul Newman is having problems
getting multimillionaire building owner William Holden to take safety issues seriously as
they rush toward the grand opening of their new mega-skyscraper. Steve McQueen is the
no-nonsense fire chief trying to make the best of a horrific situation. With Fred Astaire,
Faye Dunaway, Susan Blakely, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Jennifer Jones, Richard
Chamberlain and O.J. Simpson trying to reach the ground floor without becoming toast! Trailer
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE,
1972, 20th Century Fox, 117 min. Director Ronald Neame and producer Irwin Allen's disaster
epic features a boatload of acting talent - Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons,
Carol Lynley, Jack Albertson, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters and more -
all doing their best to stay alive in the hellish inferno of capsized ocean liner the S.S.
Poseidon. Trailer:
Tuesday, November 17 - 7:30 PM
ITVS Documentary Series: BETWEEN THE FOLDS, 60 min. Dir. Vanessa
Gould. Think origami is just paper planes and cranes? Meet a determined group of
theoretical scientists and fine artists who have abandoned careers and scoffed at graduate
degrees to forge new lives as modern-day paper folders. Together they reinterpret the
world in paper, creating a wild mix of sensibilities towards art, science, creativity and
meaning. Free admission! RSVP to CommunityCinema@gmail.com
for priority seating. Panel discussion following with participants
to be announced.
The screening of CARRIE has been postponed to Dec. 2 due to a
problem obtaining a print.
Wednesday, November 18 - 7:30 PM
Kevin Thomas' Favorites: CARRIE, 1952, Paramount, 118 min. Dir. William Wyler. Restaurant
manager Laurence Olivier loses everything due to his obsession with small-town girl
Jennifer Jones in William Wyler's expert adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's novel SISTER
CARRIE. Film Critic Kevin Thomas will introduce the film. Trailer
Friday, November 27 - 7:30 PM
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, 1952, Warner Bros., 103 min.
Dirs. Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Co-director Kelly shines as silent movie idol Don
Lockwood, whose career is imperiled by the coming of sound - until he hooks up with lovely
ingenue Debbie Reynolds. The brilliant supporting cast includes Donald O’Connor and
Cyd Charisse, whose long-legged "Broadway Melody" ballet with Kelly nearly
steals the show! Trailer
Saturday, November 28 - 7:30 PM
Double Feature: A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, 1964, Miramax, 87 min. Director
Richard Lester's brilliant B&W comedy captures the Beatles at their best. From
Lester's hand-held camerawork to Alun Owen's surreal script and George Martin's swinging
score (both Oscar-nominated) to the Beatles themselves - exuberantly singing "Can't
Buy Me Love," "She Loves You" and 10 other classics - this is the essence
of the '60s.Trailer
New 35mm Print! HEAD, 1968, Rhino Video, 86 min. With Micky Dolenz, Michael
Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davy Jones. America's most successful pop group, The Monkees,
fractured their cheeky TV image with this insane collage of surreal sketches and visual
jokes. Co-written by director Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson, HEAD features a
mind-blowing gallery of '60s icons including Annette Funicello, Timothy Carey, Sonny
Liston and Frank Zappa. Trailer
Sunday, November 29 - 4:00 PM
THE WIZARD OF OZ, 1939, Warner Bros., 101 min. Dir. Victor
Fleming. Judy Garland is Dorothy in this sublime, candy-colored adaptation of L. Frank
Baum's children's favorite, one of the most beloved film classics of all time. Take a
surreal stroll down the yellow brick road with Dorothy as she encounters the Tin Man, the
Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, Glinda the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West. But
there's no place like home! Don't miss the display of Wizard
of Oz artwork at Every Picture Tells A Story! Trailer
Come in costume and participate in the WIZARD OF OZ costume contest before the
screening and win a Blu-ray DVD (courtesy of Warner Home Video).
The 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition contains
nearly four hours of all-new bonus material, plus Digital Copy, and come in numbered
packaging.
Supplemental highlights include the original extended version of If I Only Had a Brain;
the
documentary MGM: When the Lion Roars; The Dreamer of Oz, (a 1990 TV bio-pic about Oz
author L. Frank Baum); Victor Fleming, Master Craftsman, a new documentary about the
director); Hollywood Celebrates It's Biggest Little Stars, a featurette dedicated to the
life and times of the actors who played the Munchkins; two 1914 silent films, The Magic
Cloak of Oz and The Patchwork Girl of Oz, both produced by Baum, a sing-along track;
promotional artworks; 52-page miniature book, and a numbered Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary
watch! |
