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UK, 1976, Nicolas Roeg
In THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, Ziggy Stardust – er, David Bowie – plays Newton, an alien searching for water for his drought-stricken planet. He lands in the American Southwest, conceals his identity, and proceeds to build a huge corporate empire that proves most seductive to him. Candy Clark, Buck Henry, and Rip Torn co-star in this ambitious, visually-stunning cult sci-fi film from the director of Performance and Don’t Look Now. 139 min.
New 4K Restoration. 50th Anniversary.
Thursday 8:50 pm & Saturday 9:00 pm
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Hong Kong/Taiwan, 1991, Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
International superstar Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love) embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the "Greta Garbo of China," in the unconventional biopic CENTER STAGE by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan (Rouge). Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan’s private life, which was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabloids, began to mirror the melodramas which brought her fame, culminating in her suicide at age 24. Kwan and Cheung paint a kaleidoscopic yet intimate portrait of the ill-fated actress, deftly blending lush period drama, archival footage, and metatextual documentary sequences of Cheung reflecting on Ruan’s legacy. The result is, much like the films of Ruan Lingyu themselves, "tender, vivid and almost overwhelmingly moving" Time Out. Subtitles. 155 min.
New 4K Restoration. Saturday 6:05 pm
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USA, 1971, Monte Hellman
TWO-LANE BLACKTOP follows a driver and mechanic drag racing for money as they cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race. Musicians James Taylor and Dennis Wilson along with Warren Oates and Laurie Bird star in this sparse, existentialist road film that follows a group of street racers during a race through the American Southwest. Screenplay by Rudy Wurlitzer and Will Corry. 102 min.
Road Tripping. Classics in 35mm. Special admission $14/$11. Saturday 4:00 pm & Sunday 8:40 pm
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South Korea, 2016, Yeon Sang-ho
Visionary director Yeon Sang-ho's (Colony, Hellbound) TRAIN TO BUSAN delivers the ultimate survival thriller starring Gong Yoo (Squid Game), Don Lee (Eternals), and Choi Woo-shik (Parasite). What begins as a simple birthday trip for a father and daughter turns into a high-octane fight for survival when a zombie outbreak ravages South Korea. Trapped on a speeding train, they must navigate a landscape of terror to reach safety. Subtitles. 118 min.
New 4K Restoration. 10th Anniversary. Friday 8:50 pm
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France, 1975, Liliane de Kermadec
Made the same year as Jeanne Dielman, ALOÏSE stars Delphine Seyrig as the titular character. Aloïse creates a series of haunting drawings while she is incarcerated in an institution for the insane in turn-of-the-century Switzerland. She endures torments as a musically gifted girl (played by Isabelle Huppert) and later as a young woman; her developing madness and the barbaric treatments of the time are shown. Subtitles. 115 min.
New 4K Restoration.
Friday’s screening introduced by Grace An, Professor of French & Cinema & Media Oberlin College & author of Disobedient Muse: The Feminism and Filmmaking of Delphine Seyrig. Thursday 6:30 pm & Friday 6:30 pm
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France/Italy, 1971, Maurice Pialat
In the French countryside during World War I, a gamekeeper and his wife raise their two sons as well as three foster children from Paris who came to live with them at the outset of the war. The children live a life of school, play, and discovery, though bit by bit the distant war creeps closer and closer to the village and to two children who will soon be old enough to enlist. The seven-episode television mini-series THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS (La Maison des Bois) was Pialat’s second venture into narrative film. Subtitles. 364 min. plus intermission.
New 4K Restoration. This screening wil begin promptly at 2:00 pm. Sunday 2:00 pm
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(Above photo by Les Vince: Adam Meeks, Annette Deao, Will Poulter, and Dave Huffman Union County Q&A 8.7.26.)
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| This Week
Please note: The Feast of the Assumption takes place in Little Italy this weekend, Aug. 13-16. Additional parking may be limited, and a section of Mayfield Rd. will be blocked to traffic.
Thu., Aug. 13, 6:30 pm Fri., Aug. 14, 6:30 pm ALOÏSE New 4K Restoration Friday screening introduced by Grace An $12/$9
Thu., Aug. 13, 8:50 pm Sat., Aug. 15, 9:00 pm 50th Anniversary THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH New 4K Restoration $12/$9
Fri., Aug. 14, 8:50 pm 10th Anniversary TRAIN TO BUSAN New 4K Restoration $12/$9
Sat., Aug. 15, 4:00 pm Sun., Aug. 16, 8:40 pm Road Tripping TWO-LANE BLACKTOP In 35mm $14/$11
Sat., Aug. 15, 6:05 pm CENTER STAGE New 4K Restoration $12/$9
Sun., Aug. 16, 2:00 pm THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS New 4K Restoration $12/$9
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Next Week
WELCOME SPACE BROTHERS Filmmaker Jodi Wille In Person
NO PICNIC
FRANZ Film Club Friday
THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER
VANISHING POINT
DO YOU LOVE ME
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