1999

On Sun, Jun 23 at 6:45pm (after the 4:50pm screening of 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU), writer and Belcourt staff member Sheronica Hayes will lead a ticketed writing workshop, Cringe Cafe.

When this many lives intersect, the results can be smooth and sinuous or jagged and explosive. During the course of a Los Angeles day, hearts will break, tears will fall, love will take hold and the skies themselves will open up. Twenty-five years on, there’s still nothing like MAGNOLIA. Screening in 35mm

Thomas Anderson’s life is lived in the realm of the digital. He’s a hacker, and he hasn’t a clue that the world around him is just as manufactured and removed from real life as the screens and virtual spaces he dallies in. But when the sleeper awakens, reality itself collapses into a whole new world.

The recently deceased are given the chance to decide upon their most beloved memory, which is then filmed by a rough-and-tumble film crew and screened, becoming the single memory they take beyond this world and into eternity.

Sofia Coppola adapts Jeffrey Eugenides’ acclaimed novel of suburban tragedy and, with this sensual and empathic portrait of the sufferings of the Lisbon family, introduces herself as a major director.

A taste of the good life has swept aspirational gadabout Tom Ripley into a scheme. Which isn’t a problem per se, but there are unseen currents swirling at every step, and desire is a need that only grows stronger.

In this love letter to no-budget genre filmmaking from writer and star Steve Martin, a Z-grade wannabe Hollywood director strikes on a genius idea for his newest script when he decides to cast an unwitting action star (Eddie Murphy) as the lead.

This throwback to Cold War America about a young boy who befriends a robot from outer space touches on the paranoia of the time, the loneliness of boyhood, and the value of creativity. It’s quite simply one of the greatest animated films of the ‘90s.

Cole Sear is a little boy carrying an unfathomable weight on his shoulders. He’s getting older, the kids at school are merciless in their bullying, and he can never truly be alone — because he sees the dead wherever he goes.

Prior to the Belcourt’s presentation of THE IRON GIANT, 2D animators Nathan Morrow and Skylar Wilson from the Nashville-based animation studio Skybone Studios will discuss this seminal cult classic and its impact on the world of animation. Join us for a conversation about creating 2D animation, the storied history of THE IRON GIANT production, and the rise and fall of 2D animation in the 1990s.