Weekend Classics: At The Movies

We’ve really missed watching movies on the big screen with you! After a long closure due to the pandemic, we’re ecstatic to welcome you back with a selection of our favorite movies about the movies and the joys of communal watching. Join us for our first Weekend Classics series of this new era. Grab a bag of popcorn, a cool beverage, sit back, relax, and let the flicker of the projected image carry you away.

Encore: Sun, May 9

CINEMA PARADISO

A famous Italian film director — haunted by the memories of his first love — returns to his hometown after an absence of 30 years. As he reconnects with the place he left, he recalls the life shaping highlights and tragedies that inspired him to follow his dream of becoming a filmmaker.

Sat-Sun, May 8-9

HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE

Actor Bobby Taylor (Robert Townsend) is an aspiring actor and hot dog stand employee, dreaming of making it big in Hollywood. Cast in an exploitation film rife with stereotypes, he falls into a series of daydreams satirizing the offensive type-casting Black actors face in Hollywood.

Sun, May 23 at 2:00pm

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

Featuring evocative black-and-white imagery and profoundly felt performances, this aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, remains the pivotal film in the career of director and film historian Peter Bogdanovich.

Sat-Sun, May 29-30

GOODBYE, DRAGON INN

The Fu-Ho movie house is shutting down for good and as a motley smattering of spectators take in the final screening, a sense of the otherworldly begins to pervade the proceedings. Directed by Tsai Ming-liang. (New 4K Restoration)

Weekend Classics: At The Movies

CINEMA PARADISO

HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

GOODBYE, DRAGON INN

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