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Weekend Classics: Lovers on the Lam

We’re hitting the road with some of our favorite infamous outlaw couples for a cross-country cinematic crime spree to cap off the summer. Whether they’re guilty or not, this veritable murderer’s row of sinister sweethearts booking it from Johnny Law will keep you company as the dog days dwindle. And we’re going out with a bang with one last job — a scintillating to-die-for triple feature — wrapping it all up in a nice little bow on Labor Day.

BONNIE AND CLYDE
Sat-Sun, Aug 12-13

BONNIE AND CLYDE

Based loosely on the true exploits of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker during their 1930s crime spree, director Arthur Penn’s ultraviolent genre-resurrecting masterpiece became a blueprint for a new generation of filmmakers.
THE 39 STEPS
Wed-Thu, Aug 23-24 at 5:10pm

THE 39 STEPS

When vacationing British diplomat Richard Hannay stumbles upon a conspiracy, it thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors and into an unexpected romance along the way. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film is often cited as one of the best thrillers of the decade.
TOUKI BOUKI
Sun, Aug 27 at 3:10pm

TOUKI BOUKI

Alienated and tired of life in Senegal, two disaffected young lovers steal some money to fund an escape to France, but the local police are on their tail in this stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic from director Djibril Diop Mambéty.
GUN CRAZY
Tue, Aug 29 at 3:40pm, 7:20pm

GUN CRAZY

Troubled but reformed marksman Bart has a soft spot for cold-hearted sharpshooter Annie. But when the money runs out, Annie throws down the gauntlet: join her in a life of crime, or get lost.
RAW DEAL
Tue, Aug 29 at 5:30pm, 9:15pm

RAW DEAL

After taking the fall for a sadistic crime boss, Joe Sullivan is busted out of jail and goes on the run with the fiercely loyal Pat and kidnapped legal assistant Ann — unlocking an unexpected love triangle as the trio dodges bullets from both sides of the law.
NATURAL BORN KILLERS
Mon, Aug 28 at 5:30pm, 8:00pm

NATURAL BORN KILLERS

A cross-country killing spree by serial killers (and lovers) Mickey and Mallory becomes an unlikely cause célèbre when the ensuing media frenzy glorifies their ultraviolent exploits in director Oliver Stone’s scathing satire.
TRUE ROMANCE
Mon, Sep 4 at 5:30pm

TRUE ROMANCE

When Clarence (Christian Slater) falls for the charming Alabama (Patricia Arquette) and marries her, he couldn't possibly know he'd be battling cultural appropriating pimps, the mafia, the domestic film industry — and flying low under the aegis of Elvis (Val Kilmer). Written by Quentin Tarantino, with Brad Pitt as the affable stoner Floyd.
THE GETAWAY
Sat-Sun, Sep 2-3

THE GETAWAY

Action maestro Sam Peckinpah’s bloody take on the genre follows a recently-released ex-con and his wife (Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw) who go on the run after a heist goes awry.
RAISING ARIZONA
Mon, Sep 4 at 3:25pm

RAISING ARIZONA

When ex-cop Ed McDonnough discovers that her womb “is a rocky place” where the seed of her ex-con husband H.I. “can find no purchase,” she puts in motion a plan to kidnap one of a local furniture magnate's new quintuplets and sets off a statewide manhunt.
THELMA & LOUISE
Mon, Sep 4 at 8:00pm

THELMA & LOUISE

A bored housewife and a strait-laced waitress escape the tedium of their everyday lives in a ‘66 T-bird convertible, but things go south, turning their three-day fishing trip into a cross-country getaway. New 4K Restoration