Music City Mondays

Three secretaries (Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin) turn the tables on their tyrannical, sexist boss (Dabney Coleman) by abducting him and running the business themselves.

The Butthole Surfers exploded onto the underground music scene in the 1980s, amassing a growing audience as they built one of the most mind-boggling surrealist rock and roll spectacles ever devised. They were radically inclusive art-punk pioneers on an endless tour, blowing minds and spreading their art to a cult following.

Sacred Harp singing has survived over 200 years tucked away from sight in the rural deep South. To the casual observer, it is foreign and unintelligible, but to the singers, it is the key that unlocks mysteries — songs of both beauty and sorrow, of life and of death, songs that cause feet to stomp and tears to flow, often at the same time. AWAKE, MY SOUL has been re-edited and remastered for its 20th anniversary.

When a Harvard abnormal psychology professor (William Hurt) begins to experiment with mushrooms indigenous to a remote Mexican tribe, signs of both mental and physical devolution lead to the phasing in and out of material existence. Written by Paddy Chayefsky with an original score from modern composer John Corigliano, Ken Russell’s 1980 film is a fantastic and frightening trip into the deepest, darkest recesses of human consciousness. Part of Shocktober, Music City Mondays and Ken Russell x4.

Ken Russell’s outrageously surreal take on the life of the hedonist 19th century virtuoso Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey, fresh from TOMMY), whose dazzling music and magnetism drive women to hysterics and whose rivalry with fellow composer Richard Wagner culminates in an epic musical showdown. Look out for Ringo Starr in an audacious cameo as the Pope. Part of Music City Mondays and Ken Russell x4.

Based on the Who's 1969 rock opera album about a deaf, mute and blind boy who becomes a pinball champion and religious leader, TOMMY features an ensemble cast including Roger Daltrey in the starring role, as well as Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jack Nicholson, Robert Powell and Tina Turner. Written, co-produced, and directed by Ken Russell. Part of Music City Mondays and Ken Russell x4.