Music City Mondays

A new restoration of beloved character actor Timothy Carey’s long-languishing underground gem about an insurance salesman who gains a cult-like following as rock ‘n’ roll evangelist “the God Hilliard”. Featuring an early original score by pre-Mothers Frank Zappa. New 4K Restoration

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.

The four films Man Ray directed between 1923 and 1929 represent a high watermark of early European avant-garde cinema. In celebration, the Jim Jarmusch-Carter Logan musical combo Sqürl provides a newly-recorded soundtrack for these films, all recently restored.

Precocious, persistent and mildly insufferable, Max Fischer is the kind of student who delights some adults and fuels ulcers in others. But a crush on a teacher puts him at odds with his newest friend, a curmudgeonly Vietnam vet, and Rushmore Academy is not ready for this level of care and concern curdled.

In Jim Jarmusch’s postmodern take on the hit-man thriller, Forest Whitaker stars as a contract killer who adheres to the Japanese warrior code even as chaos and violence from a bumbling mob outfit spirals around him. RZA’s sublime score lends heavily. A cinematic mixtape built around a one-of-a-kind tragic hero.

With a small film crew, Wim Wenders accompanies friend/guitarist Ry Cooder on a trip to Havana, immersing themselves in the world of Cuban music. The resulting documentary became a cinematic sensation and an international success.