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Monday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m.
The Tale of King Crab (Italy, 2021)
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In Italian and Spanish with English subtitles
Directors: Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi Rated: NR Runtime: 106 minutes Cast: Gabriele Silli, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Ercole Colnago Visually striking and narratively absorbing, The Tale of King Crab is a real cinematic delicacy. Luciano is a wandering outcast in a remote, late 19th-century Italian village. His life becomes undone by alcohol, forbidden love, and a bitter conflict with the prince of the region over the right of passage through an ancient gateway. When the quarrel escalates, Luciano is exiled to the distant Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego where, with the help of ruthless gold-diggers, he searches for a mythical treasure, paving his way toward redemption. However, in these barren lands, only greed and insanity can prevail. |
Monday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m.
Bagdad Cafe (US, 1987)
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Director: Percy Adlon
Rated: PG Runtime: 95 minutes Cast: Marianne Sägebrecht, Jack Palance, CCH Pounder, Monica Calhoun A Bavarian tourist befriends the owner of a café-motel in the Mojave Desert. In time, the pair turn the decrepit café into a local hot spot. Drawn to a pair of lights in the barren American desert sky, a mysterious German woman, Jasmin, stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her unusual appearance and demeanor are at first suspicious to Brenda, the exasperated owner who has difficulty making ends meet. But when an unlikely magic sparks between the two women, this lonely desert outpost is transformed into a thriving and popular oasis. |
Monday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m.
Children of a Lesser God (US, 1986)
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Director: Randa Haines
Rated: R Runtime: 119 minutes Cast: Marlee Matlin, William Hurt, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco, Allison Gompf A withdrawn deaf woman enters a stormy relationship with a teacher at a school for the deaf. Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. A romance slowly develops between the pair in spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state due in part to her difficult relationship with her mother. |
Monday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.
Hear My Song (UK, 1991)
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Director: Peter Chelsom
Rated: R Runtime: 113 minutes Cast: Adrian Dunbar, James Nesbitt, Ned Beatty The owner of a failing club seeks infamous Irish singer Josef Locke in order to bring business and success to his club. Nightclub owner Mickey O'Neill (Dunbar), a fast-talking charmer, has figured out a way to save his financial sinkhole of a business: book famous Irish tenor Josef Locke (Hootkins) for a performance. There are several major problems, however -- Locke has been in exile for years and the man O'Neill has been in contact with is a con artist. O'Neill's reputation is destroyed, but, when the real Locke (Beatty) shows up to perform, his luck may turn for the better. |
Monday, March 10, 7 p.m.
Gone Baby Gone (US, 2007))
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Director: Ben Affleck
Rated: R Runtime: 114 minutes Cast: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Amy Ryan Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. A neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Ben Affleck in his directorial debut. In a tough Boston suburb, private detective Patrick Kenzie is hired to trace the missing daughter of Helene McCready. Police chief Doyle doesn't think Patrick has a chance as she's been missing for 76 hours already. Patrick recognizes the threat from molester Corwin Earle and Haitian gangster Cheese, but in a neighborhood where he's lived all his life, the real danger may be closer to home. |
Monday, March 24, 7 p.m.
The Outfit (US, 2022)
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Director: Graham Moore
Rated: R Runtime: 106 minutes Cast: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Johnny Flynn, Dylan O'Brien, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Simon Russell Beale Earl Macklin robs a bank owned by the mob, serves his prison time and is released, only to start a private war against the crime outfit that owned the bank. The Outfit is a gripping and masterful thriller starring Academy Award® winner Mark Rylance as Leonard, an English tailor who used to craft suits on London's world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he finds himself in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a mobster family with a vicious reputation. Their demands have Leonard stitching up more than just their wardrobes. |
Monday, April 14, 7 p.m.
Weird Science (US, 1985)
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Directors: John Hughes
Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 94 minutes Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down. Teen misfits Gary and Wyatt design their ideal woman on a computer, and a freak electrical accident brings her to life in the form of the lovely, superhuman Lisa. She outfits Gary and Wyatt in cool clothes, surprises them with a Porsche and helps them stand up to jerks Ian and Max. But, all the while, the boys must hide Lisa's existence from Chet, Wyatt's nightmare of a big brother. The film is based on the 1951 pre-Comics Code comic "Made of the Future" by Al Feldstein, and title song was written and performed by American new wave band Oingo Boingo. The film is regarded as a cult classic. |