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Selected by Mitchell Kaplan
In his second collaboration with Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido, a filmmaker suffering from "director's block". Amid artistic and marital difficulties, he has lost interest in his new sci-fi film that includes veiled autobiographical references. He struggles to work half-heartedly with flashbacks and dreams intruding into his reality. Winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and a constant presence on prestigious compilations of the greatest films of all time, a sampling of accolades suffice to guarantee its pedigree. "It's Fellini's last black-and-white picture," wrote Jonathan Rosenbaum, "and conceivably the most gorgeous and inventive thing he ever did." Echoed Stanley Kauffmann: "In terms of execution I cannot remember a more brilliant film."
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A Woman Under the Influence
Selected by Mitchell Kaplan
Charting Rowlands’s transformation as “Mabel” from endearingly kooky to bleakly incoherent (and back again), John Cassavetes's A Woman Under the Influence is perhaps the most important examination of mental health ever captured onscreen. Cassavetes observes the ricochets between Mabel’s health and her in-laws' “influence." But at the heart of this film is her relationship with her conservative husband (an equally amazing Peter Falk), who struggles in vain to pull Mabel out of her decline. Both tough-as-bricks and delicate, A Woman Under the Influence goes straight for the throat.
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AninA
AninA is a fantastical journey into the world of a ten-year-old girl who, following a playground skirmish, is given the weirdest punishment in the history of weird punishments. The palindromically named Anina Yatay Salas lives in Montevideo and attends elementary school, where her classmates make fun of her because of her name. She has a best friend, but also a girl with whom she doesn’t get along at all: Yisel. One day she fights with Yisel, and so her problems begin: the school principal gives them both an intriguing punishment, a suspended detention. Anina's voiceover guides us as she comments on life with her nice parents, meals, the eyes of gossipy neighbors, homework, and childhood feelings, joys, and fears. Kids, their parents and grandparents will all enjoy this wonderfully animated film.
AninA was Uruguay’s 2013 official submission to the Academy Awards® for Best Foreign Language Film.
This film is suitable for ages 9+
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Selected by Steven Krams
Harrison Ford stars in this fascinating, dark vision of the near future as a policeman who tracks engineered humans—a Blade Runner. In the year 2019, the police department forces Rick Deckard (Ford) out of retirement to hunt four genetically engineered humans who have come to earth. Designed to do difficult, hazardous work, the manufactured humans are stronger, faster and smarter than non engineered humans. They feel no pain or remorse; they are almost indistinguishable from other humans ... and they are killing people. Now Deckard must stop them before they kill again.
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Days of Heaven
Selected by Mitchell Kaplan
One of the most critically-acclaimed films of all time, Days of Heaven is a moving story about two men who love the same woman. Richard Gere, a fugitive from the slums of Chicago, finds himself pitted against a shy, rich Texan (Sam Shepard) for the love of Abby (Brooke Adams). An extraordinary cinematic achievement of sight and sound by writer/director Terrence Malick.
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Evita
FREE FOR MEMBERS
30th Anniversary
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Alan Parker, Evita is the riveting true-life story of Eva Perón (Madonna), who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. Despite widespread controversy, her passion changed a nation forever. Garnering an Academy Award® for Best Song (1996, "You Must Love Me," by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber) and 3 Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Song) - critics across the world hailed Evita as an indelible masterpiece.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson is known for his idiosyncratic style that combines precise compositions with bright colors and detailed miniatures. With Fantastic Mr. Fox, he uses the freeing medium of stop-motion animation to take these elements one step further. Featuring the voices of Anderson regulars Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and big-name newcomers like George Clooney and Meryl Streep (Mr. and Mrs. Fox respectively), Fantastic Mr. Fox tells the story of a family of foxes living an idyllic home life...but after twelve years, the bucolic existence proves inadequate for Mr. Fox’s wild animal instincts and he slips into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief, endangering not only his beloved family but the whole animal community. Utilizing classic old-fashioned techniques, Anderson brings Roald Dahl’s children’s story to life and argues that being different isn’t bad—it’s fantastic.
Recommended for ages 7+
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Jaws
Independence Day Screening
11:00 AM BBQ Reception and 12:00 PM Film
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Directed by Academy Award®-winner Steven Spielberg, Jaws set the standard for edge-of-your-seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the way audiences experience movies. When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.
Celebrate the 250th Independence Day with some shark attack fun and BBQ grub!
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"Film + BBQ" tickets include access to the Independence Day BBQ on the Plaza, featuring tasty gourmet all-beef hot dogs, classic sides, crunchy Mariquitas chips, games and more!
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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
From a lonely childhood to literary fame, her life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it.
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Matilda
30th Anniversary / New 4K Restoration
See the world from a kid's-eye view with Matilda, a modern fairytale that mixes hilarious humor with the magical message of love. Mrs. Doubtfire's Mara Wilson stars as Matilda, a super-smart little girl who's woefully misunderstood by her parents (Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman), her brother, and an evil school principal. But with the help of a brave best friend and a wonderful teacher, Matilda discovers she doesn't have to get mad to get even.
Recommended for ages 9+
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses (NTL)
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponize desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
The screening on Friday, June 26th features open captions.
This show includes a 15 minute intermission.
Tickets:
$16 (members), $20 and under (nonmembers)
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Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man is a feature-length documentary inspired by musician, producer, and manager Peter Asher’s celebrated cabaret show A Musical Memoir of the ’60s and Beyond. Like his stage performance, the film traces an extraordinary life lived at the center of modern music history.
Featuring intimate interviews with James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Kate Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Natalie Merchant, Marianne Faithfull, Paul Shaffer, and Paul McCartney [in voiceover], as well as cultural icons Steve Martin, Eric Idle, Twiggy, and Pattie Boyd. Everywhere Man paints a vibrant portrait of a man whose life intersects with some of the greatest artists and moments of the last six decades. The soundtrack—woven from the timeless hits of those featured—creates a score as unforgettable as the story itself.
Tickets:
$8 (members), $12.75 and under (nonmembers)
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Rhapsody in Blue
FREE FOR MEMBERS
The film traces Gershwin's rise from a "song plugger" for a Manhattan music publishing company to the heights of international fame and fortune. Gershwin's first big hit is "Swanee," introduced on Broadway by Al Jolson (playing himself). In collaboration with his lyricist brother, Ira (Herbert Rudley), George pens hit after hit in show after show. But George's kindly old music teacher wants his prize pupil to aspire to something more artistic. Gershwin responds with "Rhapsody in Blue," which debuts at Aeolian Hall in 1924 under the baton of bandleader Paul Whiteman (also playing himself). As his fame and workload grows, George finds he has no time at all for romance; the two ladies in his life both eventually realize that they'll always have to play second fiddle to Gershwin's muse. Eventually, after composing numerous masterpieces, George pushes himself too far.
The film was nominated for Academy Awards® for Best Score and Best Sound.
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The Color Purple
Selected by Steven Krams
It's about life. It's about love. It's about us. Academy Award® winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey star in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple. From 1909 to 1949, Celie (Goldberg--Ghosts of Mississippi), a Southern Black woman, gradually gains self-respect as she strives to educate herself and to find love--despite an abusive spouse and a society biased against her race and her sex.
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The Harvey Girls
FREE FOR MEMBERS
80th Anniversary
New Mexico Territory, 1870s. In the time when the railroads are pushing west through the American West, Susan Bradley (Garland) arrives in a frontier town as a mail-order bride, only to discover that her betrothed is the town drunk. Bradley finds employment at the Harvey House restaurant, bringing beauty, good food and culture to the untamed town--changes opposed by a number of hard-edged local folks. Featuring the Academy Award®-winning song "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe."
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The Iron Giant
A young boy befriends a monster in the heartwarming animated feature set during the Cold War in 1957. Nine-year-old Hogarth Hughes (Eli Marienthal) lives in Rockwell, Maine, a seemingly idyllic town. Hearing stories of a UFO that crashed into the sea, Hogarth, always on the lookout for mutant aliens, finds a huge, metal-eating robot (Vin Diesel) with an insatiable curiosity and equally insatiable appetite. But the extraterrestrial's presence unleashes a wave of paranoia that threatens to engulf Rockwell unless Hogarth and his 50-foot friend can stop it. Acclaimed animation director and writer Brad Bird (The Simpsons, Ratatouille, The Incredibles), brings his creative talents to the big screen in this unique tale of two heroes. In times like these, you really find out what your friends are made of .. sometimes it's metal, if your best buddy's The Iron Giant.
Based on the 1968 book The Iron Man by English poet and children's writer Ted Hughes.
Recommended for ages 6+
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The Muppets Christmas Carol
It is the season for love, laughter and one of the most cherished stories of all time. Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. Michael Caine gives a performance that's anything but "bah, humbug!" as greedy, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge. One fateful Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Together with kind, humble Bob Cratchit (Kermit the Frog) and his family, these Spirits open Scrooge's eyes—and his heart—to the true meaning of Christmas.
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The Odyssey
Shot across the world, Christopher Nolan’s mythic action epic brings Homer’s foundational saga to cinema screens. Starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o, with Zendaya and Charlize Theron.
Seating is first-come, first-served. There is no assigned seating.
Tickets:
$8 (members), $12.75 and under (nonmembers)
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The Odyssey (70mm)
Seating is first-come, first-served. There is no assigned seating.
Discounts including Member Mondays, Two for Tuesdays, Golden Ticket, complimentary passes, and discount codes are not valid for screenings of The Odyssey (70mm).
Your 70mm ticket could get you inside the projection booth.
Every order for The Odyssey (70mm) made through Tuesday, June 30 automatically enters you for a chance to get an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of our projection booth. Selected guests will see the 70mm reels, learn how they’re projected, and meet the projectionists bringing Christopher Nolan’s epic to the screen.
One order = one entry, regardless of the number of tickets purchased. Cinema members receive two entries per order.
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The Ox-Bow Incident
Selected by Steven Krams
Gil Carter (Henry Fonda, My Darling Clementine) and Art Croft (Henry Morgan, Dragnet) ride into a town frustrated by the prevalence of cattle rustlers. Suddenly, word comes that a popular rancher has been murdered, pushing the already enraged town over the edge. When the spiteful mayor forms a posse, Gil and Croft are swept up in the mission—to seek vengeance—even upon those innocent of any wrongdoing.
As it becomes clear that bloodlust may win out over rationality, the tension mounts in this masterpiece, with its timeless message about the dangers of mob mentality. The great William Wellman (Yellow Sky) directed this classic western, which was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award® and features a stellar cast that includes Dana Andrews (Boomerang) and Anthony Quinn (Across 110th Street).
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The Watermelon Woman
30th Anniversary
Cheryl Dunye made cinematic history with The Watermelon Woman, the first American feature to be directed by a black lesbian as well as an incisive, humorous critique of classic Hollywood's racist stereotypes. Dunye plays an eponymous video store employee and burgeoning filmmaker who sets out to make a documentary on the Watermelon Woman (Lisa Marie Bronson), an actress who specialized in "mammy" roles for Hollywood productions of the 30s and 40s. As Cheryl uncovers the Watermelon Woman's identity she not only learns about a secret behind-the-scenes interracial romance but also begins one of her own with Diana (Guinevere Turner), a white woman who arouses the ire of Cheryl's best friend Tamara (Valerie Walker). A landmark of the New Queer Cinema, The Watermelon Woman testifies to the power of excavating legacies of oppression and in the process creates a progressive legacy of its own.
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Top Hat
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star in this classic musical romance of two lovers kept apart by a case of mistaken identity. Vacationing in London, Dale Tremont (Rogers) is awakened by Jerry Travers (Astaire) working out his new dance routine in the hotel room above hers. Although the two feel an instant attraction, Dale thinks that Jerry is married to her friend Madge (Helen Broderick). When Jerry then pursues Dale romantically, she is shocked--believing him a cad--yet she can't stop herself from falling in love with a seemingly married man. But when the couple meet again in Venice, all misunderstandings are resolved as Dale and Jerry dance together under the moonlight, cheek to cheek.
Academy Award® nominations for: Best Picture Best Music, Original Song "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) Best Dance Direction "Piccolino" and "Top Hat" (Hermes Pan) Best Art Direction (Carroll Clark, Van Ness Polglase)
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Tuner
In Tuner, Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher's first narrative feature, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways. With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki's safecracking work threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory.
These screenings include open captions:
Tuesday, June 30 - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, July 1 - 5:30 PM
At these screenings, subtitles are displayed on the screen for everyone to see during the movie, providing dialogue and sound descriptions.
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Unidentified
Twenty-nine year old Noelle Al Saffan moves to the city to start a new life after her divorce. She’s obsessed with “true crime” podcasts and takes a clerical job in a police station digitizing their old files. The work is mundane but, everything changes when a teenage girl’s body is discovered in the desert.
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