Starring David Byrne and the Talking Heads, this exhilarating movie, shot over three nights in Hollywood’s Pantages Theater, is perhaps one of American cinema’s best performance films.
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Summer Films:
Outdoors >>> Summer Film Series: Mystery Train
Free movies out back every Wednesday night. Here’s a little bit of background about the film:
In this 1989 film directed by Jim Jarmusch, three stories unfold over a single night at a hotel in Memphis that’s haunted by Elvis Presley and managed by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Cinqué Lee (Spike Lee’s younger brother).
Film starts at sunset.
Outdoors >>> Summer Film Series: The Triplets of Belleville
Free movies out back every Wednesday night. Here’s a little bit of background about the film:
In Sylvain Chomet’s wildly original animated feature, a young cyclist is kidnapped and his grandma goes looking for him with the help three boozy singing sisters.
Films start at sunset.
(If it rains, don’t worry. We’ll show move the screening indoors.)
Outdoors >>> Summer Film Series: Best in Show
Free movies out back every Wednesday night. Here’s a little bit of background about the film:
Directed by Christopher Guest, this hilarious mockumentary follows a group of hapless but unforgettable eccentrics who happen to show great dogs.
Films start at sunset.
(If it rains, don’t worry. We’ll show move the screening indoors.)
Outdoors >>> Summer Film Series: Monsoon Wedding
This BAFTA-winning film centers on a young, uncertain New Delhi bride about to enter into an arranged marriage. As the lavish wedding approaches, chaos ensues, sparks fly, dances happen and the rains come.
(If the rains come for real, don’t worry. We’ll show the film indoors.)
Outdoors >>> Summer Film Series: Babe
Free movies out back every Wednesday at sundown.
Outdoors >>> Summer Films: The Wall
Based on the concept record album, The Wall, this 1982 film stars Bob Geldof as The Pink and was written by Roger Waters. The surrealist extravaganza is punctuated with short animations by Gerald Scarfe and may be the world’s longest and most memorable music video.
(If it rains, don’t worry. We’ll show the film indoors.)
Outdoors >>> Summer Films: Labyrinth
With David Bowie as King of the Goblins who spirits away a little girl’s baby brother threatening him with goblinhood unless she can make her way through a labyrinth populated with all kinds of magical creatures from Henson’s Muppet universe.
(If it rains, don’t worry. We’ll show the film indoors.)
Outdoors >>> Summer Films: Babylon
After 39 years this searing British film about a reggae musician in South London has finally made it to America and to some of the best reviews of 2019. Starring Brinsley Ford of the reggae band Aswad, Babylon is a “nugget of a movie” according to the New York Times, full of sound systems and freestyling.
(If it rains, don’t worry. We’ll show the film indoors.)
Outdoors >>> Summer Films: Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
David Chapelle hosts a Brooklyn block party and Michel (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) Gondry films. Kayne West, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, The Roots, The Fugees, and Dead Prez, among others, join in the fun.
(If it rains, don’t worry. We’ll show the film indoors.)