FILM GUIDE JUNE 2016 www.loftcinema.org STARTS FRIDAY, JUNE 3! (SEE PAGE 26) TRON PRESENTED IN GLORIOUS, MIND-BLOWING 70MM! SUMMER CAMP PRESENTS THE FILMS OF JOAN CRAWFORD! VISIT OUR NEW AND IMPROVED WEBSITE: WWW.LOFTCINEMA.ORG See what films are playing next, buy tickets, look up showtimes and much more! REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Tickets are available to purchase online at: $9.50 - Adult | $7 - Matinee* loftcinema.org/showtimes $7.75 - Student, Teacher, Military $6.50 - Senior (65+) or Child (12 and under) or by calling: 520-795-0844 $5.75 - Loft Members Phone & Web orders are subject to a $1 surcharge. JUNE 2016 PLEASE NOTE: Screen 2 is not wheelchair accessible. There is a $1 surcharge for all 3-D screenings. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 3-25 *MATINEE: ANY SCREENING BEFORE 4:00PM HEARING LOOP AVAILABLE IN SCREENS 2 & 3. Made possible by Paul & Mary Koss. LOFT JR. 4, 25 70MM SERIES 5 ESSENTIAL CINEMA 5, 25 SCIENCE ON SCREEN 6 NEW AT THE LOFT! LOFT MEMBERSHIPS 8 CINEPHILE SHOWCASE SERIES - Featuring great new cinematic ONE HIT WONDERS 15, 24 discoveries from around the world with the Loft Cinema stamp of approval! LOFT STAFF SELECTS 17 CINEPHILE SHOWCASE 22 VEGETARIAN WRAPS BY CAFE DESTA! - Red (Misir & Tikil NEW FILMS 26-35 Gomen) or Green (Kik & Gomen) in a delicious tortilla. REEL READS SELECTION 33 MONDAY MATINEES! - All movies* are matinee pricing all day long, MONDO MONDAYS 36 every Monday! *May not apply to some special events. LATE NIGHT CULT CLASSICS 37 THE LOFT CINEMA 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. BEER OF THE MONTH: Tucson, AZ 85716 MOONJUICE IPA SHOWTIMES: 520-795-7777 SANTAN BREWING CO. THEATRE INFO: 520-795-0844 LOFT OFFICE: 520-322-5638 ONLY $3.50 ALL THROUGH JUNE! EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: loftcinema.org RENT THE LOFT! FREE MEMBERS SCREENING Each of our theaters are available to rent for Private Screenings, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Birthday Parties, College Reunions, Weddings, Video Game Tournaments... Anything you can THE IDOL dream up, you can make happen here. (SEE PAGE 27) FOR MORE INFORMATION ON RENTING THE LOFT FRIDAY, JUNE 10 AT 7:30PM CALL: 520-322-5638 Ext 104 EMAIL: [email protected] VISIT: www.loftcinema.org LOFT FILM GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE AT: • aLoft Hotel • Caffe Luce • Hotel Congress • Raging Sage • Tucson Museum of Art • Antigone Books • Casa Video • How Sweet It Was • Revolutionary Grounds • Tucson Racquet and • Aqua Vita • Chocolate Iguana • Humanities Seminars • Rincon Market Fitness • Art Institute of Tucson • Clues Unlimited • Imagine Barber Shop • Rocco’s Little Chicago • Tucson Visitor’s Bureau • AZ Title Security • Coyote Wore Sideburns • Jewish Community Ctr • Rogue Theatre • UA Media Arts • Bentley’s • D&D Pinball • KXCI • Santa Barbara Ice Cream • Vila Thai • Black Crown Coffee • Epic Café • Maynard’s Market • Shot in the Dark Café • Whole Foods • Bookman’s • Espresso Art • Metro Tucson Libraries • Southern AZ AIDS • Xoom Juice • Bookstop • Fantasy Comics • No Anchovies Foundation • Yikes Toy Store • Brooklyn Pizza • First American Title • OLLI • SW U of Visual Arts • Zia Records • Buffalo Exchange • Fresco Pizza • Parks and Recreation • Ted’s Country Store • Café Marcel • Fronimos • Pima Community College • Time Market • Café Passe • Heroes & Villains • R-Galaxy • Tooley’s 3 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS BABE FRIDAY, JUNE 3 AT 9:00PM SUNDAY, JUNE 5 AT 3:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES $200 MONTHLY GRAND PRIZE! Celebrate our amazing animal friends at this $1,000 YEARLY GRAND PRIZE! special National Animal Rights Day screening of the beloved classic, Babe! A portion On the rst Friday of each month at 9:00pm, Red Meat’s Max Cannon hosts the biggest, baddest short lm contest in town – of the proceeds from this screening will just bring us your short lms and we’ll play them on the largest benet Center for Biological Diversity. movie screen in Southern Arizona! “It’s a delight from start to nish that will In case you’ve never been to a First Friday Shorts show, here captivate children and melt the heart of even the are the rules: We’ll play anything you’ve made that’s under grumpiest adult.” – John Ferguson, Radio Times 15 minutes long and is brought to us on a DVD, thumb drive or BLU-ray (one lm per person, and DVDs must be playable on a regular DVD player and lms on drives need to be in by 8:00pm). Submissions are only taken on the day of the event, and all entries MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE ACTUAL SHOW (we cannot accept lms after the show has begun, or during intermission). All lms are played in the order they’re received. Every lm is guaranteed to play for 3 minutes, but after that the audience can call for the dreaded “gong” if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck, our intrepid host stops the lm and the next movie begins. But don’t despair … if your lm is gonged, you can re-work it and bring it back to see if the changes you’ve made have pleased the audience. is is a great way for lmmakers to try Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell) wins a shy out new ideas and see how an actual audience responds, so Yorkshire piglet named Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping take advantage. You cannot submit the same lm more than his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to once unless it has been re-worked. Remember, the audience show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border decides the winner each and every month, so keep them happy! collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other farm animals, including Fly’s jealous husband Rex, accept PLEASE NOTE: We only take the rst 15 lms that are brought a pig who doesn’t conform to the farm’s social hierarchy? Soon, in each month and the spots have been lling up really fast. We with the help of a delightful assortment of barnyard animals, start taking submissions as soon as we open the day of the show the heroic little pig is headed for the challenge of his life as he so get your lms in early! sets out to become an award-winning sheepdog … or rather, sheep “pig,” and prove to the world that he can be anything he PLEASE BE ADVISED: Since we don’t pre-screen First Friday wants to be! Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Shorts entries, we don’t know what each month’s “lm content” Best Picture, Babe is a charming, funny and inspirational ode to rating will be. Be advised that some material may not be suitable dreamers of any species! (Dir. by Chris Noonan, 1995, 91 mins., for all audiences. Rated G) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 4 THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 AT 7:30PM FRIDAY, JUNE 10 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6.99 FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING AT TRAIL DUST TOWN Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening. 6541 EAST TANQUE VERDE ROAD SATURDAY, JUNE 11 AT 10:00AM COMMUNITY RENTAL FEATURING A PRE- FREE SCREENING AT THE LOFT CINEMA SCREENING MEET AND GREET WITH DOORS OPEN AT 9:15AM LOCAL POLITICIANS AT 7:00PM, AND A Q&A WITH DIRECTOR AFTER THE PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES SCREENING! A free monthly series showcasing great new and classic family-friendly lms from around the world! TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: EVENTBRITE.COM Presented by Trail Dust Town! Pre-show activities hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at Made in Tucson, e System Is Broken is not your typical 9:15am! political docudrama. It is an inspired-by-reality look at the political voting process through the eyes of two young people, Trail Dust Town is the in-town destination for old-west Pete and Natalia. Facing corruption and racism in a Presidential campaign, they and their fellow Latino volunteers ght back family fun! Enjoy wild west stunt shows, amusement by starting their own non-partisan grassroots movement. e rides, gift shops, and Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse! blowback from the campaign and the community endangers their lives and threatens to destroy their relationship. “Batteries Not Included is a sweet, cheerful and funny family entertainment.” – Roger Ebert, More than just an important and timely movie, e System Is Chicago Sun-Times Broken is a social movement that inspires people who have lost faith in the government to regain condence and patriotism Loveable grandparents and tiny alien robots team up and by rallying behind authentic political candidates who speak to cause trouble in this a delightful fantasy for the whole family, their beliefs in the upcoming election. Our Writer-Director, from producer Steven Spielberg. In Batteries Not Included, an Ignatius Lin, is a man on a mission. He does not claim to have unscrupulous real estate developer sends thugs to get rid of the a lot of political clout. What he does have is passion about last ve tenants of a deteriorating New York City apartment righting what he perceives as wrongs in our voting process. (Dir. building, and the elderly residents need a miracle to save their by Ignatius Lin, 2015, USA, 65 mins., Not Rated) building from demolition. One night, when all hope seems lost, tiny visitors from outer space mysteriously glide through their Promotional partner: windows and use their magical extraterrestrial powers to help Powertalk, an internet broadcasting network the tenants ght for their homes. And once these wee electro- zap-powered marvels kick into overdrive, they set o a laugh- Facebook.com/TSIBMovie laden ruckus that may just bring down the walls! Filled with dazzling special eects, this fun and heartwarming action/ Twitter.com/systemsbroken adventure stars the acclaimed husband-and-wife team of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy as a pair of feisty long-term tenants www.thesystemisbroken-movie.com whose faith is rewarded in ways they never expected.