Film Guide March 2018

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THE THE FILMS OF AGNÈS VARDA • ALL THROUGH MARCH! THE ROOM / ST. PATRICK’S DAY SCREENING, MARCH 17 AT 7:30PM! ENJOY BEER & WINE AT THE LOFT CINEMA! We also offer Fresco Pizza*, Tucson Tamale Factory Tamales, Burritos from Tumerico, Ethiopian Wraps from Cafe Desta and Sandwiches from the 4th Ave. Deli, along with organic popcorn, craft chocolate bars, vegan cookies and more! *Pizza served after 5pm daily. MARCH 2018

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 4-23 LOFT STAFF SELECTS 7 BEER OF THE MONTH: LOFT MEMBERSHIPS 9-10 SANTA FE BREWING’S SCIENCE ON SCREEN 12, 17 LUSTGARTEN REEL READS SELECTION 12 ONLY $3.50 ALL THROUGH MARCH! LOFT JR. 13 ESSENTIAL CINEMA 15 NEW AT THE LOFT CINEMA! MONTH-LONG SERIES 19-20 The Loft Cinema now offers Closed Captions and Audio JOURNALISM ON SCREEN 23 Descriptions for films whenever they are available. Check our COMMUNITY RENTALS 24-26 website to see which films offer this technology. NEW FILMS 27-34 MONDO MONDAYS 35 FILM GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE AT: CULT CLASSICS 36 • aLoft Hotel • Fantasy Comics • Rocco’s Little Chicago • Antigone Books • First American Title • Rogue Theatre • Aqua Vita • Fresco Pizza • Santa Barbara Ice Cream • Art Institute of Tucson • Fronimos • Shot in the Dark Café THE LOFT CINEMA • AZ Title Security • Heroes & Villains • Southern AZ AIDS • Bentley’s • Hotel Congress Foundation 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. • Black Crown Coffee • How Sweet It Was • SW U of Visual Arts Tucson, AZ 85716 • Bookman’s • Humanities Seminars • Ted’s Country Store • Bookstop • Imagine Barber Shop • Time Market SHOWTIMES: 520-795-7777 • Brooklyn Pizza • Jewish Community Ctr • Tooley’s THEATRE INFO: 520-795-0844 • Buffalo Exchange • KXCI • Tucson Museum of Art LOFT OFFICE: 520-322-5638 • Café Marcel • Maynard’s Market • Tucson Racquet and EMAIL: [email protected] • Café Passe • Metro Tucson Libraries Fitness WEB: loftcinema.org • Caffe Luce • No Anchovies • Tucson Visitor’s Bureau • Casa Video • OLLI • UA Media Arts • Chocolate Iguana • Parks and Recreation • Vila Thai FREE MEMBERS SCREENING • Clues Unlimited • Pima Community College • Whole Foods • Coyote Wore Sideburns • R-Galaxy • Xoom Juice A FANTASTIC WOMAN • D&D Pinball • Raging Sage • Yikes Toy Store (SEE PAGE 29) • Epic Café • Revolutionary Grounds • Zia Records • Espresso Art • Rincon Market FRIDAY, MARCH 9 AT 7:00PM

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REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Tickets are available to purchase online at: PLEASE NOTE: $9.75 - Adult | $7.25 - Matinee* loftcinema.org/showtimes or by calling: Screen 2 is not wheelchair accessible. $8.00 - Student, Teacher, Military 520-795-0844 HEARING LOOP AVAILABLE IN $6.75 - Senior (65+) or Child (12 and under) Phone & Web orders are subject to a $1 surcharge. $6.00 - Loft Members ALL 3 SCREENS. There is a $1 surcharge for all 3-D screenings. Made possible by Paul & Mary Koss. *MATINEE: ANY SCREENING BEFORE 4:00PM LOFT CINEMA STAFF

Peggy Johnson Executive Director

Ray Borboa Pedro Robles-Hill Assistant Manager Assistant Manager Zach Breneman Brenda Rodriguez Deputy Director Assistant Manager & Charley Brown Volunteer Coordinator Facilities Coordinator Rachel Saindon Kyle Canfield Assistant Manager House Manager A.J. Simon David Correa Assistant Manager Inventory Specialist Jeff Yanc Shawna DaCosta Program Director Director of Education & Engagement PROJECTIONISTS Jason Denholm Clarice Bales Director of Theatre Sarah Jardini Operations J.J. Giddings FLOOR STAFF Marketing Director Laura Bargfeld Amber Kleefeld Reed Chandler Director of Membership and William Elizondo Donor Services Parisa Eshrati Jonathan Kleefeld Finance Director Becky Hall Ben Mackey Ezra Heightchew-Howard Marketing Associate Thomas Kidder Matt McCoy Jaleh Padron Deputy Marketing Director Tatiana Stoutmeyer Haley McFeely America Valencia Lead Projectionist Emily Quinn Daniela Ontiveros Ana Quiñones Administrative Assistant & Outreach Coordinator Sunny Jo Wheaton Candace Ripley Lead Projectionist LOFT CINEMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ron Barber Carmen Marriott President Hal Melfi Tim Fuller David Nix Vice-President Katherine Pew Stephen Golden Tim Reckart Treasurer Claire Scheuren Melodie Lopez Patricia Schwabe Secretary Lisanne Skyler Betsy Bolding Joanne Stuhr Jaime Gutiérrez Joe Tarver Dianne Iauco Frank Valenzuela Mary Koss Jan Mueller, Emeritus Dear Friends of The Loft Cinema, February 2018 was a landmark month for us...Brokeback Mountain, which we opened in January 2006, is no longer the highest grossing film at The Loft Cinema. After 12 years, Brokeback Mountain’s box office was overcome by not one but 2 movies: Lady Bird and The Shape of Water. Some of us thought we’d never have another film as “big” asBrokeback , and to have two at the same time is nothing short of extraordinary!

March is Membership Month at The Loft Cinema. See pages 9 and 10 for more information about how to double your free passes while supporting your local independent Loft Cinema. Our approximately 6,000 members provide funds that help us maintain our level of excellence…and, in addition to free passes, Loft Cinema members get lots of other perks, including, of course, free popcorn!

We also want to let you know that we have officially signed the paperwork to make The Loft Cinema solar-powered, which also means covered parking! The energy generated will power the entire main building, and we expect to have construction completed by the end of the year!

Have a great March!

Peggy Johnson, Executive Director SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 4

FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS BLADE II FRIDAY, MARCH 2 AT 9:00PM FRIDAY, MARCH 2 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 SATURDAY, MARCH 3 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 $200 MONTHLY GRAND PRIZE! $1,000 YEARLY GRAND PRIZE! PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the On the first Friday of each month comedians Bridgitte Thum big screen! and Mike Sterner host our monthly short film contest – just bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest In this blood-soaked, adrenaline-pumping action/horror fun movie screen in Southern Arizona! machine sequel, Wesley Snipes returns to kick a whole lot of

vampire butt as ultra-cool Marvel superhero Blade, and this In case you’ve never been to a First Friday Shorts show, time he’s doing it with the help of genre-loving filmmaker, here are the rules: We’ll play any short film, music video or Guillermo del Toro! short documentary that you’ve made that’s under 15 minutes long and is brought to us on a DVD, thumb drive or BLU-ray (one film per person, and DVDs must be playable on a regular “A terrific B-movie … stylish, fast- DVD player and films on drives need to be in by 8pm. We do paced and comfortable with its own not accept commercials or advertisements). Submissions are ridiculousness.” – Nathan Rabin, A.V. only taken on the day of the event, and all entries MUST BE Club RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE ACTUAL SHOW (we cannot accept films after the show has begun, or during Once again based on Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula comic book intermission). All films are played in the order they’re received. series, Blade II continues the adventure which began with the Every film is guaranteed to play for 3 minutes, but after original 1998 cult classic, Blade. When the world is threatened that the audience can call for the dreaded “gong” if they’re by a new and deadlier breed of super vampires called Reapers, displeased. If the gong is struck, our intrepid host stops the the legendary sunglasses-wearing, hot car-driving, half film and the next movie begins. But don’t despair … if your human/half vampire hero Blade and his mentor Whistler (Kris film is gonged, you can re-work it and bring it back to see if the Kristofferson) must join forces with the Bloodpack, an elite changes you’ve made have pleased the audience. This is a great team of vampire warriors made up of Blade’s sworn enemies. way for filmmakers to try out new ideas and see how an actual The ravenous, bloodsucking Reapers must be destroyed at all audience responds, so take advantage. You cannot submit costs, setting the stage for a gore-drenched, bone-crunching the same film more than once unless it has been re-worked. battle royale exploding with spectacular effects and martial Remember, the audience decides the winner each and every arts action, as director del Toro adds to all the pulp splendor month, so keep them happy! Filmmaker must be in attendance with a barrage of gorgeous visuals filtered through a gothic to win the cash prize. haze of Mario Bava-esque neon and shadows. Also starring PLEASE NOTE: We only take the first 15 films that are brought in Ron Perlman and The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus. (Dir. by each month and the spots have been filling up really fast. We start Guillermo del Toro, 2002, Germany/USA, in English/Romanian/ taking submissions as soon as we open the day of the show so get your Czech with English subtitles, 117 mins., Rated R) films in early!

PLEASE BE ADVISED: Since we don’t pre-screen First Friday Shorts entries, we don’t know what each month’s “film content” rating will be. Be advised that some material may not be suitable for all audiences. 5 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR THE GRADUATE TUESDAY, MARCH 6 AT 7:30PM THURSDAY, MARCH 8 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISISON PRICES REGULAR ADMISISON PRICES

FEATURING A POST-FILM PANEL CO-PRESENTED BY TUCSON FESTIVAL OF DISCUSSION! DETAILS TBA. BOOKS AND THE LOFT CINEMA.

On the night of September 3, 1944, a young African-American Featuring a post-film discussion with mother from Abbeville, Alabama, named Recy Taylor was walking home from church with two friends when she was Beverly Gray, author of the highly- abducted by seven white men, driven away and dragged into acclaimed new book, Seduced by Mrs. the woods, raped by six of the men, and left to make her way Robinson: How The Graduate Became home. the Touchstone of a Generation! Copies of the book will be available for sale “NYT Critics’ Pick! Planting a flag firmly and signing at this event. at the intersection of patriarchy, sexism and white supremacy, The Rape of Recy Glamorous, funny, sexy and sad, The Graduate is an emotional Taylor is a documentary of multiple touchstone for an entire generation, not to mention a crowd- layers and marvelous gumption.” – pleasing late-‘60s harbinger of the “New Hollywood” studio films that would storm the movie industry in the early ‘70s. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times Here we have cleverly-crafted student unrest in bourgeois clothing, as young Dustin Hoffman’s Benjamin Braddock, Against formidable odds and endless threats to her life and the adrift after college, is craftily seduced by a woman of his lives of her family members, Taylor chose not to remain silent, parents’ generation: the fabulous Anne Bancroft’s icily-assured but instead to bravely speak up and press charges, waging a war friend-of-the-family Mrs. Robinson (actually only six years for justice that still resonates today. Through archival footage, Hoffman’s senior). So it’s understandable that Ben’s dream early “race films,” and heartbreaking personal interviews, girl Katharine Ross is a bit startled to learn that he’s been award-winning filmmaker Nancy Buirski’s (The Loving Story) sleeping with … her mother! Arguably, no other movie of passionate documentary shines a light on a case that became a the ‘60s — not even Bonnie and Clyde Easy Rider — more turning point in the early Civil Rights Movement, and on the successfully turned counterculture angst into popular culture. many formidable women—including Rosa Parks—who brought The biggest box office surprise of the decade, an Oscar-winner the movement to life. (Dir. by Nancy Buirski, 2017, USA, 91 for second-time director Mike Nichols, and a revved-up vehicle mins., Not Rated) for Hoffman’s star-making breakout role, The Graduate darkly and humorously captured the restlessness of an era. Buoyed by a razor sharp screenplay from Calder Willingham and Buck Henry and a legendarily evocative pop score by Simon & Garfunkel, this remains one of the most beloved classics of the American screen, filled with so many instantly-iconic moments (“Plastics!”), it’s almost like a cinematic greatest hits compilation of the counterculture generation. (Dir. by Mike Nichols, 1967, USA, 106 mins., Rated PG) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 6

ICHI THE KILLER CINEMATIC LABYRINTHS THE RESTORED DIRECTOR’S EDITION SATURDAY, MARCH 10 AT 5PM REGULAR ADMISISON PRICES FRIDAY, MARCH 9 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, MARCH 10 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 WITH THE KISSINGER TWINS IN PERSON!

PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! The digital revolution and interactivity changed many aspects of our lives, but how much did it affect storytelling and film? The The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the Kissinger Twins present Cinematic Labyrinths, their interactive big screen! non-linear storytelling showcase, in which they explain the concept, talk about film and interactive media, inspirations and Takashi Miike’s ultra-violent cult film Ichi the Killer has endured present their award-winning projects. From 2002’s Attitude to as one of the most influential pieces of genre filmmaking of the SXSW finalist Forget Me Not and Sufferosa, one of the biggest last two decades, and now it returns in an all-new, all-stunning web-based interactive films. During the presentation, members digital restoration approved by Miike himself. of the audience are invited to interact with selected projects. The Kissinger Twins will close the presentation with a live cinema performance of Sufferosa and a poetic Cinematic VR film “A wonderful poison apple of a gore movie Lucidreams. … thanks to this new restoration, Japanese cult filmmaker Takashi Miike’s perversely Sufferosa is an online interactive film written and directed by The funny, and unsparingly disgusting, genre- Kissinger Twins. Sufferosa combines film, animation, literature, melting film now looks and sounds better and music with the web, and is considered one of the biggest interactive films ever made. It consists of 110 scenes, 3 alternative than it has any right to.” – Simon Abrams, endings, 20 locations. There are 25 actors parforming, including RogerEbert.com Beata Tyszkiewicz and Ryszard Ronczewski, legends of the Polish film industry. Thematically, the film is a neo-noir thriller This visceral, blood-soaked and often hilarious film, adapted and satire of the cult of beauty. The story follows detective Ivan from Hideo Yamamoto’s infamous manga, follows the insane Johnson, who is looking for a missing woman, Rosa von Braun. His adventures of Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano), a notoriously investigation leads him to Professor Carlos von Braun, who works sadistic yakuza enforcer sporting blonde hair and a yawning, on Reujvenation treatments for women. Sufferosa is an homage pierced slash for a mouth. Kakihara is no ordinary gangster, to Jean-Luc Godard’s movie Alphaville and American film noir, and his methods of “enemy dispatch” are equally unorthodox; W.J.Has’s cult-movie The Manuscript Found in Saragossa and the he impales one poor suspect’s naked body on a series of meat French writer Vernon Sullivan. hooks and then dumps hot oil on him! Kakihara’s boss has The Kissinger Twins recently been murdered, and while he searches for the killer, Dawid Marcinkowski and Katarzyna Kifert AKA The Kissinger a shadowy villain known as Jijii deftly manipulates, for his Twins are film and interactive director duo. In their works, they own nefarious purposes, Ichi (Nao Ohmori), a demented and mix digital technologies with film, music and literature to create ruthless killing machine clad in a garish superhero suit. Pining new forms of storytelling. They are authors of artistic projects such for the sadistic abuse of his boss, Kakihara learns of Ichi from as Sufferosa and Webby Award winning The Trip, but also interactive a Hong Kong hostess and sets out to find this fabled butcher, films and experiences for brands such as Expedia, Honda or Philips. hoping he can inflict the pain that Kakihara craves. (Dir. by Some of those projects have been awarded and presented at film Takashi Miike, 2001, Japan, in Japanese/Cantonese with English and new media festivals including SXSW, Vancouver IFF, Reykjavik subtitles, 129 mins., Not Rated) IFF, onedotzero or Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. 7 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

RIO BRAVO - OUTDOORS AT THE THE GOOD, THE BAD AND DESERT ART MUSEUM THE UGLY

SATURDAY, MARCH 10 AT 7:00PM SUNDAY, MARCH 11 AT 7:30PM FREE ADMISSION GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5

THIS SCREENING WILL TAKE PLACE OUTDOORS PART OF LOFT STAFF SELECTS! AT THE DESERT ART MUSEUM, 7000 E. TANQUE A monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen VERDE, AT THE CORNER OF TANQUE VERDE AND by our amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s SABINO CANYON ROADS BEHIND CHASE BANK. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN SEATING. Loft Staff Selects film was chosen by Matt McCoy, Deputy Marketing Director! Join us for a free outdoor screening of the classic shot-in- Tucson Western, Rio Bravo, presented under the stars at “Sergio Leone’s grandiose 1966 western the Desert Art Museum, in conjunction with their current epic is nothing less than a masterclass in exhibition, “Desert Hollywood: Celebrity Landscapes in Cinema.” The film is free, and the museum will be open that movie storytelling, a dynamic testament evening with a reduced admission charge of $5.00 per person. to the sheer, invigorating uniqueness of cinema.” – Tom Huddlestone, Time Out “To watch Rio Bravo is to see a master craftsman at work. The film is seamless. “If you’re gonna shoot, shoot! Don’t talk.” Lee Van Cleef’s There is not a shot that is wrong. It is icy bounty hunter (“The Bad”), Eli Wallach’s Mexican bandit (“The Ugly”) and Clint Eastwood’s laconic con man (“The uncommonly absorbing.” – Roger Ebert, Good”) contend with each other and with battling Civil War Chicago Sun-Times armies in their relentless, brutal and darkly comic search for buried gold. Sergio Leone’s epic, Man With No Name trilogy- Filmed on location at legendary Old Tucson Studios, the capping Spaghetti Western (accompanied by — Hwah, WAH, thrilling 1959 Western Rio Bravo stands tall as one of the all- Wah — perhaps Ennio Morricone’s greatest score) thrillingly time greats of the genre. John Wayne stars as John T. Chance, conjures up operatic excess, existential cowboy crisis and the a sheriff who enlists the help of the town drunk, Dude (Dean blackest of black humor. Who can forget the climatic stare- Martin), in arresting an ill-intentioned gunslinger. But when down showdown (featuring cinema’s most intense parade of the outlaw’s brother and his gang make clear their plans to close-up shots of squinty eyeballs), Wallach’s endearing (and spring him from jail, Chance and Dude look to over-the-hill increasingly desperate) use of the term “Blondie,” and that Stumpy (Walter Brennan) and brash young cowboy Colorado infamous, kick-in-the-head closing shot? (Dir. by Sergio Leone, Ryan (Ricky Nelson) to assist them in fending off the bad guys 1966, Italy/Spain/West Germany/USA, in English, 161 mins., Not until proper reinforcements can arrive. Along for the ride is the Rated) tender but tough saloon gal Feathers, a woman with past – and her eye on Chance. Directed for maximum entertainment value by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo is an iconic masterpiece that has influenced generations of directors, including John Carpenter, James Cameron and Quentin Tarantino. (Dir. by Howard Hawks, 1959, USA, 141 mins., Not Rated)

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ALL MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE THE BENEFITS LISTED ABOVE Consider increasing your membership level to receive benefits like free admission to all regularly scheduled films, Loft Film Fest passes, Loft Cinema merchandise, discounts on all concessions, reserved seating, and more! FRIENDS OF THE LOFT $50 STUDENT / TEACHER (Must show valid ID) $75 INDIVIDUAL • $125 COUPLE (2 people sharing the same address)

STARS $275 All benefits for two, plus a Loft Cinema aluminum water bottle, concession discount of 20%, and 4 film tickets to the Loft Film Fest.

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DIRECTOR CIRCLE $1,000 All above benefits for two, plus 2 Film Passes to the Loft Film Fest and recognition in Loft Film Fest program.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CIRCLE $1,500 INDIVIDUAL; $2,500 COUPLE All above benefits plus Loft Film Fest event tickets upon request, FREE admission to all films at The Loft, invitations to EXCLUSIVE SALONS, and an invitation to the Secret Awards Party.

AUTEUR CIRCLE $3,000 INDIVIDUAL; $5,000 COUPLE All above benefits plus upgrade to 2 All-Access Passes to the Loft Film Fest, reserved seats (with 24 hour notice), 2 drinks and 1 any size popcorn per member at any screening or event, and tickets to the Secret Awards Party (4 for individuals, 8 for couples).

INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS AVAILABLE AT DIRECTOR CIRCLE LEVEL AND ABOVE. For more information, please contact Amber Kleefeld at: 520-322-5638 ext 109 or [email protected] Membership represents 16% of our total revenue, twice the average for other nonprofit art houses. Thank you for helping independent cinema remain a vital part of arts and culture in Tucson.

The Loft Cinema is an Arizona nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to IRS Secs. 501(c)(3) & 170(b) The Loft Cinema is supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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BOMBSHELL: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL THE HEDY LAMARR STORY FRIDAY, MARCH 16 AT 10:00PM THURSDAY, MARCH 15 AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, MARCH 17 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen!

Celebrated filmmaker Wes Anderson invites you to book a room PART OF OUR SCIENCE ON SCREEN SERIES in The Grand Budapest Hotel, a hilariously offbeat, meticulously- Featuring an introduction by engineer/educator Sharon designed screwball tragi-comedy set in Europe between the O’Neal, who recently retired as an Engineering Director World Wars. I at Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) in Tucson! Sharon was the first female at RMS to achieve the distinguished “One of Wes Anderson’s cleverest and technical classification of Senior Fellow Engineer. most gorgeous movies.” – Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune Science on Screen is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famously swank What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and 40s European hotel, and Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), the shy and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune — all White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII. Weaving Continent. Filled with Anderson’s customary quirky wit, interviews and clips with never-before-heard audio tapes of Hedy sumptuous visuals and an all-star supporting cast including speaking on the record about her incredible life—from her beginnings Tilda Swinton, Willem Defoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, as an Austrian Jewish emigre to her scandalous nude scene in the 1933 film Ecstasy to her glittering Hollywood life to her ground-breaking, but Edward Norton, Jude Law and Bill Murray, The Grand Budapest completely uncredited inventions to her latter years when she became Hotel is a dazzling enchantment from one of Hollywood’s most a recluse, impoverished and almost forgotten—Bombshell: The Hedy unique filmmakers. (Dir. by Wes Anderson, 2014, USA/Germany/ Lamarr Story brings to light the story of an unusual and accomplished UK, 100 mins., Rated R) woman, spurned as too beautiful to be smart, but a role model to this day. (Dir by Alexanda Dean, 2017, USA, 88 mins., Not Rated) MARCH’S REEL READS SELECTION Purchase a copy of Heddy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes during the month of March and receive a special “Loft Reel Reads” discount off the cover price – 20% for Loft Cinema members and 10% for the general public. Copies of the book are available at The Loft Cinema and Antigone Books. 13 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

FANTASTIC MR. FOX THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW SATURDAY, MARCH 17 AT 10:00AM SATURDAY, MARCH 17 AT MIDNIGHT FREE ADMISSION GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 Please Note: No one under 17 admitted without Parent or Guardian..

PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES Whatever happened to Saturday night? It was locked in a A free monthly series showcasing great new and classic closet with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and it hasn’t been the family-friendly films from around the world! Pre-show same since! Unleash your inner Sweet Transvestite when the activities hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting mother of all cult classics hits the big screen with the “Heavy at 9:15am. Petting” shadow cast, live and in your face! You’ll see a healthy young couple inducted into the world of absolute pleasure, Transylvanians doing the pelvic thrust and a sexy scientist trying “An adventure in pure imagination to free us of all our inhibitions (not to mention our clothing)! So that plays to the smart kid in all of us pull up your fishnets and get ready to become a creature of the … a movie that deserves to be called night at the strangest, sexiest “science fiction double feature” of ‘groundbreaking.’” – Peter Travers, all-time, a Loft Cinema tradition for 40 years and counting! (Dir. Rolling Stone by Jim Sharman, 1975, UK/USA, 98 mins., Rated R)

Based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel, Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox is a hilarious and heartwarming animated adventure about a clever, quick and exceptionally well-dressed fox with a hunger for adventure. A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family in a new foxhole in a beautiful tree—directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Although he’s been happily domesticated, Mr. Fox still feels the itch for adventure and simply cannot resist temptation, planning one final, glorious, go-for-broke chicken raid on his neighbor’s farm, a move that ultimately endangers not only his family but the entire animal community as well. Anderson’s fun, witty and often moving adaptation of Dahl’s beloved novel (co-written with filmmaker Noah Baumbach) is a meticulous work of old- school stop-motion animation played out against charming storybook settings (not to mention a pitch-perfect use of the music of Burl Ives), creating that all-too-rare concoction: a children’s movie for all. Featuring an all-star vocal cast including George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon and Bill Murray. (Dir. by Wes Anderson, 2009, USA, 87 mins., Rated PG) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 14

THE ROOM (ST. PATRICK’S DAY SCREENING!) SATURDAY, MARCH 17 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 • LOFT MEMBERS: $8 Please Note: We cannot accept passes for this screening.

FEATURING A SPECIAL Prizes will be awarded for the “best” from everyone around him and he VIDEO INTRODUCTION Room-inspired costume, so get those must find a way out before he is torn AND GOODBYE FROM slinky red dresses, sleeveless tees apart! The ultimate cinematic car and ill-fitting tuxedos out of the crash from which you will definitely TOMMY WISEAU! closet right now- but leave your NOT want to look away, The Room stupid comments in your pocket! is a cult sensation that is hilariously Come join us in The Room as we awful and borderline surreal in ways celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with The Room is a cinematic experience that can only be explained by sheer Tommy and the whole spoon-loving, unlike anything you have ever artistic madness. From its gloriously football-tossing, Scotchka-chugging seen – an electrifying, soul-searing wooden dialogue to its bizarre green Room gang! Oh hi, Green Beer! Yes, explosion of love, passion, betrayal screen depiction of San Francisco we’ll have Green Beer available at and lies, starring the truly unique to its unsettling obsession with the snack bar, free green plastic writer/director Tommy Wiseau as spoons, footballs and breast cancer, spoons AND free Lucky Charms to Johnny, a successful, happy-go-lucky The Room is a film so deeply insane it sprinkle on your popcorn … it will be banker with a great job, cool friends must be seen to be disbelieved. (Dir. magically delicious! and even a girlfriend he hopes will by Tommy Wiseau, 2003, USA, 99 someday be “The One.” But wait! mins., Rated R) “So-bad-it’s-freakin’- Cruel fate is lurking around every awesome.” – Clark corner, and before you can say “Oh, Collins, Entertainment hi doggie!,” drugs, deception, soft- Weekly core sex and a cheating heart begin to unravel Johnny’s life. Our hero is soon trapped by vicious betrayals 15 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

MY BRILLIANT CAREER VINCENT VAN GOGH: TUESDAY, MARCH 20 AT 7:30PM A NEW WAY OF SEEING FREE ADMISSION THURSDAY, MARCH 22 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 • LOFT MEMBERS: $8 PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIES Please Note: We cannot accept passes for this screening. See classic art films the way they were meant to be Don’t miss this special Exhibition on Screen presentation seen - with an audience, on the big screen! exploring the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh! Exhibition on Screen is the pioneer of bringing exhibition-based art films to Actress Judy Davis and director Gillian Armstrong both made cinemas, working with top international museums and galleries a huge splash on the international arthouse scene with this to create films which offer an immersion into the world’s best- stunning Australian drama about a free-spirited young writer loved art, accompanied by insights from the world’s leading art who refuses to conform to society’s expectations of how a historians and critics. “proper woman” should live her life. “A brilliantly insightful documentary.” – “Daring, assured and high-spirited … The Upcoming offers a turn-of-the-century heroine who seems to have wandered from the Perhaps more than any other artist, Vincent Van Gogh’s life has pages of a Louisa May Alcott novel into long captured the imagination of storytellers. Delving deep into the Australian Outback.” –Janet Maslin, his fascinating and sometimes deeply troubled world comes New York Times this definitive, award-winning documentary directed by David Bickerstaff (Michelangelo: Love and Death, The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch). Showcasing Van Gogh’s iconic works A key work of the Australian Film Revival of the 1970s, My like never before and featuring exclusive interviews with the Brilliant Career features the extraordinary Judy Davis (in her curatorial team at the Van Gogh Museum, this Exhibition on first starring role) as Sybylla Melvyn, a headstrong young Screen presentation is a stunning experience on the big screen. woman of no particular means sent to live with her wealthy (Dir. by David Bickerstaff, 2016, UK, 90 mins., Not Rated) grandmother in the Australian Outback at the turn of the 20th century. There, she enters into a flirtation with Harry Beecham (Sam Neill), a childhood friend and neighboring property “One of the best films I’ve seen on the owner who seems prepared to give Sybylla everything a young life of Vincent Van Gogh … worth the woman of the time might desire. Except what Sybylla wants watch.” – On the Box most of all is to experience the world on her own terms, and perchance to become a writer with her own career. As she grows from insecure tomboy to self-assured woman, Sybylla stuns her family and friends with her insistence on following her dreams, in spite of the odds stacked against her in a repressive Victorian society. A major box-office hit that exemplified the feminist cinema of the late ‘70s, My Brilliant Career launched future Oscar-nominee Davis and director Gillian Armstrong (Little Women) on their own brilliant film careers. (Dir. by Gillian Armstrong, 1979, Australia, 100 mins., Rated G) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 16

JUMANJI EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! THE FRIDAY, MARCH 23 AT 10:00PM GREAT SATAN SHOW SATURDAY, MARCH 24 AT 10:00PM SUNDAY, MARCH 25 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, MARCH 25 AT 11:00AM GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 • LOFT MEMBERS: $8 GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 Please Note: We cannot accept passes for this screening.

PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! Since the dawn of time, man has searched for answers … and The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the failed. But the fog of existence has finally cleared thanks to the eternal fruits of your favorite found footage collective, big screen! Everything Is Terrible! Over the last 10 years, EIT! has reinterpreted our shared memory into 3,000+ daily web videos, Re-live the adventure and see the original 1995 Jumanji, collected 15,000 Jerry Maguire VHS tapes, and forever altered starring Robin Williams, on the big screen! the collective consciousness.

“Jumanji is a thrill ride with enough “Twisted … a sensory-assaulting plunges and turns and loop-the-loops symphony of insanity.” – Chicago to make it well worth a spin.” – Walter Reader Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle Now, with their longtime collaborator Lucifer, Everything Is Robin Williams stars alongside a young Kirsten Dunst in Terrible! has ingested over 2,000 satanic panic, religious kook, the original Jumanji, a thrill-a-minute adaptation of the and D-horror VHS tapes. They have re-contextualized them and award-winning children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. When created a narrative feature that reminds us all who we are, why young Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he we are here, and what we should be doing with our paltry time doesn’t realize its unimaginable powers, until he is magically on this dumb planet. And now they invite you to be an initiate transported before the startled eyes of his friend, Sarah, into of the psychedelic devotion of EIT! As you take your blood oath, the untamed jungles of Jumanji! There he remains for 26 years your journey will brim with evangelical ducks, goopy ghouls, until he is freed from the game’s spell by two unsuspecting and sad white men who believe that Dungeons & Dragons children who have discovered the magical game. Now a grown summon actual horned demons. Join your bedazzled Dadgods man, Alan (Williams) is forced to play the game again, only for an all-new live show, featuring never before seen puppets this time, the game sets the rampaging creatures of the jungle and costumes, as EIT! presents their newest feature, The Great loose on the city. Alan reunites with the now-adult Sarah Satan. But be warned: If you really want to see your mind, (Bonnie Hunt), and together with the youngsters Judy (Dunst) you’ve got to be ready to rip your skull open… (Running time: and Peter (Bradley Pierce), he must try to outwit the game’s approximately 90 mins., Not Rated / May Contain Adult Content) powerful forces and get the animals back in the box before they cause untold mayhem! An imaginative adventure that *Please bring your offerings of Jerry combines breathtaking special effects with thrills, chills and Maguire VHS tapes to the altar when Robin Williams’ patented brand of comedic antics, Jumaji is a EIT! comes to The Loft Cinema! treat for kids of all ages! (Dir. by Joe Johnston, 1995, USA, 104 mins., Rated PG) 17 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

INTERSTELLAR TUESDAY, MARCH 27 AT 7:00PM REGULAR ADMISISON PRICES

PART OF OUR SCIENCE winner Matthew McConaughey) must human race. Featuring an all-star cast, ON SCREEN SERIES leave his family and a slowly dying including Anne Hathaway, Jessica Featuring a live introduction by Dr. Earth behind to lead an expedition Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn and Feryal Ozel, theoretical astrophysicist beyond this galaxy, in hopes of Michael Cain, Interstellar is a heady and Professor of Astronomy and discovering a new future for humanity. mix of intellectual inquiry, crackerjack Physics at the University of Arizona. In the near future, Earth has been adventure and heartfelt emotion, filled Dr. Ozel was recently featured in devastated by drought and famine, with Oscar-winning, state-of-the-art NOVA’s “Black Hole Apocalypse” on causing a scarcity in food and extreme special effects. (Dir. by Christopher PBS, and at this screening she will changes in climate. When humanity Nolan, 2014, USA, 169 mins., Rated discuss space travel, black holes and is facing extinction, a mysterious PG-13) the future of humankind in space. rip in the space-time continuum is discovered, giving mankind the Dr. Feryal Ozel is a Turkish-American astrophysicist born in Istanbul, Turkey. She This presentation is part of the fifth opportunity to widen its lifespan. A group of explorers must travel specializes in the physics of neutron stars annual National Evening of Science on and black holes, general relativity, and high beyond our solar system in search Screen, which takes place on Tuesday, energy astrophysical phenomena and has March 27 at independent cinemas of a planet that can sustain life. The made many contributions to these fields. across the country. Science on Screen crew of the Endurance are required She is currently a professor of Astronomy is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner to think bigger and go further than and Physics at the University of Arizona Theatre, in partnership with the Alfred any human in history as they embark in Tucson. She has been a member and a NASA Hubble Fellow at the Institute for P. Sloan Foundation. on an interstellar voyage into the unknown. Coop (McConaughey), Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. the pilot of the Endurance, must She has also appeared on numerous TV In this blockbuster space adventure documentaries, including Big Ideas on PBS decide between seeing his children from acclaimed director Christopher and the Universe series on The History Nolan, a former spaceship pilot (Oscar- again and ensuring the future of the Channel.

Places, to wide acclaim at the her unique filmmaking method, “This is all you 2016 Cannes Film Festival. A Varda’s work is a combination moving testament to Varda’s of the deeply personal and the need in life: uniquely humanist cinema and sociological, providing her with a computer, her love of portraiture, Faces the means to indulge in the Places finds Varda returning documentary impulses that a camera and to the creative mode of the have guided her throughout, essay film which she pioneered while also crafting complex a cat.” – Agnès together with her friends and narratives whose stories are occasional collaborators Alain enhanced by the documentary Varda Resnais and Chris Marker, details discovered by Varda’s affirming her status as one of ever-inquisitive eye. From One of the most influential the most legendary and creative pioneering narrative features and inventive artists of the directors working today. Varda like Cleo from 5 to 7 and French New Wave, 2017 studied art history and still Vagabond to ruminative honorary Academy Award- photography before turning to essays like The Gleaners & I, recipient Agnès Varda has the film at the age of twenty- the work of Agnès Varda has created a remarkable body five. Incredibly, she had no never stopped surprising, of films that playfully dance experience behind the camera entertaining and inspiring between (and beyond) the when she began directing her audiences. This March, The Loft traditional categories of fiction/ first film, La Pointe Courte, in Cinema celebrates the singular non-fiction, poetry/prose and 1955, and admits to having work of this pioneering artist cinema/photography. Over seen only a small handful of with a collection of some of her the course of her decades-long movies prior to launching her best films – a body of work that career, Varda has remained celebrated filmmaking career. could only have sprung from astonishingly prolific, Coining the phrase “cinécriture” the mind and heart of Agnès premiering her latest film, Faces (or “cine-writing”) to describe Varda. FACES PLACES THURSDAY, MARCH 1 AT 7:30PM 89-year old Agnès Varda, one of the leading filmmakers of the French New Wave, and acclaimed 33-year old French photographer and muralist JR teamed up to co-direct this enchanting documentary/road movie. Together they travel around the villages of France in JR’s photo truck meeting locals, learning their stories and producing epic-size portraits of them. The photos are prominently displayed on houses, barns, storefronts and trains revealing the humanity in their subjects, and themselves. (Dir. by Agnès Varda & JR, 2017, France, in French with English subtitles, 89 mins., Rated PG) CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 AT 7:30PM This stunning and spirited breakthrough film from Agnès Varda, the primary female director of the French New Wave, is a real-time portrait of a beautiful singer set adrift in Paris as she awaits the potentially life-changing results of a medical test. Beautifully shot and realized by photographer-turned- filmmaker Varda, this key work of the French New Wave also serves as an eloquent and unforgettable snapshot of Paris in the sixties. (Dir. by Agnès Varda, 1962, France, in French with subtitles, 90 mins., Not Rated) DOCUMENTEUR, WITH THE SHORT FILMS BLACK PANTHERS AND UNCLE YANCO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 AT 7:30PM

Agnes Varda’s fascination with California culture has resulted in a number of uniquely beautiful films shot in the Golden State, films that subtly capture the director’s ambivalent, complicated and ultimately loving feelings about America. The 1981 feature Documenteur is a moving work of autobiographical fiction about a young French woman (Sabine Mamou) in Los Angeles as she copes with a recent breakup and wanders the city in search of a home for her and her son (played by Varda’s real-life son, Mathieu Demy). Documenteur will be preceded by two of Agnès Varda’s short films also made in California: Black Panthers (1968, 28 mins.), in which Varda turns her camera on an Oakland demonstration against the imprisonment of activist and Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton; and Uncle Yanco (1967, 19 mins.), Varda’s first American film - a groovy sun-kissed portrait of ‘60s California, detailing her journey to meet a long-lost bohemian relative living in Sausalito. (Total program running time: 112 mins.) VAGABOND WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 AT 7:30PM One of Agnès Varda’s most celebrated features, Vagabond tells the harrowing story of the last months in the life of a young female drifter. Sandrine Bonnaire’s riveting performance in the lead role made her an overnight international star at the age of 18, winning her a César Award for Best Actress. With its sparse, poetic imagery and its deft mingling of fiction and reality, Vagabond is a stunning work that won Varda the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. (Dir. by Agnès Varda, 1985, France, in French/Arabic/ English with English subtitles,105 mins., Not Rated)

THE GLEANERS & I (35MM PRINT!) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 AT 7:30PM Agnes Varda’s marvelous “wandering road documentary,” voted one of the 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century in a recent BBC poll of international film critics, focuses on the centuries-old tradition of “gleaning” in France - literally, picking up the cast-offs of others. Through it all, the director’s patient sense of social obligation shines through, as she asks again and again, “How can one live on the leftovers of others?” (Dir. by Agnès Varda, 2000, France, in French with English subtitles, 82 mins., Not Rated)

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VALLEY GIRL • 35MM PRINT! BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD WITH PRODUCER DAN JANVEY IN PERSON! FRIDAY, MARCH 30 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, MARCH 31 AT 10:00PM THURSDAY, APRIL 5 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! CO-PRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the ARIZONA SCHOOL OF THEATRE, FILM big screen! AND TELEVISION AND THE LOFT CINEMA

She’s cool. He’s hot. She’s from the Valley. He’s not. And thus Join us for a special screening of the 2012 Oscar-nominated begins this, like, totally awesome ‘80s comedy of star-crossed drama, Beasts of the Southern Wild, featuring a post-film Q&A with teen romance starring a punked-out Nicolas Cage in his first producer Dan Janvey, whose other film producing credits include Heart of a Dog, Patti Cake$ and Brimstone & Glory! major movie role! In Valley Girl, bitchin’ preppy Julie Richman (Deborah Foreman) rules the Valley Girl scene of the San In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the Fernando Valley as she shops, accessorizes and deals with her rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl named “perfect” (and perfectly dull) jock boyfriend, Tommy (Michael Hushpuppy (the extraordinary Quvenzhané Wallis, making her Bowen). film debut) exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes “This movie is a little treasure – a funny, that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce sexy, appealing story of a Valley Girl’s storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this heartbreaking decision: Should she stick tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic with her boring jock boyfriend, or take proportions. This imaginative, fantastical and visually striking a chance on a punk from Hollywood?” – drama, the debut feature film from director/co-writer Benh Zeitlin, won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and was nominated for Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actress, Director and Adapted Screenplay. (Dir. by Benh Zeitlin, 2012, 93 mins., Rated PG- But when Julie meets an edgy Hollywood punk named Randy 13, Fox Searchlight) (Cage, in full-on goofy heartthrob mode, sporting spiked hair and the very stylish “80s skinny tie and bare chest” look), she Dan Janvey is a NYC manager/producer with Untitled falls hard for this sort-of bad boy from the wrong side of the Entertainment who has been at the center of many of the most city, and they begin an unlikely romance, only to discover successful and challenging independent film productions of the that the distance between Hollywood and the Valley might last six years. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013 for be greater than they thought. Torn between fitting in with the runaway indie hit Beasts of the Southern Wild, and followed this her superficial Val friends and embracing a more “out there” up with such notable narrative films as the Cannes Film Festival lifestyle, Julie must decide if she’s going to stay with dull drip selection Meditteranea (2015) and the major theatrical release, Patti Tommy or take a chance on cool dude Randy. Directed with Cake$ (2017). His work as a documentary producer has also been high energy by Martha Coolidge (Real Genius), and featuring prolific, including Tchoupitoulas (2012, Emerging Artist Award from crazed ‘80s fashion and a killer soundtrack filled with hot new HotDocs), the Laurie Anderson-directed Heart of a Dog (2015), the Sundance selection Western (2015), the ESPN 30 for 30 film, Hit it wave artists like Sparks, Modern English and The Psychedelic Hard (2016), and the award-winning Brimstone & Glory (2017). He Furs (not to mention live performances by The Plimsouls and has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, and has won Josie Cotton), Valley Girl is a majorly gnarly good time! (Dir. by the Sundance Creative Producing prize. Martha Coolidge, 1983, USA, 99 mins., Rated R) 23 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

DOGGIE SHORTS: GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK A FURRY FILM FESTIVAL SUNDAY, APRIL 8 AT 2:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 • LOFT MEMBERS & STUDENTS: $6 SATURDAY, APRIL 7 AT 7:00PM ADVANCE TICKETS: $20 • DAY OF: $25 Please Note: We cannot accept passes for this screening. PART OF JOURNALISM ON SCREEN, PRESENTED BY A FUNDRAISER FOR HANDI-DOGS AND THE LOFT CINEMA!

In order to celebrate Handi-Dogs‘ and The Loft Cinema’s Journalism on Screen is an ongoing series combining films that passion for our canine companions, we’ve teamed up to explore the world of journalism with lively discussions with put together a selection of the best shorts from The Bow experts and industry professionals. Presented by The New York Wow Film Festival in addition to some of our favorite Times, The Arizona Daily Star, The Daily Wildcat/UA TV-3, The dog-themed short films from all over the world! From University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, comedies to dramas to stirring documentaries, this is The University of Arizona School of Journalism, Arizona Inn sure to be a treat. and The Loft Cinema.

See the Oscar-nominated drama, Good Night, Please visit loftcinem.org to submit and Good Luck, directed by and starring George your doggie short for consideration Clooney, followed by an onstage discussion with in our 2018 edition. journalist, New York Times bestselling author and University of Arizona School of Journalism graduate, Lynne Olson!

In this timely and highly-relevant dramatization of journalist Edward R. Murrow’s battles with anti-Communist crusader Joseph McCarthy, Oscar-nominated director/star George Clooney creates an entertaining and provocative look at a dark chapter of American history. In the mid- 1950’s, broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and his producer, Fred Friendly (Clooney), help bring an end to the tyranny of the blacklist and the House Un-American Activities Committee’s anti-Communist hearings. With the platform provided by his CBS News program “See It Now,” Murrow challenges Senator Joseph McCarthy on his claims that hundreds of avowed Communists are working covertly as Soviet spies in the U.S. government, among other allegations, and that they have the power to destroy lives and careers. Despite mounting pressure from CBS’ corporate sponsors to stop their investigation, Murrow and Friendly continue their heroic efforts to halt McCarthy’s destructive and foolhardy campaign. Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor (Strathairn), Good Night, and Good Luck also stars Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella and Jeff Daniels. (Dir. by George Clooney, 2005, USA, 93 mins., Rated PG) COMMUNITY RENTALS 24

TUCSON LUNAFEST 2018 LIVES: VISIBLE AND LEFTOVERS TUESDAY, MARCH 13 AT 7:00PM SUNDAY, MARCH 18 AT 2:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 IN ADVANCE FREE ADMISSION $15 AT THE DOOR Please Note: We cannot accept passes for this screening. PRESENTED BY LESBIAN LOOKS AND PRESENTED BY WOSAC AND THE SOUTHERN ARIZONA SENIOR PRIDE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES Featuring a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Michelle Citron in person! Advance tickets can be purchased at: gws.arizona.edu/node/659 LIVES: VISIBLE: Lesbians in a box… two thousand private snapshots hidden away for over fifty years reveal the rich history of Chicago’s or by calling WOSAC at (520) 621-5656. working class butch/fem life in the pre-Stonewall era. Spanning four Advance tickets are NOT available at The Loft decades, from the 1930s to the early 1970s, the snapshots provide a Cinema. rare look at a vanished and vibrant Lesbian culture: images of lovers and friends as they played, posed, serially switched partners, worked, Featuring an exciting raffle for fabulous prizes, including partied, drank, and aged. Now we all take selfies; these women used a jewelry, gift certificates to fine dining and services, and the Brownie camera to tell the story of their community. LIVES: VISIBLE explores the ephemeral nature of culture and the power of the images traditional, handmade, annual Lunafest quilt! Raffle tickets we make. (Dir. by Michelle Citron, 2017, USA, 35 mins., Not Rated) are $5 each or 3 for $10. All proceeds from Tucson Lunafest 2018 admissions and raffle ticket sales will benefit WOSAC LEFTOVERS: Norma and Virginia were lovers for almost fifty years. and Chicken & Egg Pictures, which supports women nonfiction They died isolated; the vibrant pre-Stonewall lesbian community of filmmakers whose artful and innovative storytelling catalyzes their youth long gone. A love story about the unforeseen trajectory of social change. lives lived outside the mainstream told through the 2000 snapshots left behind. (Dir. by Michelle Citron, 2014, USA, 23 mins., Not Rated) Tucson Lunafest also features an opportunity for local filmmakers to have their films shown as a kickoff to Lunafest. Michelle Citron is an award-winning digital and film artist. Her For information on entering the local film contest, please visit work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney the WOSAC website: gws.arizona.edu/node/659 Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art/Chicago, and the American Film Institute, as well as the New Directors, Berlin, London, Edinburgh, Viper, and SeNef Get ready for an entertaining and enlightening evening of film and new media festivals. Her films and interactive narratives are short films made by, for and about women! Founded in 2000, distributed worldwide and are in the permanent collections of over Lunafest is a traveling film festival celebrating, showcasing two hundred universities and museums. She has received numerous and championing women in film. This year’s program of NINE awards and fellowships including two National Endowment for brand-new and amazing short films will compel discussion, the Arts Filmmaking Fellowships, a National Endowment for the make you laugh, tug at your heartstrings and motivate you Humanities Media Grant, and three Illinois Arts Council Artist to make a difference in your community. Incredibly diverse Fellowships, for digital arts, filmmaking, and screenwriting. She is in style and content, Lunafest is united by a common thread the author of the awarding winning book Home Movies and Other of exceptional and inspiring storytelling – by, for and about Necessary Fictions and the films Daughter Rite, Parthenogenesis, What women. Lunafest is making a mark in the industry by creating You Take For Granted, and Leftovers, and the interactive narratives Cocktails & Appetizers, Mixed Greens, and As American As Apple Pie a platform for women’s untold stories and working to increase (collected at queerfeast.com). opportunities for women filmmakers. (Approximate program running time: 90 mins.) 25 COMMUNITY RENTALS

FREE TALK BY DR. MARK PIRTLE BEYOND THE WALL SUNDAY, MARCH 25 AT 10:00AM THURSDAY, MARCH 29 AT 5:00PM FREE ADMISSION FREE ADMISSION

The world is made of stories. Everyone “authors” a self-story in his or her PRESENTED BY OLD PUEBLO COMMUNITY SERVICES head. That story is your perspective. Distorted stories can and do lead to stress. Stress intensifies emotions and disrupts relationships. It can even Beyond the Wall highlights one of the most critical issues in criminal make you sick. If you’re tired of the struggle and desperate for relief, come justice reform: the many prisoners returning to their communities to a free talk given by Dr. Mark Farris Pirtle—teacher, speaker, writer, and each year where they face tremendous challenges and barriers. The film filmmaker. In his 50-minute lecture, Dr. Pirtle will teach you about three follows five formerly incarcerated men who are attempting to rebuild perspectives—concrete, subtle, and meta-aware. Concrete perspectives their lives on the outside with little support from the U.S. criminal cause suffering, while more subtle and meta-aware perspectives bring relief. justice system. Through this compelling and personal account, the film Dr. Pirtle will teach you how to shift into a higher perspective. When you do, your perspective on life will instantly improve. Join Dr. Pirtle both his free vividly shows their struggles and strategies for survival beyond the talk on March 25th and, for his documentary Is Your Story Making You Sick? walls of jail and prison. on April 7th. Seating is limited.

QUEST GENERATION SILENT THURSDAY, MARCH 29 AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, MARCH 31 AT 2:00PM FREE ADMISSION FREE ADMISSION • $10 SUGGESTED DONATION

PRESENTED BY DOCSCAPES. With a post-screening Q&A PRESENTED BY HARMONY HOSPICE WITH PROCEEDS with editor and UA Alum Lindsay Utz. BENEFITING SOUTHERN ARIZONA SENIOR PRIDE. With a post-film panel discussion with Erin Russ of Filmed with vérité intimacy for nearly a decade, Quest is the moving portrait of the Rainey family living in North Philadelphia. Beginning at the dawn of the Southern Arizona Gender Alliance and Terri Waldman Obama presidency, Christopher “Quest” Rainey, and his wife, Christine’a “Ma of Copper Canyon. Quest” raise a family while nurturing a community of hip hop artists in their Gen Silent shows the disparity in the quality of paid caregiving from mainstream home music studio. It’s a safe space where all are welcome, but this creative care facilities committed to making their LGBT residents safe and happy, to places sanctuary can’t always shield them from the strife that grips their neighborhood. where LGBT elders face discrimination by staff and bullying by other seniors. As Epic in scope, Quest is a vivid illumination of race and class in America, and a we watch the challenges that these men and women face, we are offered new hope testament to love, healing and hope.(Dir. by Jonathan Olshefsky, 2017, USA, 90 as each person crosses paths with impassioned people trying to change LGBT mins., Not Rated) aging for the better. (Dir. by Stu Maddux, 2011, USA, 70 mins., NR) COMMUNITY RENTALS 26

ARCHAEOLOGY CAFÉ IS YOUR STORY MAKING YOU SICK? TUESDAY, APRIL 3 AT 6:00PM FREE ADMISSION SATURDAY, APRIL 7 AT 2:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 Please Note: We cannot accept passes for this screening. PRESENTED BY ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWEST. THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SMITH LIVING TRUST AND ARIZONA HUMANITIES SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENING!

Knowledge seekers of every kind are welcome at Archaeology Café, where experts share their latest research on Tucson’s deep and diverse history With director Frances Causey and Dr. Mark Pirtle in in a jargon-free zone. On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, historical archaeologist person for a post-screening Q&A! Homer Thiel will help café attendees become better acquainted with Spanish Colonial and Mexican Period Life in Tucson. Humans are story-telling creatures. By thinking, we all Tradition says that on August 20, 1775, Regular Spanish Army Lt. Colonel unconsciously “author” a self-story in our heads. Most Hugo O’Conor, of Irish decent, chose what is now downtown Tucson often, the characters and plot of our story are framed as the site of the historic Presidio San Agustin del Tucson. From that by negative experiences from childhood. These painful point until 1856, when the Americans took over the region following the Gadsen Purchase, Tucson was first part of the Spanish colonies, and later “stories” then determine our emotions, leading to a piece of Mexico. This history has resulted in the rich, diverse community unhealthy stress, and changes in body chemistry. This is that we Tucsonans enjoy today. Thiel is intimately familiar with Tucson’s how a person’s self-story can turn into a stress-related Spanish Colonial and Mexican Period history, and he will share highlights illness. of what has been learned about life during this time thanks to decades of archaeological research in downtown Tucson. Is Your Story Making You Sick? is a breakthrough J. Homer Thiel, M.A., is Senior Project Director and Historical documentary film featuring eight courageous people Archaeologist at Desert Archaeology, Inc. His interest in historical archaeology developed when his father plowed up an early 1900s dump from all walks of life who suffered from a variety of on the family farm in Michigan. During his career, he has analyzed over stress-related illnesses. In four, 4-day workshops over 500,000 artifacts and examined thousands of documents. Information 6-months, these people resolutely challenged their old gleaned from these sources has revealed the healthcare concerns, thinking patterns and began to view themselves and diet, ethnically linked purchasing patterns, and mortuary practices of historical residents of southern Arizona. their circumstances differently. Through a variety of leading-edge non-pharmacological healing practices Presented by Archaeology Southwest, a nonprofit organization working and meaningful and oftentimes arduous work with across the Southwest to explore and protect the places of our past, Archaeology Café is an informal forum where adults can learn more each other, they changed their perspectives, their about the Southwest’s deep history and speak directly to experts. At stories, and thus their lives. Audiences cannot watch Archaeology Café, we break down the static, jargon-laden dynamic of this film without pondering the possibility of their own traditional lectures, and have an expert share some ideas with the group in ways that get discussion going. (Food and drink make things a little transformation. (Dir. by Frances Causey, 2018, USA, 90 livelier, too.) mins., Not Rated)

We gather at The Loft Cinema (3233 E. Speedway Blvd.) around 5:30pm to visit and enjoy food and beverages. Programs begin at 6pm in Theatre 1, which boasts 370 seats! The Loft Cinema will issue free tickets on the day of the Café. You can pick up tickets from the box office anytime that day. (Limit two tickets per person.) And The Loft Cinema has plenty of free parking! 27 NEW FILMS

LADY BIRD (NOW SHOWING!) NOMINATED FOR 5 ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTOR (GRETA GERWIG).

In Lady Bird, writer/director Greta Gerwig (Francis Ha) reveals herself to be a bold new cinematic voice with her directorial debut, excavating both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home. (Dir. by Greta Gerwig, 2017, USA, 93 mins., Rated R)

THE SHAPE OF WATER (NOW SHOWING!) NOMINATED FOR 13 ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTOR (GUILLERMO DEL TORO).

From master storyteller Guillermo del Toro comes The Shape of Water, an otherworldly fairy tale set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America, circa 1962. Intertwining sci-fi, horror and gothic romance to spellbinding effect, del Toro’s singular vision is an intoxicating homage to 1950s B-movie creature features, as well as an utterly modern celebration of tolerance, love and human connection. (Dir. by Guillermo del Toro, 2017, USA, 119 mins., Rated R)

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (NOW SHOWING!) NOMINATED FOR 4 ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE AND BEST ACTOR (TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET).

Call My By Your Name, the new film by Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love), is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, adapted from Andre Aciman’s acclaimed novel by Oscar-nominated filmmaker James Ivory (Howard’s End). (Dir. by Luca Guadagnino, 2017, Italy/France/Brazil/USA, in English/Italian/French/German with English subtitles, 132 mins., Rated R)

PHANTOM THREAD (NOW SHOWING!) NOMINATED FOR 6 ACADEMY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTOR (PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON).

Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (three-time Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville, Another Year) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. (Dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017, USA, 130 mins., Rated R) NEW FILMS 28

“Powerful and instructive, with a few THE INSULT flickerings of black comedy.” – Joe STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Nominated for the As a media circus begins to Hayek), and Yasser with his wife Best Foreign Language grow around the high-profile Manal (Christine Choueiri) – as Film Academy Award! case, the already-high tensions they being to realize that their between the Muslim and skirmish has grown far beyond Christian groups in Lebanon’s a matter of pride. (Dir. by Ziad A dispute between two men – Arab community. Inside the Doueiri, 2017, Lebanon/Belgium/ one a Lebanese Christian, one courtroom, the trial begins Cyprus/France/USA, in Arabic a Palestinian refugee – on the to move past the specifics with English subtitles, 112 mins., streets of Beirut escalates into a of the case as the lawyers Rated R) national sensation as they face delve into the private lives off in court, opening old wounds and backgrounds of the two “Undeniably and traumatic memories, in this combatants: Tony (Adel Karam, exhilarating.” – A.O. gripping drama in which the Caramel), and Yasser (Kamel Scott, New York Times personal becomes political. El Basha, Best Actor winner at the 2017 Venice Film Festival). “Explosive drama. The Meanwhile, outside the Insult will become a courtroom, Tony and Yassur major talking point.” struggle with their personal - Jay Weissberg, lives and obligations – Tony Variety with his wife Shirine (Rita 29 NEW FILMS

“Grippingly humane … the rare A FANTASTIC WOMAN movie about a trans person that STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 9 feels of its time, not a half-step REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES behind.” – David Ehrlich, Indiewire

Nominated for the In A Fantastic Woman, suspecting she was involved Best Foreign Language Daniela Vega delivers a in his death. Orlando’s ex-wife Film Academy Award! powerhouse performance forbids her from attending as a transgender nightclub the funeral, and Orlando’s son FREE LOFT MEMBERS singer, Marina, in love with threatens to throw Marina Orlando (Francisco Reyes), out of the flat she shared with SCREENING a successful businessman 20 Orlando. Marina struggles for Friday, March 9 at 7:00pm. Free years her senior. He has left the right to be herself. She for Loft Cinema members and his disapproving family to be battles the very same forces open to the public at regular with her, and they are planning that she has spent a lifetime admission prices. a happy future together when fighting just to become the Members may pick up tickets for Orlando suddenly falls ill and woman she is now—a complex, themselves (1 for Teacher, Student, or Individual, 2 for Couple and above) at dies, leaving Marina stunned strong, forthright and fantastic the Box Office on the day of the Member and bereft. Instead of being woman. (Dir. by Sebastián Lelio, Screening. The Box Office is open 1/2 hour able to mourn her lover, Marina 2017, Chile/Germany/Spain/ before the first show of the day. Please see the website for showtimes. is attacked and excluded. USA, in Spanish with English Orlando’s family view her subtitles, 104 mins., Rated R) Members will be issued a return pass (valid through the following Thursday) to see this sexual identity as an aberration, film another time, if the screening is at a perversion. A woman capacity. detective investigates Marina, NEW FILMS 30

THE PARTY BEFORE WE VANISH STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 9 STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 9 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

In the wicked dark comedy The Party, the latest film from With Before We Vanish, acclaimed horror director Kiyoshi acclaimed director Sally Potter (Orlando), a celebratory Kurosawa (Pulse, Tokyo Sonata) reinvents the alien gathering of friends goes violently wrong in a very short invasion movie as a unique and profoundly human tale of space of time. love and mystery.

“A beautifully conceived and “Genre master Kiyoshi Kurosawa executed chamber comedy/drama.” spins his parable with a light, nimble – Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com touch and just the right amount of sincerity.”- A.O. Scott, New York Times

Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour) is hosting an intimate gathering of friends in her London home to celebrate her political ascension, while her husband, Three aliens travel to Earth on a reconnaissance Bill (Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner), seems preoccupied. mission in preparation for a mass invasion. Having Janet’s acerbic best friend, April (Patricia Clarkson, Cairo taken possession of human bodies, the visitors rob the Time) arrives and others follow, some with their own hosts of their essence – good, evil, property, family, dramatic news to share, but an announcement by Bill belonging – leaving only hollow shells, which are all but provokes a series of revelations that gradually unravel unrecognizable to their loved ones. Equally hilarious, the sophisticated soiree, and a night that began with thrilling and profound, Before We Vanish is a sci-fi thriller champagne may end with gunplay. Also starring Bruno unlike any other from one of Japanese cinema’s most Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer and Cillian unique auteurs. (Dir. by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2017, Japan, in Murphy. (Dir. by Sally Potter, 2017, UK, 71 mins., Not Japanese with English subtitles, Not Rated) Rated) 31 NEW FILMS

MARY AND THE WITCH’S DOUBLE LOVER FLOWER STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 23 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 16 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Crafting a deliriously twisted cinematic web of suspense, shock and eroticism, celebrated writer/director François THIS FILM WILL BE PRESENTED IN BOTH Ozon (Swimming Pool) makes a kinky return to the ENGLISH SUBTITLED AND ENGLISH DUBBED thriller genre with Double Lover - an intense exploration VERSIONS of a woman venturing into dangerous romance. From Oscar-nominated Hiromasa Yonebayashi – animator on the Studio Ghibli masterpieces Spirited Away, Howl’s “Dangerously sexy and perversely Moving Castle, and Ponyo, and director of When Marnie Was funny.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone There and The Secret World of Arrietty – comes a dazzling new adventure about a young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night. Lovely but timid Chloé (Marine Vacth, Young & Beautiful), who works as a guard at a museum in Paris, seeks to “A gentle, sweet story told shore up her resiliency and enters psychoanalysis. In Paul Meyer (Jérémie Renier, In Bruges), the sensitive patient with painterly artistry.” – Moira finds a caring psychiatrist who helps her overcome bouts MacDonald, Seattle Times with depression. Following the end of the treatment, both realize that they have fallen in love, and they move Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with in together. But Chloé soon comes to believe that Paul her Great-Aunt Charlotte and seemingly no adventures is keeping a secret, and she impulsively visits another or friends in sight. She follows a mysterious cat into the psychiatrist. Spiraling emotional and sexual stakes will nearby forest, where she discovers an old broomstick and push all three of them to extremes, forcing Chloé to the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blossoms confront her most deeply buried secrets and desires, in only once every seven years and only in that forest. Together the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above order to solve a mystery and save herself. Also starring the clouds, and far away to Endor College – a school of legendary actress Jacqueline Bisset, Double Lover is a magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the surprise-filled rollercoaster of a thriller, based on a novel brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening by Joyce Carol Oates. (Dir by Francois Ozon, 2017, France/ at the school, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her Belgium, in French with English subtitles, 107 mins., Not life to try to set things right. Based on Mary Stewart’s 1971 Rated) classic children’s book The Little Broomstick, Mary and The Witch’s Flower is an action-packed film full of jaw-dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters, and the simple, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find a place in the world. Featuring the voices of Ruby Barnhill and Oscar- winners Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent. (Dir. by Hirosama Yonebayashi, 2017, Japan, in Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English, 102 mins., Rated PG) NEW FILMS 32

IN BETWEEN (BAR BAHAR) LOVELESS STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 23 STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 30 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

In the award-winning, taboo-breaking drama In Between, 2018 Academy Award-nominee for three independent minded Palestinian women share an Best Foreign Language Film! apartment in the vibrant heart of Tel Aviv. Lalia (Mouna Hawa), a criminal lawyer with a wicked wit, loves to burn In Loveless, the new film from acclaimed Russian director off her workday stress in the underground club scene. Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan), Zhenya (Maryana Salma (Sana Jammelieh), slightly more subdued, is a DJ Spivak), a beauty salon owner, and Boris (Aleksey Rozin), and bartender. a middle-management office worker, are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and “A great film … compassionate and recriminations. intelligent … the performances are fantastic.”- Gail Tolley, Time Out “Profoundly affecting … gets under London the skin and stays there.” – Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly Nur (Shaden Kanboura) is a younger, religious Muslim girl who moves into the apartment in order to study at Already embarking on new lives, each with a new the university. Nur is both intrigued and intimidated partner, they are impatient to move on; neither wants by her two sophisticated roommates. When her custody of their overlooked and ignored 12-year-old conservative fiancé visits, he is horrified by her secular son Alexey (Matvey Novikov), who overhears their friends, entreating her to hasten their marriage, leave quarrels. Alexey disappears, but it is several days before Tel Aviv, and assume her rightful role as a wife. Salma his parents notice, when his school phones to report his and Lalia also face turmoil: Lalia has found love with absence. The police are called but admit they don’t have a modern Muslim man whose acceptance proves less time to search for Alexey, and advise his parents to hire than unconditional; and Salma, who falls for a beautiful private investigators. A heartbreaking and emotionally trainee doctor but is forced to keep their lesbian stunning portrait of modern Russian society, Loveless is relationship secret, discovers that her Christian family in an Academy Award-nominee for Best Foreign Language a northern Galilean village is not as liberal as they claim. Film, as well as the winner of the Jury Prize, Cannes These three very different women find themselves doing Film Festival and Best Film, London Film Festival. (Dir. the same balancing act between tradition and modernity, by Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2017, Russia/France/Germany/ citizenship and culture, fealty and freedom. (Dir. by Belgium, in Russian with English subtitles, 127 mins., Rated Maysaloun Hamoud, 2017, Israel/France, in Hebrew/Arabic R) with English subtitles, 103 mins., Not Rated) 33 NEW FILMS

“Uproariously funny and THE DEATH OF STALIN painfully close to the bone.” – STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 30 Lisa Mullen, Sight and Sound REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

The one-liners fly as fast Moscow, 1953: when with rapid-fire farce, this as political fortunes fall in tyrannical dictator Joseph audacious comedy is a this uproarious, wickedly Stalin drops dead, his bitingly funny takedown of irreverent satire from parasitic cronies square off bureaucratic dysfunction Armando Iannucci (Veep, In in a frantic power struggle performed to the hilt by a the Loop). to be the next Soviet leader. sparkling ensemble cast. Among the contenders (Dir. by Armando Iannucci, “Hilarious and are the dweeby Georgy 2017, UK/France, 106 mins., horrifying. A vision of Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), Rated R) totalitarian madness the wily Nikita Khrushchev as shudderingly (Steve Buscemi), and the “A delicious black pertinent as it is sadistic secret police chief comedy.” – Sara outrageous.” – Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Stewart, New York Manohla Dargis, New Russell Beale). But as they Post York Times bumble, brawl, and backstab their way to the top, just who is running the government? Combining palace intrigue NEW FILMS 34

“A formally gorgeous piece of work … contains FOXTROT some of the most striking, memorable imagery STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 13 of the year.” – Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

The reported death of an upper- officials show up at their home tell their toe from a trigger, class Israeli couple’s soldier son to announce the death of their experience boredom, privation, sparks a series of tragicomically son Jonathan while on duty. and loneliness. (Dir. by Samuel absurd events, in the bold Unable to find solace in the Moaz, 2017, Israel/Switzerland/ new film from award-winning well-meaning condolences of Germany/France, in Hebrew with filmmaker Samuel Maoz their extended family or the English subtitles, 108 mins., Not (Lebanon). empty patriotic platitudes Rated) of bureaucrats, Michael “Brilliantly constructed spirals into anger, only to “No matter what … this is filmmaking subsequently experience one of you’re expecting, on a fearless level.” life’s unfathomable twists — a Foxtrot is not the film – Jay Weissberg, twist that can only be rivaled by you expect it to be. the surreal military experiences Variety It’s better.” – Kenneth of his son. Moving from the Turan, Los Angeles grieving parents’ apartment Foxtrot focuses on upper-class to the remote military post Times Israeli couple Michael (Lior where Jonathan was stationed, Ashkenazi) and Dafna (Sarah Foxtrot shows us precisely how Adler), who experience gut- much damage can ensue when wrenching grief when army young soldiers, barely able to MONDO MO N DAYS EVERY MONDAY AT 8:00PM!

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 MONDAY, MARCH 5 MONDAY, MARCH 12 MONDAY, MARCH 19 MONDAY, MARCH 26 DEATH SPA FRANKENSTEIN’S DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN FRANKENHOOKER (Dir. by Michael Fischa, 1989, USA, DAUGHTER FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE (Dir. by Frank Henenlotter, 1990, 88 mins., Not Rated) USA, 85 mins., Rated R) (Dir. by Richard Cunha, 1958, USA, (Dir. by Al Adamson, 1971, USA, 82 MONSTER 85 mins., Not Rated) mins., Not Rated) “You’ll sweat blood!” (Dir. by Robert Gaffney, 1965, USA, “It’s a Stitch!” 79 mins., Not Rated) A hip and happening L.A. health “It reaches from the grave “Yesterday they were cold When Jersey boy Jeffrey Franken’s to re-live the horror, the and dead. Today they’re club is the hottest place to work “Warning! Beware Their fiancée is chopped to pieces by terror! More destructive! hot and bothered!” out, hook up and hang out until Stare!” the blades of a remote-controlled it’s possessed by the evil satanic More terrifying!” lawnmower, he uses his dubious What happens when the world’s spirit of the owner’s dead wife, who An American astronaut named medical knowledge to try to bring Dr. Frankenstein’s demented two greatest titans of terror slug uses the gym’s exercise equipment, Frank (who also happens to be her back to life. Never one to grandson, cleverly using the alias it out in the ultimate battle of the dumbbells and all, to murder the an android) becomes a hideous back down from a bad idea, he “Dr. Frank,” is alive and well and has-been monsters? Apparently, club’s beautiful members (who also burnt-face monster thanks to reassembles his beloved Elizabeth living in modern-day (circa 1958) not all that much, at least based happen to be dumbbells!), in an some gratuitous outer space laser- using the “borrowed” body parts of Los Angeles, where he’s up to his on the evidence presented in this unbelievably tacky orgy of neon, blasting by Martians who want to New York City’s finest prostitutes, eyeballs in bad movie antics, like notoriously awful 1971 creature spandex, jazzercise, buddy cops, invade Earth in order to kidnap and resurrects her during a heavy creating a melty-faced, teen girl feature from infamous Z-movie sex, witchcraft, rowing machine bikini-clad dancing women for lightning storm. monster in a rubber suit who goes maestro Al Adamson (Satan’s violence and wonderful WTF? the purpose of re-populating their on a killing rampage and grooves to Sadists, The Naughty Stewardesses). moments too numerous to count. dying planet, which somehow leads “A wonderfully insane flick that’s boss rock ‘n’ roll music! to an epic battle in Puerto Rico wild and crazy and genuinely “A completely bonkers horror flick “Insane and mind-boggling … funny. Do yourself a favor and that doubles as a perfect time “Just plain nutty … a great ‘50s beyond ridiculous … this is not the between the ray gun-toting Frank and a hairy space monster wearing make a date with Frankenhooker.” – capsule for the ‘80s … Death Spa schlockfest and a heck of a lot of kind of movie you get to see every Horror Freak absolutely rules.” – Oh, the Horror! fun.” – Creepy Classics day.” – Cult Reviews a rubber devil mask. Or something. CULT CLASSICS THE GREATEST CULT MOVIES OF ALL-TIME ARE BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN! ADMISSION IS ONLY $6! • LOFT MEMBERS PAY JUST $5!

FRIDAY, MARCH 2 & FRIDAY, MARCH 9 & FRIDAY, MARCH 16 & FRI, MAR 23 AT 10PM FRIDAY, MARCH 30 & SATURDAY, MARCH 3 SATURDAY, MARCH 10 SATURDAY, MARCH 17 SAT, MAR 24 AT 10PM SATURDAY, MARCH 31 AT 10:00PM AT 10:00PM AT 10:00PM SUN, MAR 25 AT 11AM AT 10:00PM BLADE II ICHI THE KILLER THE GRAND JUMANJI VALLEY GIRL (Dir. by Guillermo del Toro, THE RESTORED BUDAPEST HOTEL (Dir. by Joe Johnston, 1995, USA, 35MM PRINT! 2002, Germany/USA, in English/ 104 mins., Rated PG) DIRECTOR’S EDITION (Dir. by Wes Anderson, 2014, USA/ (Dir. by Martha Coolidge, 1983, USA, Romanian/Czech with English (Dir. by Takashi Miike, 2001, Japan, Germany/UK, 100 mins., Rated R) 99 mins., Rated R) subtitles, 117 mins., Rated R) in Japanese/Cantonese with English Re-live the adventure and see the subtitles, 129 mins., Not Rated) original 1995 Jumanji, starring Celebrated filmmaker Wes She’s cool. He’s hot. She’s from In this blood-soaked, adrenaline- Robin Williams, on the big screen! Anderson invites you to book a the Valley. He’s not. And thus pumping action/horror fun Takashi Miike’s ultra-violent cult An imaginative adventure that film Ichi the Killer has endured as room in The Grand Budapest Hotel, begins this, like, totally awesome machine sequel, Wesley Snipes combines breathtaking special one of the most influential pieces a hilariously offbeat, meticulously- ‘80s comedy of star-crossed teen returns to kick a whole lot of effects with thrills, chills and of genre filmmaking of the last two designed screwball tragi-comedy romance starring a punked-out vampire butt as ultra-cool Marvel Robin Williams’ patented brand of decades, and now it returns in an all- set in Europe between the World Nicolas Cage in his first major superhero Blade, and this time he’s comedic antics, Jumaji is a treat for new, all-stunning digital restoration Wars. movie role! doing it with the help of genre- approved by Miike himself. kids of all ages! loving filmmaker, Guillermo del “One of Wes Anderson’s cleverest “This movie is a little treasure – a Toro! “A wonderful poison apple of a “Jumanji is a thrill ride with enough and most gorgeous movies.” – funny, sexy, appealing story of a gore movie … thanks to this new plunges and turns and loop-the- Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune Valley Girl’s heartbreaking decision: “A terrific B-movie … stylish, fast- restoration, Japanese cult filmmaker loops to make it well worth a spin.” Should she stick with her boring paced and comfortable with its own Takashi Miike’s perversely funny, – Walter Addiego, San Francisco jock boyfriend, or take a chance on ridiculousness.” – Nathan Rabin, and unsparingly disgusting, genre- Chronicle a punk from Hollywood?” – Roger melting film now looks and sounds A.V. Club Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times better than it has any right to.” – Simon Abrams, RogerEbert.com

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