OPENING FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 5 W. NORTH AVE. BALTIMORE, MD 21201 (AT THE CORNER OF NORTH AVE. AND CHARLES ST.) Join us at the newly renovated Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway! We’re a state-of- the-art, 3-screen film complex anchored by the historic Parkway Theatre, first opened in 1915 and located at the corner of Charles St. & North Ave. in the heart of Station North. Come explore bold emerging voices in cinema and repertory titles drawing COLUMBUS DAREDEVILS IN THE JUNGLE from every era, region, and genre of film history—7 days a week! The Parkway is proud- Kogonada, 2017, USA, 104 mins. Stephanie Barber, 2013, USA, 85 mins. Stephanie Barber, 2017, USA, 63 mins. ly curated and operated by Maryland Film Festival (MdFF). Casey lives with her mother in a small A portrait of risk and language, this exper- In The Jungle playfully and sorrowfully Midwestern town haunted by the promise imental narrative presents a writer as she tells the tale of an unreliable narrator in a of modernism. Jin, a visitor from the other interviews an acclaimed artist and feels the self-imposed exile. Equal parts musical, per- Enjoy a rotating selection of local craft beer, wine and cocktails from our bar and side of the world, attends to his dying fa- reverberations of their discussion. Visually formance piece, and poetic lecture, In The lounge, as well as, canned beer, wine, locally sourced popcorn and an assortment of ther. Burdened by the future, they find re- spare, still, and verbose, the video consid- Jungle is a 63-minute hybridized essay film gourmet snacks from our concession stand. spite in one another and the architecture ers 4 formal handlings of language—a dia- written and directed by Stephanie Barber, that surrounds them. A quiet revelation log, 2 monologues, and a song. Stars KimSu starring Cricket Arrison and M.C. Schmidt, at Sundance 2017, Columbus stars John Theiler, Flora Coker, and Adam Robinson; with cinematography by Mathew Robert Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey, features the voices of Susan Howe & Jenny Thompson and sets designed by Smelling Michelle Forbes, and Rory Culkin. Graf. Salt Amusements. Made in Baltimore! PARKWAY THEATRE CALENDAR JULY 28th to AUGUST 31st, 2017 OPENING FRIDAY JULY 28TH

SPECIAL EVENT 8/28 - 7pm! SPECIAL EVENT, 8/30 9pm! ONE SHOW ONLY! ONE SHOW ONLY! SWEATY EYEBALLS QUADROPHENIA PRESENTED BY CELEBRATED SUMMER The popular animation series curated by Franc Roddam, 1979, UK, 120 mins., 35mm BRONX GOTHIC A LIFE IN WAVES RADIO DREAMS Baltimore-based animators and profes- Celebrated Summer Records is turning 11, and celebrating with a 35mm show of Andrew Rossi, 2017, USA, 91 mins. Brett Whitcomb, 2017, USA, 75 mins. Babak Jalali, 2016, Iran/USA, 91 mins. sors Phil Davis and Max Porter is now a Quadrophenia! The film stars Phil Daniels as Jimmy, a young 1960s London-based Bronx Gothic is a portrait of writer and A Life in Waves explores the life and Radio Dreams, winner of the Rotterdam monthly happening! Check mdfilmfest. Mod who escapes from his dead-end job as a mailroom boy by dancing, partying, taking performer Okwui Okpokwasili as she innovations of composer and electronic Tiger Award, takes us inside PARS-FM, a com for details on this month’s edition! amphetamines, riding his scooter, and brawling with the motorcycle-riding Rockers. stages a final tour for her one-woman music pioneer Suzanne Ciani. From her Farsi radio station in . Over a Loosely based on the 1973 rock opera of the same name by The Who. show, Bronx Gothic. With intimate multi-million dollar advertising ventures single day, the station’s program manager, vérité access to Okwui and her audi- to her successes in New Age music and her Hamid (played by the “Iranian ,” COMING IN SEPTEMBER ences off the stage, the film also probes beloved Buchla synthesizer, the film is a Mohsen Namjoo) prepares for a triumphant Okwui’s creative process, providing a journey into Suzanne’s mind. broadcast pairing and Kabul forum for discussion of the complex Don’t miss a special panel discus- Dreams, Afghanistan’s first rock band. social issues and personal trauma sion following the 7:30pm screen- embodied in Okwui’s work. “Jalali has constructed a true comic gem ing Tuesday, August 1, featuring elevated by a deep sense of poignancy.” - “A tour de force one-woman show… musicians Jana Hunter, Ami Toronto Star Okpokwasili is quite simply a virtuoso, Dang, and April Camlin! an exquisite singer, speaker, writer, RAT FILM LEMON THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT mover, a siren who draws us to danger.” Theo Anthony, 2016, USA, 82 mins. Janicza Bravo, 2017, USA, 83 mins. Tarik Saleh, 2017, Egypt, 106 mins. - Chicago Tribune Baltimore-made hit of the 2017 Mary- The brilliant dark comedy hit of the The Nile Hilton Incident transplants land Film Festival is back for a theatrical 2017 MdFF returns for a theatrical the dark, cynical heart of film noir to run! “It’s one of the most extraordinary, run! Starring Brett Gelman, Judy the streets of Cairo in the days lead- visionary inspirations in the recent cine- Greer, Michael Cera, and Nia Long ing up to the 2011 revolution - The ma.” - Richard Brody, The New Yorker Hollywood Reporter For info and showtimes visit www.mdfilmfest.com or call 443-438-6144 Check out www.mdfilmfest.com for info and showtimes or call 443-438-6144! OPENING FRIDAY AUGUST 4TH OPENING FRIDAY AUGUST 11TH

PERSON TO PERSON THE UNTAMED THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE THE GHOUL SOUL ON A STRING MdFF 2017’s WTF SHORTS Dustin Guy Defa, 2017, USA, 84 mins. Amat Escalante, 2016, Mexico, 100 mins. Peter Yates, 1973, USA, 102 mins., new DCP Gareth Tunley, 2016, UK, 85 mins. Yang Zhang, 2016, China, 142 mins. Various directors, 2016-2017, 101 minutes Person to Person rolls out one fascinating In the nearby woods, inside an isolated Happy 100th Birthday, Robert Mitchum! From executive producer Ben Wheatley After discovering a sacred stone in the Maryland Film Festival launched its signature Kill List, Free Fire character after another, offering up an cabin, dwells something not of this world. The iconic actor was born August 6, 1917, ( ) comes a mind-bend- mouth of a deer, Taibei, a solitary Tibetan “WTF Shorts” program in 2007. A decade engrossing, low-key, slice-of-life ensemble Something whose force people cannot re- and to celebrate that centennial, Paramount ing British psychological thriller about cowboy, embarks on a mission: to return it later, we’re proud to offer our latest edition of comedy featuring Michael Cera, Abbi Ja- sist and with whom they must make peace has teamed with specialty movie theaters a homicide detective called to London to a holy site in the mountains. Pursued by these unclassifiable, decidedly NSFW shorts a cobson, Philip Baker Hall, and many more. or suffer its wrath. From Mexico comes around the country to exhibit a new DCP of to investigate a strange double murder. black market traders who seek the price- theatrical run at the Parkway! Come enjoy, and/ While wholly its own cinematic endeavor, this phantasmagoric collision of family one of the gems in his filmography, 1973’s Reminiscent of such classics of the genre less artifact for themselves, as well as two or drop your jaw at, some of the most deranged Person to Person should make fans of ’70s drama, psychological thriller, and body The Friends of Eddie Coyle. This gritty Boston as Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell’s vengeance-seeking brothers, Taibei’s jour- short films being made today. Performance Lost Highway Altman and Ashby feel a warmth in their horror worthy of comparison to Andrzej underworld story co-stars Peter Boyle. , David Lynch’s ney will be a long and difficult one - even cinephile souls. Żuławski’s Possession! and Christopher Nolan’s Following. before it is thrown off course by strange, SPECIAL SCREENINGS 8/5 & mystical events.. 8/6! 2 DAYS ONLY! Check mdfilmfest.com for showtimes!

WEEK OF FRIDAY AUGUST 4TH - 10TH

SPECIAL EVENT 8/8 - 7:30pm! SPECIAL EVENT 8/9 - 9pm! FREE SCREENING, 8/10 - 7:30pm! FREE SCREENING, 8/17 - 7:30pm! OPENING FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th FREE SCREENING, 8/24 7:30pm! ONE SHOW ONLY! ONE SHOW ONLY! ONE SHOW ONLY! ONE SHOW ONLY! ONE WEEK ONLY! ONE SHOW ONLY! SIGHT UNSEEN PRESENTS GUNKY’S BASEMENT PRESENTS BLACK PANTHERS: COME BACK, AFRICA MAMA AFRICA KILLER OF SHEEP SEEING SOUND: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION , 1959, /USA, Mika Kaurismäki, 2011, Germany/South Charles Burnett, 1977, USA, 80 mins. MARY ELLEN BUTE RETROSPECTIVE 86 mins. Africa/Finland, 90 mins. Killer of Sheep examines Watts in the mid- Frank Oz, 1986, USA, 94 mins., 35mm Stanley Nelson, 2015, USA, 113 minutes In an effort to expose “what people try to Mama Africa introduces to a new generation 1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive Mary Ellen Bute, 80 mins., 16mm & digital Gunky’s Basement presents Frank Oz’s The first feature-length documentary to ex- avoid seeing,” director Lionel Rogosin se- of Americans the world-famous South Afri- dreamer who is growing detached and A pioneer of visual music and electronic rock musical, Little Shop of Horrors on plore the , its significance cretly filmed Come Back, Africa, revealing can singer Miriam Makeba and her legacy. numb from the psychic toll of working at a art, Mary Ellen Bute produced over a 35mm! Gunky’s is an ongoing film series to the broader American culture, its cultural the cruelty and injustice with which black Through rare archive footage of her per- slaughterhouse. This beautiful film offers dozen short abstract animations from founded in 2010 and curated and hosted by and political awakening for black people, and South Africans were treated under Apart- formances and through testimonies of her no solutions; it merely presents life—some- the 1930s to the 1950s. Set to classical longtime friends and collaborators musi- the painful lessons wrought when a move- heid. The film also made an international contemporaries and supporters including times hauntingly bleak, sometimes filled music by the likes of Bach, Saint-Saens, cian Dan Deacon and video artist Jimmy ment derails. Master documentarian Stanley star of Miriam Makeba. , , Hugh with transcendent joy and gentle humor. or Shostakovich, and filled with color- Joe Roche, in conjunction with MdFF’s Nelson (, Tell Them We Are “A heroic film.”—Martin Scorsese. Masekela, , and , One of the first fifty titles to be included on ful forms, elegant design and sprightly, director of programming Eric Hatch. Rising) goes straight to the source, weaving FREE ADMISSION! we discover Makeba’s remarkable journey. the National Film Registry, Killer of Sheep dance-like-rhythms, Bute’s filmmaking a treasure trove of rare archival footage with Check mdfilmfest.com for showtimes! is a landmark of independent film. is at once formally rigorous and energeti- the voices of the people who were there. FREE ADMISSION! cally high-spirited, like a marriage of high FREE ADMISSION! modernism and Merrie Melodies. For info and showtimes visit www.mdfilmfest.com or call 443-438-6144 For info and showtimes visit www.mdfilmfest.com or call 443-438-6144