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THE FILMS OF , ALL THROUGH SEPTEMBER! THE ALL-NITE SCREAM-O-RAMA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH! 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. SEPTEMBER 2018

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 4-32 SOLAR CINEMA 4, 16, 20 BEER OF THE MONTH: LOFT MEMBERSHIPS 5-6 ALL DAY IPA NT LIVE 7 FOUNDERS BREWING COMPANY LOFT JR. 9 ONLY $3.50 ALL THROUGH SEPTEMBER! LOFT STAFF SELECTS 14 ESSENTIAL CINEMA 15 NEW AT THE LOFT CINEMA! SCIENCE ON SCREEN 25 The Loft Cinema now offers Closed Captions and Audio SCREAM-O-RAMA 27-28 Descriptions for films whenever they are available. Check our COMMUNITY RENTALS 32-33 website to see which films offer this technology. NEW FILMS 35-44 REEL READS SELECTION 40 FILM GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE AT: MONDO MONDAYS 45 • aLoft Hotel • First American Title • Rogue Theatre • Antigone Books • Fresco Pizza • Santa Barbara Ice Cream CULT CLASSICS 46 • Aqua Vita • Fronimos • Shot in the Dark Café • AZ Title Security • Heroes & Villains • Southern AZ AIDS THE LOFT CINEMA • Bentley’s • Hotel Congress Foundation • SW U of Visual Arts 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. • Black Crown Coffee • How Sweet Was • Ted’s Country Store Tucson, AZ 85716 • Bookmans • Humanities Seminars • Bookstop • Imagine Barber Shop • Time Market SHOWTIMES: 520-795-7777 • Brooklyn Pizza • Jewish Community Ctr • Tooley’s • Tucson Museum of Art THEATRE INFO: 520-795-0844 • Buffalo Exchange • KXCI • Tucson Racquet & Fitness LOFT OFFICE: 520-322-5638 • Café Marcel • Maynard’s Market • Café Passe • Metro Tucson Libraries • Tucson Visitor’s Bureau EMAIL: [email protected] • Caffe Luce • No Anchovies • UA Media Arts WEB: loftcinema.org • Casa Video • OLLI • Varsity Club Hotel • Chocolate Iguana • Parks and Recreation • Vila Thai • Clues Unlimited • Pima Community College • Whole Foods FREE MEMBERS SCREENING • Coyote Wore Sideburns • R-Galaxy • Xoom Juice • D&D Pinball • Raging Sage • Zia Records WE THE ANIMALS • Epic Café • Revolutionary Grounds (SEE PAGE 42) • Espresso Art • Rincon Market FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT 7:00PM • Fantasy Comics • Rocco’s Little Chicago

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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

Blaine Austin Pedro Robles-Hill Assistant Manager Assistant Manager Ray Borboa Brenda Rodriguez Assistant Manager Assistant Manager & Zach Breneman Volunteer Coordinator Deputy Director A.J. Simon Charley Brown Assistant Manager Facilities Coordinator Jeff Yanc David Correa Program Director Inventory Specialist PROJECTIONISTS Shawna DaCosta Haley McFeely (Lead) Director of Education & Engagement Candace Ripley (Lead) Jason Denholm Clarice Bales Director of Theatre Reed Chandler Operations Thomas Kidder J.J. Giddings Marketing Director FLOOR STAFF Becky Hall Laura Bargfeld Assistant Manager Parisa Eshrati Amber Kleefeld Ezra Heightchew-Howard Director of Membership and Marcel Jeanisse Donor Services Sara Luu Jonathan Kleefeld Elizabeth Raskob Finance Director Alexis Ruiz Ben Mackey America Valencia Marketing Associate Emily Quinn Matt McCoy Ana Quiñones Deputy Marketing Director Gilbert Rataezyk Daniela Ontiveros Dom Villarrubia Administrative Assistant & Outreach Coordinator Sunny Jo Wheaton

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 Lisanne Skyler Secretary Joanne Stuhr Betsy Bolding Joe Tarver Jaime Gutiérrez Frank Valenzuela Dianne Iauco Jan Mueller, Emeritus Mary Koss Dear Friends of The Loft Cinema, It’s September – time for The Loft Cinema’s fall Membership Drive! Support your nonprofit Loft Cinema by becoming a member in September and receive extra passes as a bonus (see details on pages 5-6).

September is also the month when we are busy curating films and guests for the ninth annual Loft Film Fest! We are excited to have Desert Diamond Casinos and Entertainment as our title sponsor again this year, and that the fest is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. I think the 2018 Loft Film Fest will be amazing… the film slate is shaping up to be our strongest yet. Loft Film Fest passes go on sale September 1st; please keep an eye out for announcements throughout September!

You will also notice activity in our parking lot as we install solar panels to power the main building and the marquee! We’re excited to take this next step in our efforts to make The Loft Cinema sustainable and environmentally responsible!

Meanwhile, The Loft Solar Cinema is on the road, taking films on a tour of Southern Arizona (see pages 16-20 for details).

Enjoy the incredible films and events at The Loft Cinema in September! As always, there’s a lot to see and do!!

Peggy Johnson, Executive Director SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 4

MOANA SING-A-LONG! RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 AT 2:00PM ROCKED THE WORLD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 AT 2:00PM FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING IN DRAGOON, AZ! MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 AT 2:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 AT 7:30PM LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $10 FREE ADMISSION PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING PART OF LOFT FILM FEST ON THE ROAD A community-building program that takes unexpected films for free Dive into a world of music and adventure, and see “How screenings in underserved and unserved rural areas, providing a unique Far You’ll Go,” as The Loft Cinema presents a very special cultural experience. The movies will travel across Southern Arizona in interactive sing-a-long screening of the fun-tastic Disney The Loft Solar Cinema, a cargo van outfitted with solar panels (donated classic, Moana! by Technicians for Sustainability) to power a 20-foot inflatable screen and state-of-the-art mobile projection system.

“An absolute delight, a lush, exuberant This screening will take place outdoors in Dragoon, quest fable full of big musical numbers AZ, at the Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Rd, and featuring perhaps the most Dragoon, AZ. Please bring your own seating. stunning visuals of any Disney film to 4:00pm-8:30pm: Buy dinner from the Wicked Burgers food truck date.” – Christopher Orr, The Atlantic 4:00pm-5:30pm: Free museum admission 5:30pm: Musical performance by The Ohitika Souls Join adventurous teenager Moana Waialiki (voiced by Auli’i 6:00pm: Presentation by Angelo Joaquin Jr. (Tohono O’odham) Cravalho) as she sails out on a daring, action-packed mission to save her people, with a little help from the once-mighty demi- The rocking documentary Rumble at long last reveals the untold story of a profound, essential, and, until now, missing chapter in the history god (and “just an ordinary demi-guy”) Maui (Dwayne Johnson), of rock n’ roll: the Indigenous influence. Investigating the influential who guides her on her quest to become a master wayfinder careers of such performers as “Queen of Swing” Mildred Bailey, Delta and discover her own identity. All your favorite Moana songs, bluesman Charley Patton, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Redbone, like “How Far I’ll Go,’ “You’re Welcome” and “Shiny” (written Robbie Robertson, and Link Wray, whose iconic counter-culture by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina and Tokelauan singer/ anthem from 1958 lends the film its title – and, for what it’s worth, songwriter Opetaia Foa’i) will be subtitled so you can sing-a- is still the only instrumental song to ever be banned from the radio long and be a part of all the magic! Everyone will also receive –Rumble shows how these talented Native musicians helped shape their very own Moana Goodie Bag, filled with fun props and the soundtracks of our lives. (Dir. by Catherine Bainbridge & Alfonso Maiorana, 2017, Canada, 103 mins., Not Rated) surprises to use throughout the movie! And don’t forget to dress up in your best Moana costume so you can join our pre- This screening was made possible by a grant from the show Costume Parade on The Loft stage! We’ll all be partying National Endowment for the Arts with support from here “where the sky meets the sea,” so don’t miss out on all the Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment fun at the Moana Sing-A-Long! (Dir. by Ron Clements and John Musker, 2016, USA, 107 mins., Rated PG)

The BECOME A MEMBER! SIGN Loft UP ONLINE AT LOFTCINEMA.ORG OR CinemaBY CALLING 520-795-0844 Our members provide valuable support to The Loft Cinema! All proceeds from our membership program help bring you great films and fantastic special events!

• 4 FREE tickets annually for individuals (8 for couples & above) in Sept. • Free Member Screening every month • Free organic popcorn with every visit • Member price of $6.00 for all regularly scheduled films • Discounted admission to special events, including Loft Film Fest • FREE Loft Cinema sticker • FREE enrollment in the Art House Visiting Members program • Exclusive opportunities to buy advance tickets to select films & events • Weekly email updates & monthly film guide

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 OR MILITARY (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.

SUPERSTARS $525 All above benefits for two, plus a Loft Cinema t-shirt or tote bag, and recognition on slides before screenings.

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 FREE admission to all films at The Loft Cinema, invitations to EXCLUSIVE SALONS, and an invitation to the Secret Awards Party.

AUTEUR CIRCLE $3,000 INDIVIDUAL; $5,000 COUPLE All above benefits plus RESERVED SEATS (with 24 hour notice), 2 drinks (including wine and beer) 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 at: loftcinema.org/membership 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. 7 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

MACBETH 93QUEEN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 AT 11:00AM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 AT 7:30PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 • LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING Featuring a post-film Q&A with Hadassah Strauss Ellis, who is featured NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE SERIES in the film. Experience the best of British theatre on the big screen, captured live and presented in beautiful high definition! Thanks to our community partners, “A post-apocalyptic Macbeth that goes Hadassah Southern Arizona! full-metal Mad Max.” – Variety

Shakespeare’s most intense and terrifying tragedy explores the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Macbeth is set in the ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war, in a ravaged world where everyone is ruthlessly fighting to survive. Here we meet the Macbeths, a couple propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. Directed by the National Theatre’s Artistic Director Rufus Norris (The Threepenny Opera, London Road), this stylish, brutal and visually stunning production features theatre legends Rory Kinnear (Othello) and Anne-Marie Duff (Suffragette) as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. (Running time: 160 mins, which includes intermission / Not Rated, contains violence) “An enormously entertaining portrait … eye-opening and stereotype- shattering.” – Mary Ann Johanson, Flick Filosopher

Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, 93Queen follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing PRESENTED BY: the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all- female volunteer ambulance corps in . With unprecedented and insider access, 93Queen offers a unique portrayal of a group of religious women who are taking matters into their own hands to change their own community from within. (Dir. by Paula Eiselt, 2018, USA, in English/Yiddish/ Hebrew with English subtitles, 85 mins., Not Rated) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 8

3100: RUN AND BECOME FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 AT 7:00PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 AT 9:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5

Featuring a post-film Q&A with Anthony $200 MONTHLY GRAND PRIZE! Franciso, Craig Curley, Len Necefer, $1,000 YEARLY GRAND PRIZE! PhD, Lydia Jennings, Moira Hough and moderator Tim Bentley! There will also On the first Friday of each month comedians Bridgitte Thum and Mike Sterner host our monthly contest – just be a raffle for a chance to win great bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest running-related prizes! movie screen in Southern Arizona!

Special thanks to our community In case you’ve never been to a First Friday Shorts show, here are the rules: We’ll play any short film, music video or partners Southern Arizona Roadrunners, short documentary that you’ve made that’s under 15 minutes The Running Shop, NativesOutdoors, long and is brought to us on a DVD, thumb drive or BLU-ray Run Tucson, Tucson Trail Runners, Road (one film per person, and DVDs must be playable on a regular Runners Club of America. DVD player and films on drives need to be in by 8pm. We do not accept commercials or advertisements). Submissions are What if the simple act of running could lead to profound only taken on the day of the event, and all entries MUST BE enlightenment? Join an unassuming Finnish paperboy as he RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE ACTUAL SHOW attempts to complete the Self-Transcendence 3100 Miler. In (we cannot accept films after the show has begun, or during this, the world’s longest race, our hero must run at least 60 intermission). All films are played in the order they’re received. miles per day for 52 days. His route is a half-mile sidewalk loop Every film is guaranteed to play for 3 minutes, but after in New York City. that the audience can call for the dreaded “gong” if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck, our intrepid host stops the “A sweeping examination of running’s film and the next movie begins. But don’t despair … if your film is gonged, you can re-work it and bring it back to see if the spiritual nature.” – Men’s Health changes you’ve made have pleased the audience. This is a great way for filmmakers to try out new ideas and see how an actual Our paperboy’s quest takes viewers not only into the heart audience responds, so take advantage. You cannot submit of this astonishing event but also around the world. We the same film more than once unless it has been re-worked. discover the ancient cultures that have held running sacred Remember, the audience decides the winner each and every for millennia: tribes in the Kalahari Desert, in the mountain month, so keep them happy! Filmmaker must be in attendance temples of Japan and in the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. to win the cash prize. We glimpse the lives of these amazing ultra-runners through an incredible film and foot journey that spans the globe. Join PLEASE NOTE: We only take the first 15 films that are brought in us where sports and spirituality intersect. You will never see a each month and the spots have been filling up really fast. We start pair of running shoes the same way again! (Dir. by Sanjay Rawal, taking submissions as soon as we open the day of the show so get your films in early! 2018, USA, 79 mins., Not Rated)

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. 9 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 AT 10:00AM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 AT 10:00PM FREE ADMISSION GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! A free monthly series showcasing great new and classic family- The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen! friendly films from around the world! Pre-show activities hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at 9:15am. Celebrate Day weekend (the first episode of Star Trek premiered on Sept. 8, 1966) with Cult Classics screenings *Please note: this animated film contains brief of one of the USS Enterprise crew’s greatest big screen glimpses of non-sexual nudity* adventures – a film so epic, it’s guaranteed to make you scream KHAAAAAANN! “An ingenious, comical and beautifully original animated adventure.” – Liam “The Wrath of Khan isn’t just great ‘for Lacey, Globe and Mail a Star Trek movie,’ it’s one of the best sci-fi adventure films of the post-Star This fanciful, award-winning animated feature from French Wars era.” – Tim Brayton, Agony & writer/director Michel Ocelot (Azur and Asmar: The ’s Ecstasy Quest) is based on a popular folk tale from West Africa. Kirikou (voiced by Theo Sebeko) informs his mother from the womb “Revenge is a dish best served cold. And it’s very cold …. in that it’s time for him to be born, but when she’s too slow, he SPAAACCCE!” So says Khan, one of the screen’s greatest super simply does the work himself. After learning that his parents’ villains, in the sci-fi classic often regarded as the best of the village is being threatened by a sorceress with a taste for human long-running Star Trek film series. In Star Trek II: The Wrath of flesh, Kirikou leaps into action to save the day, encountering Khan, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) escapes the tedium of a friends and foes along the way, including a monster who can desk job to join Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Dr. Leonard drain waterfalls and lakes with his enormous thirst and a “Bones” McCoy (DeForest Kelley) on what could well be his wise man living on a magic mountain. A charming and unique very last space mission. While boldly going where no man etc. adventure filled with wondrous sights and sounds, Kirikou etc., Kirk crosses paths with his old arch-enemy, the vengeful and the Sorceress also features an original score by acclaimed intergalactic exile Khan (Ricardo Montalban, reprising his role Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour. (Dir. by Michele Ocelot, from the original ‘60s TV series), who, after decades of burning 1998, France, in English, 72 mins., Not Rated / suitable for all ages, hatred, has armed himself with the secrets of life, some very includes brief nudity) unconventional alien weaponry, and a burning desire to wipe out the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Soon, our bare-chested bad guy, leading a crew of near-savage space prisoners, has laid a deadly trap for his enemy Kirk, and set in motion a diabolical plan for universal Armageddon! Featuring thrilling PRESENTED BY action, dramatic fireworks and a scenery-chewing acting battle between Shatner and Montablan that threatens to tear open a giant hole in the universe, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is an epically entertaining space opera (with ear-burrowing space worms!) that really satisfies. (Dir. by Nicholas Meyer, 1982, USA, 113 mins., Rated PG) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 10

THE BLUES BROTHERS DARK MONEY ARETHA FRANKLIN TRIBUTE! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 AT 2:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 • LOFT MEMBERS: $6 Told through the lives of real people, the political thriller Celebrate The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, at a special Dark Money examines one of the greatest present threats to screening of the hilarious 1980 musical comedy, The Blues American democracy: the influence of a flood of untraceable Brothers, and get into a soulful groove with a collection of corporate money on our elections and elected officials. vintage Aretha music videos before the movie! PLUS, enter our free raffle to win a fabulous Aretha prize! “As heartening a political story as you are going to get these days.”- Kenneth “The film retains a huge nostalgic kick, Turan, Times thanks in large part to Aykroyd and Belushi’s easy rapport, a smattering of daft, shaggy humor and some truly iconic musical sequences.” – Tom Huddlestone, Time Out

John Landis (¡Three Amigos!) directs and in this musical comedy cult classic, the story of two brothers who accept a deranged “mission from God” aided only by their beloved Bluesmobile and a bevy of music superstars including Ray Charles, James Brown, John Lee Hooker, Cab Calloway, and The Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin! In their hilariously misguided attempt to save the St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud orphanage, Jake and Elwood Blues decide to get their band back together and put on one last gig to raise the $5,000 they need. Little do they know that a mysterious The film takes viewers to Montana, frontline in the fight bazooka wielding woman, a country- band called the to preserve fair elections nationwide (having passed laws a Good Ol’ Boys, SWAT teams, the entire police department, century ago in reaction to corrupt money from copper mines firefighters, the Illinois National Guardsmen, the Military swamping the state legislature), to follow intrepid local Police, and the Illinois chapter of the neo-Nazis are all out journalist John S. Adams, persistently working to expose the to get in their way. Featuring massive automotive mayhem, sinister real-life impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 hot musical performances, and a gallery of crazed cameos Citizens United decision. Through this gripping story, Dark ( Fisher! Steven Spielberg! John Candy! Paul Reubens! Money uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American Twiggy!), is a one-of-a-kind comedy of epic elections are being bought and sold. It’s a stirring David vs. proportions. (Dir. by John Landis, 1980, USA, 133 mins., Rated Goliath story serving as a blueprint and call to action for what R) could be done nationwide. Winner of the Sundance Institute/ Amazon Studios Producer Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Dir. by Kimberly Reed, 2018, USA, 99 mins., Not Rated)

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10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU THE SING-A-LONG! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen! You’re the one that we want at The Grease Sing-A-Long! Welcome back to Rydell High for this electrifyin’ sing-a-long sock hop, This classic teen comedy that launched the careers of Heath featuring free Grease Goodie Bags, a Rockin’ Rydell Costume Ledger and Julia Stiles offers up a million things to love while Contest and a few boss surprises! It’s guaranteed to have your putting a ‘90s spin on the work of William Shakespeare. New singing, “Rama lama lama lama, ka dinga da dinga dong!” kid in school Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is smitten with the beautiful Bianca (Larisa Oleynik). “Grease is every bit the great songfest it’s hailed as, with some of the most energetic musical “This goes straight to the top of the numbers ever to grace the inside of a movie theatre.” – Caroline Westbrook, Empire class! O, can there be such a thing as too keen a guilty pleasure? No, there Calling all T-Birds and Pink Ladies! You’ll rule the school as cannot.” – John Patterson, LA Weekly we celebrate everyone’s favorite rock-n-roll movie musical at The Grease Sing-A-Long! We know that for all of you who’ve The problem is that Bianca isn’t allowed to date unless her surly remained hopelessly devoted to Danny, Sandy, Rizzo, Kenickie older sister Kat (Stiles) does. Cameron’s only hope is to enlist and the whole Rydell High gang, Grease is still, and will always the help of Patrick (Ledger), the school troublemaker with a be, the word, so get ready to party like a beauty school dropout reputation as nasty as Kat’s. But the self-assured Kat’s already at this rockin’ sing-a-long extravaganza! Your chills will be got a lot on her plate, including an over-protective father, multiplyin’ and the mood electrifyin’ as we screen a specially- trying to get into a good college, and dealing with classmates subtitled Sing-A-Long version of Grease that will help you belt who don’t really understand her. Will Patrick and Kat find true out such hit tunes as “You’re the One That I Want,” “Greased love, or will she find more than 10 things she hates about him? Lightning,” “We Go Together,” “Summer Loving,” and many Inspired by Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, and featuring a more at this fun-filled screening of the 1970s movie about the gallery of colorful supporting characters (including 2018 Oscar- 1950s that’s still going strong in 2018! We guarantee you’ll be winner Allison Janney as a crazed guidance counselor), 10 shouting “tell me more, tell me more!” But wait, there IS more! Things I Hate About You is a quirky and inventive comedy that Come dressed to impress (make sure your bangs are curled and uses The Bard’s classic “battle of the sexes” play as a jumping- your lashes twirled) for our Rockin’ Rydell Costume Contest. off point to playfully satirize a society that doesn’t seem to Grease -y prizes will be awarded for the best Grease-inspired know what to do with a strong woman. (Dir. by Gil Junger, 1999, look (and if you can do a couple rounds of the “hand jive,” all USA, 97 mins., Rated PG-13) the better), and whether you’re naughty or nice, spandex-suited or cardigan-clad, you’ll ALWAYS be the one that we want … whoo hoo hoo, honey. You’ll also receive a Grease Goodie Bag filled with props and fun surprises to use throughout the movie to help you get your Grease on! And don’t worry if you sing off key … there are worse things you could do. Like miss this only- at-The Loft Grease Sing-A-Long extravaganza!” (Dir. by Randal Kleiser, 1978, USA, 110 mins., rated PG) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 14

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW RETURN TO OZ (35MM PRINT!) CAST REUNION SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 AT MIDNIGHT GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 Please Note: No one under 17 admitted without Parent or Guardian.. PART OF LOFT STAFF SELECTS! A monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen by our Pull up your fishnets and get ready to become a creature of amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s Loft Staff Selects film the night at the strangest, sexiest “science fiction double was chosen by Thomas Kidder, Projectionist! feature” of all-time, a Loft Cinema tradition for 40 years and counting! We’re celebrating over 40 years of live “shadow cast” Legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch performances of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at The Loft (, The Godfather Part II) directs this imaginative Cinema by bringing back cast members who have performed and delightfully bizarre sequel to the 1939 Hollywood classic, along to the film as far back as 1979! It’s a mixed spectacle of The Wizard of Oz, spinning a tale of the dark aftermath of current Heavy Petting cast members and Loft Cinema Alumni Dorothy’s journey to the magical land. cast members from decades past, with over 40 actors engaging in an organized game of “Tag Team Rocky Horror”. What “The creepiest Disney film ever to grace happens when worlds collide? (Dir. by Jim Sharman, 1975, UK/ USA, 98 mins., Rated R) the screen … it remains a rich and vivid treasure.” – Charlotte Richardson Andrews, Guardian

Arriving back home, young Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) is deemed insane and her memories of Oz are dismissed as delusions. After escaping from a mental hospital, Dorothy returns to Oz, only to find that it’s now a dramatically changed place, and that all her old friends are missing, turned to stone, or worse. Menacing Wheelers swivel around a broke-down Emerald City, vain witch Mombi (Jean Marsh) adores her walk-in chamber of human heads, and the nefarious Nome King (Nicol Williamson) has spread terror throughout the land. With the help of her pet talking chicken and new friends Tik-Tok and Jack Pumpkinhead, Dorothy sets out to once again save Oz from seemingly unstoppable villains, rescue Princess Ozma and restore the Emerald City to its former glory. Hailed by fans as the most faithful film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s vision (loosely based on the author’s second and third Oz novels), this creepy cult classic features an incredible array of masterful, handmade (and Oscar-nominated) special effects, incorporating stop-motion, puppetry, robotics, and quite possibly a touch of actual wizardry! (Dir. by Walter Murch, 1985, USA, 113 mins., Rated PG) 15 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

SMITHEREENS AN AMERICAN IN PARIS THE BROADWAY MUSICAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 AT 7:30PM FREE ADMISSION • $5 SUGGESTED DONATION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 • LOFT MEMBERS: $10 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 seen - with an audience, on the big screen! This breathtakingly beautiful, Tony-Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the Oscar-winning 1951 MGM film Filmmaker Susan Seidelman established her distinctive vision starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, tells the impassioned of New York City with this crackling debut feature, the lo- story of discovering love in the City of Light. fi original for her vibrant portraits of women reinventing themselves. After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren (Susan Berman)—a spark plug in torn fishnets and “This spectacularly ravishing show has a plastic houndstooth miniskirt—moves to the city with the rhythm, romance and razzle-dazzle!” – mission of becoming famous (“I just wanna be in a swimming Mail on Sunday pool, eating tacos and signing autographs …that’s all.”).

“Ragged, funny and eccentric … gives us a punk screen heroine with wit, style and nerve.” – Janet Maslin, New York Times

When not pasting up self-promotional flyers or hanging at the Peppermint Lounge, she’s getting involved with Paul (Brad Rinn), the nicest guy to ever live in a van next to the highway, and Eric (Richard Hell, lead singer of iconic punk band, The Voidoids), an aloof rocker. Shot on 16 mm film that captures the grit and glam of downtown NYC in the 1980s, with an alternately moody and frenetic punk soundtrack by the Feelies and others, Smithereens—the first American independent film to compete for the Palme d’Or at Cannes—is a gloriously Featuring the gorgeous music and lyrics of George and Ira funky, unfaded snapshot of a bygone era, as well as a thrilling Gershwin (including such classic hits as “I Got Rhythm” low-budget calling card for director Seidelman, who hit the and “S’Wonderful”), stunning designs, and show-stopping Hollywood big time with her very next feature, Desperately choreography, An American in Paris is coming from London’s Seeking Susan, starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. (Dir. West End to cinemas around the world. An American GI’s by Susan Seidelman, 1982, USA, 93 mins., Rated R) chance encounter with a beautiful young dancer leads Paris to become the backdrop for a sensuous, modern romance of art, friendship and love in the aftermath of war… (Running time: 160 mins., Not Rated) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 16

3:10 TO YUMA (1957) JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING AT AT EMPIRE RANCH! FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING IN BISBEE, AZ!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 AT 7:00PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 AT 7:00PM FREE ADMISSION FREE ADMISSION

This screening will take place outdoors at Empire PART OF LOFT FILM FEST ON THE ROAD Ranch, E Empire Ranch Road, Sonoita, AZ 86322. A community-building program that takes unexpected films for Please bring your own seating. free screenings in underserved and unserved rural areas, providing a unique cultural experience. The movies will travel across Southern See the classic 1957 western, 3:10 to Yuma, Arizona in The Loft Solar Cinema, a cargo van outfitted with solar screened outdoors at the historic Empire Ranch, panels (donated by Technicians for Sustainability) to power a where much of the film was shot (in addition to 20-foot inflatable screen and state-of-the-art mobile projection other Arizona locations)! system. This screening will take place outdoors at Central The Loft Cinema’s SHOT ON LOCATION series celebrates the School Project, 43 Howell Ave., Bisbee, AZ, 85603. richly diverse history of filmmaking in Arizona by hosting Please bring your own seating. outdoor screenings of classic and cult films in the communities where they were made, at locations all throughout the state. By Janis Joplin is one of the most revered and iconic rock & roll offering audiences the unique opportunity to gather together singers of all time, a tragic and misunderstood figure who thrilled in a fun and festive atmosphere to watch a beloved film millions of listeners and blazed new creative trails before her “under the stars” in the area where it was actually shot, these death in 1970 at age 27. This in depth examination presents an screenings showcase Hollywood’s longtime love affair with the intimate and insightful portrait of a complicated, driven, and Grand Canyon State, and bring Arizona’s past to life through often beleaguered artist. Joplin’s own words tell much of the film’s the magic of the movies! story through a series of letters she wrote to her parents over the years, many of them made public here for the first time. Joplin In this beautifully shot, psychologically complex western, Van was a powerhouse when she sang, and her recordings have never Heflin is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the left the radio or the hearts of rock fans worldwide. Acclaimed task of shepherding a dangerous captured outlaw (played with filmmaker Amy J. Berg’s documentary Janis: Little Girl Blue offers against-type villainy by a cucumber-cool Glenn Ford) to the new understanding of a bright, complex woman whose surprising train that will deliver him to prison. This apparently simple rise and sudden demise changed music forever. (Dir. by Amy J. Berg, mission turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game as the 2015, USA, 105 mins., Not Rated) two men engage in a riveting war of wills while Ford’s gang This screening was made possible by a grant from attempts to break him free, testing each man’s particular brand the National Endowment for the Arts with support of honor. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard, and remade in from Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment 2007, the original 3:10 to Yuma is a thrilling, humane action movie, directed by the supremely talented studio filmmaker (Dark Passage, The Hanging Tree) with intense feeling and precision. (Dir. by Delmer Daves, 1957, USA, 92 mins., Not Rated)

Thanks to our community partner Empire Ranch Foundation

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JOHN CARPENTER’S THE THING LOST FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 11:00AM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 Celebrate the work of filmmaker and composer Jessica PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! Grace Wing at a special 10th anniversary screening of her The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen! acclaimed stage musical/pop opera, Lost, captured live by Arizona Onstage Productions! This screening will also feature a Horror legend took the 1951 sci-fi classic The collection of short films by Jessica Grace Wing! This event will Thing From Another World and turned it into something darker, be hosted by Jessica’s mother, Dr. Jennifer Schneider. Proceeds fiercer and altogether more disturbing, pitting sombrero- benefit The Loft Cinema. wearing helicopter pilot Kurt Russell and a crew of isolated Arctic scientists (Wilford Brimley, Donald Moffat, Richard The award-wining Lost is a haunting and charming retelling Dysart, etc.) against a ravenous, shape-shifting, host-hopping of the children’s tale, Hansel and Gretel, featuring a score by alien being intent on conquering the world, one victim at a Jessica Grace Wing that The New Yorker Magazine called “precise time. and sparking.” Lost was first performed onstage to sold-out houses at the New York International Fringe Festival in August, 2003, just weeks after Jessica died of colon cancer at the age of “The Thing is a peerless masterpiece 32. The innovative and unique musical won the prize for Best of relentless suspense, retina-wrecking Music and Lyrics at that year’s Fringe Festival, and was later visual excess and outright, nihilistic staged in Tucson by Arizona Onstage Productions. terror.” – Adam Smith, Empire Jessica Grace Wing grew up in Tucson, where she attended From the haunting opening shots of a lone sled dog fleeing Utterback Middle School and University High. She graduated across the snow, to the apocalyptic, fire-and-ice ending, the film from Stanford. Jessica was a founder of The Inverse Theater, a expertly builds an atmosphere of ever-escalating paranoia and New York off-Broadway company of which she was the resident fear, propelled by some of the most gloriously gloopy practical composer. Jessica wrote music and songs for several works by monster effects in movie history. Virtually ignored by mass playwright Kirk Wood Bromley, including Othello, Midnight audiences and underrated by critics on its initial release in the Brain Wash Revival, The Burnt Woman of Harvard and The summer of 1982 (the same summer that saw the release of Death of Griffin Hunter. The award-winning Lost was her most Spielberg’s decidedly kinder and gentler alien blockbuster, E.T.), ambitious musical project. Jessica also wrote and performed the reputation of Carpenter’s The Thing has constantly risen in several short films, and at the time of her death in 2003, she the ensuing decades as one of the most intelligent, frightening was a graduate student in filmmaking at Columbia University. and uncompromising horror films of the 1980s. (Dir. by John Carpenter, USA, 1982, 109 mins., Rated R) (Total program running time: approximately 90 mins. / Not Rated) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 20

BACK TO THE FUTURE ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING IN DOUGLAS, AZ! SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 AT 1:00PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 7:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 FREE ADMISSION LOFT MEMBERS & STUDENTS: $5

PART OF LOFT FILM FEST ON THE ROAD PART OF ARTHOUSE THEATER DAY 2018 A community-building program that takes unexpected films for free A nationwide celebration of local arthouses and the vital screenings in underserved and unserved rural areas, providing a unique cultural role they play in their communities! Attend all 3 cultural experience. The movies will travel across Southern Arizona in The Loft Solar Cinema, a cargo van outfitted with solar panels (donated Arthouse Theatre Day screenings on Sept. 23, and you’ll be by Technicians for Sustainability) to power a 20-foot inflatable screen entered into our free raffle for Loft Cinema merchandise! and state-of-the-art mobile projection system. Agnès Varda’s unsung feminist anthem is both a buoyant This free screening will be held outdoors at the chronicle of a transformative friendship and an empowering Arts and Cultural District, 10th and G. Avenue, vision of universal sisterhood. Douglas, AZ, 85607. Please bring your own seating. “The movie’s audacious irreverence and Special thanks to our community partner for this playful, musical form feel as fresh as screening, City of Douglas Leisure Services ever.” – Carmen Gray, Village Voice

Gotta get back in time! The ingenious time travel comedy Back to the When seventeen-year-old Pauline (Valérie Mairesse) helps Future is a pitch-perfect combination of sharp satire, warm sentiment struggling mother of two Suzanne (Thérèse Liotard) procure and sci-fi excitement. Michael J. Fox plays 1985 teen Marty McFly, the money for an abortion, a deep bond forms between the whose mentor, Doc Brown (a brilliantly manic Christopher Lloyd), invents a time-tripping DeLorean that takes the kid back to 1955. two, one that endures over the course of more than a decade When he inadvertently gets in the way of his teenage parents’ as each searches for her place in the world—encountering the relationship (and causes his future mother, played by Lea Thompson, to dawning of the women’s movement, dreamy boho musical develop a crush on him!), Marty has to figure out how to give his nerdy numbers, and an Iranian adventure along the way. Initially father (a gloriously odd Crispin Glover) confidence and get them back divisive for its sunny, idealized view of female liberation, One together to insure his own eventual existence. Funny, touching and Sings, the Other Doesn’t now seems all the more radical—and suspenseful, this Flux Capacitor-powered love letter to American pop all the more vital—for its unabashedly utopian spirit. (Dir. by culture is one of the most purely entertaining films of the 1980s. (Dir. Agnès Varda, 1977, France, in French with English subtitles,120 by Robert Zemeckis, 1985, USA, 116 mins., Rated PG) mins., Not Rated) This screening was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts with support from Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment 21 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

SERENITY IN THE DESERT 2018 THE GUILTY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 AT 4:00PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 DOORS OPEN AT 3:30PM | SCREENING AT 4:00PM LOFT MEMBERS & STUDENTS: $5 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

PART OF ARTHOUSE THEATER DAY 2018 PART OF ARTHOUSE THEATER DAY 2018 A nationwide celebration of local arthouses and the vital A nationwide celebration of local arthouses and the vital cultural role they play in their communities! Attend all 3 cultural role they play in their communities! Attend all 3 Arthouse Theatre Day screenings on Sept. 23, and you’ll be Arthouse Theatre Day screenings on Sept. 23, and you’ll be entered into our free raffle for Loft Cinema merchandise! entered into our free raffle for Loft Cinema merchandise! When police officer Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren) is demoted PRECEDED BY DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG BLOG! to desk work, he expects a sleepy beat as an emergency dispatcher. That all changes when he answers a panicked phone CO-PRESENTED BY THE ARIZONA BROWNCOATS call from a kidnapped woman who then disconnects abruptly. Please enjoy a screening of Joss Whedon’s film Serenity (PG-13, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi) preceded by Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (TV-PG, “The Guilty is an exhilarating, Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi) with all proceeds benefiting The Women’s minimalist thriller that effectively sinks Foundation of Southern Arizona. Watch the films on the big screen with your closest friends supporting Tucson’s essential non-profit art its hooks in.” – John Fink, Film Stage house cinema. The Arizona Browncoats will host raffles, a photo booth, geeky wares & more including a costume contest with shiny prizes at Asger, confined to the police station, is forced to use others as stake…as if you needed a reason to wear that orange knit hat, swirly his eyes and ears as the severity of the crime slowly becomes parasol, or “Whedonverse” flair! more clear. The search to find the missing woman and her assailant will take every bit of his intuition and skill, as a Arizona Browncoats, Inc. (AzBc, Inc.), is an official Arizona non-profit organization dedicated to promoting unity and equality among all ticking clock and his own personal demons conspire against people. Since 2006, Arizona Browncoats has raised over $80,000 him. This innovative and unrelenting Danish thriller uses a for charity. Monies raised from our events have benefited Equality single location to great effect, ratcheting up the tension as Now, an international women’s rights organization, as well as local twists pile up and secrets are revealed. Director Gustav Möller charities, including the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, expertly frames the increasingly messy proceedings against the Growth Improvement for Female Teens, and Fresh Start Women’s clean Scandinavian sterility of the police department, while Foundation and Resource Center. We have also participated in events Cedergren’s strong performance anchors the film and places for the benefit of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Arizona the audience squarely in Holm’s tragically flawed, yet well- Hemophilia Association, and Kids Need to Read. intentioned, mind space. (Dir. by Gustav Möller, 2018, Denmark, Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona Our mission is to collaborate in Danish with English subtitles, 85 mins., Not Rated) to achieve social, political and economic change that empowers women and girls. We connect. We advocate. We invest. When you give to the Women’s Foundation, you transform over 20 nonprofit organizations in southern Arizona reaching over 15,000 women and girls. Create change for women and girls in our community. When women thrive, our community prospers. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 22

JOAN JETT: BAD REPUTATION THE MANHATTAN SHORT FILM WEDNESDAY, SEPT 26 AT 7:00PM & 10:00PM FESTIVAL 2018 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Special thanks to our community partners Razorz Edge and Zia Records Don’t miss the 21st annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, featuring nine great Don’t miss this rocking one-night-only event, featuring the new documentary, Bad Reputation, and an exclusive, brand-new solo new shorts from around the world – performance by that can only be seen in theatres! and YOU help select the winner! This bonus performance will follow the feature. Moviegoers in Tucson will unite with over 100,000 film lovers “Top honors. A snarling propulsive in over 300 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the look at Joan Jett – ever going her own world when the 21st Annual edition of “the world’s first global way, ever loving rock ‘n’ roll.” – Joshua film festival,” Manhattan Short Film Festival, screens at The Loft Rothkopf, Time Out Cinema!

Joan Jett is so much more than “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll.” It’s true, What makes the Manhattan Short Film Festival unique is that she became mega-famous from the number-one hit, and that the audience will not only be watching and enjoying the films, fame intensified with the music video’s endless play on MTV. but judging them as well. Each audience member will be handed But that staple of popularity can’t properly define a musician. a voting card upon entry and asked to vote for the one film Jett put her hard work in long before the fame, ripping it they feel should win. Votes will be tallied at each participating up onstage as the backbone of the hard-rock legends The cinema and submitted to festival headquarters where the Runaways, influencing many musicians—both her cohort of winner will be announced in New York City, as well as posted punk rockers and generations of younger bands—with her no- on the Manhattan Short website, on Monday, October 3. bullshit style. Bad Reputation gives you a wild ride as Jett and her close friends tell you how it really was in the burgeoning This year’s nine Manhattan Short finalists hail from eight ’70s punk scene, and their interviews are laced with amazing countries with films from Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, archival footage. The theme is clear: even though people Kosovo, New Zealand, the USA, and two films from the United tried to define Jett and keep her stuck to one hit, she never Kingdom. This year’s finalists bring together an extraordinary compromised. She will kick your ass, and you’ll love her all the range of film genres including intimate dramas; fast-paced more for it. (Dir. by Kevin Kerslake, 2018, USA, 95 mins., Rated animation; spine-tingling tales; a World War II epic; a film shot R) entirely underwater and a dark comedy! With past finalists achieving the ultimate in recognition by being nominated for, and even winning, the Academy Award in the short film category, the Manhattan Short Film Festival has become known as a breeding ground for the next big thing, and you’re a part of the action!

Film line-up TBA. (Estimated program running time: Approximately 120 mins., Not Rated) Wright began his iconic (and hilarious) collaboration with “I’m a big fan; I like all sorts and . served as a launching pad of genres. I do like an occasion for the 2004 horror comedy , which starred both actors and became a surprise box-office hit. The trio to just switch my brain off and would go on to make two more films together: the buddy cop satire (2007) and the sci-fi spoofThe World’s End enjoy some mindless carnage.” (2013). These became known as the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy, of which all were co-written by Wright and Pegg. In – Edgar Wright between Fuzz and World’s End, Wright co-wrote and directed the acclaimed rock ‘n’ roll teen comedy Scott Pilgrim v. the World Growing up in the U.K., the young cinephile Edgar Wright (2010). It was here that Wright’s keen eye for visual detail began crafting his distinct cinematic style directing Super 8 moved into the spotlight; the highly distinct stylization of the films starring his school friends. At age 20, he made A Fistful of film helped make it a hit with audiences and critics worldwide. Fingers, a no-budget feature starring local teen actors and shot Wright’s most recent film, the highly-acclaimed “ on 16mm. The unlikely British Western was given a limited action musical” (2017), was an even bigger hit, and theatrical release, paving the way for Wright’s entry into the was nominated for three Academy Awards. An increasingly U.K. TV comedy community, where he joined forces with future inventive auteur who have never lost his love of genre films collaborators Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson on a number and goofy/smart comedy, Edgar Wright continues to surprise of shows for the Paramount Comedy Channel. audiences with a thrillingly flamboyant “what will he do next?” abandon. This September, The Loft Cinema celebrates the While still in his early twenties, he also directed several comedy cinematic world of Edgar Wright with four of his most re- shows for the BBC before gaining fame directing the popular, watchable classics on the big screen! award-winning sitcom, Spaced, for Channel 4. It was here that SHAUN OF THE DEAD SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES WORLD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES The cracked British comedy team of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and director Edgar Wright hit the rotting corpse on the head with this gross, hilarious and spot-on comedic update of the zombie Based on the comic book of the same name, Edgar Wright’s genre. Shaun of the Dead follows the bloody funny adventures genre-smashing teen comedy/musical/action/video game flick of professional underachiever Shaun (co-writer Simon Pegg) tells the amazing story of one romantic slacker’s epic quest to and his best mate Ed (Nick Frost) as they cope with a zombie power up with love. Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim invasion of North London. (Dir. by Edgar Wright, 2004, UK, 99 (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, mins., Rated R) the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams … literally. (Dir. by Edgar Wright, 2010, USA, 112 mins., Rated PG-13)

HOT FUZZ BABY DRIVER (35MM PRINT!) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 AT 7:30PM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

In their previous film, Shaun of the Dead, director Edgar Wright In this utterly original musical disguised as a stylish, action- and co-writer Simon Pegg satirized the zombie movie and the packed crime drama, a talented young getaway driver drudgery of modern life. In their hilarious follow-up, Hot Fuzz, called Baby (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal they set their sights on the Hollywood Buddy Cop Blockbusters soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the and life in an eccentric English village. The two worlds collide girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his when overachieving London police officer Nicholas Angel criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced (Pegg) is promoted to sergeant. The catch is that he’s being into working for a vicious crime boss (Kevin Spacey), he must transferred to Agatha Christie country, because as his superiors face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and (the comic trifecta of Martin Campbell, and Bill freedom. Nominated for three Academy Awards, Baby Drive co- Nighy) explain, he’s making the rest of the force look bad. (Dir. stars Jon Bernthal, Eiza Gonzalez, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx. by Edgar Wright, 2007, UK, 121 mins., Rated R) (Dir. by Edgar Wright, 2017, UK/USA, 102 mins., Rated R) 25 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

MOONRISE KINGDOM THE MARTIAN FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING AT BIOSPHERE 2! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 AT 7:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 FREE ADMISSION

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

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Wes Anderson’s offbeat comic romance Moonrise Kingdom PART OF OUR SCIENCE ON SCREEN SERIES tells the story of two twelve-year-olds, Sam (Jared Gilman) and Creatively pairs screenings of classic, cult, science fiction, and Suzy (Kara Hayward), who fall in love, make a secret pact, and documentary films with lively presentations by notable experts from run away together into the wilderness. the world of science and technology. Each film is used as a jumping- off point for a speaker to introduce current research or technological advances in a manner that engages popular culture audiences. “Literate, melancholy and magical, Moonrise Kingdom is quintessential Wes This screening will take place outdoors at Biosphere 2, 32540 S. Biosphere Road, Oracle, AZ, 85623. Please Anderson, infused with his brand of bring your own seating. daffy wit.” – Claudia Puig, USA Today During a manned mission to Mars, astronaut Mark Watney (Matt As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by is brewing off-shore—and the peaceful island community his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw is turned upside down in every which way. Filled with the upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal typically warped humor, off-kilter production design, striking to Earth that he is alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of cinematography (shot on 16mm film) and whimsical sentiment international scientists work tirelessly to bring “the Martian” home, that can only be described as “Andersonian,” Moonrise Kingdom while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible rescue features a brilliant cast including Bruce Willis as the local mission. As these stories of incredible bravery unfold, the world comes sheriff, Captain Sharp, Edward Norton as Khaki Scout troop together to root for Watney’s safe return. Based on Andy Weir’s best- leader Scout Master Ward, and Bill Murray and Frances selling novel, and directed by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Alien), this McDormand as the young girl’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. gripping sci-fi adventure also stars Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara, Michael Peña, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Donald Glover. Also starring Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman and Harvey (Dir. by Ridley Scott, 2015, USA/UK, 144 mins., Rated PG-13) Keitel. (Dir. by Wes Anderson, 2012, USA, 94 mins., Rated PG-13) PART OF LOFT FILM FEST ON THE ROAD A community-building program that takes unexpected films for free screenings in underserved and unserved rural areas, providing a unique cultural experience.

This screening was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts with support from Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment

THE ALL-NITE SCREAM-O-RAMA! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 AT 7:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $17 • LOFT MEMBERS: $15 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Twelve terrifying hours of King-sized horror PLUS: Scary shorts, trashy movie madness! Kills, chills and trailers, ghoulish trivia games hours of horror Castle Rock-ing thrills await and prizes, horrifying drink movie mayhem! you throughout the night as we specials, our infamously delicious Pay to get in … unleash SEVEN hand-picked “meat cups,” and collectible barf horror classics sprung from bags for all chickens with weak pray to get out! the twisted mind of the world’s stomachs! most famous nightmare maker! Calling all ! Bring your pillows and wear your *Start times are approximate* Get ready to spend the night pajamas for a cinematic slumber Special thanks to our with the Maestro of Mayhem, party that’ll be so scary, you’ll go community partner Zia , as The Loft into ! Cinema unleashes twelve straight Records! 7:00PM – (35MM PRINT!)

A famous novelist meets his Number One Fan and things are going to get real scary, real quick, in this Oscar-winning adaptation of Stephen King’s creepy , starring James Caan and the great Kathy Bates as the gloriously unhinged Annie Wilkes, a woman with a love of reading and a serious passion for hobbling! (Dir. by Rob Reiner, 1996, USA, 107 mins., Rated R)

8:50PM – A MISTERY STEPHEN KING CLASSIC What you can’t see can definitely hurt you in this terrifying tale of monsters and madness.

11:00PM – MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (35MM PRINT!)

It’s Silly Humans vs. Big Rigs when a passing comet causes all the machines on Earth to turn against their makers in a full-throttle, molten-hot orgy of grinding metal, blaring AC/DC tunes and Emilio Estevez with a rocket launcher in this crazed truck fetish horror flick written and directed by Stephen King himself. Get on the Highway to Hell! (Dir. by Stephen King, 1986, USA, 97 mins., Rated R)

12:40AM – PET SEMATARY

A family makes the mistake of moving next door to a creepy animal graveyard built on top of an ancient Indian burial ground, and before you know it, they’re dealing with serious real estate angst, a zombie kitty cat and other horrors too gruesome to contemplate in this “dead things are better left dead” Stephen King shocker featuring a rocking theme song by The ! (Dir. by Mary Lambert, 1989, USA, 103 mins., Rated R)

2:20AM – 2

Join your ghoulish host, The Creep, for another spine-tingling edition of comic book horror in this fun and underrated Stephen King anthology flick featuring three tales of terror involving a murderous statue looking for a revenge, a hit-and-run hitchhiker who just won’t stay dead, and a group of drunken teens facing off against a deadly monster in a lake (filmed in Prescott, Arizona!). Written by George A. Romero, based on a trio of King short stories. (Dir. by Michael Gornick, 1987, USA, 92 mins., Rated R)

3:50AM – CHILDREN OF THE CORN

Kids do the darndest things in this creepy cult classic about a young couple who gets trapped in a small Midwestern town ruled by a mob of murderous children that worships “He Who Walks Behind the Rows,” under the guidance of one of the screen’s most terrifying pint-sized preachers, Isaac Chroner. Starring The Terminator’s Linda Hamilton, the original Children of the Corn has spawned a decades-long franchise that proves nothing is scarier than a kid with a corncob and an attitude. (Dir. by Fritz Kiersch, 1984, USA, 92 mins., Rated R)

5:20AM – CARRIE (1976)

A bullied high school girl with a secret power is invited to the Senior Prom and her nasty classmates are going to have a night they’ll never forget in this iconic horror classic from director Brian De Palma, starring Sissy Spacek, John Travolta and Piper Laurie as the screen’s very worst mom. The first King novel adapted for the movies, Carrie kicked off the entire Stephen King Screen Machine! (Dir. by Brian De Palma, 1976, USA, 98 mins., Rated R)

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THE ENTIRE BLOODY FRIENDSHIP: BEST F(R)IENDS VOLUMES ONE AND TWO DOUBLE FEATURE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 AT 7:00PM BEST F(R)IENDS VOL. ONE AT 7:00PM; BEST F(R)IENDS VOL. TWO AT 9:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 • LOFT MEMBERS: $13 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Don’t miss the most twisted “LYNCHIAN AS F**K... old habits. But as the money rolls double feature of the year when and almost maybe in, greed, hatred and jealousy start New York Times-bestselling author to poison their initially warm, if odd, ... perfect?” - Jen relationship. Will these best f(r)iends and The Room star Greg Sestero Yamato, Los Angeles survive the turning tide? (Dir. by (“Oh, Hi Mark!”) returns to Times Justin Macgregor, USA, 109 mins., Not The Loft Cinema for The Entire Rated) Bloody Friendship, featuring Finally, the dynamic duo that is BOTH volumes of the new noir Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero In VOLUME TWO, after the explosive thriller, Best F(r)iends, co-starring has reunited for a dream project events of VOLUME ONE, Jon (Sestero) Sestero and the one-and-only that will send fans of cult classic The makes a run for it, and finds himself Tommy Wiseau! Volume Two was Room into paroxyms of unabated joy on a desert expedition to Tucson, AZ, once more, and send new fans onto where wild characters and dark foibles filmed in Tucson and features a a journey of unprecedented comedic intersect. As his misadventures teach cameo appearance by The Loft madness. In VOLUME ONE of Best him about friendship and loyalty, Cinema, so clearly, the Old Pueblo F(r)iends, Sestero plays Jon, an L.A. Harvey the Mortician (Wiseau) will never be the same! At this drifter who is taken in by a peculiar surfaces with a surprise or two. (Dir. event, Sestero will introduce both mortician named Harvey (Wiseau), by Justin Macgregor, USA, 82 mins., Not Volumes, and will be joined by and the two hatch an unusual yet Rated) other cast members, TBA!. increasingly lucrative underground enterprise based on the mortician’s SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS / COMMUNITY RENTALS 32

NORTH BY NORTHWEST KINKY BOOTS TUCSON MODERNISM WEEK SCREENING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 5:00PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 AT 2:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 • LOFT MEMBERS: $6 PRE-SHOW BEGINS AT 4:30PM

This screening is part of Tucson Modernism Join us before the show for a special pre- Week 2018, presented by the Tucson show at 4:30 pm, featuring local Dance Historic Preservation Foundation! troupe H.O.K, Hosted by former Miss Gay A strong candidate for one of the most sheerly enjoyable Tucson America 2016, Allonna Dee! Hollywood movies of the 1950s, North by Northwest is Alfred Hitchcock at his most effervescent, in a romantic comedy/ The Loft Cinema along with local non-profit organization, thriller that also features one of the definitive Cary Grant The Colby Olsen Foundation, invites you to join them for an performances. evening of enchantment, as they partner to screen the film version of Kinky Boots (2005). “A great film, and certainly one of the most entertaining movies ever made, directed by This feature based on a true story, centers around Charlie Alfred Hitchcock at his peak.” – Dave Kehr, Price (Joel Edgerton) facing the impending shut down of the Northampton shoe factory that his family has owned and Chicago Reader operated for generations. Feeling at a loss, Charlie has a chance It’s a classic Hitchcock Wrong Man scenario: the ever-suave, encounter with Lola, a flamboyant drag cabaret star (Chiwetal ever-unflappable Grant is Roger O. Thornhill, an advertising Ejiofer). While striking an unlikely partnership, her desire executive who is mistaken by enemy spies for a U.S. undercover for stylish yet kinky boots for herself and her drag colleagues agent named George Kaplan. Convinced these sinister provides a glimmer of hope for the factory and its employees. fellows (James Mason as the boss, and Martin Landau as his henchman) are trying to kill him, Roger flees and meets Presented by The Colby Olsen Foundation, a local 501c3 a mysterious blonde Stranger on a Train (Eva Marie Saint), LGBTQ foundation that supports, advocates, and provides with whom he engages in one of the longest, most intricately- resources and education to the public regarding Youth and choreographed kisses in screen history. In short order, our Senior challenges and issues that affect their daily lives. They hero is variously chased, abducted, framed for murder, and, in also create funding to support our local Youth and Senior the film’s famous signature set-piece, crop-dusted. All roads centers, workshops and programs. eventually lead to the thrilling cliffhanger finale atop the stone faces of Mt. Rushmore that will literally leave you breathless. For more information, please visit: But that’s not all! In addition to a sparkling Ernest Lehman ColbyOlsenFoundation.org script and that pulse-quickening Bernard Herrmann score, North by Northwest is also a veritable jackpot of fabulous This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by mid-century modern architecture and design, most notably The Colby Olsen Foundation. the ultra-swanky, Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home/villain’s lair improbably situated on top of Mt. Rushmore (in reality, a studio-constructed set in Culver City, CA known to movie and architecture buffs as “The Vandamm House,” named after Mason’s evil character, Phillip Vandamm). What moviegoer could ask for more? (Dir. by Alfred Hitchcock, 1959, USA, 136 mins., Not Rated) 33 COMMUNITY RENTALS

PAPER TIGERS ARCHAEOLOGY CAFÉ – MAKING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 AT 6:00PM CONNECTIONS FREE ADMISSION • DONATIONS ACCEPTED Donations raised will go towards Youth On Their Own TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 6:00PM FREE ADMISSION An opportunity to discuss your thoughts and reactions to the film will be offered by members Archaeology Café returns to The Loft Cinema for another of the AZTICN! season of programs exploring the deep and diverse history of southern Arizona. Join us on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, for Paper Tigers is an intimate look into the lives of selected Blood Flowed Like Water: Violence among the Sonoran Desert’s students at Lincoln High School, an alternative school that Earliest Irrigation Communities, a fascinating exploration of specializes in educating traumatized youth. Set amidst the rural violence among early farming communities over two thousand community of Walla Walla, WA, the film intimately examines years ago from Dr. James T. Watson. the inspiring promise of Trauma Informed Communities – a movement that is showing great promise in healing The earliest evidence for violence in the Desert West is found in youth struggling with the dark legacy of Adverse Childhood early irrigation communities strewn across the Sonoran Desert Experiences (ACES). (Dir. by James Redford, 102 mins, 2015, (circa 2000-4000 years ago) and takes a variety of forms. USA, Not Rated) Blunt-force and projectile trauma from clubs and darts, broken and callused bones, and irreverent interments are evident in This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented people’s remains. Dr. Watson will consider the causes of this by the Southern Arizona Trauma Informed Care violence, which apparently ceased as this volatile period drew Network and sponsored by AZCH. to a close some 2,000 years ago.

This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Archaeology Southwest.

WHY A FREE PRESS IS ESSENTIAL MOUNTAINFILM ON TOUR TO DEMOCRACY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 7:00PM GENEAL ADMISSION: $15 MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 AT 6:00PM PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING FREE ADMISSION DOORS WILL OPEN AT 5:30, AND PROFESSOR BAMBAUER’S PRESENTATION WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 6PM. Started in 1979, Mountainfilm is one of America’s longest- running film festivals. Through the years, in and out of trends UA Professor Jane Bambauer will open the event with a and fads, the festival has always been best described by one presentation highlighting the history and importance of the unchanging word: inspiring. Far more than any other adjective, 1st Amendment. Following a brief panel discussion, audience that’s how festival audiences describe their experience. questions and comments will be welcomed. Mountainfilm is a documentary film festival that showcases Join Emcee David Fitzsimmons and panelists Joe Ferguson, nonfiction stories about environmental, cultural, climbing, Jim Nintzel, Dylan Smith, Republican National Committeeman political and social justice issues that matter. Along with Bruce Ash and Tucson City Council member Steve Kozachik for exceptional documentaries, the festival goes beyond the this timely and important community conversation. film medium by bringing together world-class athletes, change makers and visionary artists for a multi-dimensional Is the First Amendment Freedom of the Press under attack? Or celebration of indomitable spirit. Mountainfilm, which includes is the media simply engaged in ‘fake news’ that’s finally being interactive talks, free community events, a gallery walk, called out for the bias it represents? Come and take part in a outdoor programming and presentations, aims to inspire panel discussion co-hosted by Indivisible Southern Arizona audiences to action on worthy causes. and Tucson Jews for Justice where the current controversy surrounding the press, bias and the interaction between the This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented media and public officials will be explored. by Sven Silberschlag and the SAS Wealth Management Group. This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Indivisible Southern Arizona and Tucson Jews for Justice.

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1945 EN EL SÉPTIMO DÍA STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Co-presented by Tucson International En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day), the new Jewish Film Festival feature from acclaimed director Jim McKay (Girls Town), follows a group of undocumented Mexican August, 1945. A remote Hungarian town prepares immigrants living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn over for the wedding of the village magistrate’s son. the course of seven days. Bicycle delivery guys, Meanwhile two Orthodox Jews arrive at the village construction workers, dishwashers, deli workers train station with two coffin-shaped wooden crates, and cotton candy vendors, they work long hours supposedly filled with soaps and perfumes. When the six days a week and then savor their day of rest on town gets wind of their arrival, rumors spread as to Sundays on the soccer fields of Sunset Park. their intentions. Are these men going to set up shop? Is this a harbinger of the return of more Jews? “Thought-provoking and hugely entertaining.” – Sheila O’Malley, Led by the boorish village magistrate, the townspeople fear that these strangers may be heirs RogerEbert.com of the village’s denounced and deported Jewish neighbors and have come to claim their family’s José, a bicycle delivery worker, is the team’s captain stolen property. Paranoia runs rampant, leading to – young, talented, hardworking and responsible. tragic events and a potent, unexpected ending. While When José’s team makes it to the finals, he and there have been many films about the Holocaust, his teammates are thrilled. But his boss throws a there are few about its immediate aftermath when wrench into the celebration when he tells José he greed and material gain from the Jewish peoples’ has to work on Sunday, the day of the finals. If he demise was pervasive. Director Ferenc Török cleverly doesn’t work, his job and his future will be on the captures this often overlooked moment in history line. But if he doesn’t stand up for himself and his where one town’s actions become a metaphor for teammates, his dignity will be crushed. Shot in the moral decay of the whole country. Shot in the neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Park Slope, and elegant black-and-white with an eye for exquisite Gowanus, and starring nonprofessional actors, En composition and a minimal evocative score, 1945 is el Séptimo Día is a humane, sensitive and humorous a subtle and nuanced study in the collective guilt and window into a world rarely seen. The film’s impact enduring anti-Semitism of postwar Hungary. Based is made quietly, with restraint and respect for on the acclaimed short story “Homecoming” by the individual experiences, everyday challenges Gábor T. Szántó. (Dir. by Ferenc Török, 2017, Hungary, and small triumphs of its characters. (Dir. by Jim in Hungarian/Russian with English subtitles, 91 mins., McKay, USA, in Spanish with English subtitle, 2017, Not Rated) 92 mins. Not Rated) NEW FILMS 36

FIVE FINGERS FOR THE NIGHT IS SHORT, MARSEILLES WALK ON GIRL STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Five Fingers for Marseilles fuses western From the visionary mind of director Masaaki Yuasa influences—from classic John Ford to “spaghetti” (Mind Game) comes The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, to revisionist eras—into a contemporary South a wildly inventive and visually dazzling animated African crime drama with a local flavor. comedy about one epic night in Kyoto.

“Insightful … powerful … speaks to “Exhilarating … so packed with South Africa’s past, its present and inventive detail that fans will need its future, while also delivering a repeat viewings.” – Kim Newman, cracking action Western.” – Pontsho Screen Daily Mabena, Huffington Post As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, Twenty years ago, the young “Five Fingers” fought a sophomore known only as “The Girl with Black for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police Hair” experiences a series of surreal encounters oppression. After fleeing in disgrace, the freedom- with local nightlife … all the while unaware of fighter-turned-outlaw returns to Marseilles the romantic longings of Senpai, a fellow student seeking a peaceful, pastoral life. When he finds who has been creating increasingly fantastic and the town under new threat, he must reluctantly contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to fight to free it. The great westerns have always win her heart. (Dir. by Masaaki Yuasa, 2017, Japan, contained sociopolitical threads, and Five Fingers’ in Japanese with English subtitles, 92 mins., Rated PG- loose allegory on current South African politics is 13) dark, edge-of-the-seat, and starkly human. (Dir. by Michael Matthews, 2017, South Africa, Xhosa and Southern Sotho with English subtitles, 120 mins., Not Rated) 37 NEW FILMS

SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

This is the deliciously “The film poignantly monogamous, Bowers was scandalous story of Scotty reveals that the secret fulfilling their true desires. Full Bowers, a handsome ex-Marine history of Hollywood of jaw-dropping reveals, this who landed in Hollywood is really an alternate spicy documentary by director after World War II and became history of America.” – Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The confidante, aide de camp and Chuck Bowen, Slant Last Emperor) tells his amazing lover to many of Hollywood’s story, as well as presents greatest male—and female— An unsung Hollywood legend, eye-opening takes on icons stars. In the 1940s and ’50s, Bowers would cater to the from the Hollywood Golden Scotty ran a gas station on sexual appetites of celebrities— Age including Cary Grant, Hollywood Boulevard where he straight and gay—for decades, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer would connect his friends with remaining discreet until he Tracy, Lana Turner, Ava actors and actresses who hid finally spilled his secrets in Gardner and many more. (Dir. their true sexual identities for the 2012 bestselling memoir, by Matt Tyrnauer, 2017, USA, 98 fear of police raids at gay bars, Full Service. While the studio mins., Not Rated) societal shunning and career PR machines were promoting suicide. their stars as wholesome and NEW FILMS 38

“A lyrical, powerful piece of work that BISBEE ‘17 will certainly stand among the best STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 documentaries you’ll see this year.” – REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 their homes, banished to the with direct, haunting messages AT 7:00PM middle of the desert, and left to about solidarity and struggle, Join us for a special opening night die. Townspeople confront this creating a unique, thought- screening of Robert Greene’s shocking, controversial past by provoking film that stirs up the Bisbee ’17 featuring a post-film staging dramatic recreations of the ghosts of our past as a cautionary Q&A with director Robert Greene, escalating miners’ strike. These tale that speaks to our present. in conversation with Bisbee ’17 dramatized scenes are based on (Dir. by Robert Greene, 2018, USA, author, Robert Houston! Thanks subjective versions of the story 124 mins., Not Rated) to our community partner, Jewish and “directed,” in a sense, by History Museum! residents with conflicting views The Jewish History Museum of the event. Deeply personal presents a free Gallery Chat It’s 2017 in Bisbee, Arizona, an segments torn from family history – The Bisbee Deportation: Big old copper-mining town just build toward a massive restaging Copper’s War on Organized miles from the Mexican border. of the deportation itself on the Labor on Friday, September 14 The town’s close-knit community exact day of its 100th anniversary. at 11am. prepares to commemorate the In Bisbee ’17, filmmaker Robert Join them for a talk with local 100th anniversary of Bisbee’s Greene (Kate Plays Christine) bends historian Mike Anderson and darkest hour: the infamous the boundaries of documentary Bisbee ’17 novelist Robert Bisbee Deportation of 1917, and confronts the current political Houston. Free and open to the during which 1,200 striking predicaments of immigration, public. 564. S. Stone Avenue. unionization, environmental miners were violently taken from jewishhistorymuseum.org damage and corporate corruption 39 NEW FILMS

“Panos Cosmatos has crafted a mind-melting MANDY genre orgy of cosmic proportions that’s STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 ridiculously fun.” – Katherine McLaughlin, REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Sight and Sound

Somewhere in the primal But the life he has made for Beyond the Black Rainbow, wilderness near the Shadow himself comes suddenly and director Panos Cosmatos Mountains in the year 1983, horrifyingly crashing down gleefully demonstrates an Red Miller (Academy Award- when a vile band of ravaging audacious command of tone winner Nicholas Cage, in idolaters and supernatural and atmosphere, conjuring a full-throttle, adrenaline- creatures penetrate his up an ethereal treat for the inducing performance) idyllic paradise with vicious senses that begs to be seen has fallen deeply for the fury. A broken man, Red on the big screen. Awash in beguiling Mandy Bloom now lives for one thing only a salacious sea of gloriously (Andrea Riseborough, – to travel through hell and unhinged performances, Oblivion). hunt down these maniacal carnage, colors and sounds, villains to exact his terrible Mandy grinds up beloved “Unforgettable … vengeance. Blood will flow in genre tropes into a fine insanely violent and rivers. Worlds will collapse pulp and sculpts them into ethereally beautiful.” unto themselves. And a something otherworldly and – Bilge Ebiri, Village new gonzo cult classic will altogether unforgettable. Voice be born. In his deliciously (Dir. by Panos Cosmatos, 2018, over-the-top follow-up to USA, 121 mins., Rated R) NEW FILMS 40

“This documentary nails her jubilant spirit LOVE, GILDA … forty years later, ’s comedy STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 looks more sublime than ever.” – Owen REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Gleiberman, Variety

A portion of all ticket Exuberant and open, channeling window into the honest and sales for Love, Gilda her inner child, she rose to whimsical world of a beloved on Friday, September meteoric fame in television, performer whose greatest role 21 will be donated to movies and on Broadway, and was sharing her story. (Dir. by Lisa Gilda’s Place, which was declared “one of America’s DaPolito, 2018, USA, 86 mins., Not sweethearts,” eventually finding Rated) supports, educates happiness with Gene Wilder. In and empowers cancer her own words, the comedian SEPTEMBER’S REEL patients and their reflects on her childhood, her families. comedy career, her relationships READS SELECTION and ultimately, her struggle with Purchase a copy of It’s Always Gilda Radner puts a smile on the cancer. Weaving together her Something by Gilda Radner during faces of people who remember recently discovered audiotapes, the month of September and watching her as one of the original revealing interviews with friends receive a special “Loft Reel Reads” cast members of “Saturday (, Lorne Michaels, discount off the cover price – 20% Night Live,” where she created Laraine Newman, and for Loft Cinema members and 10% and portrayed such now-classic Martin Short), rare home movies for the general public. Copies of comic characters as Roseanne and diaries read by modern-day the book are available at The Loft Roseannadanna, Emily Litella and comedians inspired by Gilda Cinema and Antigone Books. Lisa Loopner. (Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy), Love, Gilda opens up a unique 41 NEW FILMS

“This is one of the boldest and MADELINE’S MADELINE most invigorating American STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 films of the 21st century.” – REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES David Ehrlich, IndieWire

Madeline (newcomer Helena “The film is anchored lives. Anchored by a blazing Howard) is a teenage girl at every turn by virtuoso performance from who joins an experimental newcomer Helena Howard, whose powerful improv theater group, Howard’s big, brash screen presence commands where she soon begins and brilliant lead attention, writer/director to shine. Evangeline, the performance.” – Josephine Decker’s unique workshop’s ambitious and Andrew Lapin, NPR manipulative artistic director sensitivity for capturing (Molly Parker, American However, both Madeline thefilm messy displays struggles a rare of Pastoral) takes an interest and Evangeline get carried discovering a sense of in Madeline’s raw talent, away, and the lines between pushing the teenager to performance and reality narrative categorization. weave her rich interior begin to blur, approaching (Dir.one’s by self Josephine that defies Decker, easy world and troubled history madness. The resulting 2018, USA, 94 mins., Not with her insecure mother battle between imagination Rated) (Miranda July, Me and You and appropriation rips out and Everyone We Know) into of the rehearsal space and their collective art. through all three women’s NEW FILMS 42

“Every once in a while, a movie grabs you, WE THE ANIMALS unsuspecting, and hustles its way into your STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 heart. We the Animals does that.” – Joe REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

FREE LOFT MEMBERS We the Animals is a touching, his artistic and sexual leanings, SCREENING lyrical and intimate portrait of Jonah increasingly embraces Friday, September 28 at 7:00pm. blue-collar family life, and of an imagined world all his Free for Loft Cinema members three boys who tear through own. With poetic realism, and open to the public at regular their childhood in the midst of We the Animals, based on the admission prices. their young parents’ volatile celebrated novel by Daniel love. Kitrosser, tells a visceral Members may pick up tickets only coming-of-age story, propelled for themselves (1 for Teacher, While Manny and Joel grow by layered performances from Student, or Individual, 2 for Couple and above) at the Box into versions of their loving its astounding cast—including Office on the day of the Member and unpredictable Paps (Raúl three talented, young first-time Screening. The Box Office is open Castillo, Looking), young Jonah actors—and stunning animated 1/2 hour before the first show of is sheltered by Ma (Shiela sequences which bring Jonah’s the day. Please see the website for Vand, A Girl Walks Home Alone conflicted inner world to life. showtimes. at Night) in the cocoon of Winner of the NEXT Innovator their home. More sensitive Award at the 2018 Sundance Members will be issued a return and conscious than his older Film Festival. (Dir. by Jeremiah pass (valid through the following siblings, trying to navigate his Zagar, 2018, USA, 94 mins., Thursday) to see this film another way around his macho father Rated R) time, if the screening is at capacity. and brothers while discovering 43 NEW FILMS

THE CHILDREN ACT THE RANGER STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Smart, elegant, and deeply moving, The Children When Chelsea and her punk friends get in trouble Act stars two-time Academy Award-winner Emma with the cops, they flee the city and go on the run. Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) in a riveting Fueled by a hallucinogenic drug called Echo, they performance as Fiona Maye, a British High Court hope to lay low—and get high—in an old family judge who, in the midst of a marital crisis, must rule hideout in the woods. on a life-changing legal case concerning the survival of a teenage boy. “This is the smart kind of dumb fun … a loving tribute to the “Another reminder, if one were counterculture tent-poles of punk needed, of the subtlety and skill rock and horror movies.” – Katie of ’s stratospheric Rife, AV Club talent.” – Ian Freer, Empire But Chelsea’s got reservations about going back At issue whether to order a blood transfusion to nature and secrets she’s not sharing with her on the boy (Dunkirk‘s Fionn Whitehead), a friends. When a shot rings out, her past comes Jehovah’s Witness who, just months short of crashing back, and the punks find themselves pitted his eighteenth birthday, is refusing on religious against the local authority— an unhinged park grounds the procedure that would save his life. Co- ranger with a malicious approach to justice and a starring Academy Award-nominee serious axe to grind. Horror producer Jenn Wexler (Spotlight), and adapted by Ian McEwan from his makes her directorial debut with this bloody, manic, own bestselling novel, The Children Actis a deeply punk-rock take on the ‘80s slasher flick that may affecting portrait of strength, devotion, and love, just scare you out of the woods for good! (Dir. by with the incomparable Emma Thompson giving Jenn Wexler, 2018, USA, 80 mins., Not Rated) one of the very best performances of her career. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker (Notes on a Scandal; Iris). (Dir. by Richard Eyre, 2017, UK, 105 mins., Rated R) NEW FILMS 44

BLAZE I AM NOT A WITCH STARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 STARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Blaze, the new film from director/co-writer Ethan A darkly comic fable set in contemporary Zambia, Hawke, is inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the Rungano Nyoni’s acclaimed debut feature is a unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw bold satire of the often contradictory nature of music movement that spawned the likes of Merle traditional beliefs and modern culture. Haggard and Willie Nelson. “A fascinating witch’s brew of “Ethan Hawke’s high-wire biopic absurdism, realism, satire and fairy tells the story of country blues singer tale, I Am Not a Witch reveals young Blaze Foley in a redneck-verité style Zambian-Welsh director/writer that’s as delicate as it is daring.” – Rungano Nyoni as a blazing talent Owen Gleiberman, Variety to watch.” – Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro UK The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze’s past, After a minor incident in her village, nine-year-old present and future. The different strands explore Shula (Margaret Mulubwa) is exiled to a traveling his love affair with Sybil Rosen (Alia Shawkat, witch camp where she is told that if she tries to “Arrested Development”); his last, dark night on escape, she will be transformed into a goat. As she earth; and the impact of his songs and his death navigates her new life, Shula must decide between had on his fans, friends, and foes. The braided accepting her fate or risking the consequences of storyline terminates in a bittersweet ending that seeking freedom. (Dir. by Rungano Nyoni, 2017, acknowledges Blaze’s profound highs and lows, France/UK/Germany, in English and Nyanja with as well as the impressions he made on the people English subtitles, 93 mins., Not Rated) who shared his journey. Featuring a riveting, lived- in performance by film newcomer and musician Ben Dickey as Blaze Foley, and supporting turns from a stellar cast including Sam Rockwell, Kris Kristofferson and , Hawke’s film is a moving, music-filled tribute to the life of an artist awaiting rediscovery. (Dir. by Ethan Hawke, 2018, USA, 127 mins., Rated R) MONDO MO N DAYS EVERY MONDAY AT 8:00PM!

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 KILLER PARTY CHOPPING MALL SORORITY BABES HIDE AND GO (Dir. by William Fruet, 1986, USA, (Dir. by Mark Rosman, 1983, 91 IN THE SLIMEBALL SHRIEK 91 mins., Rated R) mins., Rated R) BOWL-O-RAMA (Dir. by Skip Schoolnik, 1988, USA, 90 mins., Rated R) “By the end of the dance, “Where shopping can cost (Dir. by David DeCocteau, 1988, some of the sorority girls you an arm and a leg!” USA, 80 mins., Rated R) “Close your eyes. Count to were dead on their feet!” 10. And run for your life.” A bunch of fun-loving teens are “In a bowling alley from Sorority girls just want to have about to learn what “shop till hell, there’s only one way A group of dazed and confused fun, except when they’re attending you drop” really means when to score …” teens spend the night “getting it a dance party at a haunted frat their after-hours party at the on” in a local department store house and battling for their lives local shopping mall is crashed A gang of sorority girls breaks into after hours, but little do they against a dead frat boy who’s by murderously malfunctioning a shopping mall bowling alley as know their night of retail raunch looking to possess the living to do robots who have been programmed part of an initiation prank, only to is about to be put out of business his evil bidding, leading to, like, a to drill, kill and spill (blood, that find themselves bowled over by a by a blood-thirsty maniac who’s totally awesome evening involving is!), in this deliriously entertaining sadistic little rubber demon named just itching to slash prices … and hot tubs, nerds, sex, guillotines, B-movie horror classic! The Imp, who’s really gonna make everything else! revenge, murder, demons and this a night to “dismember” with a crazed killer rocking a diving “Chopping Mall is pure B-movie his special brand of magic, murder “A must-see! An underrated gem of helmet! bliss.” – Daily Dead and bad movie mojo! ‘80s teen slice-and-dice played out in an unusually sleazy manner.” – Retro Slashers CULT CLASSICS THE GREATEST CULT MOVIES OF ALL-TIME ARE BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN! ADMISSION IS ONLY $6! • LOFT MEMBERS PAY JUST $5!

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