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WRENCHED TREASURE ISLAND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 AT 7:00PM PRESENTED BY NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES SUNDAY, MARCH 1 AT 11:00AM TUESDAY, MARCH 3 AT 7:00PM FEATURING A POST-FILM Q&A WITH THURSDAY, MARCH 5 AT 11:00AM GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ML LINCOLN, LOFT MEMBERS & CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER: $10 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KIERAN SUCKLING AND AUTHOR/ACTIVIST DOUG PEACOCK PART OF OUR ART ON SCREEN SERIES (“HAYDUKE” IN THE MONKEY WRENCH Enjoy the performing arts on the big screen, with GANG)! thrilling opera, ballet and theatre productions from around the world, captured live and presented in From Upton Sinclair’s e Jungle to Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, American literature has a history of being in the vanguard when beautiful high de nition! it comes to activism about controversial issues. e books of Edward Abbey carry on that tradition, with memoirs like Desert “Spectacular! Daring! Fun for all the family.” – Solitaire and the classic comic novel, e Monkey Wrench Gang, taking on the degradation of the American Southwest. Filmmaker Time Out London ML Lincoln’s documentary Wrenched reveals how Edward Abbey’s anarchistic spirit and riotous novels in uenced and helped guide the nascent environmental movement of the 1970s and ‘80s. rough interviews, archival footage and re-enactments, ML Lincoln captures the outrage of Abbey’s friends who were the original eco-warriors. In defense of wilderness, these early activists pioneered ”monkeywrenching” - a radical blueprint for “wrenching the system.” Exempli ed by EarthFirst! in the early ‘80s, direct action and civil disobedience grew in popularity. With tree-spiking, forest occupation and high-pro le publicity stunts such as the cracking at Glen Canyon Dam, this group became the eventual target of FBI in ltrators, leading to the arrest of various members. Abbey’s message has lived on. Young activists are carrying on the monkeywrenching torch, using his books as a source of inspiration. Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure tale of murder, Wrenched captures a new generation as personi ed in Tim money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage DeChristopher, who singlehandedly stopped the sale of 100,000+ of adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast live from London’s acres of public trust lands in southeastern Utah. He was sentenced National eatre. It’s a dark, stormy night. e stars are out. to federal prison for his actions. e ght continues to sustain Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a the last bastion of the American frontier – the Wild West. And terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, Wrenched, following in Abbey’s footsteps, asks the question: “how full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage far are we willing go in defense of wilderness?” Featuring Charles Bowden, Katie Lee, Robert Redford, Terry Tempest Williams and begins. (Running time 145 mins., includes one intermission, Not more! (Dir. by ML Lincoln, 2014, USA, 90 mins., Not Rated) Rated / Suitable for ages 10 and up) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 4
TO LIGHT A CANDLE WHAT THE UNIVERSE TELLS ME SUNDAY, MARCH 1 AT 4:00PM SUNDAY, MARCH 1 AT 7:00PM FREE ADMISSION REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
PRESENTED BY THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY Co-presented by Tucson Symphony OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF TUCSON. Orchestra. Featuring a TSO Conversation with Tucson Symphony Orchestra Music “A revealing new documentary… a turning Director and Conductor George Hanson point in addressing the circumstance of Baha’is following the film, and a free raffle for in Iran.” – Omid Memarian, Hu ngton Post TSO tickets!
What the Universe Tells Me: Unraveling the Mysteries of Mahler’s ird Symphony is a passionate and mesmerizing documentary that explores how philosophy, mythology and music combine in Mahler’s ird Symphony to create an all-encompassing panoramic experience. From the volcanoes of the South Paci c to the Alpine peaks and meadows where Mahler composed, in What the Universe Tells Me, dramatic images from the natural world give shape to the Symphony’s evolutionary saga. Performances combine with illustrative artwork, computer animation, historical lm clips and the insights of world- renowned historians, philosophers and biographers. inkers such as Howard Gardner, Stan Brakhage and Catherine Keller To Light a Candle is a new documentary directed by Maziar join Mahler experts Henry Louis de La Grange, Donald Mitchell, Bahari, subject of the recent lm Rosewater. He was Newsweek’s Peter Franklin and Morten Solvik to introduce this masterpiece Iran reporter from 1998 to 2011 and has produced a number of to new audiences, while interspersed throughout is a thrilling other documentary lms about Iran. e Bahá’ís are a religious performance of the symphony with an orchestra culled from minority in Iran. ey are systematically imprisoned, tortured players from the Manhattan School of Music. (Dir. by Jason and killed by the Iranian government. e Islamic regime bans Starr, 2004, USA, 60 mins., Not Rated) the Bahá’ís from studying and teaching in Iranian universities. But the Bahá’ís do teach, and they do study. In 1987, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents Mahler Symphony No. 3, Bahá’ís started BIHE (Bahá’í Institute of Higher Education), conducted by George Hanson, Friday, March 13 at 8:00pm and an underground university with hundreds of students in Iran, Sunday, March 15 at 2:00pm, at the Tucson Music Hall. George and dozens of teachers in Iran and around the world. rough Hanson brings his tenure as TSO Music Director and Conductor powerful interviews, exclusive secret footage shot by citizen to a tting and inspiring close with Gustav Mahler’s massive journalists, rare archival material and dramatic letters written by Symphony No. 3. By doing so, he continues his acclaimed Bahá’í prisoners currently in jail in Iran, To Light a Candle shows conducting of Gustav Mahler’s work that has identi ed him as a how a small minority has de ed the brutal systematic religious “Mahler specialist” in Europe. persecution through non-violent resistance and educating their youth. (Dir. by Maziar Bahari, 2014, Iran, in Persian and English with English subtitles, 52 mins., Not Rated) 5 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
HARLAN COUNTY USA THE LAND OF MANY PALACES TUESDAY, MARCH 3 AT 7:00PM TUESDAY, MARCH 3 AT 4:00PM FREE ADMISSION! • $5 SUGGESTED DONATION FREE ADMISSION! TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DAY OF THE SCREENING ONLY. PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIES See classic art lms the way they were meant to be PRESENTED BY THE EAST ASIAN seen - with an audience, on the big screen! STUDIES COLLOQUIUM SERIES (SPRING, 2015), COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, THE “Extraordinarily detailed… instantly became UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA a cultural touchstone.” – Michael Atkinson, Village Voice Featuring a post-screening panel discussion and Q&A with Director Adam Smith in person! Winner of the Best Documentary Academy Award, Barbara Kopple’s groundbreaking Harlan County USA un inchingly documents a grueling coal miners’ strike in a small Kentucky town. Portraying a classic twentieth century con ict between labor and management, the lm dramatically chronicles the eorts of coal mining families to win a United Mines Workers contract. With unprecedented access, Kopple (director of such acclaimed documentaries as Shut Up and Sing and Running from Crazy, here making her feature documentary debut) and her lm crew captured the miners’ sometimes violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police and company thugs, as well as the intimate dramas of the families involved. Featuring a haunting soundtrack—with legendary country and bluegrass artists Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, Sarah Gunning, and Florence In Ordos, China, thousands of farmers are being relocated Reece—Harlan County USA is a landmark in documentary into a new city under a government plan to modernize the lmmaking (pre- guring the social activist documentary region. e Land of Many Palaces follows a government ocial boom which followed) as well as a heartbreaking record of the whose job is to convince these farmers that their lives will be thirteen-month struggle between a small community ghting better o in the city, and a farmer in one of the last remaining to survive and a large corporation dedicated to the bottom line. villages in the region who is pressured to move. e lm (Dir. by Barbara Kopple, 1976, USA, 103 mins., Rated PG) explores a process that will take shape on an enormous scale across China, since the central government announced plans to See the regional premier of Oscar-winner relocate 250 million farmers to cities across the nation over the next 20 years. e Land of Many Palaces was co-directed and co- Barbara Kopple’s new documentary, Hot Type: produced by Adam James Smith and Song Ting, and was also 150 Years Of e Nation Sunday, March 15 At co-produced by Wang Qihan. (Dir. by Adam Smith & Ting Song, 7:00PM . Featuring a post- lm discussion with 2015, China, 61 mins., Not Rated) John Nichols, political writer and Washington correspondent for e Nation! Details on page 11. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 6
PATRICK’S DAY / THE FEATURE FILM FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS PROJECT FRIDAY, MARCH 6 AT 9:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 THURSDAY, MARCH 5 AT 7:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES $200 MONTHLY GRAND PRIZE! Don’t miss the third annual Feature Film $1,000 YEARLY GRAND PRIZE! Project, a new concept in lm distribution brought to you by the creators of e On the rst Friday of each month at 9:00pm, Red Meat’s Max Cannon hosts the biggest, baddest short lm contest in town – Manhattan Shorts Film Festival! Your vote will just bring us your short lms and we’ll play them on the largest help determine if this undiscovered gem should movie screen in Southern Arizona! return to cinemas throughout the US for a theatrical release! In case you’ve never been to a First Friday Shorts show, here are the rules: We’ll play anything you’ve made that’s under 15 minutes long and is brought to us on a DVD, thumb drive “A stunning and shattering piece of work.” – or BLU-ray (one lm per person, and DVDs must be playable Nicholas Roeg, lmmaker (Don’t Look Now) on a regular DVD player and lms on drives need to be in by 8:00pm). Submissions are only taken on the day of the event, Winner of numerous international lm festival and all entries MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START awards, the new romantic drama from acclaimed OF THE ACTUAL SHOW (we cannot accept lms after the show has begun, or during intermission). All lms are played director Terry McMahon (Charlie Casanova) tells the in the order they’re received. Every lm is guaranteed to play story of Patrick, a warm, open-hearted, twenty-six for 3 minutes, but after that the audience can call for the year old virgin. He also happens to be schizophrenic. dreaded “gong” if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck, Pills and his mother’s protection mean he is no threat our intrepid host stops the lm and the next movie begins. to himself or anyone else. Until he falls in love. e But don’t despair … if your lm is gonged, you can re-work it and bring it back to see if the changes you’ve made have object of his desire, Karen, a suicidal ight attendant, pleased the audience. is is a great way for lmmakers to try has no idea that intimacy might reintroduce her to out new ideas and see how an actual audience responds, so living. Patrick’s obsessively over-protective mother take advantage. You cannot submit the same lm more than Maura doesn’t realize her own misguided love may once unless it has been re-worked. Remember, the audience be more dangerous to her son than any mental decides the winner each and every month, so keep them happy! health issue, and in a erce attempt to save him PLEASE NOTE: We only take the rst 15 lms that are brought in each from the disappointment of a failed romance, she month and the spots have been lling up really fast. We start taking plots to pull Karen and Patrick apart by enlisting submissions as soon as we open the day of the show so get your lms in early! the help of a dysfunctional detective, who will use his position to help her for a price. is provocative PLEASE BE ADVISED: Since we don’t pre-screen First Friday Shorts and heartbreaking romance proves that when it entries, we don’t know what each month’s “ lm content” rating will be. Be advised that some material may not be suitable for all audiences. comes to love, we’re all a little bit crazy. (Dir. by Terry McMahon, 2014, Ireland, 102 mins., Not Rated) Congratulations to Symeon Platts and Michael Dean for winning the February contest with their short lm, Breaking Up!
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DALAI LAMA AWAKENING HOLIDAY SATURDAY, MARCH 7 AT 7:00PM SUNDAY, MARCH 8 AT 7:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening. PART OF OUR LOFT STAFF SELECTS SERIES PRESENTED BY TUCSON NONPROFIT, ONE A monthly series showcasing lm favorites chosen GLOBAL VILLAGE, BENEFITING TIBETANS by our amazing Loft Cinema sta! is month’s Loft IN TIBET. Sta Selects lm was chosen by Brenda Rodriguez, Assistant Manager & Volunteer Coordinator! “If you’re searching for something to inspire you, look no further than this lm.” – William In this fast and funny screwball comedy, screen legends Cary Brownridge, Toronto Film Scene Grant and Katherine Hepburn send sparks ying as a pair of rebellious singles who must decide if they’re ready to be the perfect couple! Johnny Case (Cary Grant), a happy-go-lucky, self-made success in the world of high nance, has nally found the girl of his dreams – Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire – and she’s agreed to marry him! But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his ancée has other plans – she wants Johnny to work in her father’s bank! As he tries to decide whether to follow his head or his heart, Johnny can rely on at least one Seton in his corner. She’s Linda Seton (Katherine Hepburn), the down-to-earth younger sister of his soon-to-be-wife, and she likes Johnny just the way he is. is absolutely charming, wholly engaging romantic comedy Dalai Lama Awakening, which features the Dalai Lama and is is the hidden gem of the four collaborations of Hepburn and narrated by actor Harrison Ford, is director Khashyar Darvich’s Grant (whose onscreen chemistry also lit up such classics newest documentary lm–a new “poetic reVision” of his award- as Bringing Up Baby and e Philadelphia Story), an unorthodox, winning documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance. Dalai Lama hilarious comedy of life among the rich and privileged, based Awakening presents the profound and life-changing journey of on the Broadway hit by playwright Philip Barry. Expertly innovative Western thinkers who travel to India to meet with guided by Oscar-winning director George Cukor (A Star is the Dalai Lama to solve many of the world’s problems. e Born), Holiday plays up the social politics of the story just as well result is an inner transformation of the participants, as well as as the exquisite romance, with Hepburn and Grant, as always, a personal transformational experience for those who watch perfectly paired as the sophisticated, fast-talking and often the lm. Aside from featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama downright goofy couple who were just meant to be together, (and narrator Harrison Ford), Dalai Lama Awakening features even though not everyone else in the lm can see it! (Dir. by innovative thinkers like Dr. Michael Beckwith ( e Secret), George Cukor, 1938, USA, 95 mins., Not Rated) Quantum Physicists Fred Alan Wolf and Amit Goswami (What the Bleep Do We Know), Harry Morgan Moses, Revolutionary Social Scientist Jean Houston, and others. (Dir. by Khashyar Darvich, 2014, USA, 120 mins., Not Rated) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 10
THE LAST UNICORN TUCSON LUNAFEST 2015 WITH AUTHOR PETER S. BEAGLE IN PERSON! TUESDAY, MARCH 10 AT 7:00PM MONDAY, MARCH 9 AT 7:00PM • MERCH GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 • STUDENTS: $5 SIGNING AT 6:00PM • Q&A AND PRIZE RAFFLE Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening. AT 7:00PM • FILM AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 •LOFT MEMBERS: $12 To purchase tickets in advance call WOSAC at (520) 621-5656. CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $8 Advance tickets are not available at e Loft Cinema. Presented by WOSAC and e University of Arizona Department of Gender and Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening. Women’s Studies. Featuring an exciting ra e for fabulous prizes, including jewelry, gift certi cates to ne dining and services, and the Don’t miss this very special screening of the classic 1982 traditional, handmade, annual Lunafest quilt! Ra e tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. animated fantasy e Last Unicorn, in a brand-new digitally restored version, featuring a live appearance by acclaimed Proceeds from Tucson Lunafest 2015 admissions and ra e ticket author/screenwriter Peter S. Beagle, who will host a pre- lm sales will bene t WOSAC ( e Women’s Studies Advisory Council) and Q&A and prize ra e. Copies of his novel e Last Unicorn and the Breast Cancer Fund. other merchandise will be available for sale and signing at this event. Get ready for an entertaining and enlightening evening of short lms made by, for and about women. is annual nationally-touring lm festival brings the best short lms from around the world together for one special night of Legendary Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Peter cinematic excitement! is year’s program of EIGHT brand-new lms will S. Beagle’s 1968 novel e Last Unicorn is regarded as one of compel discussion, make you laugh, tug at your heartstrings and motivate the greatest all-time novels in the fantasy eld. Since its rst you to make a dierence in your community. Incredibly diverse in style and publication it has never been out of print in the U.S., and has sold content, Lunafest is united by a common thread of exceptional and inspiring over 6 million copies worldwide in over 25 languages. In 1982, an storytelling – by, for and about women. animated feature lm written by Mr. Beagle, directed by Rankin & THIS YEAR’S FILMS: Bass (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer), and featuring the voices of Je Bridges, Christopher Lee, Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin and Angela A GOOD MATCH: Ann and Alex have split up, but does that mean it’s over Lansbury was released to theatres before going on to become a cult with Alex’s mom, too? Ann wants to give the relationship another try. favorite on home video. In this enchanting lm, a lone unicorn seeks out others like herself through a mystical land of talking cats FLOR DE TOLOACHE: A group of women daringly challenge gender social and spellbinding magicians. In her search for other unicorns, the norms as an all-female mariachi band. last unicorn encounters a cast of delightful characters as well as MISS TODD: In 1910 New York, Miss Todd works to understand the dangers she never imagined. roughout the fantastic adventure, principles of ight, but she has more than gravity holding her down. she learns of friendship, love, and most importantly, her true self. TRYOUTS: Being a teenager isn’t easy, especially for Nayla, a Muslim Except for a handful of lm festival and special appearances, e American girl who wants to join her new high school’s cheerleading squad. Last Unicorn has been relegated to home video since its original release in 1982. For many of its millions of fans, the small screen CHICAS DAY: Today is a girls’ day out, everything is allowed. But don’t forget that this is just a game… is the only way they’ve ever been able to see the lm. Now author/ screenwriter Peter S. Beagle, Conlan Press, and Europe’s ITV plc (the LADY PARTS: In an industry dominated by men, Lady Parts Automotive owner of the lm) have joined forces to change that. For 8-12 days brings a woman’s touch. every month until the end of 2015, a beautiful new 2K digital print of e Last Unicorn will tour the world one movie theater at a time, TITS: A story about feminine exploration. with Peter S. Beagle himself at every screening to host audience VIVA: Q&As, meet fans, and sign books, videos, art prints, soundtracks, A documentary portrait of Cornwall’s grandmother of punk, or, how to be a rebel at 82. and special new merchandise. (Dir. by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr., 1982, USA, 92 mins., Rated G) (Approximate program running time: 120 mins., Not Rated) 11 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
THE SECRET OF KELLS HOT TYPE: 150 YEARS OF THE NATION SATURDAY, MARCH 14 AT 10:00AM SUNDAY, MARCH 15 AT 7:00PM FREE ADMISSION! REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES THE REGIONAL PREMIERE OF OSCAR- A free monthly series showcasing great new and WINNER BARBARA KOPPLE’S NEW classic family-friendly lms from around the world! DOCUMENTARY, FEATURING A POST- Presented by Trail Dust Town! Pre-show activities FILM DISCUSSION WITH JOHN NICHOLS, hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at POLITICAL WRITER AND WASHINGTON 9:15am! CORRESPONDENT FOR THE NATION!
“Gorgeous and enchanting, e Secret of Kells is e new lm from Academy Award-wining documentary a magical adventure unlike anything we’ve seen lmmaker Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA; Shut on screen before.”– Claudia Puig, USA Today Up and Sing) tells the story of e Nation. e oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United e Secret of Kells is an enchanting, Oscar-nominated States, founded in 1865 and now in its 150th year, e animated masterpiece from the producers of e Triplets Nation covers politics and culture from a liberal point of of Belleville and Song of the Sea! Magic, fantasy and Celtic view. e lm captures daily life working on the periodical, mythology come together in a riot of color, detail and introduces sta writers and editors past and present, and gorgeous hand-drawn animation that dazzles the eyes in follows inductees in the much-sought-after internship this sweeping story about the power of imagination and program. At the heart of the lm are the reporters faith to carry humanity through dark times. Features the covering stories in the eld, and the in-depth coverage and voices of Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter), Mick Lally, Evan long-term perspectives that e Nation provides. (Dir. by McGuire and Christen Mooney. Young Brendan lives in a Barbara Kopple, 2015, USA, 94 mins., Not Rated) remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated John Nichols writes about politics for e master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying Nation magazine as its Washington correspondent. A an ancient but un nished book, brimming with secret contributing writer for e Progressive and In ese Times, wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, he is also the associate editor of the Capital Times, the Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. His articles quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where have appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy dozens of other newspapers and he is a frequent guest Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him along on radio and television programs as a commentator on the way. But with the barbarians closing in, will Brendan’s politics and media issues. Of Nichols, author Gore Vidal determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness said: “Of all the giant slayers now afoot in the great and show that enlightenment is the greatest force against American desert John Nichols’s sword is the sharpest.” evil? (Dir. by Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey, 2009, Ireland/ France/Belgium, in English, 75 mins., Not Rated / Suitable for all ages) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 12
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1971 MONDAY, MARCH 16 AT 7:00PM THURSDAY, MARCH 19 AT 7:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
FEATURING A LIVE POST-FILM Q&A WITH “PERSON #8,” ONE OF THE PREVIOUSLY- ANONYMOUS SUBJECTS OF THE FILM, AND DIRECTOR JOHANNA HAMILTON VIA SKYPE! PART OF OUR SCIENCE ON SCREEN SERIES e program is designed to pair thought-provoking lms, old and new, “ is is a terri c time capsule with a resonant with insightful contextual discussions with local experts and academics message.” – Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News to create illuminating and entertaining programming that will bring the exciting world of science alive on the big screen. Made possible by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Coolidge Corner Long before Edward Snowden was turning out state secrets, eatre Foundation. a group of ordinary citizens were pulling back the rug to expose the dirty tricks of Hoover’s FBI. In 1971, a group of Special introduction by archaeologist, lm scholar and eight ordinary people (parents, teachers and citizens) calling University of Arizona Regents Professor Dr. David Soren. themselves e Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI Dr. Soren will discuss “real archaeology” vs. “movie formed an elaborate plan to break into an FBI eld oce in archaeology” as seen in the blockbuster hit Raiders of the Media, Pennsylvania and liberate whatever documents they Lost Ark. could nd. ey got far more than they bargained for. Outlined in grey government language were plans to subvert the left- Simply put, there is perhaps no greater (or more fun) action/adventure leaning elements in the nation; everything from paying mailmen ick than Raiders of the Lost Ark, the rst and indisputably best of to spy on university professors, to plans to in ltrate the Black the initial three Indiana Jones movies cooked up by the dream team Panthers and the Boy Scouts. e most incriminating documents of director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas. is wildly were sent to newspapers, including e Washington Post, entertaining lm has it all: non-stop action, exotic locations, grand where a young reporter discovered a mysterious slip of paper spectacle, a wise-cracking hero, nasty villains, a beautiful and feisty love interest, humor, horror (melting Nazis!)… not to mention lots with the word COINTELPRO printed on it. Hoover’s Counter and lots of snakes. And along with all the familiar bits that are now Intelligence Program was a secret operation to in ltrate and deeply imbedded in pop culture–Harrison Ford running from that disrupt any organization he considered a threat to US security, giant boulder, using his pistol instead of his trusty whip to take out which included everyone from Women’s Liberation groups to a sword-wielding bad guy, facing o with a hissing cobra, and on and Martin Luther King, Jr. Despite attempts to track down the on – there’s real resonance in a gripping storyline that brings together people responsible for the theft (at one point more than 200 a profound religious-archaeological icon (the Ark of the Covenant, agents were combing Media, Pennsylvania), the perpetrators nothing less than “a radio for speaking to God”) and the 20th century’s were never discovered. Until now. With recreations, candid most infamous criminals (the Nazis). Now that’s entertainment! (Dir. interviews, and some truly startling revelations, the people by Steven Spielberg, 1981, USA, 115 min., Rated PG) behind the story talk about, not only the break in, but more Dr. David Soren is Regents Professor of Classics with the University importantly, the motivation and meaning behind it. Produced of Arizona and Director of the Orvieto Institute in Umbria. He holds by Laura Poitras (Citizenfour), 1971 has some critical lessons a B.A. in Greek & Roman Studies from Dartmouth, and an M.A. in to oer to the current times, when government surveillance Fine Arts and Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from Harvard University. has become big business, and Big Brother gets bigger, and more His specialties include Roman Archaeology and the making of invasive, every day. (Dir. by Johanna Hamilton, 2014, USA, 80 documentaries. mins., Not Rated) 13 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW OUT IN THE NIGHT SATURDAY, MARCH 21 AT MIDNIGHT TUESDAY, MARCH 24 AT 7:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 FREE ADMISSION! TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DAY OF THE SCREENING ONLY. MARCH THEME: WILD WILD WEST/STEAMPUNK PART OF THE 2015 LESBIAN LOOKS FILM Whatever happened to Saturday night? It was locked in a closet with e Rocky Horror Picture Show and it hasn’t been the same since! Unleash SERIES your inner Sweet Transvestite when the mother of all cult classics hits the big screen with the “Heavy Petting” shadow cast, live and in your face! You’ll see a healthy young couple inducted into the world of “ is impassioned social issue documentary absolute pleasure, Transylvanians doing the pelvic thrust and a sexy serves as a strong indictment of tabloid scientist trying to free us of all our inhibitions (not to mention our journalism and a prejudicial legal system.” – clothing)! So pull up your shnets and get ready to become a creature of the night at the strangest, sexiest “science ction double feature” of all- Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter time, a Loft tradition for 37 years and counting! (Dir. by Jim Sharman, 1975, UK/USA, 98 mins., Rated R, 20th Century Fox)
Under the neon lights of the gay-friendly West Village neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American women are attacked by an older man, and then face slanderous media coverage and egregious sentences as they are charged and convicted as a “Lesbian Gang” for defending themselves. e women came to be known as the New Jersey Four. e documentary Out In e Night tells the story of the women’s trial and prison sentences, and the years-long ght by relatives and activists to get them released, revealing how the media, homophobia, and racism all work together to stigmatize and victimize LGBTQ people of color. e lm has screened in over 50 international festivals, won awards at several of them, and been named to numerous top-10 documentary lists for 2014, including Alternet and e Advocate. (Dir. by Blair Dorosh-Walther, 2014, USA, 75 mins., Not Rated) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 14
IN THE AMERICAS THE FIGHT IN THE FIELDS: THURSDAY, MARCH 26 AT 7:30PM CESAR CHAVEZ AND THE GENERAL ADMISSION $2 FARMWORKERS’ STRUGGLE ADMISSION INCLUDES RAFFLE TICKET Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening. MONDAY, MARCH 30 AT 7:00PM FREE ADMISSION! A GALA EVENING PRESENTATION, TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DAY OF THE SCREENING ONLY. PRESENTED BY THE SOUTHWEST CENTER AND THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN A CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY STUDIES. COALITION DAY OF SERVICES EVENT
In the Americas with David Yetman, the new HDTV series by “ e exquisite e Fight in the Fields… paints multiple Emmy Award-winning producer and director Dan a vivid portrait of a modern-day Mahatma Duncan and internationally renowned writer, host, and Gandhi.” – Oakland Tribune producer David Yetman, takes a fresh look at the lands that make up much of the Western Hemisphere. Each country More than two years in the making, e Fight in the Fields: Cesar contains landscapes, peoples, and history that have not received Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle is the rst lm to cover the the attention they deserve on the world stage. In the Americas full arc of Cesar Chávez’ life. Using archival footage, newsreel, with David Yetman undertakes a new approach to travel and and present-day interviews with Ethel Kennedy, former adventure. California Governor Jerry Brown, Dolores Huerta, and Chávez’s brother, sister, son, and daughter, the documentary traces the Part 1: Tultepec: Mexico’s Sky Rocket Central. e small city of remarkable contributions of Chávez and others involved in this Tultepec, a suburb of Mexico City, specializes in the production epic struggle. e lm follows the rst successful organizing of reworks, supplying much of the country known for reworks drive of farm workers in the United States, while recounting the in its festivals. In March of each year Tultepec celebrates with many failed and dramatic attempts to unionize that led up to dazzling, amboyant, and hazardous displays of reworks that this victory. Woven through this historical mosaic is the story of wildly exceed any other in Mexico. Chávez’s life, from his adolescence as a migrant farmworker and his early days as a community organizer to the the pivotal 300- Part 2: ABC Islands: e Dutch Legacy in the Carribean. e mile march he led from Delano to Sacramento and his friendship last vestiges of the once-mighty Dutch empire live on in the and landmark political alliance with Robert Kennedy. Caribbean in the ABC Islands–Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. Islanders speak four languages, one of which is their very Chávez and many others helped bring about important changes own, as they explain. We visit Curaçao, now independent, and in farmworkers lives. Many of these things are now taken for wander the streets of Willemstad, its capital city. In its colonial granted, such as getting fresh water and public toilets in the buildings we nd hints of a past glory made possible by slave elds, and larger reforms across the industry. e lm pays trade. After a short ight by puddle jumper we land in Bonaire, tribute to the tremendous advances made by Chávez and all the still a colony, where we don Scuba gear to mingle with its men and women of the United Farmworkers Union who fought incomparable marine life and hunt down the Lion sh intruders. for a stake in the American dream. (Dir. by Rick Tejada-Flores & en we witness the extraction of uncountable tons of salt from Ray Telles, 1997, USA, 120 mins., Not Rated/Suitable for all ages) Bonaire’s tidal ats. Finally we trek into a national park where dense groves of tall cacti are home hordes of lizards and lagoons harbor tranquil amingos. “A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.” – Billy Wilder
imultaneously one of the most European Wilder set to work on redefining the cinematic and American of all Hollywood directors, conventions of a slew of different genres, the great Billy Wilder, over the course including romantic comedy (The Apartment), of his 50-plus year career, managed to farce (Some Like it Hot), war picture (Stalag Sinject a subversive arthouse sensibility into 17), melodrama (Sunset Boulevard), film noir the most commercial of projects, in the process (Double Indemnity) and more. A “Billy Wilder creating some of the screen’s most enduring Film” is a phrase at once as specific and difficult and iconic classics. Born in Austria, Wilder to categorize as the filmmaker himself, but spent his early professional life as a journalist in his signature combination of cynicism and Vienna before he was given a job in Germany as romanticism always hints at the man behind a screenwriter, at which point a new dream took the camera. Throughout his long career, Wilder hold – the movies. Immigrating to Hollywood may have refused to stand still long enough to in the mid-1930s, Wilder launched a mega- allow audiences a neat and easy definition, but, successful career writing and directing a string to borrow the closing line from one of his most of studio hits, eventually winning six Oscars famous films, “Nobody’s perfect.” and numerous other awards. With a sardonic wit and a penchant for scathing observation, Regular admission prices for each film. DOUBLE INDEMNITY ACE IN THE HOLE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 AT 7:00PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 AT 7:00PM
“The spiffy, suave James M. Cain based mega-noir “A revelation! As timely now as when it was made… that spawned a billion scheming-bitch thrillers… Kirk Douglas is at his most powerful and hypnotic.” – Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray become Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle unforgettable, delicious clichés the minute they cock their eyebrows at one another.” – Michael Atkinson, A critical and box-office disappointment that was perhaps Village Voice ahead of its time in 1951, Wilder’s follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an equally dark vision whose stature has Wilder’s cunning masterpiece, adapted from James grown over the ensuing years, a no-holds-barred expose of M. Cain’s then-notorious pulp novel, helped to spawn the American media’s hunger for sensation that has only Hollywood’s dark era of mordant murder thrillers and is become more relevant with time. (Dir. by Billy Wilder, 1951, one of the greatest, “noir-iest” noirs ever made. (Dir.by Billy USA, 111 mins., Not Rated) Wilder, 1944, USA, 107 mins., Not Rated)
THE APARTMENT SUNSET BOULEVARD WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 AT 7:00PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 AT 7:00PM
“One of the finest comedies Hollywood has ever “Still the best Hollywood movie ever made about turned out.” – David Ansen, Newsweek Hollywood.” – Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
This dark-hued romantic comedy, winner of five Academy Billy Wilder’s classic foray into Hollywood Grand Guignol, Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, is a a riveting tale of a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who falls wonderfully scathing send-up of love on the corporate into the clutches of a psychotic, has-been silent movie star, ladder, and is often referred to as the archetypal Billy Wilder is a poison pen valentine to the studio system, offering the film. Originally branded “a dirty fairy tale” and buoyed by ultimate peek behind the tattered curtain of Tinseltown. pitch-perfect performances from Jack Lemmon and Shirley A Hollywood horror story framed as a jet-black film noir MacLaine, The Apartment stands as one of the greatest, shot through with bizarre humor, Sunset Boulevard won most bittersweet comedies of all-time. (Dir. by Billy Wilder, three Academy Awards and instantly become the ultimate 1960, USA, 125 mins., Not Rated) cautionary tale of the dark side of showbiz. (Dir. by Billy Wilder, 1950, USA, 110 mins. Not Rated) 17 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY DR. WHO & THE DALEKS TUESDAY, MARCH 31 AT 7:00PM THURSDAY, APRIL 2 AT 7:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
CO-PRESENTED BY YWCA TUCSON, 50TH ANNIVERSARY RESTORATION! CO- THE UA DEPT. OF GENDER & WOMEN’S PRESENTED BY ZIA RECORDS AND THE LOFT STUDIES AND THE LOFT CINEMA. CINEMA. ENTER OUR FREE RAFFLE FOR ZIA GIFT CARDS AND FABULOUS DR. WHO Special Women’s History Month screening, with MERCH! a post- lm panel discussion featuring Monica Casper, Dept. Head and Professor, UA Dept. of “ e rst Doctor Who movie has enough fun Gender & Women’s Studies; Janet Grace, Board and charisma to keep things extremely lively.” of Directors, YWCA Tucson; and Dulce Juarez, – Doctor Who TV Immigrants’ Rights Project Coordinator, ACLU Dr. Who & e Daleks was the rst big screen lm adaptation of Arizona. is discussion will be moderated by of British television’s most iconic sci- hero, and was the rst Elise Collins Shields. time Doctor Who was ever seen in color! Created to capitalize on the rst explosion of “Who-mania” in the Swinging Sixties, “Exceptional. Bristling with the energy and and based on a story from the original BBC TV serial, this sci- adventure stars British lm legend Peter Cushing (Star Wars) insight of one of the most important social as everyone’s favorite eccentric Time Lord, Doctor Who. Having movements of the 20th century.” – Sheri invented the TARDIS, a strange machine disguised as a police Linden, Los Angeles Times telephone box that’s capable of travelling into other dimensions, the Doctor and his three young accomplices set forth on a quest is rousing, provocative documentary resurrects the buried through time and space. eir journey takes them into the history of the modern women’s movement in America from dark, undiscovered depths of the universe and to the planet 1966 to 1971. From the founding of NOW, with ladies in of Skaro. is primitive world has been devastated by nuclear hats and gloves, to the emergence of more radical factions war and is now populated by two warring species – a peaceful of women’s liberation, the lm focuses on the outrageous, tribe known as als and a deadly life form heavily mutated by often brilliant women who founded the movement. Artfully radiation, encased in protective machines. A merciless force of combining dramatizations, performance and archival imagery, destruction known as e Daleks! Can Doctor Who and his pals the lm recounts the stories of women who fought for their own help the peace-loving als defeat their monstrous enemies? equality, and in the process created a world-wide revolution. e Exterminate! Extreminate! Directed by Gordon Flemyng and lm doesn’t try to romanticize the early movement, but now fully restored for its 50th anniversary, Dr. Who and the dramatizes it in all its exhilarating, quarrelsome, sometimes Daleks is a fun romp lled with cool ideas, colorfully campy mid- heart-wrenching glory. It also doesn’t shy away from the ‘60s production values and a thrilling sense of adventure that controversies over race, sexual preference and leadership that delighted the Doctor’s obsessive young fans back in the day. arose in the women’s movement. Featuring interviews with Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this classic on the big early feminists Kate Millet, Fran Beal, Rita Mae Brown and screen, and enjoy the throwback to a time when a trash can and many others, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry captures the spirit a toilet plunger could be combined to create a terrifying robotic of the time – thrilling, scandalous, and often hilarious. (Dir. by adversary! (Dir. by Gordon Flemyng, 1965, UK, 82 mins., Rated Mary Dore, 2014, USA, 92 mins., Not Rated) PG) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 18
GIUSEPPE MAKES A MOVIE OCCUPY THE FARM SATURDAY, APRIL 4 AT 9:00PM TUESDAY, APRIL 7 AT 7:00PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
POST-FILM Q&A WITH DIRECTOR ADAM CO-PRESENTED BY EDIBLE BAJA ARIZONA RIFKIN AND PRODUCER MIKE PLANTE! AND THE LOFT CINEMA. FEATURING A FILM WILL BE SCREENED FROM A VHS PANEL DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE TAPE! FILM! DETAILS TBA.
“An eye-opening portrait of trailer-park “ e lm is riveting from the start.” – Ernest underground lmmaking… Adam Rifkin’s Hardy, Village Voice documentary convincingly portrays the sense of community fostered by Giuseppe Andrews’s crazed passion.” – Carson Lund, Slant
While the rest of America slept, DIY lmmaker/ musician Giuseppe Andrews (a one-time teen actor in Independence Day and Detroit Rock City) has made over 30 experimental features with titles like Doily’s Summer of Freak Occurrences, Trailer Town and Utopia Blues. Set in some demented alternate universe (i.e. Ventura, California), they are populated by real-life alcoholics and drug addicts, trash-talking senior Occupy the Farm tells the inspiring story of a community taking direct action to create a healthier and more just food system citizens and trailer park residents dressed in cow and question the stewardship of a precious resource: publicly out ts and costume-shop wigs, acting out booze- owned urban farmland. 200 farmers occupy one of the last fueled vignettes of severe psychosis ltered through pieces of farmland in California’s urban East Bay, plant 15,000 Giuseppe’s John Waters-meets-Harmony Korine- seedlings to feed the community and disrupt plans to build a meets-Werner Herzog sensibility. Following the shopping mall. What happens next will change the fate of the land and reveal a new strategy for activism. From tilling soil to riotously eventful two-day production of Garbanzo police raids, from lawsuits to over owing harvests, Occupy the Gas, Giuseppe’s crude, comical avant-garde lm Farm reveals a resourceful, creative, and determined community about a cow that’s granted a vacation from the as it ghts against the privatization of the land and responds slaughterhouse, Giuseppe Makes a Movie, from with direct action to a serious social need: access to healthy acclaimed director Adam Rifkin (Detroit Rock City, e food. (Dir. by Todd Darling, 2014, USA, 90 mins., Not Rated) Dark Backward) is a hilariously compelling ode to low- budget lmmaking and the underground spirit. (Dir. by Adam Rifkin, 2014, USA, 82 mins., Not Rated) 19 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
THE NEVERENDING STORY THE NIGHT PORTER SATURDAY, APRIL 11 AT 10:00AM TUESDAY, APRIL 14 AT 7:00PM FREE ADMISSION! FREE ADMISSION • $5 SUGGESTED DONATION
PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIES A free monthly series showcasing great new and See classic art lms the way they were meant to be classic family-friendly lms from around the world! seen - with an audience, on the big screen! Presented by Trail Dust Town! Pre-show activities hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at One of the most controversial and hotly-debated lms of the 9:15am! 1970s, Liliana Cavani’s acclaimed drama e Night Porter is a dark and disturbing love story dipped in decadence. (Dir. by Liliana Cavani, 1974, Italy, in English, 118 mins., Rated R) “ e Neverending Story remains a wonderful testament to the power of imagination and the type of inventive cinema that was possible in a pre-digital era.” – omas Caldwell, Cinema Autopsy
is beloved ‘80s fantasy lm is a grand adventure set in a magical world where the greatest power is imagination. One day while playing hooky, shy schoolboy Bastian Bux wanders into a strange bookstore and discovers a novel called e Neverending Story. As he reads the book, he becomes so consumed in the unfolding tale that he escapes reality (and the bullies who torment him) when he nds himself catapulted into the land of Fantasia himself. Soon he’s drawn into an incredible world of Rock Biters and Luck Dragons, Swamps of Sadness and a PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE destructive force called e Nothing that threatens to destroy the entire kingdom of Fantasia. Delving into the story of the SUNDAY, APRIL 19 AT 7:00PM brave young warrior Atreyu, the timid Bastian discovers that GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 he may actually hold the key to rescuing Fantasia. Can Bastian save his new friends and return to his own world? Based on PART OF OUR LOFT STAFF SELECTS SERIES the classic novel by Michael Ende, and lled with startling A monthly series showcasing lm favorites chosen pre-CGI eects and elaborate puppetry work, e Neverending Storyspawned two sequels and stands today as a thrilling, out- by our amazing Loft Cinema sta! is month’s Loft of-this-world adventure tale fueled by the power of reading and Sta Selects lm was chosen by Je Yanc, Program dreaming. (Dir. by Wolfgang Peterson, 1984, USA/Germany, 102 Director! mins., Rated PG) Brian De Palma’s wild and wacky musical mashup of Faust, e Phantom of the Opera and Ziggy Stardust is a glitter-dusted horror/comedy/rock opera that could have only escaped from the 1970s. (Dir. by Brian De Palma, 1974, USA, 92 mins., Rated PG) NEW FILMS 20
BALLET 422 MAPS TO THE STARS STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
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“TRULY EXTRAODINARY. Essential viewing for “Extraordinary… nightmarishly compelling.” – any artist. An intimate window into a seemingly Robbie Collin, Telegraph unobtainable world, a journey that ends up being just as exhilarating as it is elegant” – Regina Mogilevskaya, Art Info
“A CINEMATIC GEM. It encapsulates the passion of two inspired artists, the one in front of the camera and the one behind it.” – Ra Asdourian, e Film Stage
From rst rehearsal to world premiere, Ballet 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as Justin Peck, a young up-and-coming choreographer, crafts a new work. Ballet Celebrated lmmaker David Cronenberg strips Hollywood bare 422 illuminates the process behind the creation of a single in this wicked satire of the movie business. Havana Segrand ballet within the ongoing cycle of work at one of the world’s (Julianne Moore, Best Actress Oscar winner) is a desperate and great ballet companies. New York City Ballet, under the artistic increasingly unhinged middle-aged actress scheming to land direction of Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins, boasts a roster the lead in a remake of a lm her mother starred in years ago. of more than 90 elite dancers and a repertory of works by many Around this imploding star revolves a constellation of shady of the greatest choreographers in the history of the art form. Tinseltown types: Dr. Staord Weiss (John Cusack), a TV When 25-year-old NYCB dancer Justin Peck begins to emerge psychologist and self-help guru whose teen-idol son is going as a promising young choreographer, he is commissioned to o the rails; Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), a pyromaniac who gets create a new ballet for the Company’s 2013 Winter Season. With hired as Havana’s assistant; Jerome (Robert Pattinson), a limo unprecedented access to an elite world, the lm follows Peck driver, struggling actor and aspiring screenwriter who is literally as he collaborates with musicians, lighting designers, costume available for anything; and various wives, agents, and phantoms designers and his fellow dancers to create Paz de la Jolla, NYCB’s who stroll periodically through the carnage. Gleefully dissecting 422nd new ballet. Ballet 422 is an unembellished vérité portrait a milieu driven by all the wrong values, Maps to the Stars peels of a process that has never before been documented at New back Tinseltown’s skin-deep facade to reveal a dystopia that’s York City Ballet in its entirety. (Dir. by Jody Lee Lipes, 2014, USA, at once utterly alien and eerily recognizable. (Dir. by David 72 mins., Rated PG) Cronenberg, 2014, Canada/US/Germany/France, 111 mins., Rated R) 21 NEW FILMS
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS THE LAST FIVE YEARS STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 6 STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 6 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
SPECIAL ADVANCE PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT “A very funny, deeply aecting portrait of love SCREENING ON THURSDAY, MARCH 5 AT lost and found.” – Stephanie Merry, Washington 10:00PM! Post
“Here it is at long last: a truly great vampire “ e lm is an enchanting creation - a showcase comedy. And also the funniest horror lm to for Kendrick’s rising star, but also a bold shot come out of New Zealand since Braindead.” – in the arm for the musical genre itself.” – Barry Dan Jolin, Empire Magazine Hertz, National Post
What We Do In e Shadows chronicles the adventures of four Based on the o-Broadway hit by Tony Award-winner Jason vampire roommates trying to get by in a modern world that’s Robert Brown, this stellar new addition to the catalogue of not always hospitable to the undead. Jemaine Clement and “sung-through” musicals is uplifting, melancholy and moving in Taika Waititi, creators of the HBO hit series “Flight of the equal measure. Focusing on the ve-year relationship between Conchords,” co-wrote, co-directed, and co-star in this hilarious rising novelist Jamie Wellerstein (Jeremy Jordan, Newsies) send-up in which an endearingly unhip quartet of friends reveal and struggling actress / “Shiksa Goddess” Cathy Hyatt (Anna to us or, rather, to the documentary crew that’s lming them, Kendrick, Pitch Perfect), e Last Five Years tells the tale of the details of their daily-make that nightly-routine. Ranging this fated romance from two perspectives and two temporal in age from 183 to 8,000, and in appearance from adorably directions: Cathy’s side of the story proceeds in reverse order youthful to Nosferatu-crusty, they squabble over household from the end of their marriage, while Jamie’s version of events chores, struggle to keep up with the latest trends in technology begins with the couple’s rst meeting. Capturing both the and fashion, antagonize the local werewolves, cruise clubs for boundless possibilities of young love and the poignancy and pain lovely ladies, and deal with the rigors of living on a very, very of its end, bursting with the energy and wit of Brown’s clever strict diet. e lm also stars Rhys Darby, Jonathan Brugh, Cori compositions, and carried along by the charm of its captivating Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Jackie Van Beek. (Dir. by leads, e Last Five Years is a uniquely emotional experience and Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, 2014, New Zealand, 86 mins., one of the most enchanting musicals in years. (Dir. by Richard Not Rated) LaGravenese, 2014, USA, 94 mins., Rated PG-13) NEW FILMS 22
AMIRA & SAM RED ARMY STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 13 STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 13 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
“Authentic and satisfying… the chemistry is “You don’t have to be a sports fan or a Cold just right.” –John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter War bu to relish the compelling political investigation and erce rink action in this “ oughtful and perceptive… it certainly brisk, terri c movie.” – Graham Fuller, New charmed me.” –Brandon Harris, Filmmaker York Daily News Magazine “Emotionally charged, viscerally exciting and consistently enlightening, Gabe Polsky’s Red Army is a sports documentary like no other.” - Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com
Rousing, smart, and sweet, Amira & Sam is a charming feature debut from writer/director Sean Mullin following Sam (Martin Starr, “Freaks & Geeks”), an army veteran adapting back to civilian life after a lengthy tour overseas. Upon reuniting with his unit’s former Iraqi translator in New York City, he meets Amira (newcomer Dina Shihabi), his war buddy’s niece; suspicious of From Oscar® nominated and Emmy award-winning lmmakers soldiers, she wants nothing to do with him. However, when (including executive producer Werner Herzog), Red Army is Amira runs into immigration trouble, Sam oers to keep a feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most her safe at his apartment. After a rocky start, their unlikely successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. friendship starts to blossom into something more. Meanwhile, Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story Sam’s cousin Charlie (Paul Wesley, Before I Disappear) oers portrays his transformation from national hero to political him a lucrative opportunity at his hedge fund, helping to secure enemy. From the USSR to Russia, the lm examines how sport wealthy veterans as new clients. However, all is not as it seems, mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and and Amira and Sam soon nd themselves faced with mounting fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union. Red Army is an obstacles in their quest to stay together. Refreshingly obeat, inspiring story about the Cold War played out on the ice rink, this unconventional romantic comedy is a love letter to anyone and a man who stood up to a powerful system and paved the who has ever felt like they didn’t belong. (Dir. by Sean Mullin, way for change for generations of Russians. (Dir. by Gabe Polsky, 2014, USA, 88 mins., Not Rated) 2014, USA/Russia, in English and Russian with English subtitles, 76 mins., Rated PG)
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WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD QUEEN AND COUNTRY STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 13 STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 20 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
“A no-holds-barred blast of mayhem, perfect FREE LOFT MEMBERS SCREENING for viewers who like their horror straight-up Friday, March 20 time TBA. Free for Loft members bonkers.” – Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat and open to the public at regular admission prices.
“Australian lmmakers Kiah and Tristan “Deeply moving … a hugely pleasurable follow- Roache-Turner remind us why we love these up to director John Boorman’s autobiographical bloody movies in the rst place, evincing Raimi- 1987 Hope and Glory.” – Gavin Smith, Film esque glee at twisting the rules of zombiehood Comment like so much tay.” – Rob Staeger, Village Voice Picking up a few years after Hope and Glory, his Oscar- nominated 1987 account of boyhood life in London during the Blitz, Queen and Country is the second semi-autobiographical lm from acclaimed director John Boorman (Deliverance). It nds 18-year-old Bill (a commanding turn by newcomer Callum Turner as Boorman’s cinematic alter ego) called up for National Service against the backdrop of the Korean War in the early 1950s. Portraying the regimented absurdism of barracks life with rueful aection, Boorman vividly and humorously evokes Britain’s eeting experiment with peacetime conscription. Assigned to teach typing to soldiers who will soon be on the frontline in Korea, Bill and his fellow recruit Percy (Caleb Landry Jones) have little time for the pomp and hierarchy of military Zombies invade the Australian Outback in this brain- life. In fact, they never get near Korea, but instead engage in a splattered, Mad Max-meets-the-undead thrill ride. When an constant battle of wits with the Catch-22-worthy Sgt. Bradley apocalyptic event turns everyone around him—including (the brilliant David ewlis) and the in nitely put-upon, rules- his wife and daughter—into marauding zombies, everyman obsessed Major Cross (the hilarious Richard E. Grant). Besides, mechanic Barry arms himself to the teeth, soups up his car, Bill has more serious matters to attend to, such as a beautiful and hits the road in order to rescue his sister from a deranged, older woman (Tamsin Egerton) and – in what feels like the lm’s disco-dancing mad doctor. Bursting with high-octane car chases, most unabashedly personal touch – his burgeoning obsession crazy-cool homemade weaponry, and enough blood-and-guts with cinema. A superb ensemble cast bolsters this wonderfully gore to satisfy hardcore horror fans, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead funny and often moving depiction of a still-recovering postwar takes the zombie ick to bone-crunchingly berserk new heights. England. (Dir. by John Boorman, 2014, UK/Ireland/France/ (Dir. by Kiah Roache-Turner, 2015, Australia, 98 mins.,Not Rated) Romania, in English, 115 mins., Not Rated) NEW FILMS 26
THE WRECKING CREW IT FOLLOWS STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 20 STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 20 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
MARCH’S REEL READS SELECTION “One of the most inventive, exciting, and truly Purchase a copy of e Wrecking Crew: e Inside Story of Rock frightening horror icks to come around in and Roll’s Best-Kept Secret by Kent Hartman during the month ages.” – David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews of March and receive a special “Loft Reel Reads” discount o the cover price – 20% for Loft Members and 10% for the general public. Copies of the book are available at e Loft Cinema and “A contemporary horror fan’s dream come Antigone Books. true… remarkably ingenious and scalp- pricklingly scary.” – Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph “A sing-along, joyful doc. A must to see and listen to.” – Indiewire Something wicked this way comes. But what exactly is it? In this devilishly conceived horror thriller from writer/director “A treasure trove of witness-at-creation David Robert Mitchell ( e Myth of the American Sleepover), a anecdotes and enduringly potent ‘60s pop malevolent supernatural spirit inexorably stalks one victim classics. A well-nigh irresistible treat for after another with a terrifyingly mysterious agenda. As 19-year- a cionados of music.” – Joe Leydon, Variety old Jay’s summer — spent hanging with friends, lounging in a backyard pool — nears an end, her unperturbed suburban existence is about to be horrifyingly upended. After sleeping What the Funk Brothers did for Motown … e Wrecking Crew with a new boyfriend, she’s suddenly pursued, slowly but did, only bigger, for the West Coast Sound. Six years in a row persistently, by a frightening presence that continually takes the in the 1960s and early 1970s, the Grammy for “Record of the form of dierent people. Hoping to buy time and devise a plan, Year” went to Wrecking Crew recordings. And now, e Wrecking Jay and her friends escape to a beach house. But it’s coming, and Crew tells the story in pictures and that oh, so glorious sound. the only way to avoid its clutches may lead to the most shocking e favorite songs of a generation are all here, presented by revelation of all. A highly unusual and original teen horror movie, It Follows is an unrelentingly creepy experience that pairs the people who made them for you. e Wrecking Crew is a edge-of-your-seat suspense with a beautifully poetic exploration documentary produced and directed by Denny Tedesco, son of of teenage sexual anxiety, yearning, and jealousy. An unnerving, legendary late Wrecking Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco. e dreamlike aesthetic propelled by a haunting electronic score lm tells the story of the unsung musicians that provided the from Disasterpeace, as well as knowing nods to such Masters of backbeat, the bottom and the swinging melody that drove many Horror as John Carpenter and David Cronenberg, helps make of the number one hits of the 1960s. It didn’t matter if it was this an unforgettable supernatural scare ick that relies more Nat “King” Cole, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, e Monkees, on subtle dread than blood and guts to take the audience on a e Byrds or e Beach Boys, these dedicated musicians brought nightmarish trip that will undoubtedly generate more than a few nightmares. (Dir. by David Robert Mitchell, 2014, USA, 97 the air and musicianship that made the American “West Coast mins., Rated R) Sound” a dominant cultural force around the world. e lm is a fun and moving tribute from Denny to his father and to the music, the times and to the secret star-making machine known only as “ e Wrecking Crew.” (Dir. by Denny Tedesco, 2014, USA, 101 mins., Rated PG) 27 NEW FILMS
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM WILD TALES STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 27 STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 27 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
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“Rarely does a lm integrate a social and “Delicious, horrible, scary and scabrous… political message within a forceful drama Szifrón brings o a very dicult trick: making as masterfully as Gett.” - Christopher something genuinely funny and genuinely scary Silvester, Newsweek at the same time.”— Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
An Israeli woman (Ronit Elkabetz) seeking to nalize a Revenge is a dish best served wild. As its title suggests, divorce (a “gett”) from her estranged husband nds herself Damian Szifron’s latest feature, Wild Tales, is a compendium eectively put on trial by her country’s religious marriage of outrageously bizarre stories, each more shocking and laws, in this powerhouse courtroom drama, Israel’s ocial hilarious than the last. Blending subversive black comedy entry for the 2015 Best Foreign Language Film Academy with dramatically loaded scenarios, Szifron skillfully weaves Award, from sibling directors Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz. In together six separate shorts, unlinked by narrative but uni ed Israel, there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce; only by a violence that simmers on the cusp of explosion. From a Orthodox rabbis can legalize a union or its dissolution, which hilariously over-the-top exploration of crazed road rage to a is only possible with the husband’s full consent. Trapped in mild-mannered everyman (played by Ricardo Darin, e Secret a loveless marriage, Viviane Amsalem has been applying for in their Eyes) pushed to the limit by tow trucks and trac a divorce for three years but her religiously devout husband tickets to a mayhem- lled wedding reception in which the Elisha (Simon Abkarian, Persepolis), continually refuses. His new bride’s shocking discovery leaves many guests requiring cold intransigence, Viviane’s determination to ght for her hospitalization, Wild Tales is more than a series of short lms freedom, and the ambiguous role of the rabbinical judges shape about frustrated characters on the verge – it’s also a wickedly a procedure where tragedy vies with absurdity and everything is funny portrait of contemporary Argentina: a society riddled brought out into the open for judgment. Winner of the Israeli with corruption, hampered by bureaucracy, and bogged Film Academy Ophir Award for Best Picture and propelled by the down by tradition. Produced by legendary lmmaker Pedro craft of Ronit Elkabetz ( e Band’s Visit), one of Israeli cinema’s Almodovar, Wild Tales smashes social taboos and provides a most acclaimed actresses, Gett: e Trial of Viviane Amsalem is an cathartic release from the pressures of modern-day living — a uncompromising, heart-rending portrait of a woman’s struggle release that provokes unrestrained, double-over-in-your-seat to overcome an unmoving patriarchy and live a life of her own laughter. (Dir. by Damian Szifron, 2014, Argentina, in Spanish with design. (Dir. by Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz, 2014, Israel/ subtitles, 122 mins., Rated R) Germany/France, in Hebrew/French/Arabic with subtitles, 115 mins., Not Rated) NEW FILMS 28
ZOMBEAVERS KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 27 STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 3 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
You know the story: a group of sexy teens head to a secluded lakeside cabin for a “A wonderfully strange and beguiling weekend of debauched fun, but while the temperatures rise both on and o the beach, a mysterious, menacing force is lurking just around the corner, waiting adventure story… a knockout central for the opportunity to start picking them o one by one. But this isn’t just any “horror movie cabin in the woods” situation, because here the tingling terror performance by Rinko Kikuchi.” - Scott turns out to be courtesy of a rampaging, ravenous, rabid pack of toxic-waste- Foundas, Variety mutated Zombeavers (that’s Zombie Beavers, for the laymen), that are bringing with them enough scares, splatter and beaver innuendo to make Sharknado look like a gentle spring rain. is outrageously fun B-movie creature feature “A very beautiful, deep and touching lm.” – throwback is chock-full of good old-fashioned puppet-style, gallons of gooey gore and a knowing sense of humor about the utter ridiculousness of it all. Werner Herzog What’s not to like? Get ready for a dam good time! (Dir. by Jordan Rubin, 2014, USA, 78 mins., Rated R)
In this darkly comedic odyssey, Academy Award-nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, Paci c Rim) stars as Kumiko, a frustrated SPRING Oce Lady whose imagination transcends the con nes of her mundane life. Kumiko becomes obsessed with a mysterious, STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 3 battered VHS tape of e Coen Brothers’ 1996 thriller Fargo, REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES which she’s mistaken for a documentary, xating on a scene where a suitcase of stolen cash is buried in the desolate, frozen Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci, Evil Dead, umbsucker) is a young American landscape of North Dakota. Believing this treasure to be real, eeing to Europe to escape his past. While backpacking along the she leaves behind Tokyo and her beloved rabbit Bunzo to Italian coast, everything changes during a stop at an idyllic Italian recover it – and nds herself on a dangerous adventure unlike village, where he meets and instantly connects with the enchanting and anything she’s seen in the movies. With Kumiko, e Treasure mysterious Louise. A irtatious romance begins to bloom between the Hunter, indie mavericks the Zellner Brothers (Goliath, Kid- two — however, Evan soon realizes that Louise has been harboring a ing) spin a strangely touching underdog fable (loosely inspired monstrous, primordial secret that puts both their relationship and their by true events), populated by eccentrics and elevated to sonic lives in jeopardy. A beautiful, uid genre-bender from directors Justin heights by a Sundance award-winning score from electro-indie Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution), Spring is an unforgettable out t e Octopus Project, that will leave audiences rooting for romance of mythical, malevolent proportions.(Dir. by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, 2014, USA, 109 mins., Not Rated) the impossible. (Dir. by Nathan Zellner, 2014, USA, in English and Japanese with subtitles, 105 mins., Not Rated) MONDO MO N DAYS EVERY MONDAY AT 8:00PM!
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MONDAY, MARCH 2 MONDAY, MARCH 9 MONDAY, MARCH 16 MONDAY, MARCH 23 MONDAY, MARCH 30 TC 2000 ROLLING RAWHEAD REX JAGUAR LIVES THE KILLER (Dir. by T.J. Scott, 1993, USA, 91 VENGEANCE (Dir. by George Pavlou, 1986, UK/ (Dir. by Ernest Pinto , 1979, USA/ SHREWS mins., Rated R) Ireland/USA, 89 mins., Rated R) Spain, 90 mins., Rated PG) (Dir. by Steven H. Stern, 1987, (Dir. by Ray Kellogg, 1959, USA, 70 USA, 90 mins., Rated R) mins., Not Rated) “ e year is 2020. He’s “He’s pure evil. Pure power. “Now is the time for a great mostly human, and totally “Always use the right tool for the Pure terror.” new screen hero. Now is the “Your skin will crawl with fear invincible... until now!” job.” time for Jaguar.” at their nearness!” An ancient, rubber-faced, pagan Martial artist and Tae Bo exercise It’s redneck rampage time when the beastie with a killer mullet is back A karate-kicking secret agent with Mangy mutant shrews with guru Billy Blanks kicks it into ultimate re-spitting monster truck from hell and ready to chow down a serious problem keeping his fearsome fang faces and empty high gear in this seriously shoddy rolls on over a gang of murderous on the residents of a small Irish shirt on can’t decide if he’s James tummies make life a living hell hicks in this gear-stripping, metal- futuristic thriller pitting a post- village in this goofy, magically Bond or Chuck Norris in this for folks stranded on a deserted mangling, Death Wish-on-wheels apocalyptic cop against all manner delicious Celtic monster mash ultra-groovy ‘70s globetrotting island in this hilarious low-rent action ick that has its tank lled to of ridiculousness, including wild from the twisted mind of Clive spy thriller featuring an all-star the top with high-octane vehicular ‘50s shocker from the director of gangs, government corruption Barker. cast including Christopher Lee mayhem!. e Giant Gila Monster! and a female cybernetic killing and Donald Pleasence! machine with a really bad attitude. “If you’re looking for big truck “An entertaining monster movie “Despite the bargain-basement revenge, Rolling Vengeance does that seems to revel in its own “An enchantingly cheesy time- special eects, this is a shockingly “90 minutes of goofy sci- action not disappoint. Cars are crushed, badness… plentiful attack scenes waster and Bond rip-o lled suspenseful movie… e Killer fun… a post-apocalyptic kung fu rednecks are run over, and buildings and lots of cheap, bloody thrills.” with a mish-mash of ideas and Shrews has some real kick to it, in mess with lots of leg sweeps and are toppled. Even better, it takes – Cool Ass Cinema comic book action, not to mention a way that few other low-budget lasers.” – Fist of B List itself seriously. 90 minutes of kickboxing!” – Cinema of the Word ‘50s monster icks do.” – 1,000 pure exploitation goodness.” – e Misspent Hours Dreamin’ Demon LATE NIGHT CULT CLASSICS The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen! Admission is only $6! • Loft members pay just $5!
THUR, FEBRUARY 26 - FRI, MARCH 6 AND FRI, MARCH 13 AND FRI, MARCH 20 AT 10PM FRI, MARCH 27 AND SUN, MARCH 1 SAT, MARCH 7 AT SAT, MARCH 14 AT SAT, MARCH 21 AT SAT, MARCH 28 AT AT 11:00AM & 10:00PM 10:00PM 10:00PM 11:00AM & 10:00PM 10:00PM MY NEIGHBOR CLUELESS ARMY OF GHOSTBUSTERS COWBOY BEBOP: TOTORO (Dir. by Amy Heckerling, 1995, USA, DARKNESS (Dir. by Ivan Reitman, 1984, USA, THE MOVIE 97 mins., Rated PG-13) 105 mins., Rated PG) (Dir. by Hayao Miyazaki, 1988, (Dir. by Sam Raimi, 1991, USA, 81 (Dir. By Shinichirô Watanabe, 2001, Japan, in Japanese with subtitles, mins., Rated R) Japan, in Japanese with subtitles, You guys, Clueless is, like, a If there’s something strange in 86 mins, Rated G) 115 mins., Rated R) cinematic masterpiece of the 20th the neighborhood, who you gonna Ocially “Part 3” of the wild and century. “As if!” you say? Yes, call? How about the Ghostbusters? * is lm will be shown in both wacky Evil Dead series, Raimi’s Based on Cowboy Bebop, the wildly totally! Could this also be the best Get set to get slimed with one subtitled and dubbed versions* Army of Darkness is an outrageous, popular 1998 TV series created by Jane Austen adaptation ever? Fer of the biggest, best and most action-fueled comedy with Shinichirô Watanabe (which ran sure! Director Amy Heckerling Bill Murray-esque supernatural One of the most endearing and monsters – a lm designed to for only 24 episodes, but whose adapted Austen’s classic novel comedies of all time, back on the internationally renowned family make you laugh more than scream, impact can still be felt today in “Emma” into a hilarious, big screen! lms of all time, a lm that Roger at least if you have a really sick such cult hits as Joss Whedon’s insanely clever satire of mid-90s Ebert called “one of the ve best sense of humor. Firey/Serenity), the big-screen adolescence in Beverly Hills. “Deliriously inventive… a near- movies” ever made for children. adventure Cowboy Bebop: e awless example of the ’80s genre “A masterpiece of lunacy and Movie pits Spike and Co. against “Clueless is a sweet, comical, boom in full swing, fusing state- “Visually arresting and oddball creativity.” – Bill Clark, their deadliest adversary ever. satiric, knowing lm, and it’s of-the-art SFX, a loopy guys-on- consistently compelling, this From the Balcony anything but clueless.” – John a-mission plot and a handful of A genuine classic… Cowboy Bebop: movie is magical.” – Bill Gibron, Puccio, Movie Metropolis the nest one-liners ever.” – Tom e Movie remains one of the most Pop Matters Huddleston, Time Out thrilling and essential lms in anime.” – DVD Talk THE LOFT CINEMA NONPROFIT 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. ORGANIZATION Tucson, AZ 85716 US POSTAGE PAID TUCSON, AZ PERMIT NO. 1026