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THE LOFT CINEMA Showtimes: FILM GUIDE 520-795-7777 AUGUST 2019 WWW.LOFTCINEMA.ORG See what films are playing next, buy tickets, look up showtimes & much more!

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Ron Barber Carmen Marriott President Hal Melfi Tim Fuller David Nix Vice-President Katherine Pew Stephen Golden Tim Reckart Treasurer Claire Scheuren Melodie Lopez Secretary Lisanne Skyler Joanne Stuhr Betsy Bolding Joe Tarver Jaime Gutiérrez Frank Valenzuela Dianne Iauco Jan Mueller, Emeritus Mary Koss Dear Friends of The Loft Cinema, Thanks to everyone who helped by attending the Woodstock fundraiser in June and otherwise donated to the restoration of our historic marquee. It’s so exciting to see it being restored to its original size and good to know it is now all LED, making it more environmentally friendly.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 13th annual Loft Kids Fest a success. More than 1000 people enjoyed Looney Tunes on our solar-powered screen at Himmel Park at our opening night party! Our incredible staff and volunteers make sure every child has a great experience. Loft Kids Fest is definitely one of our favorite Loft events!

I’m so excited to have The Farewell opening on August 2nd. It’s my personal favorite film of the year (so far) and apparently a lot of other people feel the same way from the reviews and the response from audiences. (100% on !) has won my heart!

In August we are honoring one of the first female filmmakers, Ida Lupino, a trailblazer who was one of the only women directors working in during the 1950s.

As always, you’ll find a lot of great films and events in the pages of this month’s film guide! Enjoy!

Peggy Johnson, Executive Director The Loft Cinema

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STOP MAKING SENSE MOVIE PARTY! 35TH ANNIVERSARY! WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the greatest film of all-time, and get ready to and just start dancing! Inflatable microphones will be provided so everyone can sing along, and don’t forget to wear your boogie shoes, because oh yes, there will be dancing!

“Exuberant … exhilarating … the overwhelming impression throughout Stop PURPLE RAIN SING-A-LONG! (35TH ANNIVERSARY!) Making Sense is of enormous energy, of life SATURDAY, JULY 27 AT 7:00PM being lived at a joyous high.” – , GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 Chicago Sun-Times PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Make way for The Big Suit! “Once in a ” a concert film comes along like Stop Making Sense, director ’s rocking tribute to the incomparable Talking Get ready to party like it’s 1984 “Purple Rain irresistibly going to get a bit bumpy for our Heads! Shot over the course of three action-packed nights as we celebrate the Prince-ly exudes sex, sweat hard-rocking hero before he’s able at Hollywood’s historic Pantages Theater in December anniversary of Purple Rain with and swagger in equal to bathe in the Purple Rain! At this 1983, as the group was touring to promote their new album a sing-a-long extravaganza that measure.” – Matt Brunson, special screening, you’ll become a Speaking in Tongues, Stop Making Sense brilliantly captures we’re unleashing on the same date Creative Loafing “Sexy MF” for the night as you sing the legendary at the height of their funky/ the film opened in theatres 35 along to the movie’s amazing array punky/new wave power, and today, 35 years after its original release, the film has lost none of its rhythmic power and years ago! Get your funk on with In Purple Rain, His Royal Badness of Prince hits, including When contagious energy, nor its ability to get a movie audience on a sing-a-long screening of Purple stars as “The Kid,” a hard luck boy Doves Cry, Darling Nikki, Let’s Go its feet and dancing. Flaunting ’s famous Big Rain, a Prince music video salon, a from Minneapolis who dresses like Crazy, I Would Die 4 U, and more! Suit, the film reels from bright, funk-influenced danceables Prince costume contest and purple a sexy pirate and is desperate to The words will be right there on (“Life During Wartime,” “”) to austere glow sticks for everyone! Purify catch his big break and launch his the big screen, so all you’ll have to and atmospheric numbers such as the moving “Heaven” and yourself in the waters of Lake musical career. He’s also desperate worry about is feeling the funk. the kinky “.” Demme allows his roaming camera Minnetonka and then get down for love and really angry about his Before the film, we’ll get you in a to focus on the stage action, swimming amongst the band to The Loft Cinema for a night of messed up parents, who fight the purple mood with a scalding hot members – Talking Heads , , purple-tinted partying you’ll never way doves cry (or something like collection of vintage Prince music and David Byrne, along with Parliament/ Funkadelic keyboardist , percussionist Steve forget! that). Luckily, he meets a beautiful videos! (Dir. by Albert Mangoli, Scales and vocalists Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt – and never young singer named Apollonia and 1984, USA, 111 mins., Rated R) forgetting that a concert film should be all about the music, it seems like everything just might nothing more and nothing less. What emerges is a truly work out. But the road to stardom thrilling blast of pure pop bliss. (Dir. by Jonathan Demme, is never smooth, and things are 1984, USA, 88 mins., Not Rated) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 7

STOP MAKING SENSE MOVIE PARTY! (35TH ANNIVERSARY!) WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Celebrate the 35th anniversary touring to promote their new stage action, swimming amongst of the greatest concert film of all- album Speaking in Tongues, Stop the band members – Talking time, and get ready to stop making Making Sense brilliantly captures Heads Jerry Harrison, Chris sense and just start dancing! the legendary Talking Heads at Frantz, Tina Weymouth and David Inflatable microphones will be the height of their funky/punky/ Byrne, along with Parliament/ provided so everyone can sing new wave power, and today, 35 Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie along, and don’t forget to wear years after its original release, the Worrell, percussionist Steve Scales your boogie shoes, because oh yes, film has lost none of its rhythmic and vocalists Lynn Mabry and there will be dancing! power and contagious energy, Ednah Holt – and never forgetting nor its ability to get a movie that a concert film should be all Make way for The Big Suit! audience on its feet and dancing. about the music, nothing more “Once in a lifetime” a concert Flaunting David Byrne’s famous and nothing less. What emerges is film comes along like Stop Big Suit, the film reels from a truly thrilling blast of pure pop Making Sense, director Jonathan bright, funk-influenced danceables bliss. (Dir. by Jonathan Demme, Demme’s rocking tribute to the (“Life During Wartime,” “Take 1984, USA, 88 mins., Not Rated) incomparable Talking Heads! Shot Me to the River”) to austere and over the course of three action- atmospheric numbers such as the packed nights at Hollywood’s moving “Heaven” and the kinky historic Pantages Theater in “Psycho Killer.” Demme allows his December 1983, as the group was roaming camera to focus on the 8 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS JOHN CARPENTER’S THE THING FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 AT 9:00PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 $200 MONTHLY GRAND PRIZE! $1,000 YEARLY GRAND PRIZE! PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big On the first Friday of each month comedians Bridgitte Thum screen! and Mike Sterner host our monthly contest – just bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest Horror legend John Carpenter took the 1951 sci-fi classic movie screen in Southern Arizona! The Thing from Another World and turned it into something darker, fiercer and altogether more disturbing, pitting In case you’ve never been to a First Friday Shorts sombrero-wearing helicopter Kurt Russell and a crew show, here are the rules: We’ll play any short film, music of isolated Arctic scientists (Wilford Brimley, Donald Moffat, video or short documentary that you’ve made that’s under Richard Dysart, etc.) against a ravenous, shape-shifting, 15 minutes long and is brought to us on a DVD, thumb drive host-hopping alien being intent on conquering the world, or BLU-ray (one film per person, and DVDs must be playable one victim at a time. on a regular DVD player and films on drives need to be in by 8pm. We do not accept commercials or advertisements). “The Thing is a peerless masterpiece of Submissions are only taken on the day of the event, and all relentless suspense, retina-wrecking visual entries MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE excess and outright, nihilistic terror.” – Adam ACTUAL SHOW (we cannot accept films after the show has Smith, Empire begun, or during intermission). All films are played in the order they’re received. Every film is guaranteed to play for 3 From the haunting opening shots of a lone sled dog fleeing minutes, but after that the audience can call for the dreaded across the snow, to the apocalyptic, fire-and-ice ending, “gong” if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck, our the film expertly builds an atmosphere of ever-escalating intrepid hosts stop the film and the next movie begins. But paranoia and fear, propelled by some of the most gloriously don’t despair … if your film is gonged, you can re-work it and gloopy practical monster effects in movie history. Virtually bring it back to see if the changes you’ve made have pleased ignored by mass audiences and underrated by critics on its the audience. This is a great way for filmmakers to try out initial release in the summer of 1982 (the same summer that new ideas and see how an actual audience responds, so take saw the release of Spielberg’s decidedly kinder and gentler advantage. Remember, the audience decides the winner each alien blockbuster, E.T.), the reputation of Carpenter’s The and every month, so keep them happy! Filmmaker must be Thing has constantly risen in the ensuing decades as one in attendance to win the cash prize. of the most intelligent, frightening and uncompromising horror films of the 1980s. (Dir. by John Carpenter, USA, 1982, PLEASE NOTE: We only take the first 15 films that are 109 mins., Rated R) brought in each month and the spots have been filling up really fast. We start taking submissions as soon as we open the day of the show so get your films in early!

PLEASE BE ADVISED: Since we don’t pre-screen First Friday Shorts entries, we don’t know what each month’s “film content” rating will be. Be advised that some material may not be suitable for all audiences. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 9

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON DOUBLE FEATURE IN 3D! SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 AT NOON SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 AT NOON GENERAL ADMISSION: $13 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Prepare for the ultimate with unforgettably iconic images, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE experience in aquatic terror at this Creature from the Black Lagoon was Like its predecessor, this was 3D Creature Double Feature, with the last of the classic Universal originally shot in 3D, so once in the ‘50s horror classics, Creature Studios creature features, captivity the Gill Man gets poked from the Black Lagoon and the spawning two Creature sequels. and prodded with lots of long sequel Revenge of the Creature, both Featuring luminous underwater poles as scientists Clete (John presented in newly-restored, eye- 3D photography, a killer score Agar) and Helen (Lori Nelson) try popping 3D! The scares will leap and great, jump-out-of-your-seat to tame him and teach him the right off the screen and into your scares, Creature is still a ton of rudiments of language. Of course, lap, so watch out! fright-filled fun. If you’ve never the Creature soon falls head over seen this in 3D (or even if you flippers in love with Helen, and have), you need to make plans to develops a serious resentment THE CREATURE FROM THE swim on over to The Loft Cinema against Clete, so it’s only a matter BLACK LAGOON and catch the Gill Man … before he of time before he busts loose for In this classic ‘50s chiller, catches you! (Dir. by Jack Arnold, a good old-fashioned rampage! presented in its original 3D 1954, USA, 79 mins., Not Rated / (Dir. by Jack Arnold, 1955, USA, 82 format, an expedition up the Suitable for all ages) mins., Not Rated/ Suitable for all turns into a slimy ages) monster mash that’s driving everyone off the deep end! Filled 10 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

THE WICKER MAN: FINAL CUT THE CAT VIDEO FEST 2019! INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY SCREENINGS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 AT 2:00PM Go pagan for the night and see the original GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 1973 “folk horror” cult classic that inspired the LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $8 new film Midsommar at this special big screen PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING presentation of the restored, director-approved “Final Cut” of ! A portion of ticket sales from these screenings will benefit the Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter Long considered one of the very cult-iest of cult horror films, and the HOPE Animal Shelter! The Wicker Man: Final Cut is the definitive version of Robin Hardy’s celebrated ’70s thriller of pagan worshippers running *These are encore screenings of the Cat Video amuck on a remote Scottish island. Seen for decades only in Fest 2019 program that screened at The Loft mutilated copies, this restored version is the culmination of Cinema in March. a long search for the complete director’s cut. The cats are back! We’re celebrating International Cat Day “Remains as bizarre and bewitching a fable (August 8) with encore screenings of The Cat Video Fest as when it first appeared … once seen, never 2019, and we’re not “kitten” around! Join your fellow cat forgotten.” – Stephen Dalton, Hollywood fans for some major feline fun as we dive into this purr-fectly Reporter hilarious collection of kooky kitty videos on the big screen, and help us raise money for local cats in need! After receiving an anonymous letter about a missing 12-year- old girl, devoutly Christian cop travels “Proof that cats really do rule everything by seaplane to the remote Scottish island of Summerisle around us.” – Time Out New York to investigate. But the islanders welcome neither his badge nor religious devotion, for lord of the isle The Cat Video Fest is a fun, frisky and furry celebration and his devoted followers worship only the pagan gods of of online cat videos. The festival is a live event gathering old – and those gods demand a sacrifice! Attempting to chase fellow feline fanatics together to watch a curated collection down clues, Howie catches on to the pagan culture that of crazy cat clips in a social environment. This all-new, all- prevails – couples have sex publicly, and children learn about cat-tastic video showcase is a true kitty rumpus featuring a phallic symbols – all things that deeply offend the devoutly fresh selection of hilarious, odd and downright adorable cat Christian Howie. Those acts seem relatively innocent clips curated by Will Braden, creator of the beloved Henri, once a series of photographs brings him to the conclusion le Chat Noir videos. This brand-new show for 2019 features that children are being sacrificed for the island’s harvest. approximately 100 videos featuring more cats than you can Woodward fears for the missing girl’s life and follows every shake a feather cat toy at! This show is produced specifically possible lead to find her – despite the islanders’ interference for the festival and is not available online, so make kitty – before she becomes a human sacrificial lamb at the fast- tracks to The Loft Cinema and catch The Cat Video Festwhile approaching May Day festival, leading to a shocking, and you can! (Approximate Running time: 75 mins., Not Rated) quite “un-festive,” surprise for our straight-laced hero! (Dir. by Robin Harvey, 1973, UK, 93 mins., Rated R) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 11

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY THE BIG LEBOWSKI WITH STAR GARY LOCKWOOD IN PERSON! NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION! FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 AT 6:00PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 AT 10:00PM Q&A AT 6:00PM, FILM AT 7:15PM/SUNDOWN SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 | LOFT MEMBERS: $8 GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! OUTDOOR SPACEFEST SCREENING AT STARR The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big PASS RESORT & SPA! screen!

This screening will take place outdoors at JW In The Big Lebowski, a ridiculous case of mistaken identity Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, 3800 W Starr embroils ultimate slacker Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski in a Pass Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85745. Seating will be kidnapping case and throws him into the role of hapless provided. detective in the Coens’ off-kilter homage to Raymond Chandler and Howard Hawks’ The Big Sleep. This screening is part of Science on Screen, an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, “One of the funniest, coolest, most absurd in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan cult films ever made, and one of the best from Foundation. the dynamic duo, Joel and Ethan Coen.” – R.L. Shaffer, IGN CO-PRESENTED BY SPACEFEST X All The Dude (, in a sublimely hilarious A portion of ticket sales Join us for “the ultimate trip” as we screen the sci-fi classic performance that gets better with each viewing, man) from these screenings will 2001: A Space Odyssey outdoors with star Gary Lockwood wants to do is go bowling, but when he’s mistaken for LA benefit the Hermitage No- in person! Mr. Lockwood will be joined by astronauts Mark millionaire big Lebowski and a pair of knuckle-headed Runco, Nicole Scott and Ed Gibson for a pre-film panel Kill Cat Shelter and the thugs pee on his rug – “It really tied the room together!” HOPE Animal Shelter! discussion moderated by Mark Pestana, research pilot and – he’s forced to take action, and so the laziest man in Los project manager at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Angeles takes on murderous nihilists, angry ferrets, naked Center! Q&A begins at 6:00PM, film begins at approximately performance artists and morally corrupt tycoons, guzzling The cats are back! We’re celebrating 7:15PM. White Russians and dreaming of the perfect bowling match International Cat Day (August 8) all the while. Filled with shaggy dog shenanigans and with encore screenings of The Cat Three million years ago, a mysterious black monolith endlessly quotable dialogue, the Coen Brothers’ unstoppable Video Fest 2019, and we’re not appeared out of nowhere and gave a pack of unruly apes a cult classic The Big Lebowski delivers gut-busting hilarity from “kitten” around! Join your fellow whole lot of new ideas … and thus begins ’s start to finish, aided immeasurably by a stellar cast including awe-inspiring sci-fi head trip, 2001: A Space Odyssey. cat fans for some major feline fun , Steve Buscemi, , Philip as we dive into this purr-fectly Based on Arthur C. Clark’s story The Sentinel, this mind- Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro as the supremely hilarious collection of kooky kitty blowing meditation on technology and humanity thrillingly freaky bowler, “Jesus.” (Dir. by Joel Coen, 1998, USA, 117 hypothesizes mankind’s evolution from ape to astronaut to mins., Rated R) videos on the big screen, and help celestial being, while scientists Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) us raise money for local cats in and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) do battle with a snarky need! artificial intelligence unit named HAL and eventually try to crack the mystery of those baffling black monoliths. (Dir. by Stanley Kubrick, 1968, USA/UK, 141 mins., Rated G) 12 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE INDIVISIBLE TOHONO FUNDRAISER SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 AT 10:00AM FREE ADMISSION SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 AT NOON (DOORS OPEN AT 11:00AM) PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS, TRIBAL A free monthly series showcasing great new and classic MEMBERS, & UA/PCC STUDENTS WITH VALID ID: $6 family-friendly films from around the world! Pre-show PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING activities hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at 9:15am. CO-PRESENTED BY INDIVISIBLE TOHONO AND THE LOFT CINEMA PRESENTED BY PIMA COUNTY LIBRARY A portion of the proceeds from this event will Based on the acclaimed children’s book by Chris Van support Indivisible Tohono’s lobbying week in Allsburg, the author of and The Polar Express, Washington, D.C., September, 2019. Zathura is an interstellar adventure filled with heart-racing sci-fi thrills! Delicious Popover (Frybread) will be available for sale starting at 11:00am. “Great fun! Zathura serves up kid-friendly sci-fi thrills, along with a little nostalgia for The acclaimed 1994 feature film, Dance Me Outside will grownups. Its low-tech special effects are a screen at Noon, followed by a post-film panel discussion refreshing departure from the CG norm.” – Lisa on HB2570, an Arizona State Committee on Missing & Rose, Newark Star-Ledger Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls. Panelists include Monica Antone (Akimel O’odham), District 4 Councilwoman, After their father (Tim Robbins) is called into work, two Gila River Indian Community; Wenona Benally-Baldengro young boys, Walter () and Danny (Jonah (Diné), Former Arizona State House of Representative, Bobo), are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa Legislative District 7; Alfred Urbina (Yoemi), Chief Judge, (), and told they must stay inside. Walter and Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; Victoria Steele (Seneca), Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they Arizona State Senator, Legislative District 9. begin playing Zathura, a mysterious space-themed board game they find in the basement of their old house, which “Bolstered by a winning, youthful cast, the film they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot is a droll ensemble piece that makes its serious into space. On their fantastic journey, they are joined by a points skillfully and effortlessly.” – Leonard stranded astronaut (Dax Shepard) and must survive meteor Klady, Variety showers, hostile lizard-like aliens, a rocket-propelled robot who runs amok and an intergalactic spaceship battle. Unless Director Bruce McDonald’s (Highway 61; ) they finish the game and reach the planet Zathura, they earthy, award-winning 1994 First Nations drama has could be trapped in outer space forever! (Dir. by , gained a reputation as a launching pad for emerging talent 2005, 101 mins., Rated PG) like Adam Beach (Smoke Signals) and Jennifer Podemski (Degrassi: The Next Generation). Based on a story by W.P. Kinsella, the offbeat drama mixes coming-of-age growing pains with crime and old-fashioned tribal justice, and became a critically-acclaimed indie hit that inspired the CBC TV series, The Rez, also directed by McDonald. (Dir. by Bruce McDonald, 1994, Canada, 84 mins., Rated R) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 13

HEAVY WATER A BIGGER SPLASH NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION! TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 AT 7:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 | LOFT MEMBERS: $8 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 AT 7:30PM PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Heavy Water follows big wave surfer Nathan Fletcher through Blending documentary and fiction, this innovative 1973 the evolution of surfing and his relationship with big waves. film features artist David Hockney starring as himself, at Tracing his lineage back to his grandfather, one of the the center of a story providing an intimate insider’s look at pioneers of Oahu’s North Shore, Fletcher and other fellow Swinging London at the crossroads of the swinging ‘60s and surf and skateboard legends share insights from the pursuit the ‘70s. of their passion. A voyage through the eyes of the surfing community that delves deep into the mindset of the board “A too-little-seen masterpiece of queer cinema, sports culture and it’s roots, culminating in a spectacular, A Bigger Splash honors Hockney and his never-before-performed stunt, which ones again raises the mesmerizing work with a portrait of the artist bar of what is possible. (Dir. by Michael Oblowitz, 2019, USA, worthy of his creative genius.” – Jude Dry, 90 mins., Not Rated) IndieWire

The film’s title is taken from the best-known painting of Hockney’s acclaimed swimming pool series (in 2018, Hockney’s “Portrait of an Artist: Pool with Two Figures,” the creation of which is documented in the film, broke the record for the highest price ever paid at auction for a work by a living artist). Seen through the lens of the post-breakup angst of an in-demand artist struggling with creative block, the laid-back plot plays with eroticism, gay hookups, and the casually pan-sexual hedonism of the . The film also offers an honest-yet-tender depiction of gay male romance that dispenses with the then-current narratives of self-hatred and self-pity, as well as an invaluable view of art history in action, and a record of artistic creation that is in itself a work of art. Underlining the hall-of-mirrors effect, all the characters play themselves, including: era-defining fashion designer Ossie Clark, his textile designer wife Celia Birtwell, gallery owner John Kasmin, art curator and critic Henry Geldzahler, and Hockney’s former lover Peter Schlesinger. (Dir. by Jack Hazan, 1973, UK, 105 mins., Not Rated) 14 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 AT 10:00PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 AT 7:30PM (SUNDOWN) SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 FREE ADMISSION PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING IN HIMMEL PARK! The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big This screening will take place outdoors on screen! “ Hill” at Himmel Park, 1000 N. Tucson Boulevard. Please bring your own seating. Flash … ah, ah! Strange energy waves from the planet are pulling the moon out of orbit and threatening Earth, and NY Jets quarterback Flash Gordon, the lovely and Celebrate the 20th anniversary of everyone’s favorite the brainy Dr. Hans Zarkov must destroy Mongo’s evil ruler, underwater (and yes, highly absorbent) hero, SpongeBob , before Earth is annihilated! SquarePants, at this free outdoor screening of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie! “This campy extravaganza has it all! Laughably bad and fantastically good all at “Brilliantly funny, inventive and delirious.” – once, this is a guilty pleasure that everyone Jamie Russell, Film 4 can enjoy.” – Adam Smith, Empire Something nefarious is afloat in the depths of Bikini Bottom: In this extravagantly campy, big-budget update of the King Neptune’s crown has been stolen, and the prime 1930s Flash Gordon serials, director Mike Hodges remains suspect is Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob’s boss at Mr. Krabs’ Krabby surprisingly faithful to ’s original comics strip, Patties. Despite the overwhelming evidence against Mr. using just the right balance of action, tongue-in-cheek humor Krabs – not to mention having been turned down for a long- and mind-blowing production design (making the whole film awaited promotion at the restaurant – SpongeBob refuses look like a day-glow pop art explosion). And topping it all off to believe that his boss is responsible and teams up with his is that fantastically catchy rock score by the one-and-only best friend, Patrick the starfish, on a mission to Shell City, Queen! From the forest world of Arboria to the high-flying where he hopes to prove Mr. Krabs’ innocence and return Sky City (home of the Hawkmen), Flash takes on the whole the crown to its rightful owner. Of course, this is no easy planet of Mongo, bravely facing any terrible danger that task; once outside the safety of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob comes his way (not to mention the amorous attentions of and Patrick are faced with numerous wacky adventures and Ming’s scantily-clad daughter, Princess Aura)! Can Earth be the dangers of the sea, not the least of which is a cyclops saved? Starring relative unknowns Sam Jones and Melody known for terrorizing any sea-creature that ventures outside Anderson as Flash and Dale, and featuring a supporting county lines. Will SpongeBob save the day? (Dir. by Stephen cast full of heavyweights, including Max Von Sydow, Topol, Hillenburg & Mark Osborne, 2004, USA, 87 mins., Rated PG) Ornella Muti, and future James Bond Timothy Dalton. Flash Gordon is really out of this world! (Dir. by Mike Hodges, 1980, UK, 111 mins., Rated PG) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 15

“One of the ‘80s most memorable MOVIE PARTY! teen movies. Endlessly quotable SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 AT 7:00PM and immensely charming.”- GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 Caroline Westbrook, Empire PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Get ready to have the time of It’s Summer, 1963. When Frances your life and Sway with Swayze “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer at the Dirty Dancing Movie Party! Grey) travels to the Catskills with We’re celebrating the power of her family, it feels like she’s got dance, the power of love and a pretty dull summer vacation most importantly, the power of ahead of her. But there’s nothing Baby and Johnny nailing that dull about Johnny Castle (Patrick lift! Everyone will be singing, Swayze), a local dance instructor dancing and quoting along with who moves like no one Baby’s ever Dirty Dancing on the big screen, seen before. Despite her family’s and there’ll be fun packs filled objections to Baby “mixing with with interactive props for all, the hired help,” Baby just can’t help like “She’s Like the Wind” paper herself, and once she and Johnny fans so you can cool yourself off start dirty dancing together, a after all that dirty dancing. Come spark is ignited that leads to one of dressed in your best “summer in the greatest movie romances of all- the Catskills” garb, and you could time! (Dir. by Emile Ardolino, 1987, win a hot prize. So put down USA, 100 mins., Rated PG-13) that watermelon and join us at Kellerman’s, where absolutely no one will be put in a corner! 16 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW TUCSON BIRTHDAY SCREENING! SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 AT MIDNIGHT TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED WITHOUT PARENT OR GUARDIAN. MUST HAVE PHOTO ID. The Loft Cinema celebrates Tucson’s birthday (August 20, 1775) with a special screening “Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the of ’s Oscar-winning Almost Rocky Horror Picture Show cult is the extent Famous, starring , Frances to which it evokes and weirdly resurrects, as McDormand and , shot right here if in a haunted house, a form of cinema as in Tucson and Southern Arizona (among other community that once flourished in the U.S., locations)! when Hollywood was still in its heyday.” - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Sight and Sound Warm up with a pre-show sing-a-long to Elton John’s Tiny Dancer, and enjoy free Tucson Birthday Cake (while supplies Whatever happened to Saturday night? It was locked in a last)! Enter our free raffle for a fantastic Tucson Gift Basket closet with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and it hasn’t been that includes blu rays of films made in Arizona, Tucson- the same since! Unleash your inner Sweet Transvestite when centric books, gift certificates from local retailers and more! the mother of all cult classics hits the big screen with the To quote Kate Hudson’s Penny Lane, “It’s all happening!” “Heavy Petting” shadow cast, live and in your face! You’ll see a healthy young couple inducted into the world of absolute Writer/director Cameron Crowe drew on his own experiences pleasure, Transylvanians doing the pelvic thrust and a as a teenage writer for to create this funny, sexy scientist trying to free us of all our inhibitions (not to poignant, highly-quotable coming-of-age rock ‘n roll fable, mention our clothing)! So pull up your fishnets and get ready and earned a Best Original Screenplay Oscar. It’s 1973. to become a creature of the night at the strangest, sexiest Fifteen-year-old music nerd and aspiring rock journalist “science fiction double feature” of all-time, a Loft Cinema William Miller () manages to land a plum tradition for 41 years and counting! (Dir. by Jim Sharman, assignment from Rolling Stone magazine covering the up- 1975, UK/USA, 98 mins., Rated R) and-coming rock band Stillwater, despite worries from his overprotective mother (Frances McDormand). As he heads out on tour with the band, he befriends luminous Penny Lane (Kate Hudson) and – against the advice of rock critic mentor () – Stillwater’s charismatic guitarist, Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup). Along the way, William learns some tough life lessons about love, friendship, loyalty, and of course, the magic of rock ‘n roll. Buoyed by incredible music (including tracks by , Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, and Elton John, whose Tiny Dancer provides one of the film’s most memorable moments), stellar performances (both Hudson and McDormand snagged Oscar nominations) and a big heart, Almost Famous is a nostalgic love letter to growing up and rocking out. (Dir. by Cameron Crowe, 2000, USA, 122 mins., Rated R) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 17

NETWORK CREED II WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 AT 7:30PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 AT 8:00PM FREE ADMISSION | $5 SUGGESTED DONATION FREE ADMISSION

PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIES FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING AT THE UNIVERSITY See classic art films the way they were meant to be seen - OF ARIZONA MALL! with an audience, on the big screen! PRESENTED BY CATS AFTER DARK “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” This deliriously dark and wicked satire of television run EVENT STARTS AT 7:00PM amuck, directed by from ’s FILM STARTS AT 8:00PM scathing, Oscar-winning screenplay, is a masterpiece of ‘70s Hollywood cinema. FREE EEGEES FOR CATCARD HOLDERS!

“The greatest screenplay ever to remain See Michael B. Jordan fight for his life in the gripping drama, undestroyed by Hollywood.” – Cintra Wilson, Creed II, presented outdoors on the UA Mall, projected on the Salon Loft Cinema’s giant inflatable solar cinema screen! This free screening is a great event for UA students, and is also open won a posthumous Best Actor Oscar for to the general public. Please bring your own seating. his iconic portrayal of , an evening news anchorman who, upon learning that he’s about to be fired “Creed II is exactly what you want from a due to his station’s declining popularity, transforms into Rocky/Creed film: it’s engaging, emotional, an unhinged demagogue whose nightly televised rants gripping and entertaining.” – Rodrigo Perez, turn the show into a carnival of angry populism, ridiculous The Playlist radicalism, and, of course, sky-high ratings. The network’s ruthless new head programmer, Diana Christensen (Faye In 1985, Russian boxer Ivan Drago killed former U.S. Dunaway, whose ferocious performance won her the Best champion Apollo Creed in a tragic match that stunned the Actress Oscar), sees an opportunity to exploit the situation world. Against the wishes of trainer Rocky Balboa (Sylvester and cunningly molds the unhinged newsman into a modern- Stallone), Apollo’s son and current champ Adonis Creed day prophet/martyr, whose stated plans to kill himself on (Michael B. Jordan) accepts a challenge from Drago’s son air whip his audience into a feverish , much to the — another dangerous fighter. Under guidance from Rocky, head-shaking consternation of Max Schumacher, (William Adonis trains for the of his life — a date with Holden), an old-school news producer who serves as the destiny that soon becomes his obsession. Now, Creed and film’s moralizing Paddy Chayefsky surrogate. As a critique of Balboa must confront their shared legacy as the past comes the news media and an expression of political outrage, there back to haunt each man, forcing them to remember that, no are few films that resonate with our own current historical matter where you go, you can’t escape your history. (Dir. by moment more presciently than Network, which features a Steven Caple, Jr., 2018, USA, 130 mins., Rated PG-13) stellar ensemble cast including Beatrice Straight (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar), Robert Duvall and . (Dir. by Sidney Lumet, 1976, USA, 121 mins., Rated R) 18 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

THE WARRIORS JIMI HENDRIX: ELECTRIC CHURCH 40TH ANNIVERSARY! SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 AT 7:00PM (SUNDOWN) FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 AT 10:00PM FREE ADMISSION SATURDAY, AAUGUST 24 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING IN BISBEE, AZ! This FREE screening will be held outdoors in PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! Bisbee, AZ at the Central School Project, 43 The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big Howell Avenue, Bisbee, AZ, 85603. Please screen! bring your own seating. Please note: In the event of inclement weather, this outdoor “Warriors … come out and play-eee-ayyy!” In action screening will be moved to an indoor venue master ’s super-stylized exploitation classic, nearby. preposterously-themed street gangs (“The Baseball Furies!” “The Rogues!” “The Lizzies!”) rule the crime-infested streets This screening is part of Loft Film Fest , a of , and Coney Island-based gang The Warriors community-building program that takes unexpected films are about to find out just how tough this town can really be. for free screenings in underserved and unserved rural areas, providing a unique cultural experience. “One of the few tailor-made cult movies that deserves its cult, The Warriors has a rich, pulpy The thrilling music documentary Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church atmosphere that seems sprung from a lurid tells the story of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s involvement comic book.” – Scott Tobias, AV Club as the headliner of the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival, then hailed as the ‘Southern Woodstock,’ on July Cyrus, the baddest gang leader around, has assembled all 4th, 1970. Performing before an audience of over 500,000 of the gangs in NYC for a one-night meeting in The Bronx, people – the largest U.S. audience of his career – Jimi hoping to unify the gangs so they can work together to take Hendrix was the critical component needed to elevate the city away from the police. But when the psychotic leader this three-day festival to a major cultural event. Featuring of The Rogues assassinates Cyrus, The Warriors take the recently unearthed footage (largely unseen until now) of rap, and soon every face-pained, spiked bat-carrying, roller Hendrix performing “Hey Joe,” “All Along the Watchtower,” skate-wearing gang member in the city is out to kill them. “” and many more classics, Electric Church also With an army of vicious, homicidal thugs in hot pursuit, our features rare interviews with Hendrix himself, as well as true-hearted, iron-willed Coney Island rumblers must punch, Hendrix’s Experience band mates Billy Cox and the late bite and bleed their way through the nightmarish labyrinth Mitch Mitchell. (Dir. by John McDermott, 2019, USA, 90 mins., of Manhattan-after-dark as they desperately try and make Not Rated) it back to the safety of their home turf. Filled with absurd violence, electrifying synth music, comic book pacing and Special thanks to our community partner for enough references to Homer’s The Odyssey to classify it as a this screening, Central School Project. loose adaptation (albeit one with dirty bathroom brawls and subway knife fights), The Warriors is a unique cult classic that This screening was made possible by a grant sparked major controversy on its initial release and inspired from the National Endowment for the Arts countless kooky Halloween costumes. “Can you dig it?” (Dir. with support from Desert Diamond Casinos & by Walter Hill, 1979, USA, 92 mins., Rated R) Entertainment SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 19

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY SING-A-LONG! SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 AT 7:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

A portion of the proceeds with our pre-show Queen Music success, but in an unexpected turn, from this screening will Video Salon, and get your glam Freddie, surrounded by darker benefit SAAF (Southern on by wearing your best Queen- influences, shuns Queen in pursuit Arizona AIDS Foundation), inspired costume for the chance to of his solo career. Having suffered supporting HIV/AIDS win a fabulous prize! Is this the greatly without the collaboration prevention/education and real life? Is this just fantasy? No, of Queen, Freddie manages to anti-violence programs in it’s the Bohemian Rhapsody Sing-A- reunite with his bandmates just our community. Long! in time for Live Aid. While bravely facing a recent AIDS diagnosis, We … will … we … will … rock you Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot- Freddie leads the band in one of … at the Bohemian Rhapsody Sing- stomping celebration of the greatest performances in the A-Long, a Queen-sized musical Queen, their music and their history of , and Queen extravaganza featuring a totally extraordinary lead singer Freddie cements a legacy that continues magnifico version of the smash-hit Mercury (Rami Malek). Freddie to inspire outsiders, dreamers rock ‘n’ roll movie with onscreen defied stereotypes and shattered and music lovers to this day. lyrics so you can sing-a-long with convention to become one of the Nominated for 5 , Freddie and the boys to all your most beloved entertainers on the including Best Picture and Best favorite Queen tunes like “Another planet. The film traces the meteoric Actor (Malek). (Dir. by Bryan Singer, One Bites the Dust,” “We are rise of the band through their 2018, USA, 134 mins., Rated PG-13) the Champions,” and of course, iconic songs and revolutionary “Bohemian Rhapsody!” Rock out sound. They reach unparalleled 20 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

BOOGIE NIGHTS (35MM PRINT!) THE MONTY PYTHON AND THE SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 AT 7:30PM HOLY GRAIL QUOTE-A-LONG! GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF MONTY PYTHON!

PART OF LOFT STAFF SELECTS! WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 AT 7:30PM A monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen by our GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s film was chosen by LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING Reed Chandler, Projectionist! We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of Monty Python Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling, exhilarating, crazy-quilt by unleashing the Knights Who Say Ni, the Black Beast of love letter to late ‘70s excess is an epic story tracking the Aarrgghh and other assorted Python nuts at The Monty meteoric rise of a super-stud porn star through the golden Python and the Holy Grail Quote-A-Long!, a massively age of the adult film industry. ridiculous evening of Medieval Madness guaranteed to make your silly heart clippity-clop like a pair of hairy coconut “Large, colorful and curiously touching … shells. All the best bits and all the song(s) will be subtitled Boogie Nights has the quality of many great for your holy singing and quoting pleasure. Enjoy pre-show films, in that it always seems alive.” – Roger entertainment featuring classic scenes and skits from the Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Python universe, and enter our FREE raffle for Python Prizes including official movie “coconut clackers” and more! If you Eddie Adams, aka “Dirk Diggler” (Mark Wahlberg), is a weigh more than a duck, you’re guaranteed to love this! high school dropout-turned-porn star whose “big talent” sets his career on a dizzying upward trajectory thanks to “An incredibly silly film of great humor, the guidance of adult-movie kingpin Jack Horner (Burt brilliant design and epic insanity.”- Michael Reynolds). Featuring a brilliant, Altman-esque ensemble Wilmington, Chicago Reader cast, Boogie Nights paints an expansive mosaic of life in the X-rated movie business, as Diggler’s new surrogate “family” It’s the movie beloved by anyone with a pulse and a cracked – nurturing porn queen Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), sense of humor! Written and performed by all your favorites sweetly pathetic boom operator Scotty J. (Philip Seymour – Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Hoffman), not-so-innocent ingénue Roller Girl (Heather Terry Jones and Michael Palin – Monty Python and the Holy Graham), etc. – rides high in the anything-goes late ‘70s, Grail takes on the Middle Ages and converts Arthurian before devastating personal narratives and historic shifts in legend into uncontrollable lunacy! If you’re already a fan the cultural landscape render them has-beens in the Reagan- (and name one person who’s seen it who isn’t!), you won’t era ‘80s. Both intimate and epic in tone, Boogie Nights is an want to miss the chance to enjoy the film the way it’s meant electrifying homage to the art and chaos of making movies, to be experienced – on the Big Screen, in a movie theater, a tribute to the families we create and a clear-eyed look at with other die-hard Python fans laughing at the gags, singing America’s slide from the innocent hedonism of the 1970s the epic songs and quoting the hilarious dialogue. Prance into the darker realities of the 1980s. (Dir. by Paul Thomas along with King Arthur and his brave and foolish Knights of Anderson, 1997, USA, 155 mins., Rated R) the Round Table (they dance whenever they’re able) as they embark upon their lunatic quest for the ultimate treasure … a shrubbery! (Well, actually The Holy Grail). But our heroes must beware, for death awaits them all with nasty, big, pointy teeth! (Dir. by Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1975, UK, 91 mins., Rated PG) SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 21

KILL BILL VOL. 1 KILL BILL VOL. 2 15TH ANNIVERSARY! 15TH ANNIVERSARY! THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 AT 10:00PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 AT 10:00PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6

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

The fury of The Bride knows no limits as she seeks assassins, The fury of The Bride knows no limits as she seeks assassins, betrayers, and scumbags for a fate worse than death. She’s betrayers, and scumbags for a fate worse than death. She’s not just a woman wronged, she’s a mother with empty arms, not just a woman wronged, she’s a mother with empty arms, and somebody’s gonna pay. and somebody’s gonna pay.

“With the Kill Bill saga, Tarantino brings “If Kill Bill Vol. 1 was bloody exhilarating, delicious back to movies – the thrill you get Vol. 2 is bloody great.” – Chris Kaltenbach, from something down, dirty and dangerous.” Baltimore Sun , Rolling Stone Nothing quite like Tarantino’s wild love letter to genre Nothing quite like Tarantino’s wild love letter to genre cinema has ever hit the screen before. In Kill Bill, Vol. 2, cinema has ever hit the screen before. In Kill Bill, Vol. 1, Tarantino completes the gore-splattered quest for revenge Tarantino pays bloody tribute to grindhouse trash from begun by The Bride in Vol. 1. Having already crossed two the ‘60s and ‘70s, specifically action flicks and names from her Death List, The Bride returns with a Spaghetti Westerns, with this blackly comic, ultra-violent vengeance and takes aim at Budd, aka “Sidewinder” (Michael tale of cold betrayal and brutal revenge. Four years after Madsen), and eye patch-wearing Elle Driver (), taking a bullet to the head at her own wedding (courtesy of the only survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed the Deadly Assassination Squad, aka “DiVAS”), The her four years earlier. As in all good revenge flicks, the action Bride () emerges from a coma and decides leads to an ultimate confrontation with Enemy #1, in this it’s payback time … with a vengeance! Soon she’s suited up, case, the ever-elusive Bill (David Carradine), The Bride’s swinging a samurai sword and hunting down her mysterious former master and the man who ordered her execution! former boss, Bill (David Carradine), and his lovely but deadly Will The Bride finally be able to get some satisfaction and at DiVAS (played by and Vivica A. Fox), culminating long last … “Kill Bill?” (Dir. by , 2004, USA, in a crazed, over-the-top showdown that must be seen to be in English/ Japanese/French with English subtitles, 137 min., believed. Originally intended as one very long epic action Rated R) flick, Tarantino eventually split the Kill Bill saga into two parts, ending Vol .1 with a humdinger of a cliffhanger leading to the resolution of the tale in Vol. 2, which was released to theatres six months later. (Dir. by Quentin Tarantino, 2003, USA, in English/ Japanese/French with English subtitles, 111 min., Rated R) 22 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

SMOKE SIGNALS GREASE SING-A-LONG! SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 AT 7:00PM (SUNDOWN) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 7:30PM FREE ADMISSION GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $10 FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING IN DRAGOON, AZ! PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

This free screening will take place outdoors Calling all T-Birds and Pink Ladies! You’re the ones that we at Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Rd, want at our Grease Sing-A-Long! Welcome back to Rydell High Dragoon, AZ, 85609. Please bring your own for this electrifyin’ sing-a-long sock hop, featuring onscreen seating. Flashlights are recommended to lyrics, Grease Goodie Bags filled with fun interactive props, increase nighttime visibility. Please note: In a Rockin’ Rydell Costume Contest and a few boss surprises! the event of inclement weather, this outdoor Yes, we’re gonna party like beauty school dropouts, and screening will be moved to an indoor venue it’s guaranteed to have you singing, “Tell me more, tell me nearby. more!” Woo hoo hoo, honey! This screening is part of Loft Film Fest on the Road, a “Grease is every bit the great songfest it’s community-building program that takes unexpected films hailed as, with some of the most energetic for free screenings in underserved and unserved rural areas, musical numbers ever to grace the inside of a providing a unique cultural experience. movie theatre.” – Caroline Westbrook, Empire Billed as the first feature film entirely written, directed and It’s 1959 and the kids are cool, the cars are hot, and rock and acted by Native , director Chris Eyre’s award- roll is here to stay. And when the new girl in school falls for winning 1998 Sundance hit Smoke Signals is a funny, the bad boy of Rydell High, the result is Grease, and it’s sheer touching and honest look at what it is to be Indian in movie magic! We’ve all remained hopelessly devoted to John America. Smoke Signals follows Victor (Adam Beach) and Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, and at the Grease Sing-A- Thomas-Builds-the-Fire (Evan Adams), two young Idaho Long, we’re taking our love of this timeless musical to new men with wildly different memories of one Arnold Joseph heights. Don’t leave all the signing to Danny, Sandy, Rizzo, (Gary Farmer), a former resident of their Idaho reservation Kenickie and the gang – join in! You know the words … and who split years before and has just died in Phoenix. in case you forget a few, don’t sweat it daddy-o, because all Circumstances bring this odd couple together in a funny and the lyrics will be up there on the screen so you can sing-a- funky road trip to Phoenix to retrieve Arnold’s ashes. Along long! Declare that you’re “Hopelessly Devoted” to Danny. the way, they must confront the reality of Arnold’s legacy, Tell us all about your “Summer Nights.” Wail along when which has profound and unexpected effects on both of them. “Sandy” strands you at the drive-in. And celebrate your love (Dir. by Chris Eyre, 1998, USA, 89 mins., Rated PG-13) by declaring, “You’re the One That I Want.” We’ve even got fun props to help you party down like “Greased Lightning!” Special thanks to our community partner for And don’t worry if you sing off-key. There are worse things this screening, Amerind Museum. you could do … like miss our Grease Sing-A-Long! So grab This screening was made possible by a grant your tickets now, because as they always say at Rydell High, from the National Endowment for the Arts “We Go Together like rama lama lama lama, ka dinga da with support from Desert Diamond Casinos & dinga dong!” (Dir. by Randal Kleiser, 1978, USA, 110 mins., Entertainment rated PG) COMMUNITY RENTALS 23

2019 GIDDYUP! FILM TOUR TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 AT 7:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 (PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING)

GiddyUP! Film Tour brings bicycle lovers together for a unique social event featuring the best in cycling cinema. Each event kicks off an hour or so before show time so you can knock back a cold one, catch up with riding friends, check out the latest gear and talk about ride plans for the coming This is a rental of The Loft season. Cinema, presented by GiddyUP! Film Tour. Once the curtain opens, GiddyUP! Film Tour unveils films from around the globe showcasing exactly why we all love to ride… A love of tight and twisty singletrack, finding that perfect gravel road for an Proceeds go to The adventure, grinding out a solid effort all the way to the top of a road climb or simply shedding all the Amy D Foundation stress from a long day in the office. Doing good, Feels good. That’s our mantra. Each year, we host fundraiser shows and donate the proceeds to the Amy D Foundation to help support their efforts to empower girls and young women in cycling.

HOOP DREAMS SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 AT 6:30PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 (PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING)

October is the 25th anniversary of the release of this landmark film. Voted “The Best Documentary of All Time” by the International Documentary Association, named the single best film of the 1990s by Roger Ebert, the film endures in the hearts and minds of 100s of critics and millions of viewers. This is a rental of The Loft Nominated for both Academy and Emmy awards, the film tells the rising and falling fortunes of Cinema, sponsored by: two African-American low income teens from Chicago and their families as they pursue the elusive Southern Arizona Adaptive dream of NBA stardom. Sports, Mia Hansen. Presently, Frederick is working on a series of films about the challenges facing returning Veterans. With filmmaker He hopes to premiere the first two at Sundance in 2020. in person!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARSHA! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 AT 5:00PM FREE ADMISSION

As an opening event for their Trans ± Sex: Rethinking Sex/Gender in Trans Studies Symposium (September, 5th-7th 2019) the University of Arizona’s Transgender Studies Research Cluster will be hosting a film screening at the Loft Cinema of Happy Birthday, Marsha! on Thursday, September 5th This is a rental of The Loft 2019. Tourmaline, co-producer and co-director of the film, will be in attendance for introductory Cinema, presented by comments and an audience Q&A following the film. University of Arizona’s Transgender Studies Research Happy Birthday, Marsha! is a short film co-produced and co-directed by Tourmaline and Sasha Cluster. Wortzel, and is described as an “experimental narrative film,” one that revisits and reimagines the lives and community involvement by Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in the moments leading This event is free and up to the Stonewall Riots in June 1969. Rather than seeking to correct or fill in the absences and open to the public. gaps in the historical record regarding the lives of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, the film creates and critically engages “new historical documents that are looking to the past in order to imagine what other possibilities could be.” Despite her success, Lupino was frustrated by the lack of interesting parts for women and the constraints of “I’m mad they say. I am the studio system, where she was often suspended for refusing insignificant or demeaning roles. In 1947 she temperamental and dizzy left Warner Brothers, and as a free agent began writing, producing and ultimately directing films in addition and disagreeable. Well, to acting. Inspired to found her own independent let them talk. I can take production company, The Filmmakers (along with her second husband, Collier Young), Lupino created a space it. Only one person can for herself to tackle projects with complicated, and at times controversial, subject matter in a naturalistic, hurt me. Her name is Ida hard-nosed documentary style uncommon in 1950s Lupino.” – Ida Lupino filmmaking. She would take advantage of this newfound independence to helm several features, ranging thematically from bigamy to single motherhood, and to direct and co-write the 1953 thriller, The Hitch-Hiker Laughingly self-described as the “poor man’s Bette (cementing her place as the only woman to direct a Davis,” London-born actress, writer, producer and classic noir), making her the first consistently-working pioneering director Ida Lupino (1918-1995) remains female director since early-talkies maven, Dorothy a legendary maverick in cinema history. Beginning Arzner (Lupino also became the second woman admitted her career as an actress in England at the age of 13, to the DGA, after Arzner). Producing and directing Lupino decamped from the UK for Hollywood is 1933. independent films at a time when the studios ruled the At Paramount, she garnered praise for her portrayals of screen, Lupino’s productions were the “new wave” of worldly and often unsympathetic characters. Lupino’s their day. This August, The Loft Cinema pays tribute to career gained traction with her move to Warner Brothers trailblazing Hollywood director and actress, Ida Lupino, in 1940 and high-profile roles in They Drive by Nightand with a selection of films showcasing her talents both in High Sierra. front of and behind the camera! NOT WANTED (NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION!) THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

In Ida Lupino’s directorial debut, the life of a young and naive “unwed mother” (Sally Forrest) spirals out of control after her musician beau (Leo Penn) ditches her for an out-of-town gig, despite the presence of another man (Keefe Brasselle) determined to win her heart. In 1948, legendary screen actress Ida Lupino left Warner Bros. to co-found The Filmmakers, an independent production company “Ida Lupino’s first film as a director is conceived as an alternative to the dominant aesthetics of Hollywood. With the a startling blend of compassion and low-key, intimate Not Wanted, Lupino tackled the taboo topic of out-of-wedlock invention.” – Richard Brody, New Yorker pregnancy, immediately venturing into terrain where big-budget mainstream films feared to tread. (Dir. by Ida Lupino, 1949, USA, 91 mins., Not Rated)

ON DANGEROUS GROUND THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

In this jolting, unconventional noir thriller, co-directed by Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino, a bitter big city cop is sent upstate to cool off and investigate a small- town murder, leading him to a fateful confrontation with a local blind woman and his own dark heart. This unusual snow-bound noir features a savvy script by A.I. Bezzerides, a frenetic score by Bernard Herrmann, and taut, striking “One of noir’s most soulful and poetic direction by Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino, who took over (uncredited) directing expressions of hope and redemption, duties when Ray suffered a reported nervous breakdown during filming. (Dir. by On Dangerous Ground is nothing short of overpowering.” – Nick Schager, Nicholas Ray & Ida Lupino, 1951, USA, 82 mins., Not Rated) Lessons of Darkness

THE HITCH-HIKER (NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION!) THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Beyond its cultural significance as the only classic directed by a woman, The Hitch-Hiker is perhaps best remembered as simply one of the most nightmarish motion pictures of the 1950s. Inspired by the true-life murder spree of Billy Cook, The Hitch-Hiker is the tension-laden saga of two men on a camping trip (Edmond O’Brien and Frank Lovejoy) who are held captive by a “This hell-for-leather 1953 noir homicidal drifter (William Talman). He forces them, at gunpoint, to embark demonstrates Ida Lupino’s facility with on a frightening joyride across the Mexican desert. A compellingly gritty and actors and flawless pacing.” – J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader sweaty exercise in weather-beaten noir existentialism, The Hitch-Hiker is renegade filmmaking at its finest. (Dir. by Ida Lupino, 1953, USA, 71 mins., Not Rated)

THE BIGAMIST (NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION!) THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Ida Lupino directs and stars in this sympathetic portrait of an ordinary man who finds himself in the arms of two women: an upper-crust businesswoman and a tough-talking waitress. The first Hollywood sound feature wherein its female star directed herself, The Bigamist also marks another in Ida Lupino’s string of biting dramas squarely confronting taboo social issues – an examination of marriage “Ida Lupino keels the action with and adultery told with mounting noir-like tension and a surprisingly non- mounting tension, muted compassion judgmental tone. (Dir. by Ida Lupino, 1953, USA, 80 mins., Not Rated) and shark-like alacrity for behavior detail.” – Howard Thompson, New York Times PRESENTED BY PIMA COUNTY LIBRARY LOFT JR. AT THE LOFT CINEMA

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“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not OF ALICE GUY- (1960) BOUFFE going to take this anymore!” This BLACHÉ The most well-known film by deliriously dark and wicked satire In this darkly atmospheric chiller, Italian provocateur Marco Ferreri of television run amuck, directed by a mysterious young woman is Alice Guy-Blaché was not only the (Dillinger is Dead), La Grande Bouffe is Sidney Lumet from Paddy Chayefsky’s executed as a witch, but not before first female director, but also one of a notoriously over-the-top social scathing, Oscar-winning screenplay, placing a curse upon those who have the first film directors, period. But allegory and delirious explosion of is a masterpiece of ‘70s Hollywood condemned her – a horrible vengeance odds are you’ve never heard of her. bad taste featuring a who’s-who of cinema. (Dir. by Sidney Lumet, 1976, that is fulfilled some 200 years later The French-born filmmaker entered European leading men of the 1970s. USA, 121 mins., Rated R) in a riot of pure terror! (Dir. by Mario the movie business at the very Bava, 1960, Italy, in Italian with English (Dir. by Marco Ferreri, 1973, France/ beginning – in 1894, at the age of 21. Italy, in French/Italian with English “The greatest screenplay ever to subtitles, 87 mins., Not Rated) (Dir. by Alice Guy-Blaché, 1896 – 1919, subtitles, 130 mins., Rated NC-17) remain undestroyed by Hollywood.” – France/USA, approximately 90 mins., “Boldly imaginative and dreamlike Cintra Wilson, Salon “Decadent, cynical and frequently Not Rated) … crammed with surreal and still obscene. An experience that hammers shocking imagery.” – Derek Adams, your sensibilities.” - Roger Ebert, Time Out Chicago Sun-Times

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LUZ STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 26 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

In this audacious, psychotropic and mesmerizing , the standard formulas for demonic possession tales are turned upside down and transformed into something new and deeply frightening.

“A delirious, unusual assault on the senses, and a remarkably fresh take on “A delirious, unusual assault on the senses, and a the possession sub-genre of horror.” – LUZ remarkably fresh take on the possession sub-genre of David Kurland, Bloody Disgusting STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 26 horror.” – David Kurland, Bloody Disgusting REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES While a confused young cabdriver, Luz (Luana Velis), enters a police station to report an incident that took place earlier that evening, another woman, Nora (Julia Riedler), seduces police psychotherapist Dr. In this audacious, psychotropic (Julia Riedler), seduces police unleashing its own distinctly Rossini (Jan Bluthardt) in a nightclub across town. and mesmerizing horror film, the psychotherapist Dr. Rossini (Jan surreal vision. (Dir. by Tilman As the conversation and sexual tension swells, Nora standard formulas for demonic Bluthardt) in a nightclub across Singer, 2018, , in German/ shares not only her connection to Luz, but also the possession tales are turned town. As the conversation and Spanish with English subtitles, 70 dark secrets of their past. When Nora’s true identity upside down and transformed sexual tension swells, Nora shares mins., Not Rated) is revealed, Luz finds herself battling a terrifying into something new and deeply not only her connection to Luz, “Unapologetically strange demonic entity that endangers the entire city. Shot on frightening. but also the dark secrets of their and utterly fearless.” – 16mm film with a darkly ethereal synth score, writer/ past. When Nora’s true identity is “A refreshing take on Katie Rife, AV Club director Tilman Singer’s debut feature is an intelligent revealed, Luz finds herself battling demonic possession in and twisted genre piece that feels like a lost ‘80s a terrifying demonic entity that which the usual fright flick horror classic, paying homage to the films of Andrzej endangers the entire city. Shot on clichés are nowhere to Żuławski (Possession) and early John Carpenter 16mm film with a darkly ethereal be found.” – John DeFore, (among others), while simultaneously unleashing its synth score, writer/director Hollywood Reporter own distinctly surreal vision. (Dir. by Tilman Singer, Tilman Singer’s debut feature is an 2018, Germany, in German/Spanish with English intelligent and twisted genre piece subtitles, 70 mins., Not Rated) While a confused young cabdriver, that feels like a lost ‘80s horror Luz (Luana Velis), enters a police classic, paying homage to the films station to report an incident of Andrzej Żuławski (Possession) that took place earlier that and early John Carpenter (among evening, another woman, Nora others), while simultaneously NEW FILMS 31

MAIDEN STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 26 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Maiden is the true story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World in 1989.

“A rousing, real-life, feminist adventure tale … a crowd-pleaser likely to leave “A rousing, real-life, feminist adventure tale … a audiences cheering.” – Caryn James, MAIDEN crowd-pleaser likely to leave audiences cheering.” – Hollywood Reporter STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 26 Caryn James, Hollywood Reporter REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Tracy’s inspirational dream was opposed on all sides: her male competitors thought an all-women crew would never make it, the chauvinistic yachting press took bets on her failure, and potential sponsors Maiden is the true story of how publicity. But Tracy refused to give rejected her, fearing they would die at sea and Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old up: she remortgaged her home generate bad publicity. But Tracy refused to give up: cook in charter boats, became the and bought a secondhand boat, she remortgaged her home and bought a secondhand skipper of the first ever all-female putting everything on the line to boat, putting everything on the line to ensure the crew to enter the Whitbread ensure the team made it to the team made it to the start line. Although blessed Round the World in 1989. start line. Although blessed with with tremendous self-belief Tracy was also beset by tremendous self-belief Tracy was crippling doubts and was only able to make it through “A timely and relevant also beset by crippling doubts and with the support of her remarkable crew. With their story about bold women was only able to make it through help she went on to shock the sport world and prove breaking down barriers.” – with the support of her remarkable that women are very much the equal of men. (Dir. by Kate Erbland, IndieWire crew. With their help she went on Alex Holmes, 2019, UK, 97 mins., Rated PG) to shock the sport world and prove Tracy’s inspirational dream was that women are very much the opposed on all sides: her male equal of men. (Dir. by Alex Holmes, competitors thought an all-women 2019, UK, 97 mins., Rated PG) crew would never make it, the chauvinistic yachting press took bets on her failure, and potential Closed Captions and Audio sponsors rejected her, fearing they Description Available would die at sea and generate bad 32 NEW FILMS

“Jessie Buckley gives a dazzling, raw, intoxicating WILD ROSE performance, and when she sings, it’s simply electric.” STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 – Yolanda Machado, The Wrap REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Jessie Buckley (Beast) delivers a music. But when Rose-Lynn tries star-making performance as Rose- to hold down a housekeeping job, Lynn, a would-be country singer her boss (, Hotel who dreams of leaving her rough Rwanda) hears her singing and life in Glasgow, Scotland for the becomes an unlikely supporter, bright lights of Nashville. intent on getting her to Nashville despite the long odds. Caught “In Wild Rose, the between hope and responsibility, heartbreak can – and Rose-Lynn must find her place does – become something without abandoning her raw talent beautiful.” – Michael and grand ambitions. (Dir. by Tom O’Sullivan, Washington Harper, 2018, UK, 101 mins., Rated Post R)

Fresh out of a stint in prison, Rose- “It’s something special.”– Lynn is a single mom with an ankle Katie Rife, AV Club monitor, a curfew, and a concerned mother (Julie Walters, Brooklyn), who wants her to focus more on Closed Captions Available her two children and less on her NEW FILMS 33

“It’s director Lulu Wang’s singular gift for life’s simplest THE FAREWELL moments which makes The Farewell ring so truthfully STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 bare, funny and emotional.” – Jordan Ruimy, Playlist REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

In this funny, uplifting tale based spirit, and the ties that keep on on an actual lie, Chinese-born, binding even when so much goes U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina, Crazy unspoken. With The Farewell, Rich Asians) reluctantly returns to writer/director Lulu Wang has to find that, although created a heartfelt celebration of the whole family knows their both the way we perform family beloved matriarch, Nai Nai, has and the way we live it, masterfully been given mere weeks to live, interweaving a gently humorous everyone has decided not to tell depiction of the good lie in action Nai Nai herself. To assure her with a richly moving story of how happiness, they gather under family can unite and strengthen the joyful guise of an expedited us, often in spite of ourselves. wedding, uniting family members (Dir. by Lulu Wang, 2019, USA, scattered among new homes in English/Mandarin with English abroad. As Billi navigates a subtitles, 98 mins., Rated PG) minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds there’s a lot to celebrate: a chance to Closed Captions and Audio rediscover the country she left as a Description Available child, her grandmother’s wondrous 34 NEW FILMS

“Olivia Colman leads an exceptional ensemble in THEM THAT FOLLOW this tense, slow-burning drama.” – Carlos Aguilar, STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 The Wrap REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Deep in the rugged wilderness of Olivia Colman, The Favourite), a Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs dangerous secret is unearthed (Walton Goggins, The Hateful and she is forced to confront the Eight) presides over an isolated deadly tradition of her father’s community of serpent handlers, an church. The feature film debut for obscure sect of Pentecostals who writers/directors Britt Poulton willingly take up venomous snakes and Dan Madison Savage, Them to prove themselves before God. That Follow is a suspenseful and poignant look at a misunderstood “A terrific turn from the community, a place where morality always practically perfect and belief are not always aligned, Olivia Colman.” – Leslie and where the consequences Felperin, Hollywood can be devastating when faith is Reporter stretched to the breaking point. Also starring Kaitlyn Dever, Jim As his devoted daughter, Mara Gaffigan, Thomas Mann, and Lewis (Alice Englert, Ginger & Rosa) Pullman. (Dir. by Britt Poulton & prepares for her wedding day, Dan Madison Savage, 2019, USA, 98 under the watchful eye of Hope mins., Rated R) Slaughter (Academy Award-winner NEW FILMS 35

MARIANNE & LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

AUGUST’S REEL READS Marianne & Leonard: Words of and Leonard, whose friendship SELECTION Love is renowned filmmaker Nick would last another fifty years Purchase a copy of Stranger Broomfield’s romantic and moving before their deaths in 2016. From Music: Selected Songs and Poems look at famed singer/ the director of Kurt & Courtney, by Leonard Cohen during the Leonard Cohen and muse Whitney: Can I Be Me and Biggie month of August and receive a Marianne Ihlen. The documentary and Tupac. (Dir. by Nick Broomfield, special “Loft Reel Reads” discount starts on the Greek island of 2019, USA, 102 mins., Rated R) off the cover price – 20% for Loft in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, members and 10% for the general then a struggling and unknown “A fascinating mediation public. Copies of the book are fiction writer, and Marianne Ihlen, on the nature of genius available at The Loft Cinema and a single mother with a young and stardom.” – Andrea Antigone Books. son, became part of a community Gronvall, Chicago Reader of expat artists, writers and “Marianne & Leonard musicians. Never-before-seen is as much poetry as a footage shot by Broomfield and Closed Captions and Audio documentary – a gentle, legendary documentarian D.A. Description Available rhapsodic film, and a Pennebaker make for a unique moving portrait of a love portrait of an idyllic 1960’s that still resonates.” – bohemia. It was a time that left a Steve Pond, The Wrap lasting imprint on both Marianne 36 NEW FILMS

“Sharp and propulsive … an important, MIKE WALLACE IS HERE compulsively watchable portrait.” – David STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 Ehrlich, IndieWire REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“A masterful, cinematic Wallace, whose storied career biography that unpacks a was entwined with the evolution man’s life through his work of journalism itself. (Dir. by Avi … sits at the intersection of Belkin, 2019, USA, 94 mins., Rated long-form journalism and PG-13) riveting documentary.” – Sam Fragoso, The Wrap “A compulsively Mike Wallace Is Here offers an engrossing account of a unflinching look at the legendary career notable for its gutsy, reporter, who interrogated the confrontational attitude 20th century’s biggest figures in toward the power brokers his over fifty years on air, and his in business and politics.”- aggressive reporting style and Todd McCarthy, Hollywood showmanship that redefined what Reporter America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage from the “60 Minutes” , the film explores what drove and plagued NEW FILMS 37

A new comedy based on a true story featured ODE TO JOY on NPR’s ! STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

How does a man who is— the risk-averse Charlie finds literally—paralyzed by happiness himself at a crossroads: suppress find love? Thanks to a condition his feelings of attraction, or take called cataplexy—a rare disorder a chance and let love in? Based on that causes him to lose control a true story originally featured on of his muscles whenever he is This American Life, Ode to Joy is overcome by strong emotion, a hilarious and touching look at particularly joy—Brooklyn what happens when we stop being librarian Charlie (Martin Freeman, afraid and let ourselves truly live. The Hobbit; Black Panther) has (Dir. by Jason Winer, 2019, USA, 97 learned to carefully edit all mins., Rated R) delight-triggering people, places, and events out of his life. Family weddings, cute babies, adorable Closed Captions and Audio puppies, and, yes, romance are Description Available all fraught with peril in Charlie’s carefully managed world. But when the beautiful, spontaneous Francesca (Morena Baccarin, ; Serenity) falls for him, 38 NEW FILMS

“A film of pure sensation, dazzling APOCALYPSE NOW FINAL CUT audiences with light and noise, laying STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 bare the stark horror of combat.” – REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Tom Huddleston, Time Out

To celebrate the 40th anniversary Restored from the original odyssey into Cambodia to of the Oscar-winning psychedelic negative for the first time ever, assassinate a renegade American Vietnam War epic, Apocalypse Now Final Cut is colonel named Kurtz (Brando), is returning to the big screen in a Coppola’s most fully-realized who has succumbed to the horrors special, never-before-seen “Final version of his multi-awarded of war and barricaded himself in Cut” restored with breathtaking classic – a haunting journey into a remote outpost. (Dir. by Frances realism by director Frances Ford madness that has fascinated Ford Coppola, 1979/2019, USA, in Coppola himself to the highest and generations of movie lovers. English/French/Vietnamese with finest audio/visual standards, for a Winner of two Academy Awards, English subtitles, 183 mins., Rated truly visceral cinema experience. and featuring an all-star cast R) including , Robert “One of the key films of Duvall, Martin Sheen, Dennis “A brilliantly super- the century. Most films Hopper, and charged experience, are lucky to contain a , Coppola’s visually Apocalypse Now is a film single great sequence. dazzling masterpiece is a surreal, that needs to be seen on Apocalypse Now strings hallucinatory, epic tragedy about the big screen.” – Peter together one after the nightmare of the Vietnam War, Bradshaw, Guardian another.” – Roger Ebert, following Army Captain Willard Chicago Sun-Times (Sheen), a troubled man sent on a dangerous and mesmerizing NEW FILMS 39

“An uncompromising vision. The new film from the THE NIGHTINGALE director of is a whole different kind of STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 horrifying.” – A.A Dowd, AV Club REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

The new film from Jennifer Kent, who oversaw the horror, so she of grace (Dir. by Jennifer Kent, acclaimed director of the modern- enlists the service of an Aboriginal 2019, Australia, in English/Scottish/ day horror classic The Babadook, tracker named Billy. Marked by Gaelic/Aboriginal with English is a merciless revenge thriller trauma from his own violence- subtitles, 136 mins., Rated R / following one woman’s journey filled past, Billy reluctantly agrees Contains graphic violence) into the heart of darkness. to take her through the interior of Tasmania. On this brutal “Truly outstanding! “Mythic and gripping. A quest for blood, Clare gets much Jennifer Kent continues to historical revenge tale of more than she bargained for. be a fiercely original, very shattering beauty.” -Guy The Nightingale is a brutal ride brave filmmaker.” – Lodge, Variety through the unforgiving land of Norman Gidney, Film 19th-century Tasmania, a time Threat One night in 1820s Tasmania, when British colonists nearly Clare (, Game of decimated Aboriginal Tasmanians. Thrones), a young Irish convict, With horrors lurking around Closed Captions and Audio loses everything she holds dear every corner, Jennifer Kent’s Description Available after her family is horrifically new nightmare is equally epic, attacked. She’s immediately traumatizing and unexpected driven to track down and seek – a majestic achievement most revenge against the British officer striking in its haunting moments 40 NEW FILMS

“Startlingly intimate : REMEMBER MY NAME … raw and entirely STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 human.” – Kate Erbland, REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES IndieWire

Producer Cameron Crowe and obstacles, Crosby forged a new with the filmmakers’ disarming director A.J. Eaton craft an path at the age of 77. Seeking out interview style to unlock profound unflinchingly honest portrait younger musicians and recording truths about our human ego and of musician David Crosby, now a pair of critically-praised new imperfection. As this twinkly-eyed 77, framed around a multi-day albums, Crosby now sets out to septuagenarian with a beautiful interview with the controversial make a mark in a world now so voice and chronic illness heads legend about his illustrious career different from the generation he back on the road to make a buck, and troubled personal life. came to define in the 60’s. With what endures is the transformative humor and bite, Crosby shares nature of music and the possibility “A touching, nostalgia- his rocky journey as a musician of loving unconditionally. (Dir. by infused portrait that’s and activist at the forefront A.J. Eaton, 2019, USA, 95 mins., imbued with affection.” – of the rock scene— Rated R) Leslie Felperin, Hollywood from his Laurel Canyon days Reporter with Joni Mitchell and ecstatic performances with and Closed Captions and Audio A cultural force for over fifty CSN&Y, to dark times in jail and Description Available years, Crosby faced an uncertain regretful ruptures with beloved future after the 2015 dissolution bandmates. Crosby’s willingness of Crosby, Stills and Nash. Racked to bare shattering personal with health issues and personal struggles powerfully combines NEW FILMS 41

“An unforgettable vérité character study and an intimate HONEYLAND look at an endangered tradition.” – Sheri Linden, STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 Hollywood Reporter REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

FREE LOFT MEMBERS Nestled in an isolated mountain family, with their roaring engines, SCREENING region deep within the Balkans, seven rambunctious children Friday, August 30, 7:00pm. Free Hatidze Muratova lives with her and herd of cattle. Hatidze for Loft Cinema members and ailing mother in a village without optimistically meets the promise open to the public at regular roads, electricity or running water. of change with an open heart, it admission prices. doesn’t take long however, before “Visually poetic … a conflict evolves that exposes Members may pick up tickets only sumptuous … a stark, the fundamental tension between for themselves (1 for individual wistful portrait of a lone nature and humanity, harmony levels, 2 for couple levels) at rural beekeeper.” – Guy and discord, exploitation and the Box Office on the day of the Lodge, Variety sustainability. Winner of this Member Screening. The Box Office year’s World Cinema Documentary is open 1/2 hour before the first She’s the last in a long line of Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, show of the day. Please see the Macedonian wild beekeepers, Honeyland is a beautiful and website for showtimes. Members eking out a living farming honey poignant meditation on loneliness will be issued a return pass (valid in small batches to be sold in the and the fragile symbiosis between through the following Thursday) closest city – a mere four hours’ humans and nature. (Dir. by to see this film another time, if the walk away. Hatidze’s peaceful Tamara Kotoveska, 2019, Republic of screening is at capacity. existence is thrown into upheaval Macedonia, in Turkish with English by the arrival of an itinerant subtitles, 87 mins., Not Rated) 42 NEW FILMS

“A zippy comedy, wonderfully cast … Tel Aviv on Fire is TEL AVIV ON FIRE an entertaining satire on the state of Israel-Palestinian STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 relations.” – Lisa Nesselson, Screen International REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

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