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Hiway Theater

Previews103H MARCH – JUNE 2018 in THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE TREASURE OF THE in Bogart Humphrey

INCLUDES OUR MAIN ATTRACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS H IWAYT HEATER.ORG 267 864 0065 Welcome to the nonprofit Hiway Theater The Hiway Theater is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

Policies ADMISSION Children under 6 – Children under age 6 will not be admitted to our films or programs unless specifically indicated. General...... $11.25 Late Arrivals – The Theater reserves the right to stop selling Members...... $6.75 tickets (and/or seating patrons) 10 minutes after a film has Seniors (62+) & Students...... $9.00 started. Matinees Outside Food and Drink – Patrons are not permitted to bring Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri before 4:30 outside food and drink into the theater. Sat & Sun before 2:30...... $9.00 Wed Early Matinee before 2:30...... $8.00 Accessibility & Hearing Assistance – The Hiway Theater has a wheelchair-accessible auditorium and restroom, and is Affiliated Theater Members*...... $6.75 equipped with hearing enhancement headsets and closed cap- You must present your membership card to obtain membership discounts. tion devices. (Please inquire at the concession stand.) The above ticket prices are subject to change. Parking Check our website for parking information. THANK YOU MEMBERS! Your membership is the foundation of the theater’s success. Without your membership support, we would not How can you support the Hiway Theater? exist. Thank you for being a member. Contact us with your feedback Be a member. or questions at 215 348 1878 x115 or email us at Become a member of the non- [email protected]. profit Hiway Theater and show Why the ticket increase? Because our film distributors require it. your support for good films and Each movie we screen is supplied by a film distributor. They charge a cultural landmark. See back us about half of the ticket price. However, our prices have been panel for a membership form MEMBER so low that they have been adding a surcharge to our rental fees. or join online. Your financial We first announced this anticipated change almost a year ago. We support is tax-deductible. delayed the change as long as we could, but it is finally time to Make a gift. implement it. Your additional gifts and support make us even better. Your *Affiliated Theater Members donations are fully tax-deductible. Contact our Business Office All members of our theater are entitled to members tickets at all at 215 348 1878 x117 or at [email protected]. “Renew Theaters” (Ambler, County, Garden, and Hiway), as well as Be a sponsor. at participating “Art House Theaters” nationwide. For more informa- Receive prominent recognition for your business in exchange tion, visit our website. for helping our nonprofit theater. Recognition comes in a variety Give us feedback. of ways – on our movie screens, in our brochures, and on our Your film experience is the most important thing to us, so we website. Contact us at 215 348 1878 x112 or at welcome your feedback. Please let us know what we can do better. [email protected]. Contact us at 215 348 1878, or [email protected]. Special thanks. The Hiway Theater receives funding support through a grant from the Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Hiway Theater Arts, a federal agency. 212 Old York Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 267 864 0065 HOTLINE We’re Nonprofit. 215 348 1878 Administrative Office The Hiway Theater is owned and operated by Hiway Theatre, Inc., HiwayTheater.org a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. The official registra- PREVIEWS (103) MARCH 1, 2018 tion and financial information of Hiway Theatre, Inc. may be PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY HIWAY THEATRE, INC. obtained for the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling 212 OLD YORK ROAD, JENKINTOWN, PA 19046 toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1 800 732 0999. Registration ISSUE NO. 103 does not imply endorsement. MAIN ATTRACTIONS

Main Attractions Isle of Dogs What main films will play at the USA - Wes Anderson - 1 hr 45 min Hiway? Predicting in advance what films Indie master Wes Anderson pres- will play at our beloved one-screen ents his second stop-motion ani- Hiway is the biggest challenge that mation film. Set in a future dysto- we face. It is very hard to know ahead pia where all dogs are quarantined of time. The films listed here are an due to a mysterious “canine flu,” educated guess. Our website is always a young boy travels to an island the best place to get up-to-the-minute in search of his lost companion, information. Spots. Hilariously inventive and Scheduling our main films is week- stylish with an unbelievable cast to-week. On Monday, we decide what including Frances McDormand, main film will play starting that Friday. Greta Gerwig, , On Tuesday and Wednesday, we set the , Jeff Goldblum, Ed showtimes for the upcoming week and Norton, , , then update our website and telephone Koyo Rankin, and Harvey Keitel. hotline. We also send out a weekly email (sign up at our website). Sometimes, we book a main film a few weeks in advance, which we post on our website. For our latest Main Attractions plans, visit: HiwayTheater.org. (Or call our Hotline at 267-864-0065)

Foxtrot Disobedience Beirut Israel - Samuel Maoz - 1 hr 48 min USA - Sebastián Lelio - 1 hr 54 min USA - Brad Anderson - 1 hr 49 min w/ subtitles Sebastián Lelio directs and A tightly plotted period espionage thriller This Israeli film, told in three parts, Rachel McAdams in this adaptation of with a script by Tony Gilroy stars a fast- opens as parents hear the news that Naomi Alderman’s novel about a woman talking Jon Hamm as a U.S. diplomat something has gone awry at their son’s who returns home to her Orthodox Jewish working with the CIA in 1980s war-torn military post. An artful family drama that community in and rekindles a Beirut. An intelligent, multi-layered, and also serves as a meditation on global romance with her cousin’s wife. Fantastic strikingly entertaining ride that explores conflict, this innovative and exciting performances from its two lead actresses the question “whom can you trust in a film took home the Silver Lion at the who take us on a complex, emotional time of war?” Also featuring Rosamund 74th Venice International Film Festival. journey. Pike. Starring Lior Ashkenazi and Sarah Adler. SpecialH programs SPRING 2018

Classic Thursdays

The Hiway Theater has a new year-round different films every week!) But that’s not film series: Classic Thursdays. We will have how the movie business works, so we must a classic film every other Thursday night. be flexible in programming these special titles. All things considered, this is the best way to bring you the most varied programs Dates subject to change. possible. Stay up-to-date by email. Due to the fact that we are a single screen The best way to be aware of everything theater, we occasionally must postpone happening at the Hiway is to get our weekly special classic screenings. This happens email. You can sign up right from our due to unavoidable contractual obligations website. Each week, we will let you know with our distributors. Any change will be about the Hiway’s upcoming films and announced at least a week ahead of time, events. We’ll also let you know about the and will result in pushing the date forward screenings at our sister theater, the Ambler, or back one week. So before you come, which members can attend for the same please check our website or hotline for member price as the Hiway. confirmation. Ticket prices for Classic Thursdays. Why? Because that’s how the movie biz Our normal ticket prices apply to Classic works. Thursdays, except for young cineastes: Believe us, we wouldn’t have this “subject patrons 18 and younger will only be to change” policy if we didn’t have to. charged an admission of $3 for this series. (If we made the rules, we’d show 3 or 4

March 22 Thurs 7:00 April 5 Thurs 7:00 Date subject to change. Date subject to change. See intro explanation. See intro explanation.

The Breadwinner 2017 - 1 hr 34 min - Ireland - color DCP - d: Nora Twomey THE BREADWINNER is an award-winning animated feature. It is 2001 in Afghanistan, and 11-year-old Parvana’s father has been arrested by the Taliban. She cuts her hair WarGames to look like a boy to work and support her 1983 - 1 hr 54 min - USA - color - DCP - d: John Badham - w/ Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, family. A luminous film from the creators of Dabney Coleman, John Wood THE SECRET OF KELLS and SONG OF THE The Open Book Bookstore co-presents this special evening with local author Jason Rekulak. A young SEA. Nominated for Best Animated Feature computer whiz kid accidentally connects into a top-secret supercomputer, which has complete at this year’s . Presented control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game and he innocently starts the with an introduction by Jenkintown 7th Grade countdown to World War 3. This enjoyable cult classic features Matthew Broderick’s breakout leading Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Shannon Hackett. role, hinting at his performance as Ferris Bueller. Follow up discussion questions will be Presented with an in-person introduction and book signing by Jason Rekulak, author of the provided. Student Tickets: $5 novel The Impossible Fortress. Special programs SpecialH programs SPRING 2018

April 19 Thurs 6:30 May 3 Thurs 7:00 Date subject to change. Date subject to change. See intro explanation. See intro explanation.

Earth Week Celebration A Place at the Table 2013 - 1 hr 24 min - USA - color - HD Digital d: Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush Creekside Co-op and the Hiway Theater present this special event to celebrate Earth Week. Join us for a screening of A PLACE AT THE TABLE, a documentary that shows how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation, and that 1979 - 1 hr 41 min - USA - color - DCP - d: Peter Yates - w/ Dennis Christopher, , making healthy food available and affordable Daniel Stern, , Barbara Barrie is in the best interest of us all. Followed by A thoroughly engaging coming-of-age yarn centering on the world of cycling and its effect on four a panel discussion with members of the Co- Indiana teenagers contemplating life after high school. director Peter Yates changes pace aided op, local farmers, and environmental policy by a fresh-faced cast including Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, and Jackie Earle leaders. Haley. Co-Presented with Bicycle Montgomery County.

May 17 Thurs 7:00 Date subject to change. See intro explanation.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 - 2 hr 6 min - USA - b/w DCP - Warner Bros - d: w/ Humphrey Bogart, Walter HiwayTheater.org Huston, Tim Holt In addition to up-to-date movie listings A classic tale of adventure helmed and information about upcoming films and by John Huston, TREASURE follows programs, the Hiway Theater website also a trio of gold prospectors who strike offers a quick and easy way to become a it rich in Mexico and agree to split member. the take. Then paranoia and greed, as well as bandits, descend on Our weekly email update. them and their plans begin to come Sign up at our website and we’ll send you undone. Humphrey Bogart is superb. our weekly email.

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“I live in Jenkintown and support our local arts and theater 100% and I had a part in helping make it happen — my wife did the Venetian plaster walls and I spent a lot of time in here helping! I like being a member a lot because the films are better. I’d rather see something at the Hiway than see the 55th release of Batman.” Tim Dibble

We live nearby and we like Comfortable, tidy first-run Great seats, affordable that it’s small. It’s classy. You cinema with an eye toward concessions, and interesting can always count on it show- quality films and friendly activities/events with a com- ing good movies. We like that atmosphere. Become a munity focus. Years of effort we have the opportunity to member and get even have paid off in making this a get benefits at the Ambler. better prices for tickets. great independent theater.

Mark & Dara Andraka Matt Moore Sarah Monheim

A real treasure. Wonderful This little, one-screen, Place was clean. The staff comfortable seats. Plenty of art-house theatre is a gem. was friendly. Small town type room between rows, friendly Consider a membership, experience. Plan on making it staff, cheap eats. Only place which secures you a cheap a regular outting to see a flick my husband will see a movie! ticket rate for the year. at the Hiway.

Helen Leopold Paige Levin Helen Buengener

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May 31 Thurs 7:00 June 14 Thurs 7:00 Date subject to change. Date subject to change. See intro explanation. See intro explanation.

Spirited Away 2001 - 2 hr 5 min - Japan - color - DCP d: Hayao Miyazaki Combining Japanese mythology with Through the Looking Glass-type whimsy, SPIRITED AWAY cemented Miyazaki’s reputation as an Jaws icon of inspired animation and wondrous, 1975 - 2 hr 4 in - USA - color - DCP - Universal - d: Steven Spielberg - w/ Roy Scheider, Robert lyrical storytelling. A ten-year-old girl is Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss transported into the spirit world and must Our annual screening of this iconic blockbuster. When a great white shark terrorizes the townspeople pass a series of tests to escape. A riot of of Amity Island, the police chief, a grizzled shark hunter, and an oceanographer must set out to kill color, fantastical imagery, mysticism, and it. Director Steven Spielberg invented the summer blockbuster with this thriller adapted from Peter drawn animation at its very best. Benchley’s novel.

June 28 Thurs 7:00 Local Filmmakers Date subject to change. See intro explanation.

MEMBER Vertigo 1958 - 2 hr 8 min - color - USA – DCP - Paramount - d: Alfred Hitchcock - w/ , Kim Novak Be a member VERTIGO is the crowning achievement of Hitchcock’s artistry. of the nonprofit Jimmy Stewart plays a detective with a fear of heights who has a Hiway Theater. powerful obsession with a young woman played by Kim Novak. Great cinematography, great action, great music, great filmmaking. Selected by Sight & Sound as the #1 film of all time! Join the Hiway - get the Ambler!

When you become a member of the Hiway Theater, you can see more great films at the Ambler Theater for the member rate. So why wait? MORE CHOICES @ THE AMBLER

Doylestown Food Market Lupino at 100

BREAKING THE CELLULOID CEILING: HONORING IDA LUPINO To commemorate the 100th birthday of the legendary Ida Lupino, we will spend Ambler: March 15 Thurs 7:30 the year celebrating the achievements of women in film — both on and off The Hitch-Hiker screen. All of the programs in this series 1953 - 1 hr 11 min - USA - b/w - DCP - d: Ida Lupino - w/ Edmond O’Brien, will be denoted with the internationally- , We’re kicking off our celebration of Breaking the Celluloid Ceiling series with a screening of THE recognized F-Rating, which HITCH-HIKER, directed by Ida Lupino. It’s a tense, psychological thriller about a killer on the run, designates films that have based on the real-life story of mass murderer Billy Cook. An important contribution to , major female participation Lupino’s direction is unflinching and powerful due in part to details she added to the screenplay behind the camera. after researching the killer’s life and interviewing one of his intended victims.

Film 101 Ambler: April 4 Wed 6:30

LUNAFest Chestnut Hill Hospital Presents LUNAFEST. The night will start off with hors d’oeuvres and wine at 6:30, followed by the screening at 7:35. This season’s program of nine selected films will compel discussion, make you laugh, tug at your heartstrings, and motivate you to make a difference in your Ambler: March 29 Thurs 7:30 community. Incredibly diverse in style and content, LUNAFEST is united by a common thread of exceptional storytelling - by, for, and Do The Right Thing about women. Approx 1 hr 30 min. 1989 - 2 hr - USA - color - DCP - d: Spike Lee - w/ Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Danny Aiello, John Turturro 100% of proceeds benefit Laurel House, a Spike Lee’s groundbreaking masterpiece was released almost 30 years ago, but is still relevant comprehensive domestic violence agency today. During a scorching summer day in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, tensions rise serving individuals, families, and communities between the neighborhood and a local pizza parlor. Screen legends Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee throughout Montgomery County, and the deliver incredible performances in the film. Selected and presented in-person by University of Breast Cancer Fund. Pennsylvania Professor of English and Cinema Studies, Timothy Corrigan. Free for members. Tickets: $25

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International Cinema Series Royal Opera Ambler: April 26 Thurs 7:30 Ambler: April 18 Wed 7:30 Ambler: April 22 Sun 12:30

Carmen The Other Side of Hope 3 hr 30 min w/ one intermission 2017 - 1 hr 40 min - Finland - color - DCP Bizet’s ever-popular opera is given a fresh Beth Or Israeli Film Night d: Aki Kaurismäki - w/ subtitles point of view with director Barrie Kosky’s far- An Israeli Love Story This wry, melancholic comedy from Finnish from-traditional and highly physical production. 2017 - 1 hr 33 min - Israel - color - HD director Aki Kaurismäki follows two people By incorporating music written for the score Digital - d: Dan Wolman - w/ subtitles searching for a place to call home. A displaced but not usually heard, Kosky gives a new voice Dan Wolman directs this passionate story Syrian refugee lands in Helsinki; meanwhile, a to the fiercely independent Carmen. The young of love and independence. Set in pre-state middle-aged salesman leaves behind his wife soldier Don José intends to marry Micaëla, a Palestine, Eli and Margalit are torn between and job and buys a conspicuously unprofit- girl from his home village. But when he meets their love for one another and where they see able seafood restaurant. After Khaled is denied the sensual gypsy Carmen, he sacrifices their own futures in the Jewish state. Margalit asylum, he decides not to return to Aleppo and everything to be with her. With Jakub Hruša finds her place in the budding theater world, the paths of the two men cross fortuitously. conducting soprano Anna Goryachova in the while Eli is drawn deeper into the armed THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE is a bittersweet tale title role. struggle for Jewish independence from the of human kindness in the face of official indif- Tickets: British. ference. $18 General Tickets: $15 $16 Members

Local Filmmakers Ambler: May 31 Thurs 7:30 Ambler: June 21 Thurs 7:30 Ambler: May 10 Thurs 7:30

Grease Sing-a-long 1978 - 1 hr 50 min - USA - color - DCP Forge: Women Shaping Film d: Randal Kleiser - w/ John Travolta, Olivia in Philadelphia 1950 – 1 hr 52 min – USA – b/w – DCP Newton-John 2018 - approx. 1 hr 20 min - USA d: John Huston – w/ Sterling Hayden, Louis Celebrate the 40th anniversary of this musi- color - DCP- d: various Calhern, , Jean Hagen cal cultural phenomenon with a sing-a-long Join us as we celebrate the contributions THE ASPHALT JUNGLE is a classic noir as well screening. Greaser Danny and good-girl women are making to our local independent as the prototype of a caper film, in which a big Sandy say a sad goodbye after a fling at the film community. This curated lineup of short jewel heist is planned as a “final score.” The beach during the summer of 1959, and are films features some of the best work from city is brilliantly captured in gritty black and surprised to find each other again when they up-and-coming artists as well as industry white by cinematographer Harold Rosson. One both attend Rydell High in the fall. Experience professionals in the Greater Philadelphia area. of director John Huston’s best, this superb film a school year of escapades and romance features a fantastic ensemble of character with the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies set to Followed by a moderated Q&A discussion actors led by Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, and unforgettable songs that helped GREASE with participating filmmakers. Marilyn Monroe in her breakout role. achieve status as the #1 live action musical, Free for members. a record it still holds today. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 21 212 Old York Rd., Jenkintown, PA 19046 FREEPORT, OH 43973

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