Three Films by John Cassavetes Ju Ly 13 to 31

metrocinema july / august 2019 guide Where community meets cinema

T he Study of Love: Three Films by John Cassavetes Ju ly 13 to 31

Carmine Street Guitars August 10 & 14

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This guide is published by © 2019 Eyesight Publishing All Rights Reserved, Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without the written consent of the publisher. Eyesight Publishing 13539 87 St. NW • T5E 3E7 [email protected] Production: 780.288.2485 • Sales: 780.231.7511 The Souvenir Tales From the Winnipeg Film Group JULY / August Listings The Souvenir Missing Link UK/USA 2019, 120 min, Canada/USA 2019, 94 min, Dir: Joanna Hogg Dir: Chris Butler A young film student in the early Mr. Link recruits explorer Sir 80s becomes romantically involved Lionel Frost to help find his long- with a complicated and untrust- lost relatives in the fabled valley worthy man. of Shangri-La. Free admission for Opens July 5 kids 12 & under. July 6 @ 1PM

The Biggest Little Farm Tales from the Winnipeg USA 2018, 91 min, Film Group Dir: John Chester Canada 2019, 89 min, A testament to the immense com- Dir: Dave Barber, Kevin Nikkel plexity of nature, the documentary The explosive story of how a stub- follows two dreamers on a journey born band of independent filmmak- to bring harmony to both their lives ers started a film co-operative that and the land, by developing a sus- became the most highly respected tainable farm on 200 acres outside and mythologized film centre in of Los Angeles. Canada. Filmmaker in attendance Opens July 5 July 6 @ 7PM

The Room The Grizzlies USA 2003, 99 min, Canada 2018, 102 min, Dir: Tommy Wiseau Dir: Miranda de Pencier The film widely considered the Inuktitut & English with subtitles “Citizen Kane of bad movies” is In a small Arctic town struggling back! Be sure to catch Tommy and with the highest suicide rate in North his friends for a screening of this America, a group of Inuit students’ classic piece. lives are transformed when they are July 5 @ 11:30, Aug 2 @ 11:30 introduced to the sport of lacrosse. Opens July 7 6 www.metrocinema.org The Princess Bride Booksmart USA 1987, 98 min, USA 2019, 102 min, Dir: Rob Reiner Dir: Olivia Wilde Inconceivable! William Goldman’s On the eve of their high school epic tale of ultimate suffering and graduation, two academic super- true love comes back for a special stars and best friends realize they Movie Party, celebrating the 50th should have worked less and played birthday of our Exec Director, David more. Determined not to fall short Cheoros. Free birthday cake, and of their peers, the girls try to cram donations to Metro Cinema are ac- four years of fun into one night. cepted in lieu of birthday gifts. Opens July 12 July 8 @ 7PM Shazam! Gordon Lightfoot: USA 2019, 132 min, If You Could Read Dir: David F. Sandberg My Mind We all have a superhero inside us, Canada 2019, 91 min, it just takes a bit of magic to bring Dir: Martha Kehoe, Joan Tosoni it out In 14-year-old Billy Batson’s The film features disarmingly hon- case, all he needs to do is shout est musings from Lightfoot him- out one word to transform into the self, as well as astonishing archival adult superhero Shazam, and fight footage which captures him during the deadly forces of evil. his earliest days of performing. It Free admission for kids 12 & under. provides an illuminating and emo- July 13 @ 1PM tional glimpse into the personality and behind the scenes life of a Ca- Be Natural: The Untold nadian legend. July 8 @ 7PM - With Story of Alice Guy-Blaché a live music performance by TBA USA 2018, 103 min, @ 6:30PM. Dir: Pamela B. Green Encore screenings July 12 @ 9:15PM, Pamela B. Green’s energetic film July 14 @ 7PM about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a I’ll Take Your Dead detective story, tracing the circum- Canada 2018, 83 min, stances by which this extraordinary Dir: Chad Archibald artist faded from memory and the A man who disposes of bodies for path toward her reclamation. gangsters in a nearby city faces a Opens July 13 difficult decision when one of the “corpses” turns out to still be alive. July 11 @ 9:30PM

8 www.metrocinema.org Faces Que Viva Mexico! Faces Garneau Ghost Light USA 1968, 130 min, History Tour Dir: John Cassavetes Live Event A middle-aged man leaves his wife Get a rare glimpse at the history for a younger woman, and shortly and hidden spaces of Edmonton’s after, his ex-wife also begins a re- grand Art Deco Garneau Theatre lationship with a younger partner. on this tour, with host Dave Clarke. The film follows their struggles to We can only accommodate a few find love amongst each other. Part for the tour – book early to avoid of the spotlight The Study of Love: disappointment. Three Films by John Cassavetes, July 14 @ 11AM, Aug 11 @ 11AM curated by Dylan Rhys Howard. July 13 @ 6:30PM, July 17 @ 9PM Que Viva Mexico! Mexico/Soviet Union Forbidden 1931/1979, 90 min, Transmissions 2 Dir: Sergei M. Eisenstein USA 2007, 90 min, Dir: Brian Unfried Russian with English Subtitles Once again we delve into the vaults A rare example of a silent film with a of Skeleton Farm in search of mix- spoken narration, Que Viva Mexico! tape treasure. We will be screening is Eisenstein’s great unfinished three more episodes of the bizarre masterpiece that was completed 30 Forbidden Transmission show, the years after his death. It is at times a pride of Albuquerque! Tickets $6. stirring drama full of surreal dream- Screening in the Lobby Gallery. scapes, and conversely a rich docu- July 13 @ MIDNIGHT ment of Mexican life. July 14 @ 1PM

10 www.metrocinema.org Rabid Echo in the Canyon Rabid Echo in the Canyon Canada/USA 1977, 91 min, USA/UK 2018, 90 min, Dir: David Cronenberg Dir: Andrew Slater A young woman develops a taste Echo in the Canyon revisits the for human blood after undergo- most influential music of the ing experimental plastic surgery, mid-60s from The Byrds, The and her victims turn into rabid, Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, bloodthirsty zombies who proceed and The Mamas and the Papas, to infect others, which turns into a and how these iconic bands were city-wide epidemic. all influenced by the Beatles and July 14 @ 9PM then went on to actually influence the Beatles. Krull Opens July 19 UK/USA 1983, 121 min, Dir: Peter Yates Diamantino Staff: Kalan Kucera Portugal/France/Brazil 2018, 96 min, A prince and a fellowship of com- Dir: Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt panions set out to rescue his bride Portuguese with English subtitles from a fortress of alien invaders who Diamantino, the world’s premiere have arrived on their home planet. soccer star loses his special touch July 15 @ 7PM and ends his career in disgrace. Searching for a new purpose, the We All Believe in You international icon sets on a deliri- Canada 2018, 30 min, ous odyssey where he confronts Dir: Andrea Beça neo-fascism, the refugee crisis, From a portrait project to a peer sup- genetic modification, and the hunt port mental health organization and for the source of genius. an online community of hundreds. Opens July 19 Learn how We All Believe in You started and grew into a life-saving organization from founder Blake Loates and members of the WABIY community. July 17 @ 7PM

12 www.metrocinema.org JULY 2019 SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7PM The Souvenir 1PM Missing Link CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 9:30PM The 3:30PM The Souvenir FOR SUMMER FOR SUMMER FOR SUMMER FOR SUMMER Biggest Little 7PM Tales from MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE Farm Winnipeg Film Group 11:30PM The 9:30PM The Souvenir The Biggest Room Little Farm 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7PM Gordon 1PM Shazam! 4PM Be Natural: The 1PM The Biggest Little Lightfoot: If You 7PM Booksmart 7PM The Princess Bride 7PM The Biggest 7PM The Untold Story of Alice Farm Could Read My 9:15PM Gordon – Metro Fundraiser Little Farm Souvenir Guy-Blaché TBA Mind Lightfoot: If You 9:30PM The Biggest 9PM The 9:30PM I’ll Take 6:30PM Faces TBA Could Read My Little Farm Grizzlies Your Dead 9:30PM Booksmart 9:30PM The Grizzlies Mind 9:15PM The Midnight Forbidden Souvenir Transmission Part 2 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11AM Garneau Ghost 1PM Microcosmos Light History Tour 7PM Krull TBA TBA 1PM Que Viva Mexico 9:30PM 7PM We All TBA 7PM Echo in the Be 6:30PM A Woman Under TBA Believe in You 9:30PM Canyon Natural: The the Influence 7PM Gordon Lightfoot: If Untold Story of 9PM Faces Booksmart 9PM Diamantino 9:30PM A Clockwork Banned 9:30PM Booksmart in You Could Read My Mind Alberta Alice Guy-Blaché Orange – No Minors 9PM Rabid

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1PM Penguin 12:45PM There Are No Highway – English 7PM Echo in the Fakes 7PM There Are 7PM Have You dubbed TBA Canyon 3:30PM FAVA Video No Fakes Seen My Movie? TBA 3:30PM FAVA Main 9:30PM Echo in the 9PM A Woman Kitchen 9:15PM 9:30PM Echo in 9:30PM Easy Rider Course Canyon Under the Influ- TBA Diamantino the Canyon 6:30PM Opening Night ence 9:30PM Diamantino 9:30PM Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 28 29 30 31 1PM World’s Best 7PM World’s Commercials 2018 7PM AlphaGo Best TBA TBA 9:30PM Penguin Commercials 9PM Opening TBA Highway – English 2018 Night 9:30PM Being John subtitles TBA Malkovich 14 The Princess Bride Diamantino JULY 2019 SCHEDULE SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7PM The Souvenir 1PM Missing Link CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 9:30PM The 3:30PM The Souvenir FOR SUMMER FOR SUMMER FOR SUMMER FOR SUMMER Biggest Little 7PM Tales from MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE Farm Winnipeg Film Group 11:30PM The 9:30PM The Souvenir The Biggest Room Little Farm 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7PM Gordon 1PM Shazam! 4PM Be Natural: The 1PM The Biggest Little Lightfoot: If You 7PM Booksmart 7PM The Princess Bride 7PM The Biggest 7PM The Untold Story of Alice Farm Could Read My 9:15PM Gordon – Metro Fundraiser Little Farm Souvenir Guy-Blaché TBA Mind Lightfoot: If You 9:30PM The Biggest 9PM The 9:30PM I’ll Take 6:30PM Faces TBA Could Read My Little Farm Grizzlies Your Dead 9:30PM Booksmart 9:30PM The Grizzlies Mind 9:15PM The Midnight Forbidden Souvenir Transmission Part 2 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11AM Garneau Ghost 1PM Microcosmos Light History Tour 7PM Krull TBA TBA 1PM Que Viva Mexico 9:30PM 7PM We All TBA 7PM Echo in the Be 6:30PM A Woman Under TBA Believe in You 9:30PM Canyon Natural: The the Influence 7PM Gordon Lightfoot: If Untold Story of 9PM Faces Booksmart 9PM Diamantino 9:30PM A Clockwork Banned 9:30PM Booksmart in You Could Read My Mind Alberta Alice Guy-Blaché Orange – No Minors 9PM Rabid

TBA 1PM The Goonies TBA TBA TBA 9:30PM Fargo 11:30PM 7PM Pavarotti The Room TBA Slumber Party The Big Iyenger Paris is Burning Massacre Lebowski

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1PM Pokémon 1PM Iyengar: The 1PM Pavarotti Detective Pikachu Man, Yoga, and the 7PM Iyengar: The TBA 3:30PM Iyengar: The TBA Student’s Journey 7PM Hype! Man, Yoga, and TBA 9:30PM The Man, Yoga, and the 7PM Dogman TBA the Student’s 9:15PM Midnight Slumber Party Student’s Journey 9:15PM Carmine Street TBA Journey Cowboy Massacre 6:30PM An Elephant TBA Guitars 9:30PM Paris is TBA Sitting Still MIDNIGHT Midnite Burning Monster Mayhem!

11 11AM Garneau Ghost 12 13 14 15 16 17 Light History Tour 12:30PM The SUNDAY EDMONTON EDMONTON EDMONTON TBA Treasure of CLASSICS TBA TBA INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL Sierra Madre 9:15PM Carmine TBA 9:30PM FRINGE FRINGE FRINGE TBA Dogman Street Guitars TBA FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL 9:30PM Piranha (1978) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

EDMONTON EDMONTON EDMONTON EDMONTON EDMONTON EDMONTON EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FRINGE FRINGE FRINGE FRINGE FRINGE FRINGE FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL FESTIVAL

TBA 1PM The Goonies TBA TBA TBA 9:30PM Fargo 11:30PM 7PM Pavarotti The Room TBA Slumber Party The Big Iyenger Paris is Burning Massacre Lebowski

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 EDMONTON 1PM The INTERNATIONAL Secret Life 6:45PM The FRINGE FESTIVAL TBA TBA of Pets 2 7PM Pasolini TBA Gospel According 9:30PM The Adventures 9:30PM Arabian 9:30PM The Art TBA TBA 9:30PM Pasolini to St. Matthew of Buckaroo Bonzai Nights (1964) of Self-Defense TBA TBA Across the 9:30PM The Big 8th Dimension Lebowski 17 Microcosmos FAVA Video Kitchen France/Switzerland/Italy 1996, 80 min, Canada 2019, 60 min, Dir: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou Dir: Various A documentary about insect life in FAVA is proud to present new meadows and ponds, using incred- works from their introductory ible close-ups, slow motion, and digital film course, Video Kitchen, time-lapse photography. Free which offers aspiring film and video admission for kids 12 & under. artists the opportunity to gain new July 20 @ 1PM skills and develop their own personal vision within a supportive A Woman Under and collaborative environment. the Influence Each student has the opportunity to USA 1974, 155 min, shoot and edit their own short film. Dir: John Cassavetes Admission by donation. Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved July 21 @ 3:30PM by her husband Nick but her mental illness proves to be a problem in Have You Seen My Movie? the marriage. Part of the spotlight UK/Canada 2016, 136 min, The Study of Love: Three Films by Dir: Paul Anton Smith John Cassavetes, curated by Dylan Drawing on clips from hundreds of Rhys Howard. films, filmmaker Paul Anton Smith July 20 @ 6:30PM, July 24 @ 9PM recalls the myriad ways in which movies have been publicly exhib- A Clockwork Orange ited, from opulent movie palaces to Banned in drive-ins and seedy porn theaters. UK/USA 1971, 136 min, Alberta Dir: Stanley Kubrick July 25 @ 6:45PM In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a Easy Rider conduct-aversion experiment, but it USA 1969, 95 min, doesn’t go as planned. Dir: Dennis Hopper, 50th Anniversary RESTRICTED - No Minors. Through the open country and des- July 20 @ 9:30PM ert lands, two bikers head from L.A to New Orleans, and along the way, There Are No Fakes meet a man who bridges a counter- Canada 2019, 113 min, culture gap they are unaware of. Dir: Jamie Kastner July 26 @ 9:30PM A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rock star who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forg- ery ring in Canada’s far north. Opens July 21 18 www.metrocinema.org Penguin Highway Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Penguin Highway by John Cassavetes, curated by Japan 2018, 118 min, Dylan Rhys Howard. Dir: Hiroyasu Ishida July 27 @ 6:30PM, July 31 @ 9PM A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden Bill & Ted’s Excellent appearance of penguins in his village, Adventure which is somehow related to a young USA 1989, 90 min, Dir: Stephen woman working at a dental clinic. Herek, 30th Anniversary July 27 @ 1PM - English dubbed / Two seemingly dumb teens set off Free admission for kids 12 & under on a quest to prepare the ultimate July 29 @ 9:30PM - Japanese with historical presentation with the help subtitles / Regular admission of a time machine. Come party with the Wyld Stallyns! FAVA Main Course July 27 @ 9:30PM Canada 2019, 60 min, Dir: Various FAVA is thrilled to be premiering World’s Best Commercials these brand new, local short films 2018 Cannes Lions International from the intermediate filmmaking Festival Of Creativity class, Main Course. These emerg- The reel showcases the world’s 59 ing filmmakers bring their newly most creative commercials–cin- acquired skills to their own short ematic mini-movies–from the 2018 film through all stages of develop- Cannes Lions International Festival ment. Admission by donation. of Creativity. July 27 @ 3:30PM Opens July 28 Opening Night USA 1977, 144 min, Being John Malkovich Dir: John Cassavetes USA 1999, 113 min, An actress suffers an emotional Dir: Spike Jonze, 20th Anniversary uproar in her personal life after A puppeteer discovers a portal a fan dies while trying to get her that leads literally into the head of attention. Part of the spotlight movie star John Malkovich. The Study of Love: Three Films July 28 @ 9:30PM 20 www.metrocinema.org Pavarotti UK/USA 2019, 114 min, Dir: Ron Howard A look at the life and work of opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, an icon who brought opera to the people. Opens Aug 3 Pavarotti Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, AlphaGo and the Student’s Journey USA 2017, 90 min, Dir: GregKohs USA/India 2018, 107 min, Presented by the Alberta Machine Dir: Jake Clenell Intelligence Institute in connection Feature documentary on the life, with the Deep Learning and Rein- struggle, and teaching of world- forcement Learning Summer School. renowned yogi BKS Iyengar. A journey from the halls of Cambridge Opens Aug 4 to Seoul, where a legendary Go mas- ter faces an unproven AI challenger. July 29 @ 7PM Paris is Burning USA 1990, 78 min, Fargo Dir: Jennie Livingston A chronicle of New York’s drag USA/UK 1996, 98 min, scene in the 1980s, focusing on Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen balls, voguing and the ambitions Jerry Lundegaard’s inept crime and dreams of those who gave the falls apart due to his and his era its warmth and vitality. Featur- henchmen’s bungling and the ing a live drag performance before persistent police work of the quite the screening. pregnant Marge Gunderson. Free Aug 4 @ 9:30PM admission with a food or cash donation for the Edmonton Food Bank. Aug 1 @ 9:30PM An Elephant Sitting Still China 2018, 230 min, Dir: Bo Hu The Goonies Mandarin with English subtitles The story links together the lives of USA 1985, 114 min, a number of protagonists, narrating Dir: Richard Donner the course of one single, tension- A group of young misfits who call filled day from dawn to dusk, and themselves The Goonies discover along the way, painting a portrait of an ancient map and set out on a a society marked by selfishness. quest to find a legendary pirate’s Aug 5 @ 6:30PM long-lost treasure. Free admission for kids 12 & under. Aug 3 @ 1PM

22 www.metrocinema.org Midnight Cowboy Dogman

Hype! Pokémon Detective USA 1996, 84 min, Pikachu Dir: Doug Pray USA/Japan/Canada 2018, 104 min, This documentary examines the Dir: Rob Letterman Seattle scene as it became the In a world where people collect focus of a merging of punk rock, Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes heavy metal, and innovation. Build- across an intelligent talking Pikachu ing from the grass roots, self- who seeks to be a detective. Free promoted and self-recorded until admission for kids 12 & under. break-out success of bands like Aug 10 @ 1PM Nirvana brought the record indus- try to the Pacific Northwest. Dogman Aug 6 @ 7PM - With a live music Italy/France 2018, 103 min, performance by Rebuild/Repair @ Dir: Matteo Garrone 6:30PM. Italian with English subtitles A timid dog groomer living in a Midnight Cowboy poor suburb sells cocaine on the USA 1969, 113 min, Dir: John side and stays out of trouble, while Schlesinger, 50th Anniversary trying to deal with his unstable, vio- A naive hustler travels from Texas lent acquaintance who is a menace to New York City to seek personal to the whole neighborhood. fortune, finding a new friend in the Opens Aug 10 process. Aug 8 @ 9:15PM Carmine Street Guitars The Slumber Party Canada 2018, 80 min, Massacre Dir: Ron Mann USA 1982, 77 min, Five days in the life of fabled Dir: Amy Holden Jones Greenwich Village guitar store A high school student’s slumber Carmine Street Guitars. party turns terrifying as an escaped Opens Aug 10 mental patient with a drill decides to crash the evening. Aug 9 @ 9:30PM 24 www.metrocinema.org Midnite Monster Piranha Mayhem! USA 1978, 94 min, For the season finale, Night Gallery Dir: Joe Dante presents a midnight double feature When flesh-eating piranhas are ac- of monstrous proportions! These two cidentally released into a summer fully restored classics will be shown resort’s rivers, the guests become on the big screen in the Auditorium. their next meal. Aug 11 @ 9:30PM

Them! Edmonton International USA 1954, 94 min, Fringe Theatre Festival Dir: Gordon Douglas August 15 - 25 65th Anniversary Edmonton’s festival juggernaut The earliest atomic tests in New returns to the Garneau with a Mexico cause common ants to glorious and star-studded line-up. mutate into giant man-eating mon- Tickets and schedule info at frin- sters that threaten civilization. getheatre.ca, starting in August.

King Kong Escapes The Adventures of Japan 1967, 96 min, Buckaroo Bonzai Dir: Ishirô Honda Across the 8th Dimension King Kong is captured by an evil USA 1984, 103 min, ruler to dig for precious gems in a Dir: W. D. Ritchter, 35th Anniversary mine when the robot MechaKong Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock is unable to do the task. This leads musician Buckaroo Banzai and to the machine and the real Kong his crime-fighting team, the Hong engaging in a tremendous battle Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien that threatens to level Japan. invaders from the eighth dimension Aug 10 @ Midnight - Only $13 for who are planning to conquer Earth. both shows! Aug 25 @ 9PM

The Treasure of SUNDAY Pasolini Sierra Madre CLASSICS France/Belgium/Italy 2014, 84 min, USA 1948, 126 min, Dir: Abel Ferrara Dir: John Huston Hot off the completion of the shocking Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Salo, Pasolini was gearing up to make Americans searching for work in a new picture and struggling with Mexico, convince an old prospector increasing political backlash in his to help them mine for gold in the personal life when he died. Part of the Sierra Madre Mountains. Seniors spotlight Myth & Legend - Pier Paolo get 2-for-1 admission at the doors. Pasolini, curated by Maggie Hardy. Aug 11 @ 12:30PM Opens Aug 26

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Arabian Nights led by a charismatic and mysteri- Italy/France 1974, 130 min, ous sensei, in an effort to learn how Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini to defend himself. 45th Anniversary Opens Aug 30 Italians & Arabic with English subtitles The final piece in Pasolini’s Tril- The Secret Life ogy of Life, Arabian Nights is an erotic and slapstick adaptation of of Pets 2 The Book of One Thousand and One USA 2019, 86 min, Nights. Part of the spotlight Myth Dir: Chris Renaud, Jonathan del Val & Legend - Pier Paolo Pasolini, On a family trip to the coun- curated by Maggie Hardy tryside, Max meets a farm dog Aug 27 @ 9:30PM named Rooster, and both attempt to overcome his fears. Meanwhile, The Gospel According to Gidget tries to rescue Max’s favorite toy from a cat-packed St. Matthew apartment, and Snowball sets Italy/France 1964, 137 min, on a mission to free a white tiger Dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini named Hu from a circus. Free 55th Anniversary Italian with Eng- admission for kids 12 & under. lish subtitles Aug 31 @ 1PM A surprisingly sympathetic telling of the bible which paints Christ as The Big Lebowski the ultimate revolutionary. Part USA 1998, 117 min, of the spotlight Myth & Legend Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - Pier Paolo Pasolini, curated by Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, mis- Maggie Hardy taken for a millionaire of the same Aug 29 @ 6:45PM name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling The Art of Self Defense buddies to help get it. USA 2019, 104 min, Aug 31 @ 9:30PM Dir: Riley Stearns A man is attacked at random on the street. He enlists at a local dojo, 26 www.metrocinema.org