FILM GUIDE MARCH 2018 www.loftcinema.org THE THE FILMS OF AGNÈS VARDA • ALL THROUGH MARCH! THE ROOM / ST. PATRICK’S DAY SCREENING, MARCH 17 AT 7:30PM! ENJOY BEER & WINE AT THE LOFT CINEMA! We also offer Fresco Pizza*, Tucson Tamale Factory Tamales, Burritos from Tumerico, Ethiopian Wraps from Cafe Desta and Sandwiches from the 4th Ave. Deli, along with organic popcorn, craft chocolate bars, vegan cookies and more! *Pizza served after 5pm daily. MARCH 2018 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 4-23 LOFT STAFF SELECTS 7 BEER OF THE MONTH: LOFT MEMBERSHIPS 9-10 SANTA FE BREWING’S SCIENCE ON SCREEN 12, 17 LUSTGARTEN REEL READS SELECTION 12 ONLY $3.50 ALL THROUGH MARCH! LOFT JR. 13 ESSENTIAL CINEMA 15 NEW AT THE LOFT CINEMA! MONTH-LONG SERIES 19-20 The Loft Cinema now offers Closed Captions and Audio JOURNALISM ON SCREEN 23 Descriptions for films whenever they are available. Check our COMMUNITY RENTALS 24-26 website to see which films offer this technology. NEW FILMS 27-34 MONDO MONDAYS 35 FILM GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE AT: CULT CLASSICS 36 • aLoft Hotel • Fantasy Comics • Rocco’s Little Chicago • Antigone Books • First American Title • Rogue Theatre • Aqua Vita • Fresco Pizza • Santa Barbara Ice Cream • Art Institute of Tucson • Fronimos • Shot in the Dark Café THE LOFT CINEMA • AZ Title Security • Heroes & Villains • Southern AZ AIDS • Bentley’s • Hotel Congress Foundation 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. • Black Crown Coffee • How Sweet It Was • SW U of Visual Arts Tucson, AZ 85716 • Bookman’s • Humanities Seminars • Ted’s Country Store • Bookstop • Imagine Barber Shop • Time Market SHOWTIMES: 520-795-7777 • Brooklyn Pizza • Jewish Community Ctr • Tooley’s THEATRE INFO: 520-795-0844 • Buffalo Exchange • KXCI • Tucson Museum of Art LOFT OFFICE: 520-322-5638 • Café Marcel • Maynard’s Market • Tucson Racquet and EMAIL: [email protected] • Café Passe • Metro Tucson Libraries Fitness WEB: loftcinema.org • Caffe Luce • No Anchovies • Tucson Visitor’s Bureau • Casa Video • OLLI • UA Media Arts • Chocolate Iguana • Parks and Recreation • Vila Thai FREE MEMBERS SCREENING • Clues Unlimited • Pima Community College • Whole Foods • Coyote Wore Sideburns • R-Galaxy • Xoom Juice A FANTASTIC WOMAN • D&D Pinball • Raging Sage • Yikes Toy Store (SEE PAGE 29) • Epic Café • Revolutionary Grounds • Zia Records • Espresso Art • Rincon Market FRIDAY, MARCH 9 AT 7:00PM WWW.LOFTCINEMA.ORG See what films are playing next, buy tickets, look up showtimes and much more! REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Tickets are available to purchase online at: PLEASE NOTE: $9.75 - Adult | $7.25 - Matinee* loftcinema.org/showtimes or by calling: Screen 2 is not wheelchair accessible. $8.00 - Student, Teacher, Military 520-795-0844 HEARING LOOP AVAILABLE IN $6.75 - Senior (65+) or Child (12 and under) Phone & Web orders are subject to a $1 surcharge. $6.00 - Loft Members ALL 3 SCREENS. There is a $1 surcharge for all 3-D screenings. Made possible by Paul & Mary Koss. *MATINEE: ANY SCREENING BEFORE 4:00PM LOFT CINEMA STAFF Peggy Johnson Executive Director Ray Borboa Pedro Robles-Hill Assistant Manager Assistant Manager Zach Breneman Brenda Rodriguez Deputy Director Assistant Manager & Charley Brown Volunteer Coordinator Facilities Coordinator Rachel Saindon Kyle Canfield Assistant Manager House Manager A.J. Simon David Correa Assistant Manager Inventory Specialist Jeff Yanc Shawna DaCosta Program Director Director of Education & Engagement PROJECTIONISTS Jason Denholm Clarice Bales Director of Theatre Sarah Jardini Operations J.J. Giddings FLOOR STAFF Marketing Director Laura Bargfeld Amber Kleefeld Reed Chandler Director of Membership and William Elizondo Donor Services Parisa Eshrati Jonathan Kleefeld Finance Director Becky Hall Ben Mackey Ezra Heightchew-Howard Marketing Associate Thomas Kidder Matt McCoy Jaleh Padron Deputy Marketing Director Tatiana Stoutmeyer Haley McFeely America Valencia Lead Projectionist Emily Quinn Daniela Ontiveros Ana Quiñones Administrative Assistant & Outreach Coordinator Sunny Jo Wheaton Candace Ripley Lead Projectionist LOFT CINEMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ron Barber Carmen Marriott President Hal Melfi Tim Fuller David Nix Vice-President Katherine Pew Stephen Golden Tim Reckart Treasurer Claire Scheuren Melodie Lopez Patricia Schwabe Secretary Lisanne Skyler Betsy Bolding Joanne Stuhr Jaime Gutiérrez Joe Tarver Dianne Iauco Frank Valenzuela Mary Koss Jan Mueller, Emeritus Dear Friends of The Loft Cinema, February 2018 was a landmark month for us...Brokeback Mountain, which we opened in January 2006, is no longer the highest grossing film at The Loft Cinema. After 12 years, Brokeback Mountain’s box office was overcome by not one but 2 movies: Lady Bird and The Shape of Water. Some of us thought we’d never have another film as “big” asBrokeback , and to have two at the same time is nothing short of extraordinary! March is Membership Month at The Loft Cinema. See pages 9 and 10 for more information about how to double your free passes while supporting your local independent Loft Cinema. Our approximately 6,000 members provide funds that help us maintain our level of excellence…and, in addition to free passes, Loft Cinema members get lots of other perks, including, of course, free popcorn! We also want to let you know that we have officially signed the paperwork to make The Loft Cinema solar-powered, which also means covered parking! The energy generated will power the entire main building, and we expect to have construction completed by the end of the year! Have a great March! Peggy Johnson, Executive Director SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 4 FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS BLADE II FRIDAY, MARCH 2 AT 9:00PM FRIDAY, MARCH 2 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 SATURDAY, MARCH 3 AT 10:00PM GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5 $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 On the first Friday of each month comedians Bridgitte Thum big screen! and Mike Sterner host our monthly short film contest – just bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest In this blood-soaked, adrenaline-pumping action/horror fun movie screen in Southern Arizona! machine sequel, Wesley Snipes returns to kick a whole lot of vampire butt as ultra-cool Marvel superhero Blade, and this In case you’ve never been to a First Friday Shorts show, time he’s doing it with the help of genre-loving filmmaker, here are the rules: We’ll play any short film, music video or Guillermo del Toro! short documentary that you’ve made that’s under 15 minutes long and is brought to us on a DVD, thumb drive or BLU-ray (one film per person, and DVDs must be playable on a regular “A terrific B-movie … stylish, fast- DVD player and films on drives need to be in by 8pm. We do paced and comfortable with its own not accept commercials or advertisements). Submissions are ridiculousness.” – Nathan Rabin, A.V. only taken on the day of the event, and all entries MUST BE Club RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE ACTUAL SHOW (we cannot accept films after the show has begun, or during Once again based on Marvel’s Tomb of Dracula comic book intermission). All films are played in the order they’re received. series, Blade II continues the adventure which began with the Every film is guaranteed to play for 3 minutes, but after original 1998 cult classic, Blade. When the world is threatened that the audience can call for the dreaded “gong” if they’re by a new and deadlier breed of super vampires called Reapers, displeased. If the gong is struck, our intrepid host stops the the legendary sunglasses-wearing, hot car-driving, half film and the next movie begins. But don’t despair … if your human/half vampire hero Blade and his mentor Whistler (Kris film is gonged, you can re-work it and bring it back to see if the Kristofferson) must join forces with the Bloodpack, an elite changes you’ve made have pleased the audience. This is a great team of vampire warriors made up of Blade’s sworn enemies. way for filmmakers to try out new ideas and see how an actual The ravenous, bloodsucking Reapers must be destroyed at all audience responds, so take advantage. You cannot submit costs, setting the stage for a gore-drenched, bone-crunching the same film more than once unless it has been re-worked. battle royale exploding with spectacular effects and martial Remember, the audience decides the winner each and every arts action, as director del Toro adds to all the pulp splendor month, so keep them happy! Filmmaker must be in attendance with a barrage of gorgeous visuals filtered through a gothic to win the cash prize. haze of Mario Bava-esque neon and shadows. Also starring PLEASE NOTE: We only take the first 15 films that are brought in Ron Perlman and The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus. (Dir. by each month and the spots have been filling up really fast. We start Guillermo del Toro, 2002, Germany/USA, in English/Romanian/ taking submissions as soon as we open the day of the show so get your Czech with English subtitles, 117 mins., Rated R) 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. 5 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR THE GRADUATE TUESDAY, MARCH 6 AT 7:30PM THURSDAY, MARCH 8 AT 7:30PM REGULAR ADMISISON PRICES REGULAR ADMISISON PRICES FEATURING A POST-FILM PANEL CO-PRESENTED BY TUCSON FESTIVAL OF DISCUSSION! DETAILS TBA. BOOKS AND THE LOFT CINEMA. On the night of September 3, 1944, a young African-American Featuring a post-film discussion with mother from Abbeville, Alabama, named Recy Taylor was walking home from church with two friends when she was Beverly Gray, author of the highly- abducted by seven white men, driven away and dragged into acclaimed new book, Seduced by Mrs.