loftcinema.org THE LOFT CINEMA Showtimes: FILM GUIDE 520-795-7777 APRIL 2019 WWW.LOFTCINEMA.ORG See what films are playing next, buy tickets, look up showtimes & much more! ENJOY BEER & WINE AT THE LOFT CINEMA! We also offer Fresco Pizza*, Tucson Tamale Company Tamales, Burritos from Tumerico, Ethiopian Wraps from APRIL 2019 Cafe Desta and Sandwiches from the 4th Ave. Deli, along with organic popcorn, craft chocolate bars, vegan SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 5-19 cookies and more! *Pizza served after 5pm daily. SOLAR CINEMA 5, 10, 11, 16, 26, 27 LOFT JR. 6 BEER OF THE MONTH: LOFT MEMBERSHIPS 7 MIND HAZE IPA ESSENTIAL CINEMA 15 FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING CO. JOURNALISM ON SCREEN 16 ONLY $3.50 ALL THROUGH APRIL! SCIENCE ON SCREEN 22,26 LOFT STAFF SELECTS 23 CLOSED CAPTIONS & AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS! COMMUNITY RENTALS 28-32 The Loft Cinema offers Closed Captions and Audio NEW FILMS 34-45 Descriptions for films whenever they are available. Check our REEL READS SELECTION 39 website to see which films offer this technology. MONDO MONDAYS 46 CULT CLASSICS 47 FILM GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE AT: FREE MEMBERS SCREENING • 1702 Craft Beer & • Epic Cafe • R-Galaxy Pizza ASH IS PUREST WHITE • Ermanos • Raging Sage (SEE PAGE 37) • aLoft Hotel • Fantasy Comics • Rocco’s Little FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 7:00PM • Antigone Books • First American Title Chicago • Aqua Vita • Frominos • SW University of • Black Crown Visual Arts REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES • Heroes & Villains Coffee • Shot in the Dark $9.75 - Adult | $7.25 - Matinee* • Hotel Congress $8.00 - Student, Teacher, Military • Black Rose Tattoo Cafe • Humanities $6.75 - Senior (65+) or Child (12 & under) • Southern AZ AIDS $6.00 - Loft Members • Bookman’s Seminars Foundation *MATINEE: ANY SCREENING BEFORE 4:00PM • Bookstop • Jewish Community • The Historic Y Tickets are available to purchase online at: • Borderlands Center • Time Market loftcinema.org/showtimes Brewery • KXCI or by calling: 520-795-0844 • Tucson Hop Shop • Brooklyn Pizza • La Indita • UA Media Arts Phone & Web orders are subject to a • Cafe Luce • Maynard’s Market $1 surcharge. There is a $1 surcharge for all • Varsity Hotel 3-D screenings. • Cartel Coffee Lab • OLLI • Visit Tucson Visitor • Casa Video • Parks & Recreation PLEASE NOTE: Center Screen 2 is not wheelchair accessible. • Chocolate Iguana • Pima Community • Welcome Diner • Coyote Wore College HEARING LOOP AVAILABLE IN ALL 3 • Whole Foods SCREENS. Sideburns • Pima County Made possible by Paul & Mary Koss. • Downtown Clifton Libraries • Xoom Juice Hotel • Public Brewhouse • Zia Records THE LOFT CINEMA 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. | Tucson, AZ 85716 loftcinema.org SHOWTIMES: 520-795-7777 THEATRE INFO: 520-795-0844 LOFT OFFICE: 520-322-5638 For general questions email: [email protected] For questions about membership: [email protected] For questions about supporting The Loft Cinema: [email protected] For questions about volunteering: [email protected] For questions about school field trips and education-related issues: [email protected] For questions about renting The Loft Cinema: [email protected] LOFT CINEMA STAFF Executive Director: Peggy Johnson Deputy Director: Zach Breneman Program Director: Jeff Yanc Marketing Director: J.J. Giddings Finance Director: Jonathan Kleefeld Director of Membership and Donor Services: Amber Kleefeld Director of Education and Engagement: Shawna DaCosta Deputy Marketing Director: Matt McCoy Marketing Associate: Ben Mackey Administrative Assistant/Outreach Coordinator: Daniela Ontiveros Director of Theatre Operations: Jason Denholm Assistant Managers: Ray Barboa, Marcel Jeanisse, Candace Ripley, Pedro Robles-Hill, Brenda Rodriquez, A.J. Simon 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 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, Thank you to everyone who joined or renewed their membership in The Loft Cinema during our March membership drive. Our members are so important to our success and our sustainability! April is going to be great at The Loft Cinema! We are celebrating one of my favorite filmmakers, Taika Waititi, with a retrospective of his films. The first time I was aware of Taika was Sundance when I went to a screening of Boy, which remains one of my favorite films. In fact, I was going to haveBoy be my staff pick until we decided to do the larger tribute to Taika. A percentage of the box office from the Taika Waititi retrospective will go to support the survivors of the Christchurch mosque shootings in his native New Zealand. My staff pick is Duck Season (Temporada de Patos), directed by Fernando Eimbcke and starring Diego Catano, who was at The Loft Cinema for a screening of the film when it came out in 2004. It’s a wonderful example of the great films coming out of Mexico over the past couple of decades. I’d love to see you at the screening on Sunday, April 28! I was privileged to spend 10 days in Mexico in March, meeting people connected with the film industry and strengthening ties between The Loft Cinema and friends in Mexico. It was a great opportunity that I hope will result in more great films and filmmakers from Mexico at The Loft Cinema in the coming months and years. April is also Volunteer Appreciation Month! In 2018, 139 volunteers donated 3,598 hours at The Loft Cinema! We literally could not do all that we do without them! We’re always grateful for our amazing volunteers but join us in giving them a little extra love in April. Peggy Johnson, Executive Director SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 5 CLUELESS INVENTING TOMORROW FRIDAY, MARCH 29 AT 10:00PM SATURDAY, MARCH 30 AT 7:00PM SATURDAY, MARCH 30 AT 10:00PM FREE ADMISSION GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING IN AJO, AZ! PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES! This free screening will be held outdoors in The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big Ajo, AZ, at the Ajo Town Plaza, 15 West Plaza screen! Street, Ajo, AZ, 85321. Please bring your own seating. Please Note: In the event of inclement You guys, Clueless is, like, a comedy movie masterpiece of the weather, this outdoor screening will be moved 20th century. “As if!” you say? Yes, totally! Could this also to an indoor venue nearby. be the best Jane Austen adaptation ever? For sure! Director Amy Heckerling adapted Austen’s classic novel Emma into This screening is part of Loft Film Fest on the Road, a a hilarious, insanely clever satire of mid-90s adolescence community-building program that takes unexpected films in Beverly Hills, and in the process unleashed a teen classic for free screenings in underserved and unserved rural areas, of epic proportions, spawning fashion trends, countless providing a unique cultural experience. These movies will slang terms and the ascendance of Alicia Silverstone from travel across Southern Arizona in The Loft Solar Cinema, a Aerosmith video babe to bona fide movie star. cargo van outfitted with solar panels (donated by Technicians for Sustainability) to power a 20-foot inflatable screen and “Clueless is a sweet, comical, satiric, knowing state-of-the-art mobile projection system. film, and it’s anything but clueless.” – John Meet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe Puccio, Movie Metropolis who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats – found right in their own The tidy world of Cher (Silverstone)— a self-styled upper- backyards – while navigating the doubts and insecurities crust high school matchmaker — and her bestie Dionne that mark adolescence. Inventing Tomorrow follows six young (Stacy Dash) starts to unravel with the sudden appearance scientists from Indonesia, Hawaii, India and Mexico as they of two total Baldwins: a sexy and stylish new classmate tackle some of the most complex environmental issues facing named Christian (Justin Walker), and Cher’s square but cute humanity today. Each student is preparing original scientific “ex-stepbrother” Josh (Paul Rudd). And when Cher decides research that he or she will present and defend at ISEF, that her nerdy Bronson Alcott High classmate Tai (Brittany the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Take Murphy) is in desperate need of a popularity makeover, a journey with these inspiring teens as they prepare their things get even more complicated. Because whether she’s projects for the largest convening of high school scientists rolling with the homies or totally pausing at stop signs, Cher in the world, an exciting but nerve-racking experience which is about to learn what it truly means to be Clueless. (Dir. by will force them to face their own fears as they advance one Amy Heckerling, 1995, USA, 97 mins., Rated PG-13) step closer to their dreams of winning a prize and just maybe helping to save the planet! (Dir. by Laura Nix, 2018, USA, 87 mins., Not Rated). This screening was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts with support from Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment LOFT JR. PRESENTED BY PIMA COUNTY LIBRARY AT THE LOFT CINEMA Loft Jr. is a FREE monthly series showcasing great new and classic family-friendly films from around the world! Each screening at The Loft Cinema features fun pre-show activities hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at 9:15am! MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY FUNDING FROM DESERT DIAMOND CASINOS & ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY,