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FILM GUIDE
APRIL 2015
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APRIL 2015
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 3-18
REEL PRIDE 6
LOFT MEMBERSHIPS 8
LOFT JR. 10
ESSENTIAL CINEMA 10
LOFT STAFF SELECTS 13
MONTH-LONG SERIES 15-16
SCIENCE ON SCREEN 17 & 18
ONE-HIT WONDERS 18
NEW FILMS 19-28
REEL READS SELECTION 22
MONDO MONDAYS 29
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
THE FIGHT IN THE FIELDS:
CESAR CHAVEZ AND THE
FARMWORKERS’ STRUGGLE
MONDAY, MARCH 30 AT 7:00PM
FREE ADMISSION!
TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DAY OF THE SCREENING ONLY.
A CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY
COALITION DAY OF SERVICES EVENT
“The exquisite The Fight in the Fields… paints
a vivid portrait of a modern-day Mahatma
Gandhi.” – Oakland Tribune
More than two years in the making, The Fight in the Fields: Cesar
Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle is the first film to cover the
full arc of Cesar Chávez’ life. Using archival footage, newsreel,
and present-day interviews with Ethel Kennedy, former
California Governor Jerry Brown, Dolores Huerta, and Chávez’s
brother, sister, son, and daughter, the documentary traces the
remarkable contributions of Chávez and others involved in this
epic struggle. The film follows the first successful organizing
drive of farm workers in the United States, while recounting the
many failed and dramatic attempts to unionize that led up to
this victory. Woven through this historical mosaic is the story of
Chávez’s life, from his adolescence as a migrant farmworker and
his early days as a community organizer to the the pivotal 300mile march he led from Delano to Sacramento and his friendship
and landmark political alliance with Robert Kennedy.
Chávez and many others helped bring about important changes
in farmworkers lives. Many of these things are now taken for
granted, such as getting fresh water and public toilets in the
fields, and larger reforms across the industry. The film pays
tribute to the tremendous advances made by Chávez and all the
men and women of the United Farmworkers Union who fought
for a stake in the American dream. (Dir. by Rick Tejada-Flores &
Ray Telles, 1997, USA, 120 mins., Not Rated/Suitable for all ages)
SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 AT 7:00PM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
CO-PRESENTED
BY
YWCA
TUCSON,
THE UA DEPT. OF GENDER & WOMEN’S
STUDIES AND THE LOFT CINEMA.
Special Women’s History Month screening, with
a post-film panel discussion featuring Monica
Casper, Dept. Head and Professor, UA Dept. of
Gender & Women’s Studies; Janet Grace, Board
of Directors, YWCA Tucson; and Dulce Juarez,
Immigrants’ Rights Project Coordinator, ACLU
of Arizona. This discussion will be moderated by
Elise Collins Shields.
“Exceptional. Bristling with the energy and
insight of one of the most important social
movements of the 20th century.” – Sheri
Linden, Los Angeles Times
This rousing, provocative documentary resurrects the buried
history of the modern women’s movement in America from
1966 to 1971. From the founding of NOW, with ladies in
hats and gloves, to the emergence of more radical factions
of women’s liberation, the film focuses on the outrageous,
often brilliant women who founded the movement. Artfully
combining dramatizations, performance and archival imagery,
the film recounts the stories of women who fought for their own
equality, and in the process created a world-wide revolution. The
film doesn’t try to romanticize the early movement, but
dramatizes it in all its exhilarating, quarrelsome, sometimes
heart-wrenching glory. It also doesn’t shy away from the
controversies over race, sexual preference and leadership that
arose in the women’s movement. Featuring interviews with
early feminists Kate Millet, Fran Beal, Rita Mae Brown and
many others, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry captures the spirit
of the time – thrilling, scandalous, and often hilarious. (Dir. by
Mary Dore, 2014, USA, 92 mins., Not Rated)
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
DR. WHO & THE DALEKS
FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 2 AT 7:00PM
FRIDAY, APRIL 3 AT 9:00PM
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CINEMA. ENTER OUR FREE RAFFLE FOR ZIA
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REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
TAKE YOUR PICTURE WITH A FULL-SIZE TARDIS
ON THE LOFT PATIO, COURTESY OF EL TARDIS DE
TUCSON!
Dr. Who & The Daleks was the first big screen film adaptation
of British television’s most iconic sci-fi hero, and the first time
Doctor Who was ever seen in color! Created to capitalize on
the first explosion of “Who-mania” in the Swinging Sixties,
and based on a story from the original BBC TV serial, this scifi adventure stars British film legend Peter Cushing (Star Wars)
as everyone’s favorite eccentric Time Lord, Doctor Who. Having
invented the TARDIS, a strange machine disguised as a police
telephone box that’s capable of travelling into other dimensions,
the Doctor and his three young accomplices set forth on a quest
through time and space. Their journey takes them into the
dark, undiscovered depths of the universe and to the planet
of Skaro. This primitive world has been devastated by nuclear
war and is now populated by two warring species – a peaceful
tribe known as Thals and a deadly life form heavily mutated by
radiation, encased in protective machines. A merciless force of
destruction known as The Daleks! Can Doctor Who and his pals
help the peace-loving Thals defeat their monstrous enemies?
Exterminate! Exterminate! Directed by Gordon Flemyng and
now fully restored for its 50th anniversary, Dr. Who and the
Daleks is a fun romp filled with cool ideas, colorfully campy mid‘60s production values and a thrilling sense of adventure that
delighted the Doctor’s obsessive young fans back in the day.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this classic on the big
screen, and enjoy the throwback to a time when a trash can and
a toilet plunger could be combined to create a terrifying robotic
adversary! (Dir. by Gordon Flemyng, 1965, UK, 82 mins., Rated
PG)
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GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5
On the first Friday of each month at 9:00pm, Red Meat’s Max
Cannon hosts the biggest, baddest short film contest in town –
just bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest
movie screen in Southern Arizona!
In case you’ve never been to a First Friday Shorts show, here
are the rules: We’ll play anything 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 DVD player and films on drives need to be in by
8:00pm). Submissions are only taken on the day of the event,
and all entries MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START
OF THE ACTUAL SHOW (we cannot accept films after the
show has begun, or during intermission). All films are played
in the order they’re received. Every film is guaranteed to play
for 3 minutes, but after that the audience can call for the
dreaded “gong” if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck,
our intrepid host stops the film and the next movie begins.
But don’t despair … if your film is gonged, you can re-work
it and bring it back to see if the changes you’ve made have
pleased the audience. This is a great way for filmmakers to try
out new ideas and see how an actual audience responds, so
take advantage. You cannot submit the same film more than
once unless it has been re-worked. Remember, the audience
decides the winner each and every month, so keep them happy!
PLEASE NOTE: We only take the first 15 films that are 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.
Congratulations to Grant Hunker and Luke Ralston for winning
the March contest with their short film, UnLuv!
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
GIUSEPPE MAKES A MOVIE
LOONEY TUNES ON THE BIG SCREEN!
SATURDAY, APRIL 4 AT 9:00PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 5 AT 3:00PM
POST-FILM Q&A WITH DIRECTOR ADAM
RIFKIN AND PRODUCER MIKE PLANTE!
FILM WILL BE SCREENED FROM A VHS
TAPE!
FREE TOY-FILLED EASTER EGGS FOR EVERYONE,
WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
“An eye-opening portrait of trailer-park
underground filmmaking… Adam Rifkin’s
documentary convincingly portrays the sense
of community fostered by Giuseppe Andrews’s
crazed passion.” – Carson Lund, Slant
While the rest of America slept, DIY filmmaker/
musician Giuseppe Andrews (a one-time teen actor
in Independence Day and Detroit Rock City) has made
over 30 experimental features with titles like Doily’s
Summer of Freak Occurrences, Trailer Town and Utopia
Blues. Set in some demented alternate universe (i.e.
Ventura, California), they are populated by real-life
alcoholics and drug addicts, trash-talking senior
citizens and trailer park residents dressed in cow
outfits and costume-shop wigs, acting out boozefueled vignettes of severe psychosis filtered through
Giuseppe’s John Waters-meets-Harmony Korinemeets-Werner Herzog sensibility. Following the
riotously eventful two-day production of Garbanzo
Gas, Giuseppe’s crude, comical avant-garde film
about a cow that’s granted a vacation from the
slaughterhouse, Giuseppe Makes a Movie, from
acclaimed director Adam Rifkin (Detroit Rock City, The
Dark Backward) is a hilariously compelling ode to lowbudget filmmaking and the underground spirit. (Dir.
by Adam Rifkin, 2014, USA, 82 mins., Not Rated)
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
Celebrate Easter the Looney Tunes way with that Wascally
Wabbit, Bugs Bunny, and the rest of the Looney Tunes
gang at this special holiday screening featuring nine
beautifully restored and remastered Warner Brothers
cartoon classics on The Loft’s big, big screen! It’s pure
family-friendly fun for kids of all ages!
THE LOONEY TUNES LINE-UP INCLUDES:
• One Froggy Evening (1955) starring Michigan J. Frog.
• Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944) starring Bugs Bunny.
• Mouse Wreckers (1949) starring Hubie (mouse0,
Bertie (mouse) and Claude Cat.
• Back Alley Oproar (1948) starring Sylvester and Elmer
Fudd.
• The Big Snooze (1946) starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer
Fudd.
• Feed the Kitty (1952) starring Marc Antony (bulldog).
• Birds Anonymous (1957) starring Tweety Bird,
Sylvester and Sam.
• Rabbit Seasoning (1952) starring Bugs Bunny and
Daffy Duck.
• Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½ Century (1953) starring
Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Marvin the Martian.
(Total program running time: 65 mins. / Appropriate for all ages)
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
OCCUPY THE FARM
OF GIRLS AND HORSES
TUESDAY, APRIL 7 AT 7:00PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 9 AT 7:00PM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
CO-PRESENTED BY EDIBLE BAJA ARIZONA
AND THE LOFT CINEMA. FEATURING A
PANEL DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE
FILM! DETAILS TBA.
PART OF OUR REEL PRIDE SERIES
“The film is riveting from the start.” – Ernest
Hardy, Village Voice
Occupy the Farm tells the inspiring story of a community
taking direct action to create a healthier and more just
food system and question the stewardship of a precious
resource: publicly owned urban farmland. 200 farmers
occupy one of the last pieces of farmland in California’s
urban East Bay, plant 15,000 seedlings to feed the
community and disrupt plans to build a shopping mall.
What happens next will change the fate of the land and
reveal a new strategy for activism. From tilling soil to
police raids, from lawsuits to overflowing harvests, Occupy
the Farm reveals a resourceful, creative, and determined
community as it fights against the privatization of the
land and responds with direct action to a serious social
need: access to healthy food. (Dir. by Todd Darling, 2014,
USA, 90 mins., Not Rated)
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The Loft’s year-round celebration of the best in LGBT cinema!
Alex, a troubled teen with an attitude, is sent by her harried mother for a
last-ditch internship at a farm, in the care of a horse trainer named Nina.
The horse trainer, who is herself retreating from busy city life, takes on
her new charge as if dealing with a wild mustang. Holiday guest Kathy
arrives with her own horse, and sparks begin to fly. One weekend when
Nina goes to the city to see her girlfriend, Kathy and Alex are left to care
for the horses. When the cat’s away, the mice will play. (Dir. by Monika
Treut, 2014, Germany, in German with subtitles, 82 mins., Not Rated)
OR7 – THE JOURNEY
THURSDAY, APRIL 9 AT 7:30PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $10.50
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
A COMMUNITY RENTAL PRESENTED BY THE CENTER FOR
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
With the arrival of a gray wolf on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
in December, and her subsequent shooting in Utah, this is a timely
documentary. OR7 – The Journey tells the story not just of Journey, but
also of his species. It is a story of survival and inspiration. But even
as most Americans have come to appreciate native wildlife and wild
places, 21st century science and values are coming head to head with
old prejudices that put the future of wolves – and OR-7 – in jeopardy.
(Dir. by Clemens Schenk; 2014, USA, 67 mins., Not Rated)
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
THIS YEAR’S LINE-UP:
7:00PM: FRIDAY THE 13TH / UNRATED UK CUT! /
35MM PRINT!
The one that started it all, the original “Spam in a Cabin” slasher classic that
sent a group of horny teens (including Kevin Bacon!) into the woods where they
could be sliced, diced and chopped by a mysterious maniac on the unluckiest day
of the year! A summer camp massacre that lit the fuse on one of the longestrunning horror franchises in movie history, this is the extra-gruesome, extragooey unrated UK version not seen in US theatres! (Dir. by Sean S. Cunningham,
1980, USA, 95 mins., Unrated) 8:50PM: SUSPIRIA / 35MM PRINT!
A young American ballet star discovers that a European dance academy run by
ghastly witches is no place to get an education in this ultra-stylish supernatural
scream fest from Italian Master of Horror, Dario Argento. Featuring a killer
soundtrack by Goblin and some of the most gruesome murders ever seen,
this is an unforgettable slice of pure art horror that must be seen on the big
screen! (Dir. by Dario Argento, 1977, Italy, in English, 98 mins., Rated R)
10:40PM: TREMORS
A small hick town in Southern Arizona is overrun by giant, destructive,
underground-dwelling “Graboids” (that’s “eyeless monster worms” to the
uninitiated), and only Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon as two work-adverse cowboys
can stop them, in this majorly fun ‘90s update of the classic monsters-on-theloose flicks of the ‘50s. A campy blast of B-movie madness that really delivers
the thrills! (Dir. by Ron Underwood, 1990, USA, 96 mins., Rated PG-13)
12:30AM: DAVID CRONENBERG’S THE FLY / 35MM
PRINT!
What happens when Jeff Goldblum and a tiny fly enter a teleporter and exit
as one hell of a disgusting freak called Brundle Fly? You’ll find out in this
wonderfully icky, terrifyingly visceral and surprisingly romantic “Man Messes
with Nature” shocker from the legendary Canadian horror maestro, David
Cronenberg. Bring a fly swatter!(Dir. by David Cronenberg, 1986, USA/Canada/
UK, 96 mins., Rated R)
2:15AM: THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN / 35MM
PRINT!
THE ALL-NITE SCREAM-O-RAMA!
FRIDAY, APRIL 10 | 7:00PM – 7:00AM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 • LOFT MEMBERS: $13
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
CO-PRESENTED BY ZIA RECORDS
Stay up all-nite at the sickest, scariest, most screamerrific cinematic slaughterhouse you’ve ever seen!
It’s guaranteed to curdle your blood, raise your hair
and give your gag reflexes a real workout, so all
scaredy cats need not attend! Thrills and chills await
you throughout the night as we unleash SEVEN
hand-picked horror classics that are so scandalously
shocking, the only way to hold on to your sanity is
to keep repeating to yourself – “it’s only a movie, it’s
only a movie, it’s only movie…”
When mustached astronaut Steve West returns from a history-making flight to
Saturn, he has a little problem fitting back into his old routine, mainly because
thanks to an overdose of outer space radiation, he’s now leaving bits and pieces
of himself wherever he goes. Yes, Steve West has become… The Incredible Melting
Man! And he needs human flesh to keep himself together, leading to a heap of
gory, gloppy gross-out fun that only the 1970s could have dreamed up! (Dir. by
William Sachs, 1977, USA, 84 mins., Rated R)
3:50AM: WOLF CREEK / 35MM PRINT!
Welcome to Wolf Creek National Park, a little piece of horror movie heaven
located in the middle of the dusty Australian Outback. Come and visit for a spell,
and you might meet up with a friendly, back-slapping bushman named Mick.
Mick’s a great guy who unfortunately happens to really hate tourists, so the
chances are good that things are going to turn real ugly, real fast. Inspired by
the true story of Australia’s notorious “Backpack Killer,” this is an intense and
genuinely frightening excursion into pure Aussie terror! (Dir. by Greg McLean,
2005, Australia, 99 mins., Rated R)
5:30AM: HAUSU
How to describe this indescribable ‘70s Japanese horror flick? As a psychedelic
ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of ScoobyDoo as directed by Mario Bava? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory
head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s
creaky country home and comes face-to-face with evil spirits, a demonic house
cat, a bloodthirsty piano, and other ridiculously ghoulish visions. Absurd,
nightmarish and overflowing with WTF? moments, this was definitely beamed
to Earth from some distant planet. (Dir. by Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977, Japan, in
Japanese with subtitles, 88 mins., Unrated)
Start times are approximate
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN TODAY’S
WORLD
SUNDAY, APRIL 12 AT 3:00PM
FREE ADMISSION!
A Community Rental presented by Physicians
for Social Responsibility, along with cosponsors Women’s International League for
Peace and Freedom, The Nuclear Resister and
People Demanding Action.
THE NEVERENDING STORY
SATURDAY, APRIL 11 AT 10:00AM
FREE ADMISSION!
PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES
A free monthly series showcasing great new and
classic family-friendly films from around the world!
Presented by Trail Dust Town! Pre-show activities
hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at
9:15am!
“The Neverending Story remains a wonderful
testament to the power of imagination and the
type of inventive cinema that was possible in
a pre-digital era.” – Thomas Caldwell, Cinema
Autopsy
This beloved ‘80s fantasy film is a grand adventure set in a
magical world where the greatest power is imagination. One day
while playing hooky, shy schoolboy Bastian Bux wanders into a
strange bookstore and discovers a novel called The Neverending
Story. As he reads the book, he becomes so consumed in the
unfolding tale that he escapes reality (and the bullies who
torment him) when he finds himself catapulted into the land
of Fantasia himself. Soon he’s drawn into an incredible world
of Rock Biters and Luck Dragons, Swamps of Sadness and a
destructive force called The Nothing that threatens to destroy
the entire kingdom of Fantasia. Delving into the story of the
brave young warrior Atreyu, the timid Bastian discovers that
he may actually hold the key to rescuing Fantasia. Can Bastian
save his new friends and return to his own world? Based on
the classic novel by Michael Ende, and filled with startling preCGI effects and elaborate puppetry work, The Neverending Story
spawned two sequels and stands today as a thrilling, out-ofthis-world adventure tale fueled by the power of reading and
dreaming. (Dir. by Wolfgang Peterson, 1984, USA/Germany, 102
mins., Rated PG)
Please RSVP to bwarre01@gmail.com to reserve
your seat and free ticket (space is limited).
The program will consist of a short film (description below),
followed by a presentation by Martin Fleck, Security Program
Director, National PSR, a panel discussion by community leaders
for peace action, and audience participation / Q&A.
B Is for Bomb is a short history of the atomic age. Using archival
images, graphics, animation and film, a narrative emerges that
begins with the development of the bomb and continues up
through the present-day realities of worldwide nuclear arsenals.
A compelling and fresh take on this critical subject. (Dir. by Carey
McKenzie, 2006, South Africa, 10 mins., Not Rated)
THE NIGHT PORTER
TUESDAY, APRIL 14 AT 7:00PM
FREE ADMISSION • $5 SUGGESTED DONATION
PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIES
See classic art films the way they were meant to be
seen - with an audience, on the big screen!
One of the most controversial and hotly-debated films of the
1970s, Liliana Cavani’s acclaimed drama The Night Porter is
a dark and disturbing love story dipped in decadence. (Dir. by
Liliana Cavani, 1974, Italy, in English, 118 mins., Rated R)
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
MAN FROM RENO
GREEN FIRE
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 AT 7:00PM
FRIDAY, APRIL 17 AT 7:00PM
FEATURING A POST-FILM Q&A WITH
WRITER/DIRECTOR DAVE BOYLE AND STAR
PEPE SERNA (SCARFACE, THE ADVENTURES
OF BUCKAROO BANZAI)!
A COMMUNITY RENTAL PRESENTED BY THE SIERRA CLUB
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
“This is stellar pulp storytelling with a twist… a
lean and gripping thriller.” – Charlie Schmidlin,
Playlist
A stranger in the increasingly strange city of San Francisco,
Japanese crime novelist Aki (Ayako Fujitani, Tokyo!) is unsure of
precisely what role she has to play in a real-life murder mystery
involving ambiguous MacGuffins and amorphous identities.
Unfolding in lonely places such as bookshops and hotel bars,
Dave Boyle’s (Big Dreams Little Tokyo) moody thriller uncovers
exhilarating new takes on genre conventions. Consequently, it’s
an alluring l’homme fatal who supplies Aki with the breadcrumb
trail of clues that entices her into a labyrinthine plot of sinister
dealings. In turn, the aging sheriff (veteran character actor Pepe
Serna, Scarface), who should rightfully be riding to her rescue,
proves to be equally out of his depth. The game is afoot, the
chase is exhilarating and the stakes are perilously high in this
inspired and offbeat neo-noir. (Dir. by Dave Boyle, 2014, USA, in
English and Japanese with subtitles, 111 mins., Not Rated)
GENERAL ADMISSION: $5
Aldo Leopold is considered the most important conservationist of the 20th
century because his ideas are so relevant to the environmental issues of our
time. He is the father of the national wilderness system, wildlife management
and the science of ecological restoration. His classic book A Sand County
Almanac still inspires us to see the natural world as a community to which we
belong. Green Fire explores Leopold’s personal journey of observation and
understanding, It reveals how his ideas resonate with people across the entire
American landscape, from inner cities to the most remote wild lands. The film
challenges viewers to contemplate their own relationship with the land. (Dir. by
Ann Dunsky, Steve Dunsky, and Dave Steinke, 2011, USA, 73 mins., Not Rated)
GIRL SCOUTS’ GIRLS AND WOMEN
OF DISTINCTION CEREMONY
SATURDAY, APRIL 18 AT 10:00AM
FREE ADMISSION!
A COMMUNITY RENTAL PRESENTED BY GIRL SCOUTS OF
SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Join us in celebrating Volunteerism and Taking Action in our
community by recognizing the recipients of Girl Scouts of Southern
Arizona’s highest awards, including the Gold and Silver Awards,
Outstanding Adult Volunteer Awards, and other amazing achievements
made by girls in Southern Arizona this year!
More info and RSVP at: www.girlscoutssoaz.org/events
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
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THE PITCH PERFECT SING-A-LONG!
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
SATURDAY, APRIL 18 AT 7:00PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 • LOFT MEMBERS: $8
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 AT MIDNIGHT
GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
Admission includes an Aca-Awesome Goodie Bag
filled with props and surprises to use during the
movie! And you could be selected to compete in
our onstage a cappella singing contest, where
you’ll spin our “song wheel” and sing a verse
from a random song, with an aca-insane prize
for the winner!
“Hugely enjoyable comedy that hits all the
right notes, thanks to a razor-sharp script,
impressively staged musical numbers and a
pair of brilliant comic performances from
Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson.”– Matthew
Turner, View London
Are you ready to get pitch-slapped? Yes, it’s time for the Pitch
Perfect Sing-A-Long!, a totally interactive, totally aca-amazing
evening of entertainment where making music with your mouth
isn’t simply encouraged, it’s downright mandatory! Follow the
adventures of Beca (Anna Kendrick) as she brings a whole lot
of aca-attitude to the hallowed halls of Barden University when
she joins her school’s all-girl, all-acoustic singing group and
battles it out with their male rivals in a blowout, winner-take-all
a cappella singing competition that’s, well, Pitch Perfect! Unleash
your inner A Cappella Diva by singing along to all your favorite
lady jams with the Barden Bellas and the Treblemakers, and
doing your best Fat Amy impressions (maybe even getting in a
little cardio while you’re at it), because we’ve got all the songs
subtitled for your singing pleasure. Aca-Awesome Goodie Bags
filled with interactive props (including a plastic cup, naturally)
will be provided to help increase the fun. So start practicing your
harmonies and your mermaid dancing, because we’re all heading
to nationals, bitches! (Dir. by Jason Moore, 2012, USA, 112 mins.,
Rated PG-13)
Whatever happened to Saturday night? It was locked in a
closet with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and it hasn’t been the
same since! Unleash your inner Sweet Transvestite when the
mother of all cult classics hits the big screen with the “Heavy
Petting” shadow cast, live and in your face! You’ll see a healthy
young couple inducted into the world of absolute pleasure,
Transylvanians doing the pelvic thrust and a sexy scientist trying
to free us of all our inhibitions (not to mention our clothing)! So
pull up your fishnets and get ready to become a creature of the
night at the strangest, sexiest “science fiction double feature” of
all-time, a Loft tradition for 37 years and counting! (Dir. by Jim
Sharman, 1975, UK/USA, 98 mins., Rated R, 20th Century Fox)
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
SUNDAY, APRIL 19 AT 7:00PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $6 • LOFT MEMBERS: $5
PART OF OUR LOFT STAFF SELECTS SERIES
A monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen by our
amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s Loft Staff Selects
film was chosen by Jeff Yanc, Program Director!
“De Palma’s satirical glam-rock-opera is the very
definition of a midnight movie: bizarre, stylish and
totally out there in that unique anything-goes ‘70s
mode that looks positively classical today.” – Edgar
Wright, director (Shaun of the Dead)
Brian De Palma’s wild and wacky musical mashup of Faust, The
Phantom of the Opera and Ziggy Stardust is a glitter-dusted horror/
comedy/rock opera that could have only escaped from the 1970s.
Before his successful run as Hollywood’s Master of Suspense with
such hits as Carrie, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out, Brian De Palma
concocted Phantom of the Paradise, a campy, surreal and sometimes
heartbreaking satirical re-imagining of the silent horror classic The
Phantom of the Opera that also doubles as a spoof of the rock music
biz of the early ‘70s. Winslow Leach (De Palma regular William
Finley) is a passionate music composer whose work is stolen by
evil record producer Swan (actor/musician Paul Williams, who also
wrote the film’s insanely catchy score), an unholy combination of
Phil Spector, Andy Warhol and the Reverend Jim Jones. Horribly
disfigured in a vinyl record-press accident while attempting to
reclaim his music, Winslow transforms himself into the steeltoothed, cape-wearing, leather-clad Phantom, out to wreak havoc
upon Swan’s new rock nightclub, The Paradise! However, his
plans for revenge are complicated when he secretly falls in love
with a naïve but ambitious young singer named Phoenix (Jessica
Harper, Suspiria), whom he vows to protect from Swan’s devilish
clutches. Filled with outrageous musical numbers (watch out for
the goofy ‘50s doo wop band, The Juicy Fruits!), literary references,
nods to classic horror flicks like Psycho, the antics of a hilarious
glitter rock star named Beef (Garrett Graham, TerrorVision), split
screens, weird sets, clever pop culture commentary and an overall
overload of excessiveness, Phantom of the Paradise is a one-of-a-kind
rock-and-roll fantasia. (Dir. by Brian De Palma, 1974, USA, 92 mins.,
Rated PG)
THE BREAKFAST CLUB 30TH
ANNIVERSARY
TUESDAY, APRIL 21 AT 7:00PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 25 AT 11:00AM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
At the Tuesday, April 21 screening only, come
dressed in your best Brain, Princess, Jock,
Criminal or Basket Case garb for our Breakfast
Club Costume Contest, and enjoy a Breakfast Club
Captain Crunch Sandwich, available at the snack
bar... c’mon, you know you want to try one. So
don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t you forget about this
very special anniversary celebration! Sincerely
yours, The Breakfast Club.
Join the Brat Pack for this 30th Anniversary celebration
of The Breakfast Club, the totally awesome teen classic recently
ranked number 1 on Entertainment Weekly’s list of the 50 Best
High School Movies. Back on the big screen in wide release for
the first time since the 1980’s, this is the perfect moment to
gather your pack and head to The Loft for a true fan tribute
honoring John Hughes’s most memorable and magical movie.
With its story of five high schools students from different walks
of life sentenced to endure a Saturday afternoon detention
together, during which time secrets are revealed, relationships
are formed and dancing is done, The Breakfast Club defined an
entire generation of pop culture and helped launch such talent
as Molly Ringwald “The Princess,” Anthony Michael Hall “The
Brain,” Emilio Estevez “The Jock,” Judd Nelson “The Criminal,”
and Ally Sheedy “The Basket Case.” This special 30th Anniversary
release includes the completely re-mastered feature that has
never been seen before on the big screen, plus a new pre-show
featurette titled The Breakfast Club: A Retrospective that takes
a look back at the film that created the modern teen movie
genre. Featuring personal insights from cast members Nelson,
Sheedy, Hall and John Kapelos as well as contributions from
filmmakers Diablo Cody, Amy Heckerling and Michael Lehman,
this featurette is a must see for anyone who has ever felt like
they don’t fit in. (Dir. by John Hughes, 1985, USA, 97 mins., Rated
PG, pre-show featurette: 15 mins.)
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
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PLANETARY
THE WATER DIVINER
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 AT 7:30PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 23 AT 7:30PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 • LOFT MEMBERS: $10
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
Co-Presented by The UA Institute of the Environment. On Earth
Day, Wednesday April 22nd, 2015, theatres around the globe will
be screening Planetary, the provocative and breathtaking film from
the Planetary Collective and directed by Guy Reid that brings into
focus our connection to all living things on planet Earth.
Planetary is the follow-up to the award-winning short film Overview, which
captivated audiences with astronauts’ stories of what it means to see the
Earth from space and is one of Vimeo’s most viewed videos with over 6.8
million views. (Dir. by Guy Reid, 2015, UK/USA, in English/Tibetan/Spanish
with subtitles, 78 mins., Not Rated)
RUN FREE:
THE TRUE STORY OF CABALLO BLANCO
THURSDAY, APRIL 25 AT 7:00PM
ADVANCE TICKETS: $11 • DAY OF: $15
Please Note: We cannot accept passes or Groupons for this screening.
A COMMUNITY RENTAL PRESENTED BY THE ARIZONA TRAIL ASSOCIATION
Micah True was a gifted athlete who ran for long distances in the trails around
his hometown of Boulder, Colorado. Inspired by his experiences of running with
the Tarahumara of Northern Mexico, Micah wanted to give them something in
return. He envisioned an ultra marathon that would take place on their own
turf, with runners from around the world traveling into the deep canyons to run
with the Tarahumara. Every one who finished would win 500 pounds of corn.
For the draught-stricken Tarahumara this would be a real incentive to run. The
international runners would get an opportunity to run with some of the best
runners in the world. Everyone would benefit. (Dir. by Sterling Noren, 2015, USA
/ Mexico, 92 mins., Not Rated)
See the new drama The Water Diviner before its
national theatrical release at this special New York
Film Critics Series preview screening, featuring
a captured-live post-film discussion with the
film’s Oscar-winning director/star Russell Crowe,
moderated by Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers!
The New York Film Critics Series, broadcast to 50
selected major markets, takes place exclusively in
cinemas and is never available on TV or online.
Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner, is an epic
adventure set four years after the devastating battle of Gallipoli
during World War I. Australian farmer Joshua Connor (Crowe)
travels to Turkey in 1919 to discover the fate of his three
sons, reported missing in action. Initially blocked by military
bureaucracy, his determination unwavering, he is helped first
by the beautiful Ayshe, who owns the hotel in which he stays
in Istanbul and then by Turkish Officer Major Hasan, who had
fought against Joshua’s sons. Holding on to hope, they must
travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth, and
for Joshua to find his own peace. (Dir. by Russell Crowe, 2014,
Australia/Turkey/USA, in English/Turkish/Greek/Russian with
subtitles, 111 mins., Not Rated)
The New York Film Critics Series is the first-ever live national
premiere screening series. It is dedicated to producing inspiring
events in a collaborative environment and to nurturing the longterm success of better, smarter movies. Each NYFCS screening
brings prestigious, live New York City screenings of soon-tobe-released films to the best independent cinemas in America.
These screening events are moderated by Rolling Stone film
critic Peter Travers, and include a preview screening of a new
film prior to its national release, interviews with talent from
the film and special behind the scenes content. These screenings
are scheduled to take place once a month and will happen
approximately 12 times per year. Recent NYFCS premieres and
live chats with directors/stars have included such films as Gone
Girl, Chef, Nebraska and American Hustle.
“I discovered that if one
looks a little closer at this
beautiful world, there are
always red ants underneath.”
– David Lynch
O
ver the course of his more than 40 year career,
David Lynch has secured his place as one of the
most creative and fascinating film artists of our
time, conjuring up some of the most beautiful,
disturbing and head-scratching moments ever seen on
screen. From his early experimental shorts of the 1960s
through his most recent feature film, Inland Empire (2006),
Lynch has boldly reshaped the boundaries of cinematic
storytelling, in the process creating a highly-distinctive,
immediately-recognizable signature body of work (rare is
the director whose name alone can call forth such specific
and evocative images out of the movie ether as does Lynch’s)
that has continually enthralled, mystified and provoked
viewers. Blazing onto the movie landscape with his debut
feature film Eraserhead in 1977, Lynch firmly established
himself as one of the most original and unpredictable
directors at work in contemporary cinema, and over the
course of his career (which also incorporates painting,
photography, sculpture and music) he has artfully explored
a personal vision that embraces the thrilling mysteries of
the subconscious and the pleasure in giving oneself over
to the cinematic experience of “another world.” Beautiful,
absurd, hilarious and unsettling, the films of David Lynch
are one-of-a-kind, and The Loft Cinema is proud to present
all ten of the director’s feature films in a two-part series
guaranteed to be “wild and heart and weird on top.”
Regular admission prices for each film.
Featuring series merch from local artists Donovan White & Benjamin
Mackey. Film Guide art provided by Benjamin Mackey.
ERASERHEAD
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 AT 7:00PM
Often hailed as “the greatest student film ever made,” this 1977 avantgarde classic introduced David Lynch to the world of feature films, going on
to become a bona fide cult sensation and an iconic work of extraordinary,
oddball beauty. Shot in dilapidated industrial settings, seething with
rumbles and hisses, populated with disfigured and eccentric characters and
featuring that legendarily indefinable creature described as a premature
baby (luckily, Lynch still declines to discuss the exact meaning of the film),
Eraserhead propels viewers into a shocking, comical and phantasmagoric
dreamscape. (Dir. by David Lynch, 1977, USA, 89 mins., Not Rated)
THE ELEPHANT MAN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 AT 7:00PM
Producer Mel Brooks (yes, that Mel Brooks) handpicked Lynch to direct this
haunting, based-on-a-true-story film after seeing Eraserhead. Inspired by
two books on John Merrick, the real-life Elephant Man, Lynch’s second film
(and his first studio project) recounts this severely deformed man’s perilous
life in Victorian-era England. Shot in gorgeous black-and-white, The Elephant
Man is a classic historical drama bearing Lynch’s distinct artistic stamp
(which includes surrealistic industrial landscapes strongly reminiscent of
Eraserhead). (Dir. by David Lynch, 1980, USA/UK, 124 mins., Rated PG)
DUNE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 AT 7:00PM
Roasted by critics upon its initial release, Lynch’s infamous, psychedelic scifi tale of space, spice and sand worms is actually a dazzling visualization of
an un-filmable book – albeit a sometimes-inscrutable one. Based on Frank
Herbert’s cult novel, and produced by the legendary Dino De Laurentis,
Dune unspools the sprawling saga of young intergalactic warrior Paul
Atreides (Twin Peak’s Kyle MacLachlan) and his messianic rise to leadership
in a galactic feudal society that runs on “spice.” (Dir. by David Lynch, 1984,
USA, 137 mins., Rated PG-13)
BLUE VELVET
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 AT 7:00PM
Free Blue Velvet Cupcakes, while supplies last! Courtesy of Cakes for Causes.
Lynch’s highly-acclaimed breakthrough film, a coming of age story like no
other, drags naïve college student and amateur sleuth Kyle MacLachlan
down a deliciously unnerving rabbit hole of voyeurism, sadomasochism,
suburban depravity and good old-fashioned weirdness, and in the process,
changed America cinema forever. Equal parts campy comedy, scathing social
critique and demented horror film, Blue Velvet is a true original, and perhaps
the iconic director’s most enduringly influential masterpiece. (Dir. by David
Lynch, 1986, USA, 120 mins., Rated R)
WILD AT HEART
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 AT 7:00PM | 35MM PRINT!
Lynch’s erotically-charged version of Barry Gifford’s cult novel is
oversaturated with saccharine lust, rollicking in grotesquerie and surreally
influenced by The Wizard of Oz. The controversial winner of the Palm d’Or
prize at Cannes, Wild at Heart is a violent, perverse and wildly entertaining
road movie/romance/film noir that displays Lynch at his very “Lynch-iest,”
thanks to its bizarre humor, over-sized emotions and nightmarish parade
of grotesque supporting characters played by Harry Dean Stanton, Isabella
Rosselini, Crispin Glover and others. (Dir. by David Lynch, 1990, USA, 125
mins., Rated R)
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
STEP UP, SPEAK OUT, END BULLYING:
PSA SHOWCASE AND AWARDS EVENT
SATURDAY, APRIL 25 AT 10:00AM
FREE ADMISSION!
A COMMUNITY RENTAL PRESENTED BY FUND FOR CIVILITY
Highlighting
student-produced,
30-second
public
service
announcements based on the theme “Creating a Safe Space for All,” The
End of Bullying Task Force of CODAC, along with SAAF and the Office
of the Pima County School Superintendent invite the community
to attend and watch solutions to bullying through the video art of
students.
Admission is free and there will be free popcorn, water and T-shirts for
the first 200 youth in attendance. Following the film showcase, awards
will be presented to age-based categories. This year’s showcase will also
feature live music and a raffle for an iPad mini (you must be present to
win this prize).
GRIZZLY MAN • 35MM PRINT!
TUESDAY, APRIL 28 AT 7:00PM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
PART OF OUR SCIENCE ON SCREEN SERIES
The program is designed to pair thought-provoking films, old
and new, with insightful contextual discussions with local
experts and academics to create illuminating and entertaining
programming that will bring the exciting world of science alive
on the big screen. Made possible by a grant from the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation and the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation.
UNDER OUR SKIN 2: EMERGENCE
SATURDAY, APRIL 25 AT 3:00PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $8
A COMMUNITY RENTAL PRESENTED BY
ARIZONA LYME DISEASE ASSOCIATION
Academy Award semifinalist Under Our Skin brought
unprecedented awareness to the shocking story of Lyme
disease, an often-chronic condition many doctors claimed was
“all in your head.” Since then, the CDC has upped its estimate of
annual cases by ten times, making Lyme disease more prevalent
than HIV and breast cancer combined. This highly-anticipated
sequel investigates the deepening Lyme disease crisis and
follows its casualties and controversies. As the Lyme epidemic
explodes globally, scandalous medical collusions and conflicts
of interest incriminate the very healthcare systems meant to
protect us. Despite the obstacles that researchers, physicians
and patients continue to face, promising new findings are
emerging. And when we revisit the unforgettable characters
from Under Our Skin, we see that they have moved from horror
to hope, arriving at better health and reclaiming their lives. (Dir.
by Andy Abrahams Wilson, 2014, USA, in English, 64 mins., Not
Rated)
Featuring an introduction by Daniel Sullivan, Assistant
Professor in Psychology at the University of Arizona.
Daniel is the co-editor of the 2013 book, Death in Classic
and Contemporary Film: Fade to Black, which includes a
chapter on Grizzly Man.
In his mesmerizing, award-winning documentary Grizzly Man,
acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of
amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy
Treadwell. Treadwell lived unarmed among the bears for thirteen
summers, and filmed his adventures in the wild during his final five
seasons. In October 2003, Treadwell’s remains, along with those of
his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were discovered near their campsite
in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Reserve. They had been mauled
and devoured by a grizzly, the first known victims of a bear attack
in the park. In Grizzly Man, Herzog plumbs not only the mystery of
wild nature, but also the mystery of human nature as he chronicles
Treadwell’s final years in the wilderness. In the film, Herzog himself
asks the question: “Was Timothy Treadwell a passionate and fearless
environmentalist who devoted his life to living peacefully among
Alaskan grizzly bears in order to save them? Or was he a deluded
misanthrope whose reckless actions resulted in his own death, as well
as those of his girlfriend and one of the bears he swore to protect?” A
fascinating and chilling story of one man’s relationship with nature and
his own destructive obsessions, Grizzly Man is a masterful documentary
that perfectly fits alongside Herzog’s other films chronicling men driven
to extremes such as Aguirre: The Wrath of God andFitzcarraldo. (Dir. by
Werner Herzog, 2005, USA, 103 mins., Rated R) 35mm
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
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DELI MAN
SEEDS OF TIME
THURSDAY, APRIL 30 AT 7:00PM
SUNDAY, MAY 3 | SEED SWAP ON THE PATIO AT
6:00PM | FILM STARTS AT 7:00PM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
PART OF OUR ONE-HIT WONDERS SERIES
Great new documentaries at special one-night-only
screenings!
CO-PRESENTED BY THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL
JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL AND THE LOFT CINEMA
“Good food and good cheer are the order of
the day here, and the chatty, old-school Ziggy
serves as a reliable — and touching — tour
guide.” – David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
PART OF OUR SCIENCE ON SCREEN SERIES
The program is designed to pair thought-provoking films, old and new,
with insightful contextual discussions with local experts and academics
to create illuminating and entertaining programming that will bring
the exciting world of science alive on the big screen. Made possible by
a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Coolidge Corner
Theatre Foundation.
CO-PRESENTED
BY
EDIBLE
BAJA
ARIZONA, THE UA COLLEGE OF SOCIAL
AND
BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCES,
PIMA
COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, NATIVE SEEDS/
SEARCH AND THE LOFT CINEMA. Featuring a “Seed Swap” on the patio starting at
6:00pm and a post-film discussion with Cary Fowler,
crop diversity pioneer and star of the film!
At last, the deli documentary you’ve been waiting for! The
charming and undeniably mouthwatering new film, Deli Man,
explores Jewish culture and cuisine as it reflects the heart of
a vital ethnic history. In Houston, Texas, third-generation deli
man Ziggy Gruber has built arguably the finest delicatessen
restaurant in the U.S, Kenny & Ziggy’s. His story – augmented
by colorful stories of iconic delis such as Katz’s, 2nd Avenue
Deli, Nate ‘n Al, Carnegie, and the Stage – embodies a tradition
indelibly linked to its savory, nostalgic foods. Sit back with this
delectable slice of savory cinema and indulge in the deli foods
you love and learn about the traditions that make deli one of
America’s great cuisines. (Dir. by Erik Greenberg Anjou, 2014,
USA, 91 mins., Rated PG-13)
“Engaging… an enlightening eco-doc.” – John
DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler
races against time to protect the future of our food. Gene
banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing
starvation inspired rioting, and the accelerating effects of
climate change are already affecting farmers globally. But
Fowler’s journey, and our own, is just beginning: From Rome
to Russia and, finally, a remote island under the Arctic Circle,
Fowler’s passionate and personal journey may hold the key to
saving the one resource we cannot live without: our seeds. (Dir.
by Sandy McLeod, 2013, USA, 77 mins., Not Rated)
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NEW FILMS
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 27
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
CO-PRESENTED BY THE TUCSON
INTERNATIONAL JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
AND THE LOFT CINEMA.
“NYT Critics Pick! Gripping cinema from start
to finish… assured, streamlined and bold.” –
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
“Rarely does a film integrate a social and
political message within a forceful drama
as masterfully as Gett.” - Christopher
Silvester, Newsweek
An Israeli woman (Ronit Elkabetz) seeking to finalize a
divorce (a “gett”) from her estranged husband finds herself
effectively put on trial by her country’s religious marriage
laws, in this powerhouse courtroom drama, Israel’s official
entry for the 2015 Best Foreign Language Film Academy
Award, from sibling directors Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz. In
Israel, there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce; only
Orthodox rabbis can legalize a union or its dissolution, which
is only possible with the husband’s full consent. Trapped in
a loveless marriage, Viviane Amsalem has been applying for
a divorce for three years but her religiously devout husband
Elisha (Simon Abkarian, Persepolis), continually refuses. His
cold intransigence, Viviane’s determination to fight for her
freedom, and the ambiguous role of the rabbinical judges shape
a procedure where tragedy vies with absurdity and everything is
brought out into the open for judgment. Winner of the Israeli
Film Academy Ophir Award for Best Picture and propelled by the
craft of Ronit Elkabetz (The Band’s Visit), one of Israeli cinema’s
most acclaimed actresses, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem is an
uncompromising, heart-rending portrait of a woman’s struggle
to overcome an unmoving patriarchy and live a life of her own
design. (Dir. by Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz, 2014, Israel/
Germany/France, in Hebrew/French/Arabic with subtitles, 115
mins., Not Rated)
NEW FILMS
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WILD TALES
ZOMBEAVERS
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 27
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 27
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM!
You know the story: a group of sexy teens head to a secluded lakeside cabin for a
weekend of debauched fun, but while the temperatures rise both on and off the
beach, a mysterious, menacing force is lurking just around the corner, waiting
for the opportunity to start picking them off one by one. But this isn’t just any
“horror movie cabin in the woods” situation, because here the tingling terror
turns out to be courtesy of a rampaging, ravenous, rabid pack of toxic-wastemutated Zombeavers (that’s Zombie Beavers, for the laymen), that are bringing
with them enough scares, splatter and beaver innuendo to make Sharknado
look like a gentle spring rain. This outrageously fun B-movie creature feature
throwback is chock-full of good old-fashioned puppet-style, gallons of gooey
gore and a knowing sense of humor about the utter ridiculousness of it all.
What’s not to like? Get ready for a dam good time! (Dir. by Jordan Rubin, 2014,
USA, 78 mins., Rated R)
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“A riotously funny and cathartic exorcism of
the frustrations of contemporary life.” – David
Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
“Delicious, horrible, scary and scabrous…
Szifrón brings off a very difficult trick: making
something genuinely funny and genuinely scary
at the same time.”— Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
Revenge is a dish best served wild. As its title suggests,
Damian Szifron’s latest feature, Wild Tales, is a compendium
of outrageously bizarre stories, each more shocking and
hilarious than the last. Blending subversive black comedy
with dramatically loaded scenarios, Szifron skillfully weaves
together six separate shorts, unlinked by narrative but unified
by a violence that simmers on the cusp of explosion. From a
hilariously over-the-top exploration of crazed road rage to a
mild-mannered everyman (played by Ricardo Darin, The Secret
in their Eyes) pushed to the limit by tow trucks and traffic
tickets to a mayhem-filled wedding reception in which the
new bride’s shocking discovery leaves many guests requiring
hospitalization, Wild Tales is more than a series of short films
about frustrated characters on the verge – it’s also a wickedly
funny portrait of contemporary Argentina: a society riddled
with corruption, hampered by bureaucracy, and bogged
down by tradition. Produced by legendary filmmaker Pedro
Almodovar, Wild Tales smashes social taboos and provides a
cathartic release from the pressures of modern-day living — a
release that provokes unrestrained, double-over-in-your-seat
laughter. (Dir. by Damian Szifron, 2014, Argentina, in Spanish with
subtitles, 122 mins., Rated R)
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SPRING
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 3
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Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci, Evil Dead, Thumbsucker) is a young American
fleeing to Europe to escape his past. While backpacking along the
Italian coast, everything changes during a stop at an idyllic Italian
village, where he meets and instantly connects with the enchanting and
mysterious Louise. A flirtatious romance begins to bloom between the
two — however, Evan soon realizes that Louise has been harboring a
monstrous, primordial secret that puts both their relationship and their
lives in jeopardy. A beautiful, fluid genre-bender from directors Justin
Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution), Spring is an unforgettable
romance of mythical, malevolent proportions.(Dir. by Justin Benson &
Aaron Moorhead, 2014, USA, 109 mins., Not Rated)
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NEW FILMS
KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER
SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 3
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 3
“A wonderfully strange and beguiling
adventure story… a knockout central
performance by Rinko Kikuchi.” Scott
Foundas, Variety
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ORCHESTRA AND THE LOFT CINEMA
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“A very beautiful, deep and touching film.” –
Werner Herzog
In this darkly comedic odyssey, Academy Award-nominee
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, Pacific Rim) stars as Kumiko, a frustrated
Office Lady whose imagination transcends the confines of her
mundane life. Kumiko becomes obsessed with a mysterious,
battered VHS tape of The Coen Brothers’ 1996 thriller Fargo,
which she’s mistaken for a documentary, fixating on a scene
where a suitcase of stolen cash is buried in the desolate, frozen
landscape of North Dakota. Believing this treasure to be real,
she leaves behind Tokyo and her beloved rabbit Bunzo to
recover it – and finds herself on a dangerous adventure unlike
anything she’s seen in the movies. With Kumiko, The Treasure
Hunter, indie mavericks the Zellner Brothers (Goliath, KidThing) spin a strangely touching underdog fable (loosely inspired
by true events), populated by eccentrics and elevated to sonic
heights by a Sundance award-winning score from electro-indie
outfit The Octopus Project, that will leave audiences rooting for
the impossible. (Dir. by Nathan Zellner, 2014, USA, in English and
Japanese with subtitles, 105 mins., Not Rated)
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Catch a special TSO Conversation at The
Loft with Paula Fan, TSO Principal Keyboard
Pianist, following the film on Saturday, April 4
at 6:30pm (regular admission prices). Paula Fan
has performed as soloist and chamber musician
on five continents. She has recorded seventeen
albums and has broadcast for the BBC, NPR,
Radio Television China and other international
stations. A Regents’ Professor of Music at the
University of Arizona, where she has been on
the faculty since 1976, she will bring her unique
insights to the conversation following the film.
“Utterly remarkable. The time spent in
Bernstein’s funny, touching and vital presence
is something you don’t want to miss.” – Peter
Travers, Rolling Stone
Meet Seymour Bernstein: a virtuoso pianist, veteran New
Yorker, and true original who gave up a successful concert
career to teach music and help others develop their own gifts.
In this wonderfully warm, witty, and intimate tribute from his
friend, Ethan Hawke, Seymour shares unforgettable stories
from his remarkable life and eye-opening words of wisdom, as
well as insightful reflections on art, creativity, and the search for
fulfillment. A poignant guide to life and an engaging exploration
on the dedication, perseverance, and fortitude essential to
creating both art and a rewarding life, Seymour: An Introduction is
an uplifting and inspiring documentary that allows us to spend
time with a generous human being who has found balance and
harmony through his love of music. (Dir. by Ethan Hawke, 2014,
USA, 81 mins., Not Rated)
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MERCHANTS OF DOUBT
WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 10
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 10
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“Baumbach has become a master of the pithy
punchline, and he’s loaded his latest with
plenty of hilarious sideline gags.” – A.A. Dowd,
AV Club
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Purchase a copy of Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes & Erik
M. Conway during the month of April and receive a special “Loft
Reel Reads” discount off the cover price – 20% for Loft Members
and 10% for the general public. Copies of the book are available at
The Loft Cinema and Antigone Books.
Post-film panel discussion on Saturday, April 11 at 7:00pm,
co-presented by The University of Arizona Institute of
the Environment and The Loft Cinema Featuring Malcolm
Hughes, Regents’ Professor of Dendrochronology,
University of Arizona; Jonathan Overpeck, Thomas
R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrated Science,
University of Arizona; Esther Sternberg, Professor of
Medicine, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine,
University of Arizona.
In his breakthrough documentary Food Inc., filmmaker Robert
Kenner investigated how corporations affect what we eat. Now,
in Merchants of Doubt, he reveals how corporations affect what
we think, exploring the shadowy world of professional skeptics,
whose services are bought and paid for by corporations, think
tanks and other special interests to cast doubt on issues of vital
importance. These purported experts stake claims contrary to
scientific consensus, and their efforts have spread confusion
and delayed action over cigarettes and toxic chemicals. Now
their main battleground is denying the man-made causes of
global climate change. Inspired by the acclaimed book by Naomi
Oreskes and Erik Conway, Merchants of Doubt takes viewers on a
satirically comedic, yet chillingly illuminating ride into the heart
of conjuring American spin. Director Kenner lifts the curtain on
a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued punditsfor-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific
authorities – yet have the contrary aim of spreading maximum
confusion about well-studied public threats. He traces the birth
of the doubt industry to the 1950s, when tobacco companies
began fighting the perception that cigarettes are harmful. Those
efforts succeeded for decades, and have now been replicated as a
dangerous model for climate-change denial. (Dir. by Robert Kenner,
2014, USA, 96 mins., Rated PG-13)
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“Beneath the onslaught of contemporary injokes, Baumbach manages to articulate, with a
great deal of poignancy, the timeless challenge
of aging.” – Violet Lucca, Slant Magazine
Noah Baumbach’s witty exploration of aging, ambition and
success stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as a middle-aged
couple whose career and marriage are overturned when a
disarming young couple enters their lives. Josh (Stiller) and
Cornelia (Watts) are a childless New York married couple in their
mid-forties. As their other friends all start having children, the
couple gravitates toward a young hipster couple named Jamie
(Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried). He’s an aspiring
documentary filmmaker, a vocation Josh already has. Soon
the older couple begins enjoying the energy they feel hanging
out with the younger generation, and it’s not long before the
unhappy forty-somethings throw aside friends their own age
— including Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz in a sly supporting role
— to trail after these young hipsters who seem so plugged in,
so uninhibited, so Brooklyn cool. “Before we met,” Josh admits,
“the only two feelings I had left were wistful and disdainful.” This
new friendship and artistic collaboration makes Josh feel as if a
door has opened back to his youth, but eventually he begins to
suspect his new best friend might not be as straightforward and
trustworthy as he thought. This sparkling new dramatic comedy
from acclaimed writer/director Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha,
The Squid and the Whale) is a funny and open-hearted portrait of
urban sophisticates and the pitfalls of straddling the generation
gap. (Dir. by Noah Baumbach, 2014, USA, 94 mins., Rated R)
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WHITE GOD
BACKCOUNTRY
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 17
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 17
“Masterful…
an
emotionally
rousing,
technically masterful man vs. dog adventure…
tense, stunningly staged set-pieces recall the
uncanny power of Hitchcock’s The Birds.” – Guy
Lodge, Variety
“A must-see… does for the woods what Jaws did
for the ocean.” – Matt Boiselle, Dread Central
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“Fierce
and
beautiful…
extraordinarily
choreographed.” – Manohla Dargis, New York
Times
“A film that no serious movie lover should
miss.” – Nick Roddick, London Evening Standard
This imaginative and strikingly visceral tale of an abandoned
mutt’s descent from man’s best friend to rebellious threat
earned plaudits at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, including
the Un Certain Regard prize and the Palm Dog for the best
four-legged performance. White God is also a cautionary tale
about a “superior” species and its disgraced inferior that serves
as a brutal metaphor for the political and cultural tensions
sweeping contemporary Hungary. When a new regulation
that favors pedigreed dogs and places a severe tax on mixed
breeds comes into force, many owners dump their animals.
Thirteen-year-old Lili fights desperately to protect her pet
Hagen, but her father eventually abandons the dog on the
street. Struggling to survive, homeless Hagen realizes that not
everyone is a dog’s best friend. He joins a gang of strays but is
soon captured and sent to the over-crowded pound. Eventually,
the dogs seize an opportunity to escape and revolt against
mankind. Their revenge appears merciless, and Lili may be the
only one who can halt this unexpected war between man and
dog. With White God, acclaimed Hungarian director Kornél
Mundruczó has unleashed a gripping, unconventional narrative
with deep emotional nuance, harrowing suspense and sweeping
directorial vision. (Dir. by Kornél Mundruczó, 2014, Hungary, in
Hungarian with subtitles, 121 mins., Rated R)
Based on a terrifying true story, the gripping
thriller Backcountry follows an urban couple who go on a
romantic camping in the Canadian wilderness, only to find that
the unimaginable beauty of nature sits alongside their most
primal fears. Alex (Jeff Roop) is a seasoned outdoorsman while
Jenn (Missy Peregrym), a corporate lawyer, is not. After much
convincing, and against her better judgment, she agrees to let
him take her deep into a Provincial Park to one of his favorite
spots – the secluded Blackfoot Trail. On their first night, deep
in the forest, they have an unsettling encounter with Brad (Eric
Balfour), a strange alpha male with eyes for Jenn who may
or may not be following them. Alex’s desire to quickly reach
Blackfoot Trail only intensifies. They push further and further
into the woods, Alex stubbornly insisting that he remembers the
way. After three days their path disappears; they are hopelessly
lost. Without food or water, they struggle to find their way
back, the harsh conditions bringing out the best and worst in
them, pushing their already fragile relationship to the breaking
point. But when they realize they have accidentally entered
the territory of a huge, man-eating bear, being lost suddenly
becomes the least of their problems, and a horrific battle for
survival ensues. (Dir. by Adam MacDonald, 2014, Canada, 92
mins., Not Rated)
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3 HEARTS
THE HUNTING GROUND
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 17
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 24
“3 Hearts is a romantic drama with the
sensibility of a thrill… with a certain
Hitchcockian elegance.” – Birge Ebiri, New York
Magazine
OSCAR-NOMINATED DIRECTOR KIRBY DICK
IN PERSON ON FRIDAY, APRIL 24 AT 7:00PM
AND SATURDAY, APRIL 25 AT 7:00PM!
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FREE LOFT MEMBERS SCREENING
Friday, April 24 at 7:00pm. Free for Loft members and open to
the public at regular admission prices.
The screening on Saturday, April 25 at 7:00pm is free for U of A
students with a valid CatCard and is also open to the public at
regular admission prices.
“A masterpiece… incendiary, shocking, and
infuriating.” – Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
A touching and tense drama about destiny, connections, and
passion, 3 Hearts presents a headily romantic look at a classic
love triangle. One night in provincial France, Marc (Benoît
Poelvoorde) meets Sylvie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) after missing
his train back to Paris. Instantly and intensely drawn to one
another, they wander through the streets until morning in rare,
almost choreographed, harmony. A thwarted plan for a second
meeting sends each in a separate direction - Sylvie reunites with
her ex and leaves France; Marc falls in love and marries. What
neither knows is that Marc’s new bride is Sylvie’s sister, Sophie
(Chiara Mastroianni). Upon Sylvie’s return to France, the spark
between her and Marc is reignited in ways that will forever
alter the relationships between sister to sister and husband to
wife. Co-starring screen legend Catherine Deneuve and directed
by acclaimed filmmaker Benoit Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen), 3
Hearts is a cleverly constructed romantic drama with a delicious
French twist. (Dir. by Benoit Jacquot, 2014, France, in French with
subtitles, 106 mins., Rated PG-13)
The statistics are staggering. One in five women in college
are sexually assaulted, yet only a fraction of these crimes
are reported, and even fewer result in punishment for the
perpetrators. From acclaimed writer/director Kirby Dick and
producer Amy Ziering, the filmmaking team behind the Oscarnominated documentary The Invisible War, comes The Hunting
Ground, a piercing, monumental exposé of rape culture on
campuses, poised to light a fire under a national debate. In a
tour de force of verité footage, expert insights, and first-person
testimonies, the film follows undergraduate rape survivors
pursuing both their education and justice, despite ongoing
harassment and the devastating toll on them and their families.
Scrutinizing the gamut of elite Ivies, state universities, and
small colleges, filmmakers Dick and Ziering reveal an endemic
system of institutional cover-ups, rationalizations, victimblaming, and denial that creates perfect storm conditions for
predators to prey with impunity. Meanwhile, the film captures
mavericks Andrea Pino and Annie Clark, two survivors who are
taking matters into their own hands —ingeniously employing
Title IX legal strategy to fight back and sharing their knowledge
among a growing, unstoppable network of young women who
will no longer be silent. (Dir. by Kirby Dick, 2015, USA, 103 mins.,
Rated PG-13)
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AN HONEST LIAR
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 1
STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 1
“Unexpectedly revelatory and deeply moving.”
– Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com
“A multi-layered, femme-driven meta-fiction
that pushes all involved – including next-gen
starlets Kristen Stewart and Chloë Grace Moretz
– to new heights. – Peter Debruge, Variety
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“NYT Critics’ Pick! A jaunty, jovial portrait
with a surprising sting in its tail.” – Jeanette
Catsoulis, New York Times
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“Fascinating… reflects the strange interplay
between show business, religion, and
hucksterism in American life.” – Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader
An Honest Liar is a fascinating and revelatory documentary
about the world-famous magician, escape artist, and worldrenowned enemy of deception, James ‘The Amazing’ Randi. The
film brings to life Randi’s intricate investigations that publicly
exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasireligious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet
as a gay man at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters,
fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, the
artist Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos. But when a
shocking revelation in Randi’s personal life is discovered, it isn’t
clear whether Randi is still the deceiver - or the deceived. (Dir.
by Justin Weinstein & Tyler Measom, 2014, USA, 90 mins., Not
Rated)
Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz light
up this scintillating showbiz drama from acclaimed director
Olivier Assayas (Carlos). Maria Enders (Binoche) is an actress
at the peak of her international career who is asked to perform
in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years
earlier. Back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young
woman who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to
suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that
of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant (Kristen
Stewart) to rehearse in Sils Maria, a remote region of the Alps.
A young, up-and-coming Hollywood starlet with a penchant
for scandal (Chloë Grace Moretz) is slated to take on the role
of Sigrid, and Maria soon finds herself overcome with personal
insecurities and professional jealousies as she comes face to face
with an ambiguously charming woman who is, in essence, an
unsettling reflection of herself. A bewitching tale of backstage
rivalry and shifting personas, Clouds of Sils Maria is propelled
by tour-de-force performances from three actresses at the top
of their game. (Dir. by Olivier Assayas, 2014, France/Germany/
USA/Belgium/Switzerland, in English/French/Swiss/German with
subtitles, 124 mins., Rated R)
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ROAR
DIOR AND I
STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 1
STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 8
“The ‘can you believe it?’ discovery of the
year… it’s like Walt Disney went insane and
shot a snuff version of Swiss Family Robinson.”Drew McWeeny, HitFix
Filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng follows up his previous fashion
films, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel and Valentino: The
Last Emperor, with another masterful exploration of a towering
fashion institution. Beautifully melding the everyday, pressurefilled components of fashion with an elegant reverence for the
history of Dior, Tcheng’s colorful homage to the seamstresses
of the atelier is nothing short of magical. (Dir. by Frédéric
Tcheng, 2014, France, in English/French/Italian with subtitles, 90
mins., Not Rated)
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“No animals were harmed in the making of this movie. 70
members of the cast and crew were.” So goes the tagline for
this infamous, rarely-seen, WTF? ‘80s cult classic starring
Tippi Hedren (The Birds), her real-life daughter Melanie
Griffith (Working Girl) and over 150 lions, tigers and numerous
other dangerous, untamed animals. Was the idea of mixing
actors with wild jungle beasts for the sake of a movie a surefire recipe for disaster? You bet! An unprecedented (and
wholly unpredictable) action-adventure, Roar follows wildlife
preservationist Hank (The Exorcist producer Noel Marshall in
his sole and career-derailing turn as an actor and director), who
lives harmoniously alongside a menagerie of untamed animals,
including cheetahs, elephants, lions and tigers on a preservation
in the African plains. When his wife and children arrive (reallife wife Tippi Hedren, who had already experienced the joys
of working with animals for Alfred Hitchcock; teenage stepdaughter Melanie Griffith; and sons John and Jerry Marshall),
for a visit, a long-brewing battle for dominance between two
lions erupts and threatens their very lives. Soon, the terrified
family is besieged by a battalion of wild beasts, and if the look
of panic in the eyes of the actors as an army of lethal predators
close in around them seems unusually real, that’s because it was!
Actual life-threatening maulings were the order of the day on
the set of Roar, and the list of injuries to cast and crew is long
and unbelievable (with some incidents, including the mauling
of an obviously terrified Melanie Griffith, actually caught on
camera and used in the film!). Actually released in 1981 as a PGrated family-friendly adventure film (what????), Roar is the kind
of deliriously gonzo moviemaking that will never be seen again.
Miss this one at your own peril! (Dir. by Noel Marshall, 1981,
USA, 102 mins., Rated PG)
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WELCOME TO ME
STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 8
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What happens when a young woman with borderline personality
disorder wins the lottery? In the case of Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig),
she quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own off-the-wall
talk show, which unexpectedly (and somewhat problematically)
launches her into the world of overnight celebrity! Equally hilarious
and moving, Welcome to Me is anchored by a fearless tour-de-force
performance from Kristen Wiig that simultaneously invokes gutwrenching laughter and serious concern. Also starring Tim Robbins,
Joan Cusack, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Loretta Devine, Wes Bentley and
James Marsden. (Dir. by Shira Piven, 2014, USA, 88 mins., Rated R)
MONDO
MONDAYS
EVERY MONDAY AT 8:00PM!
It’s THE STARS OF STAR TREK MONTH at Mondo
Mondays, and we’re boldly going where everyone
wants to go - straight into a black hole of incredibly
kooky flicks starring original cast members from the
Starship Enterprise! Set your phasers on fun!
Admission is only $3! • Loft members pay just $2!
MONDAY, MARCH 30
MONDAY, APRIL 6
MONDAY, APRIL 13
MONDAY, APRIL 20
MONDAY, APRIL 27
THE KILLER
SHREWS
NIGHT OF THE
LEPUS STARRING
DEFOREST KELLEY
BAFFLED!
STARRING
LEONARD NIMOY
BUG BUSTER
STARRING JAMES
DOOHAN AND
GEORGE TAKEI
IMPULSE
STARRING
WILLIAM SHATNER
(Dir. by Ray Kellogg, 1959, USA, 70
mins., Not Rated)
“Your skin will crawl with fear
at their nearness!”
Mangy mutant shrews with
fearsome fang faces and empty
tummies make life a living hell
for folks stranded on a deserted
island in this hilarious low-rent
‘50s shocker from the director of
The Giant Gila Monster!
“Despite the bargain-basement
special effects, this is a shockingly
suspenseful movie… The Killer
Shrews has some real kick to it, in
a way that few other low-budget
‘50s monster flicks do.” – 1,000
Misspent Hours
(Dir. by William F. Claxton, 1972,
USA, 88 mins., Rated PG)
“How many eyes does horror
have? How many times will
terror strike?”
A hopping herd of giant, bloodthirsty
wascally wabbits terrorize the
Southwest in this notoriously
dumbfounding animals-gone-wild
shocker that turns Easter into the
most hysterical holiday of the year!
“There are few experiences quite as
sublime as watching Night of the
Lepus unfold on the screen… truly
mind-boggling.” – DVD Drive In
(Dir. by Philip Leacock, 1973, UK/
USA, 90 mins., Not Rated)
“Who dares walk the
between life and death?”
line
Leonard Nimoy is a race car driver
possessed with psychic powers who
battles crime with the help of his
sexy lady sidekick in this uber-wacky
‘70s TV movie that is, to quote our
favorite Vulcan, “highly illogical.”
“Serves up some of the ripest
television cheese that the ‘70s had
to offer… for the Spock-lovers among
us, it’s a treat to see Nimoy taking on
the part of a sarcastic ladies’ man.”1,000 Misspent Hours
(Dir. by Lorenzo Doumani, 1998,
USA, 1988, Rated PG-13)
“There’s something creepy in the
neighborhood…”
A small town faces the ultimate
horror when it’s invaded not only
by killer cockroaches, but by Randy
Quaid as well, in this towering pile
of ‘90s monster movie crud that will
leave your skin crawling like a bad
case of eczema!
“Impressively awful… Bug Buster is
a bad ‘90s sci-fi/horror/comedy of
the highest caliber.” – Cheeseburger
Reviews
(Dir. by William Grefe, 1974, USA,
82 mins., Rated R)
“When the demons of evil take
all power of reason… only
IMPULSE remains!”
No piece of scenery is left unchewed
when the one-and-only William
Shatner flips his wig and goes
on a cracked killing spree in this
psychotronic horror flick that has to
be seen to be believed!
“Impulse just may be the most ‘mustsee’ film you’ve never heard of… if
you love The Shatner, this is essential
viewing.” – Eat My Brains
LATE NIGHT CULT CLASSICS
The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen!
Admission is only $6! • Loft members pay just $5!
FRI, APRIL 3 AND
SAT, APRIL 4 AT
10:00PM
FRI, APRIL 10 AT 10PM
SAT, APRIL 11 AT 10PM
SUN, APRIL 12 AT 11AM
FRI, APRIL 17 AND
SAT, APRIL 18 AT
10:00PM
FRI, APRIL 24 AND
SAT, APRIL 25 AT
10:00PM
FRI, MAY 1 AND
SAT, MAY 2 AT
10:00PM
SCREAM
GOONIES
A CLOCKWORK
ORANGE
PLANET OF THE
APES
MAD MAX
Fitting for a film that is ultimately
about free will and individuality,
A Clockwork Orange, based on the
novel by Anthony Burgess, may be
Stanley Kubrick’s most idiosyncratic
work - an exceedingly artful, yet
savagely pessimistic, evocation of
a dystopian future and a hugely
influential cult classic that remains
challenging, right-of-passage viewing
for adventurous film lover.
It’s Charlton Heston vs. the Damn
Dirty Apes in the original sci-fi
classic that had the whole planet
going bananas! Based on Pierre
Boulle’s novel (with a screenplay
co-written by The Twilight Zone’s
Rod Serling), Planet of the Apes
is an intelligent and highly
entertaining combination of
apocalyptic action, evolutionary
parable
and
flat-out
fun
monkeyshines.
(Dir. by Wes Craven, 1996, USA, 111
mins., Rated R)
(Dir. by Richard Donner, 1985, USA,
114 min., Rated PG) 35mm
“What’s your favorite scary
movie?” That’s a question you may
not want to answer if you want to
keep your head, as the terrorized
teens in Wes Craven’s bloody good
slasher spoof find out when they
tangle with a mysterious maniac
who has an uncanny knowledge of
horror movie clichés.
Hey you guuuuyyyssss! Relive the
totally awesome ‘80s adventure
that
convinced
an
entire
generation of suburban kids that
there was buried treasure in their
backyards, and that a freaky dude
named Sloth was really just a funloving guy with a thing for Baby
Ruths!
“A
meta-horror
film
that
hilariously parodies the genre’s
clichés with smarts to spare. It’s
also the scariest f**king movie Wes
Craven has made since the first A
Nightmare on Elm Street.” – Paul
Malcolm, L.A. Weekly
“The Goonies is one of those
magically entertaining films that
never gets old… No matter what
your age, there’s plenty of danger,
fun, and laughs waiting around
every bend.” – Michael Zupan,
DVD Talk
(Dir. by Stanley Kubrick, 1971, 136
mins., Rated R)
“It demands thought, compels
the attention, and refuses to be
dismissed. And, for that reason, A
Clockwork Orange must be considered
a landmark of modern cinema.” –
James Berardinelli, Reel Views
(Dir. by Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968,
USA, 112 min., Rated G)
“This classic sci-fi ape picture
leaves its imitators and sequels in
the dust.” –Marjorie Baumgarten,
Austin Chronicle
(Dir. by George Miller, 1979,
Australia, 93min., Rated R)
Pumped full of daring car chases,
brutal violence and a sadistic tone
reminiscent of classic Spaghetti
Westerns, the thrilling Mad Max
kicked off the post-apocalypse
action genre of the ‘80s, turned the
young Mel Gibson into a star and
convinced audiences everywhere
that the future was definitely
something to be avoided at all
costs!
“Delivers the goods… this Aussie
B-movie gem launched not only
Mel Gibson’s career, but the whole
post-apocalyptic genre of the
80’s and beyond.” – Brian McKay,
eFilmCritic.com
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