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NEW FILMS 6-19
REEL READS SELECTION 11
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Dear Friends of The Loft Cinema,
March starts off with one of my favorite films, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. I’m so
proud to be showing this incredibly beautiful work from Céline Sciamma!
PARASITE! Wow! We are so honored to have this history making film at The
Loft Cinema! It is my hope that that Parasite will, once and for all, eliminate
that one-inch wall that subtitles represent, as director Bong Joon-Ho so
elegantly observed.
March is a perfect month to become a member of The Loft Cinema. Our March
membership drive is incredibly important to our sustainability, and it’s a great
opportunity for you to get DOUBLE passes! The Loft Cinema’s membership
program is one of the most successful among art houses in the US, representing
21% of the total revenue annually. Your membership helps The Loft Cinema
do everything we do, all outlined on the pages of this film guide. Thank you for
helping make sure that YOUR community art house will continue to be among
the most respected nonprofit cinemas in the US and beyond.
This month we are celebrating one of our favorite filmmakers, Agnes Varda,
with a second retrospective of her work. Varda, who died a year ago this month
at the age of 90, left us the gift of her incredible body of work. Don’t miss the
chance to see her work on the big screen!
Peggy Johnson, Executive Director
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6 NEW FILMS
ONCE WERE BROTHERS: GUNS AKIMBO
ROBBIE ROBERTSON STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28
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AND THE BAND
A nerdy video game developer (Daniel Radcliffe)
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 becomes the next contestant in an illegal live-streamed
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES death match, in this hilariously dark, viciously violent,
and chillingly prescient sci-fi thriller.
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band is a
confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous “Bonkers! Spectacularly fun and exciting.”
tale of Robbie Robertson’s young life and the creation - Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com
of one of the most enduring groups in the history of
popular music, The Band. Miles (Radcliffe) is a little too fond of stirring
things up on the internet with his caustic and
“Robertson is an articulate and antagonizing comments. One night, he makes the
ingratiating tour guide through all this mistake of drunkenly dropping an inflammatory
glorious and eventually tortured history.” barb on a broadcast of Skizm, a wildly popular illegal
– Chris Willman, Variety death-match fight club streamed live to the public.
In response, Riktor (Ned Dennehy), the maniacal
The film is a moving story of Robertson’s personal mastermind behind the channel, decides to force
journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie Miles’ hand and have him join the “fun.” After a
alongside the four other men who would become surprise home visit from Riktor and his goons leaves
his brothers in music and who together made their Miles unconscious, he wakes to find heavy pistols
mark on music history. Once Were Brothers blends bolted into his hand bones, and learns Nix (Samara
rare archival footage, photography, iconic songs Weaving), the psychopathic, trigger-happy star of
and interviews with many of Robertson’s friends Skizm, is his first opponent. And she’s at his front
and collaborators including Bruce Springsteen, Eric door. Gleefully echoing elements of Scott Pilgrim vs.
Clapton, Van Morrison Martin Scorsese, Peter Gabriel, the World, the Purge franchise, and videogames like
Taj Mahal, Dominique Robertson, Ronnie Hawkins, Smash TV and Mortal Kombat, Guns Akimbo is a loopy,
and more. (Dir. by Daniel Rohr, 2019, Canada/USA, 100 turbo-charged sci-fi action flick about a crazed “future”
mins., Rated R) that could be happening right now! (Dir. by Jason Lei
Howden, 2019, UK/New Zealand/Germany, in English,
Closed Captions Available 95 mins., Rated R)
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE “Portrait of a Lady on Fire goes
beyond painterly beauty. It sees
STARTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 into souls.” – Joe Morgenstern, Wall
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France, 1760. Marianne is solidifies Céline Sciamma (Tomboy,
commissioned to paint the Girlhood) as one of the most
wedding portrait of Héloïse, a exciting filmmakers working in
young woman who has just left the world today. Noémie Merlant
the convent. Because she is a and Adèle Haenel turn the subtle
reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne act of looking into a dangerous,
arrives under the guise of engrossing thrill, crafting two of
companionship, observing Héloïse the most breathtaking and elegant
by day and secretly painting performances of the year. To
her by firelight at night. As the watch Marianne and Héloïse fall
two women orbit one another, in love is to see love itself invented
intimacy and attraction grow as onscreen. With contemporary
they share Héloïse’s first moments themes in period dress, Portrait
of freedom. Héloïse’s portrait soon of a Lady on Fire is a stunning love
becomes a collaborative act of and story for the ages. (Dir. by Céline
testament to their love. Winner Sciamma, 2019, France, in French/
of the Best Screenplay Award at Italian with English subtitles, 121
the 2019 Cannes prize and one mins., Rated R)
of the best reviewed films of the
year, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
8 NEW FILMS
THE TRAITOR “Absolutely gripping. A big, brash operatic
extravaganza. “ – Barbara Scharres, RogerEbert.com
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 6
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The gripping drama The Traitor he may be next. Arrested and
tells the true story of Tommaso extradited to Italy by the Brazilian
Buscetta (Pierfrancesco Favino, police, Buscetta makes a decision
World War Z; Angels & Demons) the that will change everything for
man who brought down the Cosa the Mafia: he decides to meet
Nostra. with Judge Giovanni Falcone and
betray the eternal vow he made to
“Show-stopping! A big, the Cosa Nostra. From acclaimed
bold, true-crime gangster writer/director Marco Bellocchio
movie.” – Peter Bradshaw, (Fists in the Pocket; The Wedding
The Guardian Director). (Dir. by Marco Bellocchio,
2019, Italy/France/Germany/Brazil,
In the early 1980’s, an all-out war in Italian/Sicilian/Portuguese/
rages between Sicilian mafia bosses English with English subtitles, 145
over the heroin trade. Tommaso mins., Rated R)
Buscetta, a made man, flees to hide
out in Brazil. Back home, scores are Closed Captions and Audio
being settled and Buscetta watches Description Available
from afar as his sons and brother
are killed in Palermo, knowing
NEW FILMS 9
VARDA BY AGNÈS Don’t miss The Loft Cinema’s March retrospective series,
The Films of Agnes Varda: Part Deux, featuring classic
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 6 features and shorts from the Oscar-winning director!
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The final film from the late, installation works while offering
beloved Agnès Varda is a her one-of-a-kind reflections on
characteristically playful, everything from filmmaking to
profound, and personal feminism to aging. Suffused with
summation of the Oscar-winning the people, places, and things she
director’s own brilliant career. loved—Jacques Demy, cats, colors,
beaches, heart-shaped potatoes—
“A breathtaking self- this wonderfully idiosyncratic
portrait of an artist at the work of imaginative autobiography
height of her powers.” – is a warmly human, touchingly
Travis Jeppesen, Artforum bittersweet parting gift from one
of cinema’s most luminous talents.
At once impish and wise, she (Dir. by Agnès Varda, 2019, France,
acts as our spirit guide on a free- in English/French with English
associative tour through her six- subtitles, 120 mins., Not Rated)
decade artistic journey, shedding
new light on her films (including
such classics as La Pointe Courte,
Cleo from 5 to 7 and The Gleaners
and I), photography, and recent
10 NEW FILMS THE JESUS ROLLS STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 6 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES In this wildly raucous comedy free-spirited shampooist Marie from writer/director/star John (Audrey Tautou), Jesus and Petey Turturro, The Big Lebowski’s continue their adventure in a unforgettably odd criminal/bowler series of stolen cars, cementing Jesus Quintana returns to the their partnership with an epic screen in an all-new adventure. petty-crime spree and a three- Hours after being released from way romance. A darkly funny, prison for good behavior, Jesus irreverent and freewheeling road Quintana (Turturro) reunites movie, The Jesus Rolls revives the with his best friend and fellow beloved character from the Coen underachiever Petey (Bobby Brothers’ cult classic while paying Cannavale). In the first in a series tribute to the 1974 French farce of rapidly escalating bad decisions, Les Valseuses. Also starring Susan they steal a vintage car parked in Sarandon, Christopher Walken front of an upscale salon and hit and Pete Davidson. (Dir. by John the road for a no-holds-barred Turturro, 2019, USA, 85 mins., joyride — until the car’s gun- Rated R) toting owner (Jon Hamm) catches up with them, wounding Petey. Fleeing the scene with fiercely
NEW FILMS 11
WENDY “Remarkable … a gorgeous reinvention of Peter Pan.” –
Eric Kohn, Indiewire
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 13
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OCTOBER’S REEL READS Wendy and her brothers come Wendy is tasked with saving
SELECTION from a warm working family. herself, her brothers, and the other
Purchase a copy of Peter Pan by Raised amongst dinner plates and island children with the most
J.M. Barrie during the month of diner patrons, the children have powerful tool she has: love for her
October and receive a special “Loft an itch for the adventurous and family. (Dir. by Benh Zeitlin, 2020,
Reel Reads” discount off the cover slightly mischievous. After long USA, 112 mins., rated PG-13)
price – 20% for Loft members and nights watching trains rattle by
10% for the general public. Copies their bedroom window, the kids Closed Captions and Audio
of the book are available at The are whisked away by a mysterious Description Available
Loft Cinema and Antigone Books. boy named Peter. A long journey
taken on faith lands them on
The new film from Benh Zeitlin, Peter’s mysterious island. There
Oscar-nominated director of they discover a wild new world,
Beasts of the Southern Wild, is a one without grown-ups and
breathtaking reimagining of J.M. suspended in time. Reveling in
Barrie’s classic, Peter Pan. their youthfulness and sprawling
freedom satisfies the kids at first,
“Dazzling … casts a but nostalgia for their lives left
powerful spell.” – Tim behind seeps in. When threats to
Grierson, Screen Daily their eternal childhood develop,12 NEW FILMS
SAINT FRANCES “Utterly refreshing … in saying what’s long been unsaid,
Saint Frances gives audiences something to talk about.” –
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Stephen Saito, Moveable Feast
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Flailing thirty-four-year-old complication. Just as Bridget
Bridget (Kelly O’Sullivan, who decides to end the pregnancy, she
also penned the screenplay) is a begins to clash with the obstinate
college dropout who finally catches Frances and struggles to navigate
a break when she lands a much- growing tensions between Frances’
needed job as nanny to the rowdy moms. Amidst her tempestuous
but irresistible six-year-old Frances personal relationships, a reluctant
(Ramona Edith-Williams) – trouble friendship with Frances emerges,
is, she’s uncomfortable around and Bridget contends with the
kids, unable to filter her thoughts inevitable joys and sorrows of
and preoccupied with her own becoming a part of someone else’s
problems, so she doesn’t exactly family. Winner of the SXSW Film
scream “nanny material.” Festival Audience Award, Saint
Frances is both a heartening, funny
“A beautifully specific story of an unlikely friendship and
character study.” – Brian an illuminating look into girlhood,
Tallerico, RogerEbert.com womanhood, and motherhood.
(Dir. by Alex Thompson, 2019, USA,
But an unwanted pregnancy 106 mins., Not Rated)
introduces an unexpectedNEW FILMS 13
EXTRA ORDINARY “A winningly off-kilter comedy … a kind of tea-cosy
Ghostbusters that’s consistently funny and off-the-wall.” –
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Dennis Harvey, Variety
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Lonely thirtysomething Rose past-his-prime rock star Christian
(Maeve Higgins) is a driving Winter (Will Forte) comes to town,
instructor in a rural Irish town. It’s looking for a sacrificial victim to
not an especially rewarding gig, renew his Satanic pact for one hell
but it’s all she can do to get away of a come-back album. A whole lot
from her true calling — that of a of supernatural craziness is about
paranormal “sensitive,” daughter to put Rose to the test. One of
of a famous departed TV medium. the most exhilaratingly funny and
endearing comedy/occult creations
“It might just be the best in recent years, Extra Ordinary is
supernatural comedy an inventively oddball paranormal
since What We Do in the extravaganza fully befitting of its
Shadows.” – Rob Hunter, title. (Dir. by Mike Ahern & Edna
Film School Rejects Loughman, 2019, Ireland/Belgium,
in English, 94 mins., Rated R)
She’s become accustomed to seeing
spiritual activity that others are
blessedly oblivious to, and she’s
quite happy to keep it private.
This becomes rather difficult when14 NEW FILMS
CORPUS CHRISTI “It’s flawless storytelling, effortlessly played and with a
rousing conclusion.” – Kevin Mahr, Times (UK)
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 20
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FREE LOFT MEMBERS 2020 Academy Award this young, charismatic preacher
SCREENING nominee for Best help heal the community reeling
Friday, March 20 at 7:00pm. International Feature! from a terrible tragedy or tear
Free for Loft Cinema members them further apart? (Dir. by Jan
and open to the public at regular Corpus Christi is the compelling Komasa, 2019, Poland, in Polish with
admission prices. story of twenty-year-old Daniel, English subtitles, 115 mins., Not
who experiences a spiritual Rated)
Members may pick up tickets only transformation while incarcerated
for themselves (1 for individual in a youth detention center. He “An engrossing
levels, 2 for couple levels) at feels a calling to the priesthood, exploration of faith,
the Box Office on the day of the but his criminal record makes second chances and the
Member Screening. The Box Office following his vocation impossible. possibility of atonement.”
is open 1/2 hour before the first When he is sent to work at – Allan Hunter, Screen
show of the day. Please see the a carpenter’s workshop in a International
website for showtimes. Members small town on work-release,
will be issued a return pass (valid he is mistaken for an itinerant
through the following Thursday) clergyman, a role he embraces with
to see this film another time, if the relish. Soon, he has accidentally
screening is at capacity. taken on the local parish, but will
the unconventional teachings ofNEW FILMS 15
THE TIMES OF BILL CUNNINGHAM “The film is never less than
charming, imbued with genuine
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 20 fondness for its subject.” – David
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“Movingly captures what Narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker,
made him unique ... A The Times of Bill Cunningham
snapshot of a life that features incredible photographs
leaves you grateful for chosen from over 3 million
having encountered it.” – previously unpublicized images
Owen Gleiberman, Variety and documents from Cunningham.
(Dir. by Mark Bozek, 2020, USA, 74
Told in Bill Cunningham’s own mins., Not Rated)
words from a recently unearthed
six-hour 1994 interview, the “The minute Bill
iconic street photographer and Cunningham starts
fashion historian chronicles, talking in this charming
in his customarily cheerful and documentary is the minute
plainspoken manner, moonlighting you fall in love with him.”
as a milliner in France during – Glenn Kenny,
the Korean War, his unique RogerEbert.com
relationship with First Lady Jackie
Kennedy, his four decades at The
New York Times and his democratic Closed Captions Available
view of fashion and society.16 NEW FILMS
FIRST COW “A carefully carved cameo of working-class lives …
perfectly made, perfectly acted and ultimately moving.” –
STARTS FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Stephen Whitty, Screen Daily
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Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt premise Reichardt constructs an
(Wendy and Lucy; Meek’s Cutoff) interrogation of foundational
once again trains her perceptive Americana that recalls her earlier
and patient eye on the Pacific triumph Old Joy in its sensitive
Northwest, this time evoking an depiction of male friendship, yet
authentically hardscrabble early is driven by a mounting suspense
nineteenth century way of life. all its own. Reichardt again shows
A taciturn loner and skilled cook her distinct talent for depicting
(John Magaro) has traveled west the peculiar rhythms of daily
and joined a group of fur trappers living and ability to capture the
in Oregon Territory, though he immense, unsettling quietude
only finds true connection with of rural America. (Dir. by Kelly
a Chinese immigrant (Orion Reichardt, 2020, USA, 121 mins.,
Lee) also seeking his fortune; Rated PG-13)
soon the two collaborate on a
successful business, although Closed Captions and Audio
its longevity is reliant upon the Description Available
clandestine participation of a
nearby wealthy landowner’s prized
milking cow. From this simpleNEW FILMS 17
VIVARIUM BACURAU
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Tom and Gemma (Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots) A few years from now... Bacurau, a small village in
are looking for the perfect home. the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch,
Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its
“A bracingly original, thought-provoking inhabitants (among them Sônia Braga) notice that
sci-fi thriller that turns suburbia into a their village has literally vanished from most maps and
Kafkaesque nightmare.” – Prahlad Srihari, a UFO-shaped drone starts flying overhead.
Firstpost
“A heart-thumping political allegory
When a strange real-estate agent takes them to that tips its hat to masters like John
Yonder, a mysterious suburban neighborhood of Carpenter.” – Manohla Dargis, New York
identical houses, Tom and Gemma can’t leave quick Times
enough. But when they try to exit the labyrinth-like
housing development, each road takes them back to There are forces that want to expel them from their
where they started. Soon, they realize their search homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band
for a dream home has plunged them into a terrifying of armed mercenaries led by Udo Kier arrive in
nightmare, in this taut thriller filled with white- town picking off the inhabitants one by one. A fierce
knuckle suspense. (Dir. by Lorcan Finnegan, 2019, confrontation takes place when the townspeople
Ireland/Denmark/Belgium/USA, in English, 97 mins., turn the tables on the villainous outsiders, banding
Rated R) together by any means necessary to protect
and maintain their remote community. A wild,
shapeshifting political allegory with references to the
fearless genre works of John Carpenter, George Miller,
and Sergio Leone, Bacurau, winner of the Jury Prize at
the Cannes Film Festival, is a vividly angry power-to-
the-people fable like no other. (Dir. by Juliano Dornelles
& Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2019, Brazil/France, in
Portuguese and English with English subtitles, 131 mins.,
Not Rated)18 NEW FILMS
NEVER RARELY SEA FEVER
SOMETIMES ALWAYS STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 10
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STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 3
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in this nerve-wracking horror/thriller that leverages
Never Rarely Sometimes Always, the new film from the mysteries of the sea to amplify the potential
acclaimed writer/director Eliza Hittman (It Felt Like horrors of the unknown.
Love; Beach Rats), is a stunningly intimate portrayal of
two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. “An expertly crafted creature feature,
Sea Fever is a nightmare you can’t take
“Filmmaker Eliza Hittman continues to your eyes off of and can’t stop thinking
prove herself as one of contemporary about after it wraps up.” – Perri Nemiroff,
cinema’s most empathetic and skilled Collider
chroniclers of American youth.” – Kate
Erbland, Indiewire For marine biology student Siobhan (Hermione
Corfield), it was supposed to be an educational
Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local sea excursion. And at first, research indeed takes
support, Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) and her cousin precedence as the serious-minded PhD hopeful
Skylar (Talia Ryder) embark across state lines to New gains experience alongside a grizzled crew of Irish
York City on a fraught journey of friendship, bravery, fishermen. But when their ship hits an unseen object,
and compassion. With only a clinic address in hand a mysterious, oozing force infiltrates the vessel and
and nowhere to stay, the two girls pool their limited turns Siobhan’s journey into a claustrophobic fight for
resources and bravely venture into the unfamiliar survival. Favoring dread and atmosphere over shock
city. With bracing clarity and understated emotion, value, first-time feature director Neasa Hardiman’s
Hittman fearlessly tells the story of a teenage girl Sea Fever is an unsettling, fresh and haunting take on
making an arduous trek, through which a bigger the creature feature infused with unnerving, visceral
statement emerges—that of reclaiming her body and terror that brings to mind similarly doomed settings
her spirit. (Dir. by Eliza Hittman, 2020, USA, 101 mins., such as the Nostromo from Alien and U.S. Outpost
Rated R) #31 from John Carpenter’s The Thing. (Dir. by Neasa
Hardiman, 2019, Ireland/USA/UK/Sweden/Belgium, in
English, 89 mins., Not Rated)NEW FILMS 19
DEERSKIN THE CLIMB E
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From the delightfully demented mind of French A startling confession on a bike ride across the L
filmmaker Quentin Dupieux, best known for 2010’s South of France becomes the hub for an episodic d
murderous-tire movie Rubber, comes this hilariously journey through the lives of two men, in this clever e
addled exploration of obsession, identity, and apparel. and brutally honest comedy about a destructive, a
co-dependent, and inescapable friendship. Lifelong “
“A hilarious midlife crisis satire, with friends Mike and Kyle are out for a bike ride through m
some of the darkest belly laughs I’m sure the mountains in the South of France when Mike
to have this year. You’ll never look at a confesses that he slept with Kyle’s fiancé. In the hands “
tacky jacket in the same light ever again.” of director Michael Angelo Covino (who also co-wrote o
– Alistair Ryder, Film Inquiry and co-stars in the film), this confessional episode f
expands into an epic multi-year journey that navigates V
Starring Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist), the ins and outs of a co-dependent friendship.
Deerskin is a comic character study in which clothes Traversing through family holidays, birthdays, ski S
make the man… mad. Georges (Dujardin) has just trips, and, of course, bike rides, The Climb takes what t
separated from his wife and appears to be undergoing could be a knucklehead display of toxic masculinity h
a mid-life crisis. After failing to flush his corduroy and — through an intelligent, surprising, and self- w
jacket down a roadside restroom toilet, he drives to the aware use of slapstick and whip-smart dialogue — F
rural manor of an aging hippie who, for an exorbitant steers it through the lives of two people who can’t t
fee, sells him a vintage fringed deerskin jacket and a seem to tear themselves apart from each other — and a
camcorder. No one could mistake this old jacket for the destructive behavior they resort to in the process. t
a flattering garment but for Georges, it’s love at first Covino and his co-star Kyle Marvin foster a palpable, f
sight. His heart broken and finances frozen, Georges relatable honesty through their intense chemistry, r
embarks on an odyssey to destroy all other jackets, and with each comedic escalation, The Climb not only p
filming himself in the process, and his intimate makes us laugh at the absurdity of its scenarios, but (
conversations with the beloved deerskin coat only fuel also ponder complex questions about the nature of B
his paranoia and steely resolve. When our unhinged male friendships. Winner of the Un Certain Regard
hero meets a bartender/aspiring film editor named Jury Coup de Coeur at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Denise (Adèle Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire) and (Dir. by Michael Angelo Covino, 2019, USA, 94 mins.,
convinces her to help him produce his magnum opus, Rated R)
things really get interesting. (Dir. by Quentin Dupieux,
2019, France, in French with English subtitles, 77 mins., Closed Captions and Audio Description
Not Rated) AvailableThis March, The Loft Cinema proudly presents Berlin International Film Festival. Varda studied
our second Agnès Varda retrospective, art history and still photography before turning
celebrating the release of the Oscar-winning to the film at the age of twenty-five. Incredibly,
filmmaker’s final work, Varda by Agnès, she had no experience behind the camera when
which opens for a regular engagement on she began directing her first film, La Pointe
Friday, March 6! Courte, in 1955, and admits to having seen
only a small handful of movies prior to launching
her celebrated filmmaking career. Coining
“I live in cinema. I the phrase “cinécriture” (or “cine-writing”) to
describe her unique filmmaking method, Varda’s
feel like I’ve lived work is a combination of the deeply personal
and the sociological, providing her with the
here forever.” – means to indulge in the documentary impulses
that have guided her throughout, while also
Agnès Varda crafting complex narratives whose stories are
enhanced by the documentary details discovered
by Varda’s ever-inquisitive eye. From pioneering
narrative features like La Pointe Courte and
One of the most influential and inventive artists Le Bonheur to ruminative essays like Jane B.
of the French New Wave, the late Agnès Varda for Agnès V. and The Beaches of Agnès, and
created a remarkable body of films that playfully numerous short films including Along the Coast
dance between (and beyond) the traditional and The Pleasures of Love in Iran, the work of
categories of fiction/non-fiction, poetry/prose Agnès Varda has never stopped surprising,
and cinema/photography. Over the course entertaining and inspiring audiences.
of her decades-long career, Varda remained
astonishingly prolific, premiering her final film,
Varda by Agnès, to wide acclaim at the 2019LA POINTE COURTE
THURSDAY, MARCH 5 AT 7:30PM
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The great Agnès Varda’s film career began with this graceful, penetrating
study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small
Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated
relationship between a married couple (played by Silvia Monfort and
Philippe Noiret) and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the
Preceded by the short film: locals, Varda’s discursive, gorgeously filmed debut was radical enough to
ALONG THE COAST later be considered one of the progenitors of the coming French New Wave.
(Dir. by Agnès Varda, 1956, France, in French with English subtitles, 80
mins., Not Rated)
LE BONHEUR
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 AT 7:30PM
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The sun-drenched idyll of Le Bonheur, Varda’s third feature, flowers into a
chillier tale of infidelity. A carpenter named François (Jean-Claude Drouot)
lives in Edenic bliss with his picture-perfect wife and children (Drouot’s
real-life family), but when he strikes up an acquaintance with a charming
postal clerk (Marie-France Boyer), he begins to test the limits of his domestic
Preceded by the short film: stability. This barbed masterpiece—a complement to the burgeoning feminist
SALUT LES CUBAINS movement in the mid-’60s—exemplifies Varda at her boldest. (Dir. by Agnès
Varda, 1965, France, in French with subtitles, 80 mins., Not Rated)
JANE B. FOR AGNÈS V.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 AT 7:30PM
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“I’ll look at you, but not at the camera. It could be a trap,” whispers Jane
Birkin shyly into Agnès Varda’s ear at the start of Jane B. For Agnès V. The
celebrated director of Cleo from 5 to 7 and Vagabond once again paints a
portrait of a woman, this time in a marvelously Expressionistic way. Varda’s
signature mix of aesthetic innovation and generosity of emotion results in a
Preceded by the short film: surreal and captivating essay on Art, Fame, Love, Children and Staircases.
RESPONSE DE FEMMES (Dir. by Agnès Varda, 1988, France, in French with English subtitles, 97
mins., Not Rated)
THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 AT 7:30PM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
The Beaches of Agnès offers a remarkable glimpse of the history Varda lived
through, spanning World War II, the Cuban Revolution, and the rise of the
feminist movement in France; and it’s equally meditative on the films and art
that spoke to her throughout her life. But as she travels back in time, Varda
is most moved by remembering long-lost friends, and wonders how much a
Preceded by the short film: photograph can protect their memories from the washing of the tide. (Dir. by
THE PLEASURE OF LOVE IN Agnès Varda, 2008, France, in English/French with English subtitles,110
IRAN mins., Not Rated)26 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL: ORDINARY PEOPLE
VOLUME 9 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 AT 7:30PM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 AT 7:30PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 | LOFT MEMBERS: $13
Co-presented by the UA’s Care, Health &
PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT
Society program, School of Sociology, the UA
Department of Psychology and The Loft Cinema
Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (The Colbert Report)
return to The Loft Cinema with an all-new show! Join the
Featuring a post-film discussion with Darla
Found Footage gurus for a hilarious live guided tour through
M. Still, M.A., UA School of Sociology; David
their latest VHS finds, including the 1987 Miss Junior
A. Sbarra, Ph.D, Professor of Psychology,
America Wisconsin pageant, a mysterious tape labeled
UA School of Psychology; and moderator
“bonion sergery,” home movies taken at an Ontario hose
Terrence D. Hill, Ph.D, UA Associate Professor
factory, and a fitness video called Skiercise. Prepare for an
of Sociology and Founding Director of the UA
epic explosion of live comedy and video insanity you’ll never
Care, Health & Society Program.
forget, no matter how hard you try!
Ordinary People is an intensely moving, Oscar-winning
“Hysterical and brilliant!” – Time Out
examination of a family being torn apart by tension and
tragedy. In first-time director Robert Redford’s adaptation
The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event
of Judith Guest’s bestselling novel, Donald Sutherland
showcasing VHS relics salvaged from thrift stores, garage
and Mary Tyler Moore star as the upper-middle-class
sales and garbage cans across the country. Curators/hosts
couple whose “ordinary” existence is irrevocably shattered
Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (The Colbert Report)
by the death of their oldest son in a boating accident.
take audiences on a guided tour of their latest and greatest
Timothy Hutton is their younger son, Conrad, struggling
VHS finds, providing live commentary and where-are-
against suicide and survivor’s guilt because he believes his
they-now updates on the people in these video obscurities.
emotionally-detached mother wishes he’d been the one to
From the curiously-produced industrial training video to
die. Making his feature film debut, Hutton offers a powerful
the forsaken home movie donated to Goodwill, the Found
portrait of grief and teenage angst, becoming the youngest
Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and
male Oscar-winner to date, and Moore subverts her sunny
serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found.
TV persona with a brilliant, Oscar-nominated rendering of a
(Total running time: 90 mins., Rated R)
bitter, inexplicably aloof mother. Judd Hirsch (also Oscar-
nominated) as Conrad’s therapist and newcomer Elizabeth
McGovern as Conrad’s understanding girlfriend complete the
cast in this extraordinary character study, which also earned
Oscars for Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Alvin Sargent) and
Best Director (Redford). (Dir. by Robert Redford, 1980, USA,
124 mins., Rated R)SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 27
FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS MARS ATTACKS!
PRESENTED BY MOTHER ROAD BREWING CO.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6 AT 10:00PM
FRIDAY, MARCH 6 AT 9:00PM SATURDAY, MARCH 7 AT 10:00PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6
$200 MONTHLY PRIZE! | $1,000 YEARLY PRIZE! PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES!
The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big
On the first Friday of each month comedians Bridgitte Thum
screen!
and Mike Sterner host our monthly short film contest – just
bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest
This subversive black comedy, about the planet-wide
movie screen in Southern Arizona!
pandemonium that ensues when “Little Green Men from
Mars” decide to gleefully terrorize Earth, is Tim Burton’s
IN CASE YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO A FIRST
winking homage to the entire genre of Cold War-era alien
FRIDAY SHORTS SHOW, HERE ARE THE RULES:
invasion films of the ‘50s and ‘60s, in all their compellingly
We’ll play any short film, music video or short documentary
kitschy glory.
that you’ve made that’s under 15 minutes long and is
brought to us on a thumb drive (One film per person, drives
“A lyrically surreal spectacle … Burton’s giddily
need to be in by 8pm. We do not accept commercials or
satiric epic may be the first sci-fi disaster movie
advertisements). Submissions (the first 15 films each month)
that’s also an impish black-comedy prank.” –
are only taken on the day of the event. All films are played in
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
the order they’re received. Every film is guaranteed to play
for 3 minutes, but after that the audience can call for the
Based on the iconic ‘60s Topps bubblegum trading cards —
dreaded “gong” if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck,
drawn and painted by legendary pulp artists Wally Wood
our intrepid host stops the film and the next movie begins.
and Norman Saunders — Mars Attacks! deploys deliberately
But don’t despair … if your film is gonged, you can re-work
campy special effects, an over-the-top Theremin-fueled
it and bring it back to see if the changes you’ve made have
music score and a delightfully gruesome spirit of anything-
pleased the audience. This is a great way for filmmakers to
goes anarchy as it follows the bulb-headed, bad-tempered
try out new ideas and see how an actual audience responds,
aliens on their mission to ray gun blast a cast of big-name
so take advantage. You cannot submit the same film more
movie stars into piles of vaporized dust. Underappreciated
than once unless it has been re-worked. Remember, the
and perhaps somewhat misunderstood upon its original
audience decides the winner each and every month, so keep
release, the film has gained a cult following over the years
them happy! Filmmaker must be in attendance to win the
among those able to tune in to its edgy, offbeat wavelength
cash prize. We reserve the right not to screen any short film
combining sci-fi, horror and comedy. The impressive cast of
for any reason.
Earthlings (most of whom get zapped, fried or kidnapped for
alien probing experiments) include Jack Nicholson, Glenn
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Content ratings are unknown and
Close and a young Natalie Portman as the President and the
some material may not be suitable for all audiences.
First Family, with supporting turns from Annette Bening,
Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Short, Michael
J. Fox, Danny DeVito, Rod Steiger, Pam Grier, Jim Brown,
Jack Black, Lukas Haas, Sylvia Sidney, Lisa Marie and yes,
even “What’s New Pussycat?” singer Tom Jones! (Dir. by Tim
Burton, 1996, USA, 106 mins., Rated PG-13)28 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
CATS MOVIE PARTY! AYURVEDA UNVEILED
SATURDAY, MARCH 7 AT 7:00PM MONDAY, MARCH 9 AT 7:00PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT
Featuring a post-film Q&A with director/
Calling all Jellicles! Gather ‘round for the Sparkly Cinematic producer Gita Desai!
Catnip Extravaganza that is CATS, the sensationally
eccentric movie musical guaranteed to transport you to the Filmmaker Gita Desai (Yoga Unveiled) takes viewers
Heaviside Layer! Join Rum Tum Tugger, Skimbleshanks and on an immersive journey into India’s eternal wisdom
the magical Mr. Mistoffelees at this purr-fectly delicious of wellbeing presented in the groundbreaking
Movie Paw-ty featuring a screening of the spectacular (and
documentary Ayurveda Unveiled. At once a stunning
spectacularly odd) big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s record-shattering stage musical in which we’ll all
cinematic experience and a definitive resource,
clap, purr, hiss and hairball cough when the time feels right, Ayurveda Unveiled weaves together the history &
not to mention sing-a-long with all those unforgettably catty essence of Ayurveda with a detailed examination of
showtunes. Free cat ears will be available for all to wear, and the underpinning philosophy, fundamental principles,
a fabulously feline-y prize will be awarded to the Best Cat and approaches to harmonizing our inner & outer
Costume. Meow! world. With contributions from the world’s leading
thinkers and practitioners amidst locations of
The Jellicles finally hit the big screen in this cinematic intoxicating beauty, what emerges is a timeless and
event truly unlike any other, a big-budget adaptation
all-encompassing science for enhancing life. Featuring
of the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical featuring
head-scratching “digital fur technology,” glitter-dusted
Deepak Chopra, Vasant Lad and Robert Svoboda. (Dir.
surrealism, spectacular production numbers with fantastical by Gita Desai, 2020, USA, 127 mins., Not Rated)
choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), and a
mind-blowing cast that somehow includes dancing tabby Thanks to our community partner, Ananda
versions of Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Ian McKellan, Ayurveda & Yogalish!
Dame Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson,
James Corden and newcomer Francesca Hayward. Which one
of these junkyard street cats will sing their way into being
selected to ascend into the ionosphere during the heavenly
reincarnation ritual at the annual Jellicle Ball? Find out while
watching this future cult classic that must be seen to be
believed! (Directed by Tom Hooper, 2019, USA/UK, 110 mins.,
Rated PG)
Closed Captions and Audio Description
AvailableSPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 29
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA FRIDAY THE 13TH
40TH ANNIVERSARY!
THURSDAY, MARCH 12 AT 7:00PM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES FRIDAY, MARCH 13 AT 10:00PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 14 AT 10:00PM
CO-PRESENTED BY TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6
AND THE LOFT CINEMA
PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES!
Featuring a pre-film discussion with Erin The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big
Carlson, acclaimed author of the new book, screen!
Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds
and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep! Copies of Welcome to Camp Crystal Lake, where the fun-packed
the book will be available for sale and signing summer activities include “Kill the Counselor,” “Run for Your
at this event, courtesy of Mostly Books. Book Life” and “Try Not to Lose Your Head.”
sales and signing begin at 6:30pm.
“A landmark horror film … a near perfect
In this wildly entertaining dramatic comedy based on the slasher that set the pace for an entire genre …
best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger, Meryl Streep (in a bloody, suspenseful and fun.” – Oh, the Horror!
fiercely funny, Oscar-nominated performance) stars as high-
powered New York fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, Friday the 13th is the one that started it all, the original
a diabolical woman whose new assistant is Andy Sachs (Anne “Spam in a Cabin” slasher classic that sent a group of
Hathaway), a small-town girl in her first job out of college. sexually-active, weed-smoking teens (including a young
Trying to navigate a world she’s only glimpsed in print, the Kevin Bacon!) into the woods where they could be sliced,
fashion-clueless Andy struggles to survive her impossibly diced and chopped by a mysterious maniac on the unluckiest
demanding new boss and launch herself into the journalism day of the year! A shocking summer camp massacre and
career she’s always dreamed of. With Stanley Tucci, Simon monster box-office hit that lit the fuse on one of the longest-
Baker, Emily Blunt and Adrian Grenier. (Dir. by David Frankel, running horror franchises in movie history, the original
2006, USA, 109 mins., Rated PG-13) Friday the 13th features horrifically gruesome special effects
by genre legend Tom Savini and memorable performances
Erin Carlson is the author of Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, from Betsy Palmer as the insanely unhinged Mrs. Voorhees
Heroic Deeds and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep and I’ll Have and Adrienne King as Alice, the series’ original Final Girl.
What She’s Having: How Nora Ephron’s Three Iconic Films Saved Chee-chee-chee, ha-ha-ha … (Dir. by Sean S. Cunningham,
the Romantic Comedy. Carlson has covered the entertainment 1980, USA, 95mins., Rated R)
industry for The Hollywood Reporter and the Associated Press.
Her work has appeared in Glamour, Fortune and the Los
Angeles Times, and she holds a master’s in journalism from
Northwestern University.30 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
WENDY AND LUCY MISSING LINK
THURSDAY, MARCH 19 AT 7:30PM FRIDAY, MARCH 20 AT 7:00PM (SUNDOWN)
FREE ADMISSION | $5 SUGGESTED DONATION FREE ADMISSION
PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIES FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING IN HIMMEL PARK!
PRESENTED BY BARRIO BREWING!
This screening will take place outdoors on
Wendy and Lucy is a touching and heartbreaking road movie “Hippie Hill” at Himmel Park, 1000 N. Tucson
about an idealistic young drifter, her faithful dog and the Boulevard. Please bring your own seating.
wide-open spaces of the Pacific Northwest. Wendy Carroll
(Oscar-nominee Michelle Williams) is driving to Ketchikan, 2020 Golden Globe Winner and Academy
Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Award Nominee for Best Animated Feature!
Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with
her dog, Lucy. “Discover a comedy of epic proportions!” Meet Mr. Link:
8 feet tall, 630 lbs, and covered in fur, but don’t let his
“Thanks to an extraordinary performance from appearance fool you… he is funny, sweet, and adorably
Michelle Williams and an exceptionally deft literal, making him the world’s most lovable legend at the
hand from her director, this low-budget and heart of Missing Link, the globe-trotting, animated family
loping little film is a genuine heartbreaker.”- adventure from Laika.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
“Missing Link is a sweet, touching and
When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin seriously fun adventure comedy.” – David
fabric of her financial situation unravels, and she confronts Ehrlich, Indiewire
a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-
ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy. Gorgeously Tired of living a solitary life in the Pacific Northwest, Mr.
filmed in stark, luminous imagery, Wendy and Lucy addresses Link recruits fearless explorer Sir Lionel Frost to guide him
issues of sympathy and generosity at the edges of American on a journey to find his long-lost relatives in the fabled valley
life, revealing the limits and depths of people’s duty to of Shangri-La. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight,
each other in our modern times. Proving why she is one our fearless trio of explorers encounter more than their fair
of the most highly-regarded auteurs of modern cinema, share of peril as they travel to the far reaches of the world
Kelly Reichardt’s (Old Joy; Meek’s Cutoff) subtle storytelling to help their new friend. Through it all, the three learn that
technique uses a formal minimalist style (with echoes of sometimes you can find a family in the places you least
Bresson and De Sica) to weave together a uniquely emotional expect. Featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana
and political road film. (Dir. by Kelly Reichardt, 2008, USA, 80 and Zach Galifianakis. Written and directed by Chris Butler
mins., Rated R) (ParaNorman). (Dir. by Chris Butler, 2019, USA, 93 mins.,
Rated PG)
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BATTLE ROYALE DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX
20TH ANNIVERSARY!
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 AT 10:00AM
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 AT 10:00PM FREE ADMISSION
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 AT 10:00PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6 PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIES PRESENTED BY
PIMA COUNTY LIBRARY
PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES!
The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big A free monthly series showcasing great new and classic
screen! family-friendly films from around the world! Pre-show
activities hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at
Banned for years in the US, Battle Royale is an epically 9:15am.
violent, still-controversial and deeply influential genre
masterpiece set in a crazed alternate universe where “A delight, with beautifully-designed
innocent children are groomed into ultimate killing animation, detailed sight gags and unique
machines. characters shaped in Seuss’s immediately
recognizable style.” – Paul Gallagher, The List
“Gloriously sick and twisted. A masterpiece.” –
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid The delightfully imaginative world of Dr. Seuss comes to
life like never before in this visually spectacular animated
In the near future, the economy has collapsed, adventure from the creators of Despicable Me! Twelve-year-
unemployment has soared and juvenile crime has exploded. old Ted will do anything to find a real live Truffula Tree in
Fearful of its nation’s youth, the Japanese government order to impress the girl of his dreams. As he embarks on
passes The BR Law: Each year, a 9th grade class is sent to a his journey, Ted discovers the incredible story of the Lorax,
remote island where they will be locked into exploding neck a grumpy but charming creature who speaks for the trees.
collars, given a random weapon, and forced to hunt and kill Featuring the voice talents of Danny DeVito, Ed Helms,
each other until there is only one survivor remaining. Battle Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle, Jenny Slate, and Betty
Royale follows one such class as they learn the ultimate life White, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is filled with hilarious fun for
lesson: whether you’re a preppy, a bully, a jock or a nerd, everyone! (Dir. by Chris Renaud, 2012, USA, 86 mins., Rated
murder is the ultimate social clique equalizer. Overflowing PG)
with shocking violence, wild action and pitch black humor,
Kinji Fukasaku’s underground cult classic has often been
described as A Clockwork Orange for the 21st century, yet
this blood-soaked future shock satire of youth gone wild
is a true original. Based on the novel by KoushunTakami,
Battle Royale stars the great Takeshi “Beat” Kitano (The Blind
Swordsman: Zatoichi) as the sadistic military official who
conducts this carnival of carnage. (Dir. by Kinji Fukasaku,
2000, Japan, in Japanese with English subtitles, 122 mins., Not
Rated)32 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
THE ROCKY HORROR THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM
PICTURE SHOW MONDAY, MARCH 23 AT 7:30PM
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 AT MIDNIGHT
GENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6
PLEASE NOTE: NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED WITHOUT PARENT OR
The Loft Cinema presents a special Science on
GUARDIAN. MUST HAVE PHOTO ID. Screen presentation of the acclaimed 2019
documentary, The Biggest Little Farm, featuring
“Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the a live pre-show discussion about sustainable
Rocky Horror Picture Show cult is the extent desert farming by Thom Plasse, Instructional
to which it evokes and weirdly resurrects, as Specialist at Tucson Village Farm, a program of
if in a haunted house, a form of cinema as the Pima County Cooperative Extension and the
community that once flourished in the U.S., University of Arizona.
when Hollywood was still in its heyday.” -
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Sight and Sound This presentation is part of the seventh annual National
Week of Science on Screen, which takes place from March
Whatever happened to Saturday night? It was locked in a 23 – March 29 at select independent cinemas across the
closet with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and it hasn’t been country. Science on Screen is an initiative of the Coolidge
the same since! Unleash your inner Sweet Transvestite when Corner Theatre, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan
the mother of all cult classics hits the big screen with the Foundation.
“Heavy Petting” shadow cast, live and in your face! You’ll see
a healthy young couple inducted into the world of absolute The successes and failures of a couple determined to live
pleasure, Transylvanians doing the pelvic thrust and a in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles
sexy scientist trying to free us of all our inhibitions (not to are lovingly chronicled by filmmaker farmer John Chester
mention our clothing)! So pull up your fishnets and get ready in this inspiring documentary. In 2011, Chester and his
to become a creature of the night at the strangest, sexiest wife, professional chef Molly Chester, made a life-altering
“science fiction double feature” of all-time, a Loft Cinema decision: the couple left their jobs to move to a patch of land
tradition for 42 years and counting! (Dir. by Jim Sharman, north of Los Angeles and build a farm from the ground up.
1975, UK/USA, 98 mins., Rated R) Motivated by their desire to both live a life outside of the
city and provide a better life for their rescue dog, Todd, the
couple waded through disastrous weather, predators, and
local diseases over the next seven years as they devoted
themselves to the creation of Apricot Lane Farms, with John
documenting their progress every step of the way. Teeming
with stunningly beautiful images of flora and fauna — and
a pregnant hog that will melt your heart — The Biggest Little
Farm is a testament to idealism. For urban viewers, it’s a
necessary confrontation with how our food is grown. It’s also
a family adventure, full of suspense and emotion that will
leave a lump in your throat. (Dir. by John Chester, 2019, USA,
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