
SCREENING
Batman Returns
Sunday, Feb 2 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Redstone Theater
Part of Snubbed Forever
Snubbed Forever: Danny DeVito
Dir. Tim Burton. 1992, 126 mins. U.S. 35mm. With Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken. Working at the height of his powers, Burton was given free rein to create one of the most astonishingly strange and perverse summer blockbusters of all time, transforming the D.C. Comics superhero saga into a grim fairy tale. Set amidst the German Expressionist statuary of an eerie Christmastime Gotham, Batman Returns pits Keaton’s brooding Caped Crusader against two arch-rivals, both expertly realized in unforgettable performances: Pfeiffer’s mousy, abused secretary Selena Kyle (aka Catwoman), and DeVito’s demeaned, abandoned orphan Oswald Cobblepot (aka The Penguin). Wreaking gruesome havoc on the city, the Penguin is a fiend for the ages, inhabited by DeVito with uncompromising grotesquerie, right up through his Grand Guignol finish.
Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership.
Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.