The Right Stuff
Kaufman’s mammoth adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s bestseller about the selection and lift-off of NASA’s first astronauts, known as the Mercury Seven, is a singular Hollywood epic. Screens 5/18 and 5/25.
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The Thin Red Line
Terrence Malick’s World War II epic marked not only a professional comeback after 20 years of silence but also a major turning point in the filmmaker’s art.
The Thin Red Line
Terrence Malick’s World War II epic marked not only a professional comeback after 20 years of silence but also a major turning point in the filmmaker’s art.
Defending Your Life
Albert Brooks’s captivating romantic comedy about the afterlife, screening 6/1 and 6/2, is a perfect showcase for the inimitable writer-director-star's mix of caustic social observation and emotional warmth.
Joe Versus the Volcano
After winning the Oscar for writing Moonstruck, Shanley got the greenlight for his ambitious, surreal comedy about a hypochondriac workaday schlub (Tom Hanks) who finds out he has a fatal “brain cloud” and dumps his soul-sucking office job to embark on a final adventure.
Joe Versus the Volcano
After winning the Oscar for writing Moonstruck, Shanley got the greenlight for his ambitious, surreal comedy about a hypochondriac workaday schlub (Tom Hanks) who finds out he has a fatal “brain cloud” and dumps his soul-sucking office job to embark on a final adventure.
Defending Your Life
Albert Brooks’s captivating romantic comedy about the afterlife, screening 6/1 and 6/2, is a perfect showcase for the inimitable writer-director-star's mix of caustic social observation and emotional warmth.
Mars Attacks!
On 5/24, Tim Burton's gleeful riff on 1950s sci-fi schlock, about an invasion of ray-gun-wielding Martians, kicks off our wide-ranging summer series See It Big at the '90s Multiplex.
Rumble in the Bronx
Already a superstar in his native Hong Kong, Jackie Chan officially broke through to the American mainstream with this perfect showcase for the action icon’s breathtaking talent. Screening on 35mm 6/7 and 6/8.
Rumble in the Bronx
Already a superstar in his native Hong Kong, Jackie Chan officially broke through to the American mainstream with this perfect showcase for the action icon’s breathtaking talent. Screening on 35mm 6/7 and 6/8.
The Straight Story
Featuring vast amber vistas of the American heartland courtesy of the great cinematographer Freddie Francis, The Straight Story is one of David Lynch’s most uncharacteristic and undoubtedly best films. Screening on 35mm 6/9 and 6/22.
Europa Europa
Agnieszka Holland received an Academy Award nomination for this account of the real-life experiences of a German Jew who, at 16, concealed his Jewishness during WWII. Holland in person on 6/20!