Airport
Epically filmed by 70mm veteran Ernest Laszlo, Airport sparked the star-studded disaster blockbuster genre that is still going strong today. Screens 8/19–8/26 in a double feature with its spoof Airplane!
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Baby Boy
John Singleton’s film offers an unsparing look at the cyclical, intergenerational trials faced by a young man, Jody (Gibson), as he struggles to live up to the challenges and responsibilities of adulthood,
Beyond the Mat
On 8/26, the documentary on the no-holds-barred world of professional wrestling will be introduced by Tod Gordon, creator of Extreme Championship Wrestling, and author Sean Oliver, co-owner of pro wrestling production company Kayfabe Commentaries, plus a signing of their new book Tod Is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling!
Airplane!
The wild comedy spoof Airplane! sparked a spoof comedy explosion. Screening 8/19, 8/26, and 9/2 alongside a 70mm screening of Airport, the self-serious disaster melodrama that inspired it.
Labyrinth
Dir. Jim Henson. 1986, 101 mins. DCP. With Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie. In order to save her brother, who has been captured by the Goblin King, Sarah must find her way through a magical labyrinth. ...
Bend It Like Beckham
In this megahit from 2002, Jess (Parminda Nagra) wants to pursue a passion for football, to the chagrin of her parents, who want her to live up to their ideas of a woman’s duties and fear for her acceptance due to their own traumatic experiences.
Starman
Horror master Carpenter shifted gears in 1984 for this gentle yet commanding extra-terrestrial love story starring an Oscar-nominated Bridges as an outer-space being who crash lands in Wisconsin.
Brick Lane
Based on the novel by Monica Ali, Brick Lane is a tender depiction of the Bangladeshi community, immersing the viewer in a time and place marked by crisis without reducing the very full characters to political allegory.
My Beautiful Laundrette
In this Thatcher-era smash, Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a first-generation Pakistani-British man living in London, encounters his childhood friend turned skinhead Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), and love unexpectedly blooms while they manage Omar’s family laundry business.
2001: A Space Odyssey (70mm)
See Stanley Kubrick's cinema-shifting masterwork in 70mm August 3–27 at MoMI.
Labyrinth
Dir. Jim Henson. 1986, 101 mins. DCP. With Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie. In order to save her brother, who has been captured by the Goblin King, Sarah must find her way through a magical labyrinth. ...
8 Mile
A cinematic and musical triumph, 8 Mile boosted Eminem's lyricism to new heights. The Friday, September 1 screening co-presented with Afrikan Poetry Theatre and followed by a panel discussion.