Events for June 28th, 2009
The Magnificent Seven
Directed by John Sturges. US. 1960. NR. 128 min.
- Sun, Jun 28, 2:00 pm
"It was the beginning of the end of the great American Western," John Carpenter says of 1960's The Magnificent Seven, which he describes as the genre's "last hurrah" before television and Sergio Leone revamped it. It's hard to claim the classic American Western survived the '60s intact, but it went out on a high note. More»
Hunger
Directed by Steve McQueen. UK. 2008. NR. 96 min.
Fri, Jun 26 thru Thu, Jul 2 -- Roll over to view showtimes.
“Historical dramas often suffer from a certain stodgy remove, but in Hunger, conceptual artist and first-time feature filmmaker Steve McQueen takes his audience deep inside a particular place and time: Her Majesty’s Prison Maze in Northern Ireland, circa 1981.” More»