Events for October 9th, 2011
Village of the Damned
Directed by Wolf Rilla. UK. 1960. NR. 77 min. Warner Bros. 35mm.
- Sun, Oct 9, 2:00 pm
What if everyone in a quiet, little English country village were to go into an unexplained trance for 24 hours, after which all the women of child-bearing age were to suddenly become pregnant? And what if all the children born nine months after this incident were to look and act eerily alike? More»
Bill Cunningham New York
Directed by Richard Press. US. 2010. NR. 84 min. Zeitgeist Films. 35mm.
- Sun, Oct 9, 4:30 pm
“It’s no insult to say that the fine documentary Bill Cunningham New York resembles one of those minor profiles found in The New Yorker’s “Talk Of The Town” section: a slight, glancing, yet subtly wrought slice of New York life. And it seems likely that the exceedingly modest Cunningham would want it that way. More»
The Guard
Directed by John Michael McDonagh. Ireland. 2011. R. 96 min. Sony. 35mm.
Fri, Sep 30 thru Thu, Oct 13 -- Roll over to view showtimes.
“The Guard is little more than a salt-and-pepper cop yarn transposed to the middle of nowhere, Ireland. It has a wickedly smart script that keeps you on your toes, though, and it has from Brendan Gleeson a star performance of cruelly funny mastery. The movie is more pure, profane enjoyment than a body should have in the dog days of August, and when it’s over it evaporates, leaving only the acrid smoke of its dialogue and the memory of Gleeson reducing lesser mortals to cinders. More»