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Dir. Kirby Dick - 2012 - 95m - Presented by Yvette McClelland and Women Veterans of New Mexico

PLEASE NOTE:  ADVANCE TICKETS HOLDERS MUST BE SEATED BY SHOW TIME OR YOUR SEAT WILL BE GIVEN UP TO THE NEXT PERSON IN THE RUSH LINE.

ALSO, THERE SHOULD BE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT OUR BOX OFFICE THE DAY OF THE SCREENINGS STARTING AROUND 3:45pm ON FRIDAY MAY 18.

At the 8pm Friday screening and the Saturday 12:30pm screening - Guest speakers will be Ariana Klay, a former Marine Lt who was stationed at Marine Barracks, Washington, DC; and her husband Ben Klay, a former Marine Capt who resigned his commission to support his wife after rape and during the lawsuit in which she is now involved, Klay v Panetta.

A groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of our country's most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within our US military. Today, a female soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire with the number of assaults in the last decade alone in the hundreds of thousands.

Focusing on the powerfully emotional stories of several young women, the film reveals the systemic cover up of the crimes against them and follows their struggles to rebuild their lives and fight for justice. THE INVISIBLE WAR features hard-hitting interviews with high-ranking military officials and members of Congress that reveal the perfect storm conditions that exist for rape in the military, its history of cover-up, and what can be done to bring about much needed change.

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Dir. Ralph Fiennes - 2012 - 122m - UK, Canada

Caius Martius ‘Coriolanus’ (Ralph Fiennes), a revered and feared Roman General is at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother Volumnia (Vanessa Redgrave) to seek the exalted and powerful position of Consul, he is loath to ingratiate himself with the masses whose votes he needs in order to secure the office. When the public refuses to support him, Coriolanus’s anger prompts a riot that culminates in his expulsion from Rome. The banished hero then allies himself with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler) to take his revenge on the city.

"Redgrave outdoes even her legendary herself...her towering performance is a tour de force that carries the film to glory." - Rolling Stone

"REVIEW: CORIOLANUS - 5 stars! An actor-turned-director's triumph." - Time Out NY

"Fiennes' direction keeps a tight focus on the story, eliciting memorable performances." - New York Times

"CORIOLANUS is tough, compelling drama, a comprehensible Shakespeare adaptation that glories in the Bard's language." - Huffington Post

"4 stars! Ralph Fiennes's directorial debut is a triumph." - The Guardian

"This is the Bard done action-movie style." - The Independent

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Dir. George Dunning - 1968 - 89m - MOM'S MATINEE for 7 days! All seats $6 for this special engagement **additional 10pm & Midnight screenings on Fri. & Sat. as part of ALIBI MIDNIGHT MOVIE MADNESS !

BONUS!  Along with 7 afternoon matinees and 4 late night screenings of this gorgeous re-mastering of perhaps the most colorful film ever made (apologies to The "Wizard of Oz!"), we will be featuring an evolving display of vintage Yellow Submarine memorabilia, original production art, cels and theatrical posters in the lobby, with every patron having the opportunity to win an original piece of film art!  And on Sunday the 27th from 1:30 to 3 O'clock, the Guild will become a virtual Yellow Submarine!  

We invite you to attend the final screening in costume, or drop in afterwards for a deep and bubbly celebration of the magical cultural emanation that is Y.S!  (And why not say "Why, Yes!")  You may be surprised to know what you thought you didn't know you knew about the Fabulous Four's "Steam Punk" omnisub alter ego, and the places it can take you..."It's All in the Mind, You Know!" 

Your host for this Magical Mystery Tour will be Erik Fredrickson, cruiser and muser on all things subliminal, both Yellow and Bluish, plus other surprise Y.S. guests T.B.A....

Once upon a time… or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland, a place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good.  Enter John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day!  Armed with little more than their humour, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, The Beatles tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom.

John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios) writes, “As a fan of animation and as a filmmaker, I tip my hat to the artists of Yellow Submarine, whose revolutionary work helped pave the way for the fantastically diverse world of animation that we all enjoy today.”

Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Pictures and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame.

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Dir. Gianni Di Gregorio - 2011 - 90m - Italy - In Italian with English subtitles

In his warm and witty follow-up to the 2010 sleeper hit Mid-August Lunch, writer-director-actor Gianni Di Gregorio has created another sparkling comedy—this time with a dash of the bittersweet. In The Salt of Life, Gianni plays a middle-aged retiree who has become invisible to all distaff Romans, regardless of age or relation. He contends with an aristocratic, spendthrift mother (again played by Lunch’s great nonagenarian Valeria de Franciscis); a wife who is more patronizing friend than romantic partner; a daughter (played by Di Gregorio’s daughter Teresa) with a slacker boyfriend whom Gianni unwillingly befriends; and a wild young neighbor who sees him merely as her dog walker. Watching his “codger” friends snare beautiful younger women on the sun-kissed cobblestones of Trastevere, Gianni tries his polite, utterly gracious best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life—with both hilarious and poignant results.

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Dir. George Dunning - 1968 - 89m - AN ALIBI MIDNIGHT MOVIE MADNESS PRESENTATION - $6 students with ids / $8 general **also showing at Noon on May 21 to May 27 !

DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF STRANGER FACTORY!

BONUS!  Along with 7 afternoon matinees and 4 late night screenings of this gorgeous re-mastering of perhaps the most colorful film ever made (apologies to The "Wizard of Oz!"), we will be featuring an evolving display of vintage Yellow Submarine memorabilia, original production art, cels and theatrical posters in the lobby, with every patron having the opportunity to win an original piece of film art!  And on Sunday the 27th from 1:30 to 3 O'clock, the Guild will become a virtual Yellow Submarine!  

We invite you to attend the final screening in costume, or drop in afterwards for a deep and bubbly celebration of the magical cultural emanation that is Y.S!  (And why not say "Why, Yes!")  You may be surprised to know what you thought you didn't know you knew about the Fabulous Four's "Steam Punk" omnisub alter ego, and the places it can take you..."It's All in the Mind, You Know!" 

Your host for this Magical Mystery Tour will be Erik Fredrickson, cruiser and muser on all things subliminal, both Yellow and Bluish, plus other surprise Y.S. guests T.B.A....

Once upon a time… or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland, a place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good.  Enter John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day!  Armed with little more than their humour, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, The Beatles tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom.

John Lasseter (Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios) writes, “As a fan of animation and as a filmmaker, I tip my hat to the artists of Yellow Submarine, whose revolutionary work helped pave the way for the fantastically diverse world of animation that we all enjoy today.”

Currently out of print, the film has been restored in 4K digital resolution for the first time by Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Pictures and Eque Inc. Due to the delicate nature of the hand-drawn original artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean-up of the film’s restored photochemical elements. This was all done by hand, frame by frame.

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Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait - 2011 - 99m

Loveless, jobless and possibly terminally ill, Frank has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and decides to off the stupidest, cruelest and most repellent members of society with an unusual accomplice: 16-year-old Roxy, who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement. From stand-up comedian and director Bobcat Goldthwait comes a scathing and hilarious attack on all that is sacred in the United States of America.

"HILARIOUS - THE PERFECT CONCEPT FOR A BLACK COMEDY - SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE INSANITY " - Alex Billington/First Showing.net

"Full of punchy energy and a sense of catharsis about getting away from all the stupid places pop culture can take us." - Katey Rich/CINEMA BLEND

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3 1/2 hours - A Steve Verchinski & Friends Presentation of a Rapid Media Production!

Tickets will be $15 in advance at REI Albuquerque and also online to purchase and pick up at the door.  

A showcasing of the world's best paddling films to audiences in Canada, United States and around the world. It presents the world’s best whitewater, sea kayaking, canoeing, SUP and kayak fishing action and lifestyle films of the year on screens in 100 cities across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Europe.  This is the first time this will be shown in Albuquerque and it promises to sell out early! 

All profits from the show will be distributed to three non-profits for support of NM river projects, American Rivers, Wild Earth Guardians, and New Mexico Xtreme Sports. 

There will likely be swag and great prizes in a fund raising raffle as well!

With 34 inspiring paddling films short-listed for the World Tour, including the ten festival category winners, audiences can expect to see stand-up paddle surfing, hairy whitewater action, sea kayakers exploring remote coastlines, headwaters canoe expeditions, international river travel films, motivating environmental documentaries, grueling kayak fishing battles and hilarious short films capturing the lighter side of paddling life. Film trailers found here. 

The festival hopes to inspire more people to explore especially their local rivers and lakes, push physical and emotional extremes, and allows one to embrace the lifestyle and appreciate the heritage of the wild places we paddle.

The Festival is produced by Rapid Media. Rapid Media also publishes four leading paddlesports magazines: Rapid-The Whitewater Kayaking and Canoeing Magazine, Adventure Kayak- The Sea and Touring Magazine, Canoeroots and Kayak Angler magazines. Your ticket to a Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour stop includes a free one-year digital edition subscription to one of the above magazines. Special offer details are available in the evening program.   Hosts: Stephen and the teacup wolfhound Misha. 

This event will also feature local information on getting out on these craft for the first time. You will get to meet the great people in New Mexico supporting these activities,  get introductions to the paddling community in this state and learn to work to enhance the access to open waters in the Rio Grande.

Portions of films to be shown - 

In Rescues – Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown

Tracing the Columbia 

In Wildwater

Game On 4 

The Pipedreams Project

Chasing Water 

So Fine

Advanced Classic Solo Canoeing with Becky Mason

Standup 4 Greatbear

Bugs 4 Life

Dir. Charles Vick Duncan - 2012 - 120m total - A N/A CREW PRODUCTION PRESENTATION! All Seats $6.66 ! Cast & Crew in Person!

From the makers of NAZI APOCALYPSE comes a sick and twisted take on an old tale!  Local outlaw cinema overdriver Charles Vick Duncan is back with his newest B-movie mayhem fever dream SKUM QUIXOTE.  

Bonus sneak peak: A short pilot DUNGEON BRIGADE to follow after the SKUM QUIXOTE screening.  

Free dvd raffles & possibly other assorted merch available at the show!

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Dir. Billy Garberina - 2012 - 90m - Cast & Crew in person !! - All Seats $8

From the writer & director team of STIFFED and the director of NECROVILLE !

How well do you know YOUR spouse? Trapped in a dead end job and lukewarm marriage, building inspection engineer Walter Fletcher (Billy Garberina, Gimme Skelter, Feeding The Masses) turns to an old hobby to release tensions; strangling and mutilating prostitutes! Little does he know his blushing bride Liz (international scream queen Raine Brown! Braincell, Psycho Holocaust) has her own secret double life courting scumbag bar flies and making them pay with a pound of flesh for their crimes on womankind.  When an intrepid reporter (Devin O'Leary, Gimme Skelter, The Stink Of Flesh) starts writing in the local paper about the city's rival serial killers, he inadvertently sets off an obsessive blood soaked comedy of errors that leads Walter and Liz's secret selves on a collision course of epic proportions.

This premiere series of screenings is sponsored by ACE, the 2nd annual Albuquerque Comic Expo.  Albuquerque local film maker Billy Garberina is flying back to the Duke City from New York to appear at ACE and present I Heart U.  Cast and crew will be on hand at all screenings.

For all time! - 100m - All Seats $7 / After Intermission (8:20pm) $5

Local packrat (‘scuse us, “media archivist”) DJ Caterwaul - a hero to several of us here at the Cinema! - has curated numerous music documentary & cult film screenings in town over the past few years, and is a tireless scavenger of sub/countercultural detritus of all kinds. This time, Caterwaul is gleaning clips and shorts from his collection of underground, experimental & obscuro video, most less than 5 minutes in length. The Low Life Mixtape is inspired by VHS mixtape pioneers such as Forbidden Transmission, Everything is Terrible!, WFMU's "That's Irritainment!" and Viva VHS, borrowing from mainstream, cult films, independent filmmakers, “WTF cinema”, and a whole lotta music video.

It’s a thick visual braid woven from strands of source material both scary & sublime, stupefying & surreal, mystifying & mindblowing, ridiculous & ROCKIN’ - a cinematic feast for the mind & body. Expect head-scratching oddities, brain-warping experiments, eye-popping animation, jaw-dropping verite’, gut-wrenching tastelessness, footstompin’ music, and oh yes, MUCH MORE.

Local psych-punk band Fando will also provide the live soundtrack to a longer piece about halfway through this two-plus hours cinematic feast. But don’t worry, feel free to drop in or out at any point!

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Dir. Dan Carracino and Kevin Hanlon - 2012 - 104m - All Seats $6

NOTE:  ALSO PLAYING SATURDAY JUNE 23 AND SUNDAY JUNE 24 AT 1:30PM TOO!

The story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine's "100 Persons of the 20th Century." Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for countless others to follow. With Bill as its driving force, A.A. grew from a handful of men to a worldwide fellowship of over 2 million men and women – a success that made him an icon within A.A., but also an alcoholic unable to be a member of the very society he had created. A reluctant hero, Bill Wilson lived a life of sacrifice and service, and left a legacy that continues every day, all around the world.

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Dir. Robert Clouse - 1973 - 102m - An ALIBI MIDNIGHT MOVIE MADNESS PRESENTATION - All Seats $8

SPECIAL THANKS TO ACE - ALBUQUERQUE COMIC BOOK EXPO !

One of the most popular kung fu films ever, and perhaps the peak of the famed Bruce Lee's career, Enter the Dragon achieved success by presenting a series of superbly staged fighting sequences with a minimum of distractions. The story finds Lee as a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for his sister's death. This evil villain operates from a fortified island manned by a team of crack martial artists, who also host a kung fu competition. Lee uses his skills to enter the contest and then tries to chop, kick, and otherwise fight his way into the dealer's headquarter. The story is, of course, merely an excuse for showdown after showdown, featuring masterly fighting by Lee in a wide variety of martial arts styles. Essential viewing for martial arts fans, the film was also embraced by a larger audience, thanks to a fast pace and higher-than-usual production values.

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2012 - 80m - All Seats $7 - DIRECTOR KEVIN EPPS IN PERSON !

The new sequel to the award-winning, groundbreakingfilm of the same name!

Even long-time San Franciscans residents have never spent even 5 minutes in the notorious, conveniently isolated neighborhood known as Hunters Point. Located south-east of Potrero Hill, Bayview Hunter's Point is San Francisco's black ghetto that has for decades been ravaged by devastating violence, drug use and poverty. This is the much anticipated follow up to 2003’s groundbreaking, and widely acclaimed documentary that presented often disturbing, sometimes hilarious, always engaging street-level glimpses of an area most city residents avoid at any cost. In this completely new film Epps reveals anew, with the unrelenting eye of an embedded war journalist, the present state of the community that he still calls home.

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Dir. Kevin Macdonald - 2011 - 145m

SPECIAL THANKS TO AMP CONCERTS !

Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best. 

From Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (One Day In September, The Last King of Scotland) comes the story of a towering figure of musical history, whose music and message has transcended different cultures, languages and creeds to resonate around the world today as powerfully as when he was alive. 

"I think what's great about the film is though there have been a lot of things done on Bob, I think this one will give people a more emotional connection to Bob's life as a man – not just as a reggae legend or a mythical figure, but his life as a man.” – Ziggy Marley

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2012 - 90m - All Seats $6

WINNER - AUDIENCE AWARD DOC NYC 2011

OFFICIAL SELECTION TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2011

WINNER - JURY PRIZE SF INDIEFEST 2011

Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world's most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong dreams are at stake. In the final round, with hundreds competing for only a handful of elite scholarships and contracts, practice and discipline are paramount, and nothing short of perfection is expected. Bess Kargman's award-winning documentary, FIRST POSITION, follows six young dancers as they prepare for a chance to enter the world of professional ballet, struggling through bloodied feet, near exhaustion and debilitating injuries, all while navigating the drama of adolescence. A showcase of awe-inspiring talent, tenacity and passion, FIRST POSITION paints a thrilling and moving portrait of the most gifted young ballet stars of tomorrow.

"Irresistible. A valentine to the art. Director Kargman triumphs by picking characters who defy expectations." - Mary Pols, TIME Magazine

"You’ll want to dance with joy after seeing ‘First Position." - Redbook

"POIGNANT, HILARIOUS, HEARTBREAKING." - Laura Bleiberg, The Los Angeles Times

"Forget ‘Black Swan’- this is the real deal. Think ‘Hoop Dreams’ in toe shoes." - Arnold Jones, Dallas Voice

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Dir. Bruce McDonald - 2010 - 90m

From acclaimed Canadian director Bruce McDonald!

Rita Chiarelli, Canada’s Goddess of the Blues, takes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Blues: Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary, a.k.a Angola Prison - formerly the bloodiest prison in America. Rita’s trip turns into an unprecedented historic jailhouse performance, playing with – rather than for – musician inmates serving life sentences. Their shared bond of music, and Chiarelli’s ebullient personality, draw striking revelations from the inmates. Rather than sensational stories of convicts, we witness remarkable voices of hope as their love of music radiates humanity and redemption on their quest for forgiveness.

Awarded ‘Best of Show: Feature Documentary” at the Accolade Competition 2011

1 of 100 international documentary films made eligible for the Academy Awards 2011

Awarded ‘Best Canadian Documentary’ at the Edmonton International Film Festival 2010

Official Selection of the International Documentary Association’s Docuweeks 2010

"(FOUR STARS) Highest Rating. Music from the Big House is a compelling and unique documentary, worth your time and attention. A sure-fire conversation-starter!" - Todd David Schwartz, CurveWire

“(FOUR STARS) Highest Rating. There's no doubt that Big House will stay with you.” - Mel Priestly, Vue Weekly Edmonton

“Excuse me for gushing, but documentary filmmaking does not get any better than this. This is one of those documentaries that deserve to be seen by… everyone.” - Don Schwartz, Cine Source Magazine

“Near perfect movie” - Tony King, CKUA host of ‘Albert Morning’

"wow…WOW! A film that anyone with hope in his heart will appreciate." - Lou Novacheck, BC(Blogcritics)

"(FOUR STARS) No matter where you stand on these issues, you won’t be the same once you’ve seen it. Like the Blues itself, the film is all about truth, conviction and belief." - Barry Hammond, See Magazine

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Dir. Lea Pool - 2011 - 98m - Co-Sponsored by our great neighbors Self Serve Toys!

SPECIAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON OPENING MONDAY SHOW BY SELF SERVE TOYS.  MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW!

The ubiquitous pink ribbons of breast cancer philanthropy - and the hand-in-hand marketing of brands and products associated with that philanthropy — permeates our culture, providing assurance that we are engaged in a successful battle against this insidious disease. But the campaign obscures the reality and facts of breast cancer – more and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and face the same treatment options they did 40 years ago. Yet women are also the most influential market group, buying 80 percent of consumer products and making most major household purchasing decisions. So then who really benefits from the pink ribbon campaigns — the cause or the company? And what if the very companies and products that profit from their association have actually contributed to the problem?

In showing the real story of breast cancer and the lives of those who fight it, Pink Ribbons, Inc. reveals the co-opting of what marketing experts have labeled a "dream cause."

"Indignant and subversive...resoundingly pops the shiny pink balloon of the breast cancer movement/industry, debunking the ‘comfortable lies’ and corporate double-talk that permeate the massive and thus-far-ineffectual campaign against a disease that claims nearly 60,000 lives each year in North America alone." – John Anderson, Variety

"Powerful and disturbing. A no holds barred look at the 'breast cancer culture.'" - David-Elijah Nahmod, Bay Area Reporter

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Dir. Kell Kearns - 2011 - 61m - A Heaven On Earth Creations Presentation - Director & Producer in Person! All Seats $8

A New Mexico Premiere!

"If you hope that what’s really going on amidst the fear over 2012, is the rise to oneness and love, Globalized Soul could be the most important film you’ll see this year. Selected as “The Featured Film” of the 2011 UN International Day of Peace, it travels the world in search of an emerging paradigm to see us through our global crises.  What the producers found is that everywhere love’s infinite possibilities pervade a human vanguard. Globalized Soul unfolds as much like an ensemble drama as a documentary, weaving stories of peace-builders around the planet - poignant, joyful stories in which hatred and suffering transform into love and caring.  The Dalai Lama, Sister Joan Chittister, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Roshi Joan Halifax, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari, Mirabai Starr are featured. The ecstatic theme surges on the music of Enya, Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar." - Director Kell Kearns

Producers Kell and Cynthia Lukas will be present to discuss the film.

SCIENCE OF MIND MAGAZINE REVIEW

NEW SPIRIT JOURNAL REVIEW

JOURNAL OF INDIA REVIEW

HOLISTIC LIVING RADIO INTERVIEW

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Dir. Alex Perry - 2012 - 84m

VOTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 BEST UNDISTRIBUTED FILMS OF 2011 BY FILM COMMENT, THE VILLAGE VOICE CRITICS POLL AND THE INDIE WIRE CRITICS POLL!

The story of JR, an increasingly transient aspiring news-anchor, as she forces her disappointing younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s apartment.  Problem is, these grown up kids do not get along, and are both too obnoxious to know better. Chaos and calamity are not far behind her beat up Honda Accord. Too bad that nobody else in the world can stand either of them.  Not Colin’s neglectful girlfriend, nor JR’s former high school friends, nor strangers they clash with at pretty much every step of their hopeless and increasingly infuriating voyage of frustration, failure and jerks.

It can only be a matter of time before JR and Colin arrive at the strangest and most unsettling of resolutions and put to rest their decades of animosity, half-baked sibling rivalry and endless bickering. Resting uncomfortably somewhere between the solipsistic, unrepressed id of late Jerry Lewis, and the confrontational pseudo-sexual self-loathing of Philip Roth and shot on grainy 16mm black and white evoking the motels, diners and loners of Robert Frank’s America, The Color Wheel is a comedic symphony of disappointment and forgiveness.

“The cinema of the future, I hope.” – Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, mubi.com/Ebert Presents At The Movies

“Director Alex Ross Perry gives a harsh, sarcastic twist to the intimate rivalry of siblings... [he] directs these uproarious rapid-fire flareups with exquisite comic timing and incisive comic framing.” - Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“Hard to swallow but impossible to ignore, this nihilistic comedy may emerge as a cult touchstone. Sean Price Williams' grainy, monochrome 16mm camerawork imparts a bleak beauty to the unrelieved sameness of the siblings' odyssey and lends particular potency to the rug-pulling finale.” - Ronnie Scheib, Variety

 “The Color Wheel has plenty of offbeat style [and] accessibility, being a sheer delight of sarcasm and uneasy wit.” - Eric Kohn, IndieWire

“A New Yorker's movie in its purest form.” - Stéphane Delorme, Cahiers du Cinema

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Dir. Dan Carracino and Kevin Hanlon - 2012 - 104m - All Seats $6

The story of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, a man included in TIME Magazine's "100 Persons of the 20th Century." Interviews, recreations, and rare archival material reveal how Bill Wilson, a hopeless drunk near death from his alcoholism, found a way out of his own addiction and then forged a path for countless others to follow. With Bill as its driving force, A.A. grew from a handful of men to a worldwide fellowship of over 2 million men and women – a success that made him an icon within A.A., but also an alcoholic unable to be a member of the very society he had created. A reluctant hero, Bill Wilson lived a life of sacrifice and service, and left a legacy that continues every day, all around the world.

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Dir. Jannicke Systad Jacobsen - 2011 - 76m - Norway - In Norwegian with English Subtitles

A whimsical and refreshingly honest coming of age story about the blossoming sexuality of a teenage girl. The feature debut of Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, the film was awarded “Best Screenplay” at the Tribeca Film Festival as well as “Best Debut Film” at the Rome Film Festival.

15-year-old Alma (Helene Bergsholm) is consumed by her out-of-control hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to down-and-dirty daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on. Alma and her best friend Sara live in an insufferably boring little town in the hinterlands of Norway called Skoddeheimen, a place they loathe so much that every time their school bus passes the sign that names it, they routinely flip it off. After Alma has a stimulating yet awkward encounter with Artur, she makes the mistake of telling her incredulous friends, who ostracize her at school, until Sara can’t even be seen with her. At home, Alma’s single mother is overwhelmed and embarrassed by her daughter’s extravagant phone sex bills and wears earplugs to muffle Alma’s round-the-clock acts of self-gratification. 

Laced with warmth and quirky humor, TURN ME ON, DAMMIT! is a light-hearted take on a story that is told so often about boys and so rarely about teenage girls.

"A dry, whimsical and finally sweet film that tries to turn the conventional teenage sex comedy inside out (at least in gender terms), this debut feature from writer-director Jannicke Systad Jacobsen is one of those rare movies that gets better and more complicated the more you think about it. Watching the film is a thoroughly charming experience on its own terms" - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon

“Funny... and poignant without ever seeming leering or exploitative. The way salty-sweet comedy TURN ME ON, DAMMIT! treats the hormone-addled turmoil of its 15-year-old heroine Alma (Helene Bergsholm) feels something close to revolutionary. I don't want to overburden this mild-mannered 76-minute Norwegian debut, but it's true.” - Alison Willmore, Movieline

“Charming. The credence it gives to a young female’s sexuality is definitely refreshing.” - Miranda Siegel, New York Magazine

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Dir. John Harrison - 1990 - 93m - An ALIBI MIDNIGHT MOVIE MADNESS PRESENTATION! - $6 Students with ids / $8 General

DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF STRANGER FACTORY!

From Stephen King, Michael McDowell (Creator of Beetlejuice), George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) and Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes) comes this all-star horror anthology packed with fun and fright. "The Wraparound Story" concerns a little boy who spins all the tales... to distract a modern-day witch who wants to pop him in the oven!

Lot 249 - In the first segment, Michael McDowell adapts Arthur Conan Doyle's short story, "Lot No. 249". A graduate student, Bellingham (played by Steve Buscemi), reanimates a mummy and uses it to take revenge on a pair of crooked college students, Susan (played by Julianne Moore), and Lee (played by Robert Sedgwick) who conspired to cheat Bellingham out of a scholarship. 

Cat from Hell - In the second tale, George A. Romero adapts a Stephen King short story (of the same name). It is the story of Drogan, a wealthy elderly man (played by William Hickey), who uses a wheelchair, and hires a hitman, Halston (played by David Johansen), for one of the strangest jobs of his career: kill a black cat, which Drogan believes is murderously evil.

Lover's Vow - The third and final segment is written by Michael McDowell and based on yuki-onna, a spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore or more specifically Lafcadio Hearn's version in Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In the story, a despondent artist named Preston (played by James Remar) witnesses a gruesome murder by a gargoyle-like monster.

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Dir. Bill Melendez - 1972 - 81m - MOM'S MATINEE RETURNS WITH MORE OF THE PEANUTS GANG! All Seats $5

Charles Schulz's beloved "Peanuts" characters hit the big screen again in the enjoyable Snoopy, Come Home. This time, everyone's favorite beagle turns the kids' world upside down when he receives a mysterious letter from a girl named Lila and hits the road with best friend Woodstock, evading a sadistic would-be pet owner and other perils along the way. Meanwhile, Charlie Brown is left to wonder: Who is Lila, and will Snoopy ever return?

Made back in the early '70's when the Peanuts Gang were still groovin' to Vince Guaraldi's jazz score!

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