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February 2018
A Matter of Life and Death / Age of Consent
Los Angeles Premiere of New 4K Restoration! A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH aka STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN 1946, Sony Repertory, 104 min, UK, Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger A breathtaking meditation on the mercies of love and the cruelties of fate, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH stars David Niven as a WWII pilot pleading his case in Heaven, claiming that he was not meant to die and should be allowed to return to lovely Kim Hunter on Earth. Roger…
Find out more »Basket Case / Brain Damage / Frankenhooker
Co-presented by Beyond Fest, Cinematic Void and Arrow Video New 4K Restoration by MoMA! BASKET CASE 1982, 91 min, Dir: Frank Henenlotter If you’d been separated from a horribly deformed, bloodthirsty Siamese twin, wouldn’t you carry him around in a basket like Keven Van Hentenryck does? A campy cult classic! 35 mm! BRAIN DAMAGE 1988, 84 min, Dir: Frank Henenlotter BASKET CASE writer-director Frank Henenlotter returns with this cult horror-comedy. Brian (Rick Hearst) becomes addicted to a parasite’s hallucinogenic secretions,…
Find out more »March 2018
Dr. Doolittle (1967)
Rex Harrison stars as the man who talks to the animals in this charming, music-filled family fantasy. Discussion following with writer-composer Leslie Bricusse and actress Samantha Eggar. Discussion following with writer-composer Leslie Bricusse and actress Samantha Eggar. 4k Restoration! DOCTOR DOLITTLE 1967, 20th Century Fox, 152 min, USA, Dir: Richard Fleischer Based on the original Hugh Lofting stories, director Richard Fleischer’s (20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, FANTASTIC VOYAGE) charming, beautifully conceived fantasy stars the irreplaceable Rex Harrison as the Man…
Find out more »The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Sci-Fi Weekend expands to the realm of fantasy with this high-spirited and popular adventure that opened for the holiday season at the end of 1958. Produced by Charles Schneer (20 Million Miles to Earth, Jason and the Argonauts), written by Ken Kolb, and directed by Nathan Juran, who also helmed the camp classic, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. This fun-for-all ages, princess-in-peril tale features Kerwin Matthews as Sinbad, Kathryn Grant as the imperiled princess, plus Torin Thatcher and Richard…
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