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He is one of the few actors who has a word created for him in the dictionary. "Cantinflear," means to speak alot but to say nothing in the final analysis. Thus is the power of the comedy of Mario ... read more |
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A Classic from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema Sponsored by Televisa / Fundación Televisa 1940 | Not Rated | Comedy, Comedy | d. Juan Bustillo Oro Cantinflas, Joaquín Pardavé, Sara García Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Tuesday, Aug 11 at 06:00 PM
Archival 35mm Spanish with English Subtitles
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“Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!”…to 1930’s Berlin, a time of political unrest and economic hardship. However, amidst the chaos and distress, there is one place people can go to forget their problems - the Kit Kat Club.
It is ... read more |
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With Special Guest Michael York Sponsored by 1972 | PG | Musical, Romance | d. Bob Fosse Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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On the surface, this splendid evocation of 1940s film noir is a detective picture set in 1930s Los Angeles. But in actuality, it is a multi-faceted story of political corruption, degeneracy, psychology, double-cross, deception and multiple twists and turns—each ... read more |
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Best Original Screenplay 1974 Sponsored by 1974 | R | Thriller, Mystery | d. Roman Polanski Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 16 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm 35th Anniversary Screening
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Special 70th ANNIVERSARY presentation of one of the most popular films of all time. If not the greatest movie ever made (whom some would swear by!), it is certainly among the greatest examples of filmmaking – years in production, costing ... read more |
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Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Screenplay 1939 1939 | G | Romance, Drama | d. Victor Fleming Vivien Leigh, George Reeves and Clark Gable Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Thursday, Aug 13 at 06:00 PM
Archival 35mm 70th Anniversary Screening
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“The English have a great hunger for desolate places. I fear they hunger for Arabia.” – Alec Guinness as Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia.
Ranked by the American Film Institute as the #1 cinema epic of all ... read more |
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1962 | PG | Adventure, Drama | d. David Lean Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 9 at 06:00 PM
Restored 35mm
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A flying British nanny changes the lives of two children, largely ignored by their disciplinarian banker father and loving but distracted suffragette mother. Aloof but charming, Mary Poppins, with or without jack of all trades Bert, takes the Banks kids ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1964 | G | Family, Musical | d. Robert Stevenson Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 8 at 03:30 PM
Archival 35mm 45th Anniversary Screening
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A flying British nanny changes the lives of two children, largely ignored by their disciplinarian banker father and loving but distracted suffragette mother. Aloof but charming, Mary Poppins, with or without jack of all trades Bert, takes the Banks kids ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1964 | G | Family, Musical | d. Robert Stevenson Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 03:30 PM
Archival 35mm 45th Anniversary Screening
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The term masterpiece often frightens viewers away from important works of the cinema. No need to worry about Rio Bravo. Howard Hawks not only created a late masterpiece, but produced a film that gathered together many of the ... read more |
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Sponsor Appreciation Event / 50th Anniversary Screening Sponsored by Hunt Family Foundation 1959 | Not Rated | Western, Romance | d. Howard Hawks John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Thursday, Aug 6 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm Pass Holders / Invitation Only
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After witnessing the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, two down on their luck musicians, played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, flee from the mob by joining an all-girl band. Seems funny enough. But the writer-director Billy Wilder and his ... read more |
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Introduced by Nick Clooney Sponsored by Friend of Downtown 1959 | Not Rated | Comedy, Crime | d. Billy Wilder Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 7 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm 50th Anniversary Screening / AFI Best Comedy
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After being turned down by several major studios, the project was taken by newcomer director George Lucas to Alan Ladd Jr. at Fox who green-lighted it and put it on their production schedule.
With a small budget for a ... read more |
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Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Film Editing, Costume Design 1977 1977 | PG | Sci-Fi, Adventure | d. George Lucas Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Wednesday, Aug 12 at 06:00 PM
35mm aka Episode IV: A New Hope (Special Edition)
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Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider became household names after their portrayals of Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle and Det. Buddy Russo (based on the real-life NYPD narcotics detectives, Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso) in the groundbreaking early seventies thriller, The French Connection. ... read more |
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Best Picture 1971 1971 | R | Action, Thriller | d. William Friedkin Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Tony Lo Bianco Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 14 at 07:00 PM
35mm
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James Stewart comes by his fear of heights honestly. At the beginning of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, he’s a cop hanging by his fingertips from a building ledge. Stewart spends the rest of the film hanging by even less.
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With Special Guest C.O. “Doc” Erickson Sponsored by 1958 | Not Rated | Mystery, Thriller | d. Alfred Hitchcock James Stewart, Kim Novak Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 8 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet gets an urban retelling in this stylish film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical about two lovers caught between rival street gangs on Manhattan’s west side in the 1950s. Natalie Wood plays Maria, the young ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1961 | Not Rated | Musical, Romance | d. Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Monday, Aug 10 at 07:00 PM
35mm
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