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Seeking Mavis Beacon
NR 104 min.
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Doc searches for the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
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The 4:30 Movie
R 87 min.
Kevin Smith comedy about an Eighties teen trying to sneak into an R-rated comedy
¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!
NR 88 min.
South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone try to save a Denver landmark
The Critic
R 101 min.
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Ian McKellen plays a theatre critic willing to stab a few backs in 1930s London
Dan Da Dan: First Encounter
NR 75 min.
First three episodes of the anime adaptation of the manga series by Yukinobu Tatsu
The Killer's Game
R 104 min.
When a top hitman is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take a hit out on himself
Speak No Evil
R 110 min.
Blumhouse remake of the Danish hit horror about two couples who hit it off on vacation
Will & Harper
R 116 min.
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Lifelong friends Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, a newly transitioned trans woman, roadtrip across America
First-Run Movies
Alien: Romulus
R 119 min.
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Fede Alvarez speed runs through earlier Alien films in this uninspired sequel
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
PG-13 104 min.
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Tim Burton's long-awaited sequel is a wasted opportunity
Blink Twice
R 102 min.
In her directorial debut, Zoë Kravitz delivers a distinctive, post-#MeToo thriller
Borderlands
PG-13 101 min.
Eli Roth directs this futuristic quest caper based on the best-selling video game
Despicable Me 4
PG 94 min.
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Former supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain-League agent Gru returns
The Front Room
R 94 min.
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Warped A24 drama about an old lady terrorizing her daughter-in-law
Harold and the Purple Crayon
PG 90 min.
The beloved children's picture book is mined for a live-action family film
Inside Out 2
PG 96 min.
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The inner life of now-teenager Riley gets complicated when Anxiety takes a turn at the wheel
It Ends With Us
PG-13 130 min.
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Mostly sensitive look at domestic abuse, based on Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel
MaXXXine
R 104 min.
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Triumphant third installment in Ti West's cinematic slasher-horror series
Strange Darling
R 96 min.
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Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree
Twisters
PG-13 122 min.
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Pale imitation of what made the original such an unexpected smash of a disaster movie
You Gotta Believe
PG 104 min.
Inspirational story about a Little League team that dedicates the season to one teammate's ailing father
Special Screenings
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition (1979)
The slow-motion picture: That’s how the first cinematic voyage of the Starship Enterprise was mockingly described when first released in 1979. Audiences wanted the pulp action of Star Wars, and the insatiable appetite for space adventure was enough to get the franchise to the beloved Wrath of Khan and beyond. But what director Robert Wise created, and amplified with his 2001 remaster/re-edit, was to capture the original series’ sense of cosmic wonder. The torpor becomes spectacle and introduces all the themes of aging, friendship, and loss that would define the ongoing star trekking of Bones, Spock, Kirk, Scotty, and Uhura. – Richard WhittakerSept. 13-18 -
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Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)
How can I, a cool Kat on Earth, not love A Punk Cat in Space? Way back in 2003 around when it came out, the Japanese animation was a hit with our own Marc Savlov, who opened a four-star review by saying, “I’m tempted to call this the best film of the year so far based on its sheer originality alone, but my dog would never speak to me again.” It’s delightfully weird, telling a story of a kittycat in Tokyo who goes to outer space against her human mom’s wishes and happens upon the mysterious Planet Q. Tamala’s mostly black-and-white animation evokes the silent film era’s Felix the Cat in look and the Seventies’ Fritz the Cat in tone, and a new restoration ensures a high-quality viewing. In Japanese with English subtitles. – Kat McNevins Read a full review of Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space.Sept. 13-18 -
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The Third Man (1949)
Having bought tickets to a film noir, I wonder if audiences in 1949 laughed out loud when they first heard Anton Karas’ jaunty zither score. Sure, the Old World stringed instrument was geographically on point for a film set in post-World War II Vienna. (Director Carol Reed discovered Karas strumming away in a bar during the on-location shoot.) Still, it was a far cry from the moody, broody sound you’d expect to score a suspense about an American writer (Joseph Cotten) investigating the mysterious death of his friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). But if audiences laughed, they also clapped, and bought the bejesus out of the soundtrack. The perfect music for, yes, a perfect movie. – Kimberley Jones Read a full review of The Third Man.Sept. 13-19
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We Love the ’90s: Jurassic Park & Batman & Robin
As a product of the Nineties, I am extremely biased about the media from said decade. Yet you simply can’t deny the filmic excellence produced during those years between 1990 and 1999! Smokeables-slingers High Noon know the score, which is why every Monday in September they’re playing two Nineties classics. This week’s got two excellent vintages: Jurassic Park, which came out the year I was born (1993), and Batman & Robin, which gave the B-man nipples at long last (1997). First 10 attendees get a free preroll, so hurry in and light it up. This screening’s gonna be totally tubular. – James ScottMon., Sept. 16
