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  Nightbeat Presents Wattstax (1973)

  Kicking off this new season of music-related movies from KOOP, Darkside Daddy and Ear Candy 2.0 host DJ Marc present this very special screening of Mel Stuart’s groundbreaking recording of the monumental Wattstax concert. Described at the time as a soulful expression of the Black experience, it’s not just a concert movie but a chronicle of Black life and culture in Los Angeles in 1972. Don’t forget that soundtrack, with the Staple Singers, Rufus Thomas, Albert King, and Black Moses himself, Isaac Hayes. – Richard Whittaker

  Thu., Feb. 29

  Eastside Cinema

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  One From the Heart: Reprise (1982)

  There aren’t many films that killed a studio and a major musical pairing, but that’s the double infamy of Francis Ford Coppola’s troubled but entrancing 1982 musical. Not only did the runaway budget help take down his American Zoetrope shingle, but it also saw the dissolution of the creative relationship between soundtrack composer Tom Waits and his longtime producer Bones Howe. But oh, the cost was worth it for this wild fantasy telling of the tortured romance between too-contented Hank (Frederic Forrest) and yearning Frannie (Teri Garr) in a magical re-creation of Las Vegas. After a sumptuous restoration of his equally overlooked The Cotton Club, now Coppola has gone back to the original negatives for this 4K restoration and re-edit. – Richard Whittaker Read a full review of One From the Heart.

  Thu., Feb. 29, 4:30pm 

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  Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

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  Crooklyn (1994)

  Nearly a decade into his career as one of America’s most important filmmakers, Spike Lee decided to take a step back. After the Oscar-nominated scale of his political biopic Malcolm X in 1992, he went back to NYC for the deeply intimate Crooklyn, a story drawing directly from his own childhood in Bed-Stuy but not told from his perspective. Instead, he worked from a script co-written with two of his siblings, Joie Susannah and Cinqué, for a rounded, female-driven depiction of Black life in 1973’s Brooklyn. – Richard Whittaker Read a full review of Crooklyn.

  Thu., Feb. 29, 7pm 

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  Violet Crown Cinema

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  The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

  Anderson's big generational saga woos the audience with its humor, spirit, style, and ability. Read a full review of The Royal Tenenbaums.

  Thu., Feb. 29, 7pm

  Alamo Drafthouse Village