revival cinema
Welcome to revival cinema, devoted to screenings of films that are outside of a current release. Revival cinemas (or repertory houses as they are also called) had their heyday in the 1960s and 70s before the rise of VHS, DVD, and TCM. James Wolcott, cultural critic for Vanity Fair says it best, “Revival houses were where epiphany-seeking cinephiles and less exalted film junkies could dip into the dark for a few hours and cut their Dracula fangs on Hollywood golden oldies, the latest foreign craze, avant-garde provocations, and camp treasures with cult followings.”
Vertigo
- Wed, Apr 17
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 128 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1958
Starring: Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Jones, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Tom Helmore
Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
Some Like It Hot
- Sun, May 5
- Wed, May 8
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 122 min. Release Year: 1959
Starring: ~, George Raft, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Pat O’Brien, Tony Curtis
The movie too HOT for words!
Election
- Tue, May 7
Director: Alexander Payne Run Time: 103 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1999
Starring: Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon
Reading. Writing. Revenge.
Tropical Malady
- Sun, Jun 2
- Wed, Jun 5
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Run Time: 114 min. Release Year: 2004 Language: Thai
Starring: Banlop Lomnoi, Huey Deesom, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Siriwej Jareornchon, Udom Promma
Love is a malady without a cure...
Milk
- Tue, Jun 4
Director: Gus Van Sant Run Time: 128 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2008
Starring: Diego Luna, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn
Never blend in.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Tue, Jul 9
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 129 min. Release Year: 1939
Starring: Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, James Stewart, Jean Arthur
Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!
Blade Runner
- Sun, Jul 14
- Wed, Jul 17
Director: Ridley Scott Run Time: 118 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1982
Starring: Edward James Olmos, Harrison Ford, M. Emmet Walsh, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
Man has made his match... now it's his problem.
All the President’s Men
- Tue, Aug 6
Director: Alan J. Pakula Run Time: 138 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1976
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Hal Holbrook, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Robert Redford
The most devastating detective story of this century.
The Gleaners and I
- Sun, Aug 18
- Wed, Aug 21
Director: Agnès Varda Run Time: 82 min. Release Year: 2000 Language: French
Starring: Agnès Varda, Bodan Litnanski, François Wertheimer
An 1867 painting by Jean-Francois Millet inspired septuagenarian documentarian Agnes Varda to cross the French countryside to videotape...
Selma
- Tue, Sep 3
Director: Ava DuVernay Run Time: 128 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2014
Starring: Carmen Ejogo, David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey, Tim Roth, Tom Wilkinson
One dream can change the world.
Get Out
- Sun, Sep 15
- Wed, Sep 18
Director: Jordan Peele Run Time: 104 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2017
Starring: Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Daniel Kaluuya, Stephen Root
Just because you're invited, doesn't mean you're welcome.
A Matter of Life and Death
- Sun, Oct 6
- Wed, Oct 9
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell Run Time: 104 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1946
Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Marius Goring, Robert Coote, Roger Livesey
Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!
Night of the Living Dead
- Tue, Oct 8
Director: George A. Romero Run Time: 96 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 1968
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Judith Ridley, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman
If it doesn't scare you, you're already dead!
Close-Up
- Sun, Nov 10
- Wed, Nov 13
Director: Abbas Kiarostami Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 1990 Language: Persian (Farsi)
Starring: Abolfazl Ahankhah, Hossain Sabzian, Mahrokh Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah, Monoochehr Ahankhah
While reading a novel by Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf on the bus, Ali Sabzian strikes up a conversation...
Citizen Kane
- Sun, Dec 8
- Wed, Dec 11
Director: Orson Welles Run Time: 119 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1941
Starring: Dorothy Comingore, George Coulouris, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Ray Collins
It's terrific!