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.”
Seven Samurai
- Today, Jul 27
- Sun, Jul 28
- Mon, Jul 29
- Tue, Jul 30
- Wed, Jul 31
- Thu, Aug 1
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 207 min. Release Year: 1954 Language: Japanese
Starring: Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshio Inaba
The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town
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 Conversation
Director: Francis Ford Coppola Run Time: 113 min. Release Year: 1974
Starring: Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest, Gene Hackman, John Cazale
THE CONVERSATION, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 masterpiece of societal paranoia in the guise of a wiretapping thriller coincidentally...
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...
The Virgin Suicides
- Fri, Aug 23
- Sat, Aug 24
- Mon, Aug 26
Director: Sofia Coppola Run Time: 97 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2000
Starring: James Woods, Josh Hartnett, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Michael Paré
Beautiful, mysterious, haunting, invariably fatal. Just like life.
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!