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Local Flavor |
Eddie Corazón (Julian Alcaraz), a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent and secret reader, who attends an alternative high school in rural New Mexico, now walks the thin line between tragedy and glory as he searches for his place in the world. ... read more |
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2009 | | Drama, Independent | d. Rod McCall Elizabeth Peña, A Martinez, Seth Adkins Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 15 at 01:30 PM
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(re)Discovery |
Swift, brutal, and black-hearted, Allen Baron’s New York City noir Blast of Silence is a sensational surprise. This low-budget, carefully crafted portrait of a hit man on assignment in Manhattan during Christmastime follows its stripped-down narrative with mechanical precision, yet ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1961 | Not Rated | Thriller, Drama | d. Allen Baron Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 14 at 10:00 PM
Restored 35mm
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Signature Classic |
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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Local Flavor |
Dr. Michael Vidal is in his final year of residency and has just been named senior chief resident of the heart surgery program at his hospital. After his father's death, he slowly begins to lose touch with reality and ... read more |
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Sponsored by Charlotte and Eric Pearson 2009 | Not Rated | Drama, Independent | d. Carlos Corral Manny Rubio, Jim Daross, Marco Naylor Philanthropy Theatre
Thursday, Aug 13 at 09:00 PM
Digital Second screening added on Sat. Aug. 15 at 10pm
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Local Flavor |
Dr. Michael Vidal is in his final year of residency and has just been named senior chief resident of the heart surgery program at his hospital. After his father's death, he slowly begins to lose touch with reality and ... read more |
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2009 | Not Rated | Drama, Independent | d. Carlos Corral Manny Rubio, Jim Daross, Marco Naylor Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 15 at 10:00 PM
Digital
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(re)Discovery |
John Steinbeck adapted his novel The Pearl for the screen prior to its publication in the United States. He knew that Emilio Fernández and Gabriel Figueroa were the only team that could convey the emotional power hidden between the lines ... read more |
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A Classic from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema Sponsored by Televisa / Fundación Televisa 1947 | Not Rated | Adventure, Drama | d. Emilio Fernández Pedro Armendáriz, María Elena Marqués, Fernando Wagner Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Tuesday, Aug 11 at 09:00 PM
Archival 35mm Spanish with English Subtitles
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Essential Art House |
There has never been a face quite like that of Giulietta Masina. Her husband, the legendary Federico Fellini, directs her as Gelsomina in La strada, the film that launched them both to international stardom. Gelsomina is sold by her ... read more |
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1954 | Not Rated | Drama, Drama | d. Federico Fellini Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart Philanthropy Theatre
Wednesday, Aug 12 at 06:30 PM
Digital 55th Anniversary Screening
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Signature Classic |
“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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Local Flavor |
As a teenager, Lee fled his hometown in the American Midwest. Six years later he returns, a strange kind of ghost seeking haunt in his mother’s basement, seeking the other who resides there - Ready, his brother.
Ready’s plans ... read more |
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With special guests Zach Passero and Justin Stone Sponsored by 2009 | Not Rated | Drama, Drama | d. Zach Passero, Justin Stone Justin Stone, Zach Passero, Lindsay Stone Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 8 at 10:00 PM
Digital World Premiere Screening
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In "Reservoir Dogs," a character gets shot in the stomach and spends the rest of the movie bleeding. During this excruciating ebb and flow, you'll also witness the most appalling acts of violence but you'll see nervy brilliance too. If ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1992 | R | Crime, Drama | d. Quentin Tarantino Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 7 at 10:00 PM
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Take a quick trip to Italy in Roman Holiday, another Plaza Classic favorite starring Audrey Hepburn. This delightful film features Hepburn as a Princess who decides to take a break from her royal duties. While experiencing Rome on ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1953 | Not Rated | Romance, Drama | d. William Wyler Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and Eddie Albert Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Monday, Aug 10 at 03:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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Adapted from the 1949 novel by Jack Schaefer, producer-director George Stevens has created a timeless classic -- certainly one of the five finest Western films ever created. A mysterious gunman rides into a Wyoming valley and helps the homesteaders in ... read more |
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#3 in the “Top 10 Westerns of all time” by the AFI (2008) Sponsored by 1953 | Not Rated | Western, Drama | d. George Stevens Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Jack Palance Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 14 at 03:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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Essential Art House |
Join us for a special 50th Anniversary screening of one of the most popular French New Wave films. The 400 Blows, directed by François Truffaut, is the first in a series of five films chronicling the life of Antoine ... read more |
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1959 | Not Rated | Crime, Drama | d. François Truffaut Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy Philanthropy Theatre
Monday, Aug 10 at 06:30 PM
Digital 50th Anniversary Presentation
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With its Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack, southern California locations, and counter-cultural message, Mike Nichol’s The Graduate both defines the rebellious mood of the late 1960s and endures as an American classic. Dustin Hoffman plays Ben Braddock, a recent college ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1967 | PG | Drama, Romance | d. Mike Nichols Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 7 at 07:30 PM
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Paul Newman earned a Best Actor nomination for his gritty performance as Fast Eddie Felson, a brash young California pool shark trying to find redemption on the green felt in an epic game with “Minnesota Fats” in Robert Rossen’s stark ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1961 | Not Rated | Drama, Romance | d. Robert Rossen Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Sunday, Aug 16 at 03:30 PM
Restored 35mm
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Essential Art House |
Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. Much studied, imitated, even parodied, but never outdone, ... read more |
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1957 | Not Rated | Adventure, Drama | d. Ingmar Bergman Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Max von Sydow Philanthropy Theatre
Tuesday, Aug 11 at 06:30 PM
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Essential Art House / (re)Discovery |
"The most beautiful film ever made...", said american film critic Pauline Kael.
In the south of France, in a vast plain region called the Camargue, lives White Mane, a magnificent stallion and the leader of a herd of ... read more |
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1953 | Not Rated | Drama, Family | d. Albert Lamorisse Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 14 at 10:00 AM
Restored 35mm Presented as part of PLAZA DAYS: Tours, Tunes and a Classic
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(re)Discovery |
Sometimes it’s the case with cinema, that the less you know about a film, the more you are open to its advances. That should be doubly true when you don’t even know what you’re going to watch! So ... read more |
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With Guest Presenter Zach Passero Sponsored by 1971 | | Drama, Action | d. Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 8 at 07:30 PM
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