THE WICKER MAN 1973
After receiving an anonymous letter about a missing 12-year-old girl, devoutly Christian Police Sergeant Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) travels by seaplane to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But the islanders welcome neither his badge nor religious devotion, for Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee) and his devoted followers worship only the pagan gods of old – and those gods demand a sacrifice. Howie fears for the missing girl’s life and follows every possible lead to find her – despite the islanders’ interference – before she becomes a human sacrificial lamb.
Friday, May 2
Saturday, May 3
Director: Robin Hardy
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Starring: Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland​​
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Runtime: 93 min., UK
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Language: English
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Director: Alex Garland
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Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson​​
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Runtime: 115 min., UK/USA
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Language: English
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ANNIHILATION 2018
In his sci-fi thriller Annihilation, writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) envisions a haunting and beautiful landscape where DNA and biological processes do not abide known rules. A film that studios feared would be too complex for audiences, but which gained a cult following, Annihilation centers on an all-women team of scientists and military personnel who must go where men have failed before them to find the reason for this new uncanny valley. Annihilation was inspired by the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy. Variety called it a “rare feat of great genre cinema, where audiences are not merely thrilled (the film is both intensely scary and unexpectedly beautiful in parts) but also feel as if their minds have been expanded along the way.” (Museum of the Moving Image)
Friday, May 16
Saturday, May 17
PSYCHO 1960
In Alfred Hitchcock’s groundbreaking psychological horror, lovely embezzler Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) takes refuge from a rainstorm off the beaten track on a lonely California highway. Unfortunately, she checks in at the Bates Motel, presided over by young Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a strange fellow living with his mother in a nearby mansion. Hitchcock used the small crew from his popular TV show for this hair-raising example of California Gothic, and it remains one of the most influential chillers ever made.
Friday, May 30
Saturday, May 31
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Starring: Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles​​
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Runtime: 109 min., USA
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Language: English
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