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THE LOFT CINEMAFILM GUIDEOCTOBER 2019

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FIRST LOVE(SEE PAGE 39)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 7:00PM

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PLEASE NOTE:Screen 2 is not wheelchair accessible.

HEARING LOOP AVAILABLEIN ALL 3 SCREENSMade possible by Paul & Mary Koss.

ENJOY BEER & WINE AT THE LOFT CINEMA!We also offer Fresco Pizza*, Tucson Tamale Company Tamales, Burritos from Tumerico, Ethiopian Wraps from Cafe Desta and Sandwiches from the 4th Ave. Deli, along with organic popcorn, craft chocolate bars, vegan cookies and more! *Pizza served after 5pm daily.

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FILM GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE AT:

• 1702 Craft Beer & Pizza

• aLoft Hotel• Antigone Books• Aqua Vita• Black Crown

Coffee• Black Rose Tattoo• Bookman’s• Bookstop• Borderlands

Brewery• Brooklyn Pizza• Cafe Luce• Cartel Coffee Lab• Casa Video• Chocolate Iguana• Coyote Wore

Sideburns• Downtown Clifton

Hotel

• Epic Cafe• Ermanos• Fantasy Comics• First American Title• Frominos• Heroes & Villains• Hotel Congress• Humanities

Seminars• Jewish Community

Center• KXCI• La Indita• Maynard’s Market• OLLI• Parks & Recreation• Pima Community

College• Pima County

Libraries• Public Brewhouse

• R-Galaxy• Raging Sage• Rocco’s Little

Chicago• SW University of

Visual Arts• Shot in the Dark

Cafe• Southern AZ AIDS

Foundation• The Historic Y• Time Market• Tucson Hop Shop• UA Media Arts• Varsity Hotel• Visit Tucson Visitor

Center• Welcome Diner• Whole Foods• Xoom Juice• Zia Records

BEER OF THE MONTH:PUT ON A HOPPY FACEMASON ALE WORKSONLY $3.50 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

CLOSED CAPTIONS & AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS!The Loft Cinema offers Closed Captions and Audio Descriptions for films whenever they are available. Check our website to see which films offer this technology.

OCTOBER 2019LOFT MEMBERSHIPS 5

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 6-22

LOFT STAFF SELECTS 6, 17

SOLAR CINEMA 9, 11

LOFT JR. 12

JOURNALISM ON SCREEN 13

ESSENTIAL CINEMA 15

COMMUNITY RENTALS 21-23

LOFT FILM FEST 24-25

NEW FILMS 30-43

REEL READS SELECTION 35

MONDO MONDAYS 46

CULT CLASSICS 47

LOFT CINEMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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LOFT CINEMA STAFF

Executive Director: Peggy Johnson

Deputy Director: Zach Breneman

Program Director: Jeff Yanc

Marketing Director: J.J. Giddings

Finance Director: Jonathan Kleefeld

Director of Membership and Donor Services: Amber Kleefeld

Director of Education and Engagement: Shawna DaCosta

Deputy Marketing Director: Matt McCoy

Marketing Associate: Ben Mackey

Administrative Assistant/Outreach Coordinator: Daniela Ontiveros

Director of Theatre Operations: Jason Denholm

Operations Manager: Brenda Rodriguez

Assistant Managers: Marcel Jeanisse, Madeline McClure, Candace Ripley, Pedro Robles-Hill, A.J. Simon

Ron BarberPresidentTim FullerVice-President Stephen GoldenTreasurer Melodie LopezSecretary

Betsy BoldingJaime GutiérrezDianne IaucoMary Koss

Carmen MarriottHal MelfiDavid NixKatherine PewTim ReckartClaire ScheurenLisanne SkylerJoanne StuhrJoe TarverFrank ValenzuelaJan Mueller, Emeritus

Dear Friends of The Loft Cinema, Thank you to everyone who became a member of The Loft Cinema during our September membership campaign! 100% of your membership goes directly to supporting everything you love about The Loft Cinema and we literally could not do it without you!

We are excited about the 10th Annual Loft Film Fest, November 7-14! We believe this year’s fest will feature our strongest lineup of films from around the world, and we continue our commitment to having at least half the films directed by women! Watch our emails, social media posts and our website loftfilmfest.org for updates as we announce the films and guests about mid-October! And thanks to Desert Diamond Casinos and Entertainment, along with the National Endowment for the Arts, for providing the foundational support that makes the fest possible.

We are also excited to offer you the opportunity to see JOKER on the biggest screen in Southern Arizona in 70mm! This film, already generating Oscar® buzz for actor Joaquin Phoenix, opens with early screenings Thursday, October 3.

Peggy Johnson, Executive Director

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FIRST FRIDAY SHORTSPRESENTED BY MOTHER ROAD BREWING CO.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 7:30PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6

$200 MONTHLY PRIZE! | $1,000 YEARLY PRIZE!

On the first Friday of each month comedians Bridgitte Thum and Mike Sterner host our monthly short film contest – just bring us your short films and we’ll play them on the largest movie screen in Southern Arizona! IN CASE YOU’VE NEVER BEEN TO A FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS SHOW, HERE ARE THE RULES: We’ll play any short film, music video or short documentary that you’ve made that’s under 15 minutes long and is brought to us on a thumb drive (One film per person, drives need to be in by 8pm. We do not accept commercials or advertisements). Submissions (the first 15 films each month) are only taken on the day of the event. All films are played in the order they’re received. Every film is guaranteed to play for 3 minutes, but after that the audience can call for the dreaded “gong” if they’re displeased. If the gong is struck, our intrepid host stops the film and the next movie begins. But don’t despair … if your film is gonged, you can re-work it and bring it back to see if the changes you’ve made have pleased the audience. This is a great way for filmmakers to try out new ideas and see how an actual audience responds, so take advantage. You cannot submit the same film more than once unless it has been re-worked. Remember, the audience decides the winner each and every month, so keep them happy! Filmmaker must be in attendance to win the cash prize. We reserve the right not to screen any short film for any reason. PLEASE BE ADVISED: Content ratings are unknown and some material may not be suitable for all audiences.

TEMPORADA DE PATOS(DUCK SEASON)SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 AT 7:30PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6

PART OF LOFT STAFF SELECTS!A monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen by our amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s film was chosen by Peggy Johnson, Executive Director!

Presented by Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuarón and directed and co-written by acclaimed filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke (Lake Tahoe; Club Sandwich), Temporada de patos tells the hilarious and heartfelt story of Moko (Diego Cataño, Desierto) and Flama (Daniel Miranda), two fourteen-year-olds who have been best friends since they were kids.

“A quiet, loopy gem, Duck Season is a goofball celebration of old friends, new beginnings, adolescent freedom, and baked goods laced with a little something extra.” – Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery. The electricity company, Rita, the neighbor, Ulises, a pizza deliveryman, eleven seconds, the Real Madrid-Manchester game, some chocolate brownies and a horrible painting of ducks, all combine to break the harmony of what promised to be a placid Sunday, and reveal issues such as the parents’ divorce, loneliness, the confusion between adolescent love and friendship, as well as the frustrations of adulthood. Temporada de patos is a movie that shows that, when the lights go off, we can see the stars. Shot in luminous black and white, this charming gem was the winner of five 2005 Ariel Awards (Mexico’s Academy Award), including Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. (Dir. by Fernando Eimbcke, 2004, Mexico/USA, in Spanish with English subtitles, 90 mins., Rated R)

6 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS

Don’t miss the 22nd annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, featuring 10 great new shorts from around the world – and YOU help select the winner!

Moviegoers in Tucson will unite with over 100,000 film lovers in over 300 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 22nd Annual edition of “the world’s first global film festival,” Manhattan Short Film Festival, screens at The Loft Cinema!

What makes the Manhattan Short Film Festival unique is that the audience will not only be watching and enjoying the films, but judging them as well. Each audience member will be handed a voting card upon entry and asked to vote for the one film they feel should win. Votes will be tallied at each

participating cinema and submitted to festival headquarters where the winner will be announced in New York City, as well as posted on the Manhattan Short website, on Monday, October 7.

With past finalists achieving the ultimate in recognition by being nominated for, and even winning, the Academy Award in the short film category, the Manhattan Short Film Festival has become known as a breeding ground for the next big thing, and you’re a part of the action!

(Estimated program running time: Approximately 143 mins., Not Rated)

NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB (Dir. by Yves Piat, 2019, France, 17 mins. Not Rated)

DEBRIS (Dir. by Julio Ramos, 2019, USA, 14 mins., Not Rated)

DRIVING LESSONS (Dir. by Marziyeh Riahi, 2019, Iran, 13 mins., Not Rated)

TIPPER (Dir. by Alysse Leite-Rogers, 2019, Canada, 14 mins., Not Rated)

SYLVIA (Dir. by Richard Prendergast, 2019, UK, 15 mins., Not Rated)

THE MATCH (Dir. by Pia Andell, 2019, Finland, 16 mins., Not Rated)

THIS TIME AWAY (Dir. by Magali Barbe, UK, 14 mins., Not Rated)

MALOU (Dir. by Adi Wojaczek, 2019, Germany, 14 mins., Not Rated)

A FAMILY AFFAIR (Dir. by Florence Keith-Roach, 2019, UK, 13 mins., Not Rated)

AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Dir. by Fon Davis, 2019, USA, 13 mins., Not Rated)

THE MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2019THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 7:00PMREGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS 7

THE CRAFTFRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 10:00PMSATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT 10:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6

PART OF OUR CULT CLASSICS SERIES!The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen!

A coven of teen witches transforms their high school into a little shop of horrors in the magically delicious comedy/thriller The Craft. After transferring to a posh Los Angeles Catholic high school, Sarah (Robin Tunney) finds that her telekinetic gift appeals to a group of three wannabe witches, who happen to be seeking a fourth member for their rituals.

“Schlocky fun … a satirical teen-clique horror movie that’s Carrie meets early John Hughes.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Burn victim Bonnie (Neve Campbell, who also starred that same year in Scream, turning her into the ‘90s go-to Teen Scream Queen), bullied Rochelle (Rachel True) and self-proclaimed “trailer trash” Nancy (Fairuza Balk, in a bat-s**t crazy performance that must be seen to be believed), like Sarah herself, all have troubled backgrounds, which combined with their intense teen angst and nascent powers, lead to dangerous consequences. Using tools stolen from a local magic shop, the newly formed coven summons the power of Manon, a primitive deity, to exact revenge on their tormentors and transform their lives. Drunk with power, the girls (egged on by the increasingly insane Nancy) see their spells spiraling out of control, and the coven soon realizes that with magic, “whatever you give comes back three-fold,” leading to an explosive, witchcraft-powered finale. A fun, so-‘90s-it-hurts high school horror flick combining Clueless, Carrie, The Breakfast Club and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Craft is guaranteed to put a spell on you. (Dir. by Andrew Fleming, 1996, USA, 101 mins., Rated R)

SINATRA IN PALM SPRINGSSATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT NOONGENERAL ADMISSION: $10 | LOFT MEMBERS: $8PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

This screening is part of Tucson Modernism Week 2019, presented by the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation!

Palm Springs, the small desert oasis 100 miles east of Los Angeles, was Frank Sinatra’s home for fifty years. During his brief yet turbulent marriage to Ava Gardner, Palm Springs was center stage. And for the rest of his life, the Rancho Mirage compound on Frank Sinatra Drive was the sanctuary he called “My Heaven.” Palm Springs still feels the ghost of the legendary performer. In this documentary, director Leo Zahn explores Sinatra’s deep attachment to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, capturing the spirit of the Sinatra era and paying tribute to his unique lifestyle and the fabulous mid-century modernism of the desert town he loved.

“Sinatra in Palm Springs is a Frank Sinatra fanatic’s dream come true …an entertaining documentary focused on Frank and his relationship with a larger-than-life getaway city.” – AV Nirvana

Featuring swinging and entertaining clips from his movie and television appearances as well as revealing interviews with Barbara Sinatra, Mel Haber, Tom Dreesen, Bruce Fessier, Trini López, Michael Fletcher and many others who knew and lived and played with Mr. Sinatra, Sinatra in Palm Springs brings to life a bygone era and offers fascinating insight into a true icon of entertainment. (Dir. by Leo Zahn, 2018, USA, 92 mins., Not Rated)


MISTER AMERICAWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 AT 7:30PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $10 | LOFT MEMBERS: $8PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Don’t miss this special one-night-only screening of the hilarious new comedy, Mister America, starring Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington, featuring exclusive bonus content that can only be seen in theaters! This bonus footage will follow the feature.

Set in the surreal world of Tim Heidecker’s cult Adult Swim web series, On Cinema, Mister America follows Heidecker’s delusional attempt to enter the world of politics. After beating a murder charge for selling faulty e-cigarettes at an EDM festival, Tim seeks revenge by running an absurd campaign to unseat the San Bernadino District Attorney. Fueled by ego and ignorance, he tries to surmount a lack of experience, funds and likeability by personally connecting with unsuspecting constituents. It does not go well. (Dir. by Eric Notarnicola, 2019, USA, 97 mins., Rated R)

BACK TO THE FUTUREFRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 8:00PMFREE ADMISSION

FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MALL! PRESENTED BY CATS AFTER DARK

THIS FREE SCREENING IS A GREAT EVENT FOR UA STUDENTS, AND IS ALSO OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN SEATING.

Hop in your Delorean and get back in time with Marty McFly and Doc Brown at a free outdoor screening of Back to the Future, part of Family Weekend 2019 at the University of Arizona!

“To put it bluntly: if you don’t like Back to The Future, it’s difficult to believe that you like films at all.” – Adam Smith, Empire

The ingenious time travel comedy Back to the Future is a pitch-perfect combination of sharp satire, warm sentiment and sci-fi excitement. Michael J. Fox plays 1985 teen Marty McFly, whose mentor, Doc Brown (a brilliantly manic Christopher Lloyd), invents a time-tripping DeLorean that takes the kid back to 1955. When he inadvertently gets in the way of his teenage parents’ relationship (and causes his future mother, played by Lea Thompson, to develop a crush on him!), Marty has to figure out how to give his nerdy father (a gloriously odd Crispin Glover) confidence and get them back together to insure his own eventual existence. Funny, touching and suspenseful, this love letter to American pop culture is one of the most purely entertaining films of the 1980s. (Dir. by Robert Zemeckis, 1985, USA, 116 mins., Rated PG)


THE LOST BOYSFRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 10:00PMSATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT 10:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6


“Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire.” That pretty much sums up the appeal of this fang-banging ‘80s horror/teen flick mash-up, a vampires-running-amuck-in-Southern California fright flick that dishes up as many laughs as screams … not to mention a pair of teen heartthrobs both named Corey!

“An ‘80s teen vampire flick done right … a sexy blend of bad lads, bloodsuckers, camp comedy and carnage.” – Total Film

When a single mom (Diane Wiest) and her teen sons (Jason Patrick and Corey Haim) move from the Midwest to hip and happening Santa Carla, California, the boys find that they have a hard time fitting in – not because they’re not cool enough (come on, it’s Jason Patrick and Corey Haim!), but because, as it turns out, the “in-crowd” is actually comprised of a gaggle of leather-clad, blood-thirsty teen vampires (led by a sinister, punked-out Kiefer Sutherland) with nothing to do but suck down the red stuff and listen to New Wave classics by INXS and Echo and the Bunnymen. And when Jason P. falls under the spell of a sexy vampira (Jamie Gertz) and is accidentally turned into a vampire himself, it’s up to young Corey Haim and his new nerd pals The Frog Brothers (Jamison Newlander and Corey Feldman) to save him from an eternity of wearing sunglasses at night. (Dir. by Joel Schumacher, 1987, USA, 97 mins., Rated R)

TOMBOYEUROPEAN ARTHOUSE CINEMA DAY 2019!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 AT 2:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $10 | LOFT MEMBERS: $8

Celebrate international European Arthouse Cinema Day with a special screening of Céline Sciamma’s acclaimed 2011 drama, Tomboy! European Arthouse Cinema Day takes place at theatres worldwide on October 13, 2019, promoting great European films and the local cinema experience.

In Tomboy, the second feature from celebrated French filmmaker Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), a family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new suburban neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids, and decides to pass herself off as “Mikael,” a boy different enough to catch the attention of leader of the pack Lisa, who becomes smitten. At home with her parents and younger sister, she is Laure. Hanging out with her new pals and girlfriend, she is Mikael. Finding resourceful ways to hide her true self, Laure takes advantage of her new identity. But as the end of her idyllic summer approaches, so too does the dilemma of revealing her potentially unsettling secret. Writer/director Sciamma brings a light and charming touch to this contemporary coming-of-age story (buoyed by a disarmingly natural and likeable performance by young actress Zoé Heran as Laure/Mikael), which is also about relationships between children, children and parents, and the even more complicated one between one’s heart and body. (Dir. by Céline Sciamma, 2011, France, in French with English subtitles, 82 mins., Not Rated)

European Arthouse Cinema Day is a project of CICAE (The International Federation of Art Cinemas), a non-profit association promoting cultural diversity in cinemas and festivals. The CICAE was founded in 1955 and represents more than 4,000 screens and 22 international film festivals that have a shared mission of building audiences for excellent independent international film. The Loft Film Fest is the only American festival member of the CICAE.


FRANKENWEENIEFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 6:00PM (SUNDOWN)FREE ADMISSION

FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING IN HIMMEL PARK!

This screening will take place outdoors on “Hippie Hill” at Himmel Park, 1000 N. Tucson Boulevard. Please bring your own seating.

From mad genius Tim Burton comes Frankenweenie, a heartwarmingly creepy Halloween tale about a boy and his dog … with an undead twist!

“This delightfully twisted story about a boy and his (dead) dog showcases precisely what Tim Burton excels at: blending the macabre and the heartfelt in a perfect, oddball, union.” – Connie Ogle, Miami Herald

After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life-with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new “leash on life” can be monstrous. Burton, the man responsible for such delightfully ghoulish animated favorites as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, here puts his uniquely demented spin on the legendary Frankenstein story and comes up with a hilarious, heartfelt and downright macabre ode to puppy love that is a doggone devilish delight and a Halloween classic for all ages! (Dir. by Tim Burton, 2012, USA, 87 mins.,Rated PG)

SERENITY IN THE DESERT 2019SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 AT 4:00PMDOORS OPEN AT 3:30PM | SCREENING AT 4:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $15PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Preceded by Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog!

Co-Presented by The Arizona Browncoats

Enjoy a screening of Joss Whedon’s film Serenity (PG-13, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi) preceded by Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (TV-PG, Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi) with all proceeds benefiting The Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona. Watch the films on the big screen with your closest friends supporting Tucson’s essential non-profit art house cinema. The Arizona Browncoats will host raffles, a photo booth, geeky wares & more including a costume contest with shiny prizes at stake…as if you needed a reason to wear that orange knit hat, swirly parasol, or “Whedonverse” flair!

Arizona Browncoats, Inc. (AzBc, Inc.), is an official 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting unity and equality among all people. Since 2006, Arizona Browncoats has raised over $80,000 for charity. Monies raised from our events have benefited Equality Now, an international women’s rights organization, as well as local charities, including the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, Growth Improvement for Female Teens, and Fresh Start Women’s Foundation and Resource Center. We have also participated in events for the benefit of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Arizona Hemophilia Association, and Kids Need to Read.

The Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona’s mission is to collaborate to achieve social, political and economic change that empowers women and girls. We connect. We advocate. We invest. When you give to the Women’s Foundation, you transform over 20 nonprofit organizations in southern Arizona reaching over 15,000 women and girls. Create change for women and girls in our community. When women thrive, our community prospers.


GOOSEBUMPSSATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 10:00AMFREE ADMISSION

PART OF OUR LOFT JR. SERIESA free monthly series showcasing great new and classic family-friendly films from around the world! Pre-show activities hosted by Mildred & Dildred Toy Store starting at 9:15am.

PRESENTED BY PIMA COUNTY LIBRARY

Based on the bestselling books by R.L. Stine, Goosebumps is a fun fright fest guaranteed to shiver the spine and tickle the funny bone!

“With a lot of jolts and a lot of laughs, Goosebumps is pretty much the perfect scary movie for kids.” – Roger Moore, Movie Nation

Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah (Odeya Rush), living right next door. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach’s comes when he learns that Hannah has a mysterious dad who is revealed to be R. L. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. It turns out that there is a reason why Stine is so strange… he is a prisoner of his own imagination – the monsters that his books made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. When Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach, and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong! (Dir. by Rob Letterman, 2015,103 mins., Rated PG)

BEETLEJUICEFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 10:00PMSATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 10:00PMSUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 2:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6


“It’s Showtime!” A deliriously off-the-wall, fast-paced horror/comedy, Beetlejuice was Tim Burton’s second feature – and it not only defined his signature mix of wild imagination, sweetly fractured characters, surreal sensibility, gothic whimsy and dazzling special effects, but also firmly established him as one of the most original movie makers of our time.

“Colorful, delightfully deranged and endlessly inventive – a grand-scale funhouse that can be enjoyed by children of all ages.” – Kyle Counts, Hollywood Reporter

Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin play a young married couple who are killed in a car accident but are stuck haunting this world before they can move on to the next. When an obnoxious yuppie couple (Catherine O’Hara and Jeffery Jones), and their unhappy, Goth-obsessed daughter (Winona Ryder, in her breakout movie role) move in to their old home, the ghostly duo tries every trick in the afterlife playbook to frighten them away. But when their fledgling haunting skills prove less than effective, the two turn in desperation to a veteran spook: a profane, malevolent, thoroughly gonzo spirit named Beetlejuice, played to over-the-top perfection by Michael Keaton. And that’s when things really get weird, as Burton’s signature style of macabre comedy goes into maximum overdrive! (Dir. by Tim Burton, 1988, USA, 92 min., Rated PG)


HOME MOVIE DAY 2019SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 11:00AMFREE ADMISSIONFILM INSPECTIONS BEGIN AT 10:00AMSCREENINGS BEGIN AT 11:00AM

Co-presented by the Bear Canyon Center for Southwest Humanities, Ping Pong Media and The Loft Cinema.

Dust off your vintage home movie reels and bring them to The Loft Cinema for Tucson’s 8th annual Home Movie Day, featuring expert inspection, preservation recommendations and screenings of fabulous local home movies. See your (or your neighbors’) home movies projected on the big screen in front of a live audience! What cinematic treasures lurk in the attics and garages of Tucson? Find out at Home Movie Day! Attendees are invited to submit their home movies for inspection and screening consideration in 16mm, 8mm or Super 8 film formats ONLY, starting at 10:00am. No digital or VHS movies, please.

Home Movie Day is a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking held annually at many local venues worldwide. Home Movie Day events provide the opportunity for individuals and families to see and share their own home movies with an audience of their community, and to see their neighbors’ in turn. It’s a chance to discover why we should care about these films and to learn how best to care for them. Come see kids and grandpas, tios and tias, prom dresses, new cars, old cars, Grand Canyon, sunsets, birthdays, quinceañeras, holidays, parades—all on glorious celluloid and all shown on projectors with moving parts! Home movies filmed in Southern Arizona and the US/Mexico Borderlands are particularly welcome. Tips on film storage, preservation and video transfer will also be available free of charge at this very special event! (Total program running time: approximately 90 mins.)

For more information on Home Movie Day, please visit centerforhomemovies.org

MISSISSIPPI BURNING (35MM PRINT!)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 2:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6

PART OF JOURNALISM ON SCREENJournalism on Screen is an ongoing series combining films that explore the world of journalism with lively discussions with experts and industry professionals. Presented by The New York Times, The Arizona Daily Star, The Daily Wildcat/UA TV-3, The University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Arizona School of Journalism, Arizona Inn and The Loft Cinema.

See the 1988 Oscar-winning drama, Mississippi Burning, starring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe and Frances McDormand, followed by an onstage discussion with the film’s Golden Globe-nominated screenwriter, Chris Gerolmo, moderated by Tucson-based screenwriter Will Conroy.

Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe co-star in this acclaimed drama directed by Alan Parker (Midnight Express), loosely based on the real-life 1964 disappearance of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hackman) and Best Director, and winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, this emotionally charged film vividly captures a crucial chapter in American history. In Jessup County, 1964, as three civil rights activists drive down a desolate stretch of highway, headlights ominously draw near. Telling each other to stay calm, they have no way of knowing that in minutes they will disappear into the night and spark one of the most explosive murder investigations in history. Enter straight-laced Ward (Dafoe) and deceptively easy-going Anderson (Hackman), a former small-town Mississippi sheriff himself. Can these two philosophically opposed FBI agents overcome their differences and uncover the chilling mystery of a small Ku Klux Klan-ridden community before it tears itself apart? Also starring Frances McDormand (Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee), R. Lee Ermey, Brad Dourif, and Michael Rooker. (Dir. by Alan Parker, 1988, USA, 128 mins., Rated R)


Whatever happened to Saturday night? It was locked in a closet with The Rocky Horror Picture Show and it hasn’t been the same since! Unleash your inner Sweet Transvestite when the mother of all cult classics hits the big screen with the “Heavy Petting” shadow cast, live and in your face! You’ll see a healthy young couple inducted into the world of absolute pleasure, Transylvanians doing the pelvic thrust and a sexy scientist trying to free us of all our inhibitions (not to mention our clothing)! So pull up your fishnets and get ready to become a creature of the night at the strangest, sexiest “science fiction double feature” of all-time, a Loft Cinema tradition for 41 years and counting! (Dir. by Jim Sharman, 1975, UK/USA, 98 mins., Rated R)

THE ROCKY HORROR HALLOWEEN BASH!SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 11:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8LOFT MEMBERS: $6

SPOOKY PRIZES! FREAKY SURPRISES! GROOVY GHOULS OF ALL SIZES!

Trick or Treat at the wildest Halloween Bash this side of Transsexual, Transylvania!

Look out, all you creatures of the night … Rocky Horror is coming to get you this Halloween! It’s our 41st annual Rocky Horror Halloween Bash, so help us celebrate the freakiest night of the year (even if it IS a few days early) by tricking out with Frank-N-Furter, Brad, Janet, Eddie and the whole Rocky Horror gang (not to mention the Heavy Petting shadow cast!), and treating yourself to some fabulous pre-show games, a scarifying Virgin Sacrifice and some monstrous prize giveaways! A $100 Grand Prize for Best Costume will also make you shiver with an…tici…pation. So get ready to do the Time Warp at the stroke of midnight and ring in Halloween, Rocky-style! (Dir. by Jim Sharman, 1975, UK, 98 min., Rated R)

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOWSATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT MIDNIGHTGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED WITHOUT PARENT OR GUARDIAN. MUST HAVE PHOTO ID.


BLACK SUNDAY (1960)THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 7:30PMFREE ADMISSION | $5 SUGGESTED DONATION

PART OF OUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA SERIESSee classic art films the way they were meant to be seen - with an audience, on the big screen!

In this darkly atmospheric chiller, a mysterious young woman is executed as a witch, but not before placing a curse upon those who have condemned her – a horrible vengeance that is fulfilled some 200 years later in a riot of pure terror!

In one of the most auspicious directorial debuts in movie history, Italian director Mario Bava bridged the gap between the gothic horror picture and the European art film with Black Sunday (aka La maschera del demonio or The Mask of Satan). Made in 1960 (a banner year for groundbreaking horror films, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom), and now considered a cult classic, it continues to reverberate through cinema, inspiring and influencing new generations of filmmakers. In Black Sunday, the bewitching, wild-eyed Barbara Steele (Fellini’s 8 ½; Shivers) plays Princess Asa, a high priestess of Satan who is gruesomely tortured and executed in 1600s Moldavia by having a spiked mask hammered into her face. Before she dies, Asa vows vengeance on the family who killed her and returns from the grave two centuries later to keep her promise by wreaking bloody vengeance. With vampires, bubbling flesh, dank crypts, undead servants and torch-bearing mobs, the film’s plot is pure, high-grade gothic horror, but the visuals are the stylish Mario Bava’s primary concern. Fog, shadows and sinister black and white photography create an overwhelmingly dense and foreboding atmosphere, and the sheer, ghastly beauty of it all is entrancing. Although this was Bava’s first feature-length film in a career that spanned 26 films (including such horror classics as Planet of the Vampires and Blood and Black Lace), Black Sunday is the legendary genre master’s signature work and a milestone in Italian horror cinema. (Dir. by Mario Bava, 1960, Italy, in Italian with English subtitles, 87 mins., Not Rated)

HOCUS POCUSHALLOWEEN PARTY!WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 AT 7:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $12LOFT MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 12 & UNDER: $10PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

This Halloween season, let us put a spell on you as we party with the Sanderson Sisters at a spectacularly spooky screening of the wickedly funny comedy, Hocus Pocus! Join in the fun as Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker rise from the grave to cast their magical spell and wreak havoc on All Hallows Eve! Slip on your wildest Halloween costume and you might be invited on stage to compete for a spooktacular prize! Power up your broom (or vacuum) and fly on over to The Loft Cinema for this family-friendly fright- fiesta, otherwise someone just might turn you into a black cat named Thackery Binx! PLUS: Everyone will receive a free Goodie Bag filled with fun props and spooky surprises to use throughout the movie!

“A campy, quirky, hilarious Halloween classic.” – Anna Smith, Film Takeout

A trio of kooky witches conjures up a cauldron of scares and laughs, and causes a whole lot of trouble on one very memorable Halloween night in the fiendishly fun comedy, Hocus Pocus! When three 17th century Salem witches – the over-the-top Winifred Sanderson (Bette Midler), and her bumbling sisters Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Mary (Kathy Najimy) – are accidentally summoned from beyond the grave by modern-day pranksters, the 300-year-old trio sets out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth by taking the souls of the town’s youngsters, but first they must outwit three clever kids and a talking cat named Thackery Binx! And thus ensues an unforgettable Halloween adventure filled with scary hijinks, zany fun, and even a little singing and dancing … not to mention a whole lot of good, old-fashioned Hocus Pocus! (Dir. by Kenny Ortega, 1993, USA, 96 mins., Rated PG)


AY MARIPOSASATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 2:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $10 | LOFT MEMBERS: $8

Co-presented by Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter and The Loft Cinema.

A portion of the proceeds from this screening will benefit Sierra Club Borderlands Program and Ay Mariposa film.

Featuring a post-film Q&A with Ay Mariposa main character Zulema Hernandez; Nellie Jo David, O’odham land and human rights defender from Ajo and co-founder of O’odham Anti-Border Collective, and other local environmental activists/experts!

Ay Mariposa tells a story of three characters in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas whose lives are upended by plans to build a US-Mexico border wall. As the director of the National Butterfly Center, Marianna Trevino Wright has become a leader of wall resistance in the Valley, a position that has resulted in violent threats from pro-wall factions and an emotional odyssey as she tries to navigate the ever-shifting sands of border policy. Zulema Hernandez, a life-long migrant worker, immigrant and great grandmother, has been a dedicated advocate for all migrants, both wild and human-kind. Meanwhile the butterfly, la mariposa, fights its own daily battle for survival in a landscape where more than 95 percent of its habitat is long gone and much of what remains lies directly in the path of the wall. Ay Mariposa documents each characters’ fierce commitment to home, justice, wild beauty and the future of the US-Mexico borderlands. (Dir. by Krista Schlyer, 2019, USA, 57 mins., Not Rated)

GHOSTBUSTERSFRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 AT 10:00PMSATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 10:00PMSUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 11:00AMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6


If there’s something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? How about Ghostbusters?

“Deliriously inventive … a near-flawless example of the ’80s genre boom in full swing, fusing state-of-the-art SFX, a loopy guys-on-a-mission plot and a handful of the finest one-liners ever.” – Tom Huddleston, Time Out

See what happens when New York’s finest spectre-hunters Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson pile into their converted ambulance to take on the haunted New York Public Library, demonic pooches from hell, an evil EPA agent, an angry Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and Sigourney Weaver’s freaky refrigerator. Hilarity, action and much slimy transdimensional demon combat ensue. Spawning a sequel, two animated TV series and an insanely catchy hit theme song, Ghosbusters is the guaranteed go-to comedy if you’re looking to scare up some major laughs. (Dir. by Ivan Reitman, 1984, USA, 105 mins., Rated PG)


FRIED GREEN TOMATOESSUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 7:30PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6

PART OF LOFT STAFF SELECTS!A monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen by our amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s film was chosen by Shawna DaCosta, Director of Education and Engagement!

Academy Award-winners Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy star with Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker in this beloved Southern drama based on Fanny Flagg’s best-selling novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.

“Brimming with wonderful performances, the movie is remarkable for its collection of rich female leads.” – Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

Director Jon Avnet’s film moves between two relationships taking place more than a half a century apart. In the modern day story, unhappy Alabama housewife Evelyn Couch (Bates) is surprised when she befriends and bonds with elderly nursing home resident Ninny Threadgoode (Tandy), who fascinates Evelyn with her tales of feisty, tomboy-ish Idgie Threadgoode (Masterson) and her deep friendship with Ruth Jamison (Parker) during the 1920s and 1930s. Through Ninny’s funny, charming, heartbreaking stories of a bygone era, Evelyn learns about two remarkable women whose relationship endured through everything, including running their small-town social hub, The Whistle Stop Cafe, where, in addition to dishing up delectable barbeque and other Southern delights (including those tasty fried green tomatoes!), the Cafe’s employees served up a few major scandals as well. (Dir. by Jon Avnet, 1991, USA, 130 mins., Rated PG-13)

LOFT FILM FEST PREVIEW EVENTSUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT 11:00AMFREE ADMISSION

Join us for an exciting FREE preview of this year’s Loft Film Fest, which runs Thursday, November 7 – Thursday, November 14! Watch trailers for films we’ll be screening at the Fest! Hot target the films you want to see and plan your Fest schedule! Get the inside scoop on all the Fest buzz, guests, events and more! Make the most of your 2019 Loft Film Fest experience by attending this special Preview Event that’s guaranteed to make you a Fest Expert in one easy step! (Approximate running time: 90 mins.)

Described by Filmmaker Magazine as being “geared truly toward cinephiles of nearly every stripe,” and praised for its “phantasmagorical programming … and astute choice of guests,” the Loft Film Fest was created in 2010 as a showcase for the very best independent, foreign and classic cinema. For eight days in November the Loft Film Fest provides an intimate and unique setting for film fans to experience hand-selected festival favorites from Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, etc., and to meet internationally-renowned artists from the world of independent cinema.

Special guests of the Loft Film Fest have included acclaimed contemporary filmmakers such as Carlos Reygadas, Alex Cox, Chris Eyre, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Allison Anders, Charles Burnett , Penelope Spheeris, Don Coscarelli, The Zellner Brothers, Bobcat Goldthwait, Kirby Dick and Richard Kelly; celebrated actors including Rita Moreno, Bruce Dern, Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Stacy Keach, Alfonso Arau, Jon Lovitz and Udo Kier; and industry legends such as Roger Corman, recipient of the 2012 “Lofty Achievement Award.”

The Loft Film Fest, produced by the award-winning, non-profit Loft Cinema, is fiercely committed to continuing its tradition of bringing world-class film festival programming to Tucson, connecting audiences with artists and celebrating the unique spirit of independent cinema.


“Klaatu, Barada, Nikto!” Spend the scariest night of the year at The Loft Cinema as we bring out the Dead (and the Bruce Campbell!) for a spine-tingling, rib-tickling twofer of terror, featuring back-to-back screenings of Sam Raimi’s original 1981 gore fest, Evil Dead, in a newly restored and rescored version, and his insane 1992 medieval action/horror/comedy Army of Darkness! Spooky prizes for best costumes, and free Halloween candy for everyone, while supplies last!

EVIL DEAD (1981) 4K digital restoration with new 5.1 surround sound and reimagined music score by original composer Joseph LoDuca! Presented by Grindhouse Releasing.

Sam Raimi’s debut feature, the one that introduced audiences to anvil-jawed hero Bruce Campbell and scared the world out of creepy cabins in the woods forever, is a low-budget rollercoaster ride double stuffed with shocks, gore and bizarre humor – a funky fright flick made by and for true horror fanatics. An unsuspecting group of college pals decide to vacation at a creepy backwoods cabin (big mistake!), but instead of rest and relaxation they find an unspeakable evil lurking in the forest, and one by one, the kids are transformed into undead creatures with a taste for terror. Soon it’s up to our man Ash to survive the night and save the day, but it ain’t gonna be easy …. (Dir. by Sam Raimi, 1981, USA, 85 mins., Not Rated)

ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)Officially “Part 3” of the wild and wacky Evil Dead series, Raimi’s Army of Darkness is an outrageous, action-fueled comedy with monsters – a film designed to make you laugh more than scream, at least if you have a really demented sense of humor. Bruce Campbell returns as Ash, a hardware-store clerk who is magically transported – along with his beat-up Oldsmobile and a chainsaw attachment for his severed left forearm – to the brutal battlefields of the 14th century. He quickly assumes power (who else in the Middle Ages packs a shotgun and a chainsaw?), and unites his ragtag band of medieval knights against the demonic Deadites, aka The Army of the Dead. (Dir. by Sam Raimi, 1992, USA, 81 mins., Rated R)

EVIL DEAD DOUBLE FEATURE!THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 AT 7:30PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $12 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10 PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

DOUBLE FEATURE TICKETS ONLYNO SINGLE FILM TICKETS AVAILABLE

EVIL DEAD AT 7:30PM; ARMY OF DARKNESS AT 9:00PM (APPROXIMATE SHOWTIME)


REPO MAN35TH ANNIVERSARY!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 10:00PMSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 10:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $8 | LOFT MEMBERS: $6


A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy features the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton, in one of his greatest roles, as a weathered repo man in a desolate Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez as the nihilistic, middle-class punk he takes under his wing.

“Great weirdo fun. This is the kind of movie that baffles Hollywood, because it isn’t made from any known formula and doesn’t follow the rules.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in repossessing a mysterious – and otherworldly – Chevy Malibu with a cop-evaporating alien force hidden in the trunk, threatening to change the very laws of science as we know it. Featuring a hilarious script, a colorful gallery of amazing character actors (including Sy Richardson and Tracey Walter) and the ultimate early eighties L.A. punk soundtrack (with Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Fear and more), this offbeat comic odyssey is also a politically trenchant take on President Reagan’s domestic and foreign policies. Brilliantly directed by Alex Cox, Repo Man is a one-of-a-kind blue collar punk rock masterpiece. “Let’s go do some crimes …” (Dir. by Alex Cox, 1984, USA, 92 mins., Rated R)

A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN: THE BROADWAY MUSICALWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 AT 7:30PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $15 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING

Featuring a post-film Q&A with Janis Joplin’s brother, Michael Joplin!

Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the queen of rock & roll. The unmistakable voice, filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort, made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock. From Broadway to the cinema screen, you’re invited to share an evening with the woman and her musical influences in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical sensation, A Night with Janis Joplin, starring Mary Bridget Davies as Janis.

“When Mary Bridget Davies throws her formidable lungpower and raspy emotional rawness into “Piece of My Heart,” you could swear the tragic supernova known to her friends as “Pearl” had been reborn.” – Hollywood Reporter

Fueled by such unforgettable songs as “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Piece of My Heart,” “Mercedes Benz,” “Cry Baby” and “Summertime,” a remarkable cast and breakout performances, A Night with Janis Joplin, written by Randy Johnson and directed by Emmy Award-winner David Horn and Randy Johnson, is a musical journey celebrating Janis and her biggest musical influences—icons like Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, who inspired one of rock & roll’s greatest legends. (Dir. by David Horn & Randy Johnson, USA, 117 mins., Not Rated)

Thanks to our community partner, Zia Records!


This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Sven E. Silberschlag and the SAS Wealth Management Group.

ARCHAEOLOGY CAFÉ: WHY YOU SHOULD EXPERIENCE THE PAINTED ROCK PETROGLYPH SITETUESDAY, OCTOBER 1 FROM 6:00PM-7:00PMFREE ADMISSION

Knowledge seekers of every kind are welcome at Archaeology Café at The Loft Cinema for a series of programs exploring the deep and diverse history of the Southwest. Join us on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, as Dr. Aaron Wright discusses the Painted Rock Petroglyph Site. Explore what makes this place special, discover what it tells us about life long ago, and learn how you can experience this significant place today.

Presented by Archaeology Southwest, a nonprofit organization working across the Southwest to explore and protect the places of our past, Archaeology Café is an informal forum where adults can learn more about the Southwest’s deep history and speak directly to experts. At Archaeology Café, we break down the static, jargon-laden dynamic of traditional lectures, and have an expert share some ideas with the group in ways that get discussion going. (Food and drink make things a little livelier, too.) More Details at loftcinema.org

This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Archaeology Southwest.

With Dr. Aaron Wright!

MOUNTAINFILM ON TOURTUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 AT 7:00PMDOORS OPEN AT 6:15PM, FILM STARTS AT 7:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $15 (PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING)

Mountainfilm is a festival of films, people, stories and ideas that celebrates indomitable spirit, educates and inspires audiences, and motivates individuals and communities to advance solutions for a liveable world.

Held every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, Colorado since 1979, Mountainfilm showcases stories about environmental, cultural, climbing, political and social justice issues that matter. As well the festival brings together world-class athletes, change makers and visionary artists for a multi-dimensional celebration of indomitable spirit.

THE NUNS, THE PRIESTS, AND THE BOMBSTUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 AT 7:00PMADMISSION: $10 – $39 SLIDING SCALE

There will be a brief intro to the film, and an opportunity for discussion afterwards.

The first issue of the Nuclear Resister (NR) newsletter was published in October 1980 and coincidently contained just one action report: that of the Plowshares Eight, the very first nuclear disarmament action fulfilling the words of the prophet Isaiah “to beat swords into plowshares, and spears into pruning hooks”. NR coordinators Jack and Felice Cohen-Joppa have continued the work of reporting on nonviolent resistance for a nuclear free future since then – for the past 33 years from Tucson – with assistance from hundreds of people.

Please join them for a community screening of The Nuns, The Priests and The Bombs, an 87 minute documentary film by director Helen Young about the Disarm Now Plowshares (2009) and Transform Now Plowshares (2012) nuclear disarmament actions.

This event is a fundraiser to help with travel expenses to Georgia to attend the October 21 trial in federal court of the Kings Bay Plowshares (KBP). Jack and Felice are providing jail support for one of the KBP, Fr. Steve Kelly SJ, who has been in a Georgia county jail since the April 2018 action at the Kings Bay Trident nuclear submarine base.

More Details at loftcinema.org

This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Nuclear Resister.

Celebrate 39 Years of the Nuclear Resister!

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This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by University of Arizona Special Collections, the Center for Creative Photography, and the Bear Canyon Center for Southwest Humanities.

Celebrate American Archives Month as the University of Arizona Special Collections, the Center for Creative Photography, and the Bear Canyon Center for Southwest Humanities present a selection of films from Southwest archives.

THE INSULTSUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 2:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $10 • LOFT MEMBERS: $8(PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING)

In recognition of National Conflict Resolution Day, a special screening in collaboration with the Center for Community Dialogue & Training (a program of Our Family Services). Featuring post-screening community dialogue circles about the roots of violence in our own desert city.

A dispute between two men – one a Lebanese Christian, one a Palestinian refugee – on the streets of Beirut escalates into a national sensation as they face off in court, opening old wounds and traumatic memories, in this gripping drama in which the personal becomes political. Directed and co-written by Ziad Doueiri (The Attack), The Insult was Lebanon’s official selection for Best Foreign Language Film consideration at the 90th Academy Awards. (Dir. by Ziad Doueiri, 2017, Lebanon/Belgium/Cyprus/France/USA, in Arabic with English subtitles, 112 mins., Rated R)

This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Our Family Services.

THE DESERT ON CELLULOIDTUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 AT 7:30PMFREE ADMISSION

Arizona Oddities and Tucson Travels from Special Collections features Kodachrome vignettes that explore the cultural highlights of Arizona and Tucson, reflecting the mid-century tourism surge in the United States. (Reid H. Ray Film Industries, 1948, USA, 10 mins, Not Rated)

Look Park, an avant-garde walk through the park, uses original material from the Center for Creative Photography’s holdings. (Dir. Ralph Steiner, 1974, USA, 11 mins, Not Rated)

Spring Planting, or How to Move a Giant Saguaro, a Western Ways curiosity film from the Arizona Historical Society Library & Archives presented by The Bear Canyon Center for Southwest Humanities, showcases the harvest and transplant of a giant saguaro from the open desert to Eleven Arches, the historical mansion near Hacienda del Sol. (Dir. Charles Herbert, 1939, USA, 10 mins, Not Rated)

Barrett Archival Consulting presents travelogue and home movie compositions from the 1950s to the 1970s. Clips include the 1969 University of Arizona graduation, Grand Canyon National Park Diné Dancers, and folklórico dancers from Nogales. (Dir. Lucienne Collaer Rusconi, 1925-2016, USA, 8 mins, Not Rated)

Upward from Poverty is a 1930s documentary from Special Collections that records the director’s rural reconstruction and community development work with the YMCA in India. Clips are taken from a digital composite of silent film footage and narration recorded by filmmaker Duane Spencer Hatch on 78 rpm lacquer disc. (Dir. Duane Spencer Hatch, ca. 1930, USA, 10 mins, Not Rated)

NO SMALL MATTERTUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 AT 12:30PMEVENT IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED | VISIT CHILDFAMILYRESOURCES.ORG

Join Child & Family Resources as we offer a free screening of this powerful documentary, on October 29, 2019 from 12:30-2:30, at The Loft Cinema. Lynette Fraga, Ph.D., Executive Director of Child Care Aware of America, will present a keynote address and take audience questions following the film.

No Small Matter is the first feature documentary to explore the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for good in America today: early childhood education.

Through poignant stories and surprising humor, the film lays out the overwhelming evidence for the importance of the first five years, and reveals how our failure to act on that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisis for American families, and a slow-motion catastrophe for the country.

This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Child & Family Resources.

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THURSDAY, OCT 24 AT 7:30PM

This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by The University of Arizona Innocence Project.

Featuring a post-screening Q&A with Exoneree Michael Morton and Prof. Jason Kreag from the James E. Rogers College of Law.

ARRIVALTUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 AT 7:00PMFREE ADMISSION

Featuring a discussion led by Associate Professor Richard Poss from the University of Arizona Department of Astronomy.

When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team, led by expert linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers – and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Based on the 1998 Nebula Award winning novella Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang. Nominated for eight Academy Awards. (Dir. by Denis Villeneuve, 2016, USA, 118 mins., Rated PG-13)

This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Tucson Humanities Festival.

“Learning Heptapodese seems easy compared to the tough talks Americans need to have with each other.” – Amy Nicholson, MTV

AN UNREAL DREAM: THE MICHAEL MORTON STORYSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 AT 4:00PMGENERAL ADMISSION: $10 (PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THIS SCREENING)

In 1986 Michael Morton’s wife Christine is brutally murdered in front of their only child, and Michael is convicted of the crime. Locked away in Texas prisons for a quarter century, estranged from his son, he has years to ponder questions of justice and innocence, truth and fate. Though he is virtually invisible to society, the Innocence Project and Michael’s pro bono attorney spend years fighting for the right to test DNA evidence found at the murder scene. Their discoveries ultimately reveal that the price of a wrongful conviction goes well beyond one man’s loss of freedom.

Director Al Reinert is a two-time Academy Award nominee, as a documentary filmmaker (For All Mankind, which won the documentary Jury and Audience Awards when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1989) and as a screenwriter (Apollo 13). (Dir. by Al Reinert, 2013, USA, 92 mins., Not Rated)

SPECIAL BOOK RELEASE DISCUSSION FEATURING UNPUBLISHED LOOKS AT MOLEN REEF ROCK ARTTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 FROM 6:00PM-7:00PMFREE ADMISSION

Join author and photographer Jonathan Bailey for an exploration and discussion of Utah’s Molen Reef, following the release of his latest book, Rock Art: A Vision of a Vanishing Cultural Landscape. Through stunning photography and thoughtful research, Jonathan helps highlight ancient and delicate traces from lives lived long ago, as expressed through rock art carvings in some of the Southwest’s most culturally rich—and continually threatened—landscapes.

In his talk, Jonathan will speak to the various preservation successes and challenges at Molen Reef. He will also debut many unpublished photographs from this stunning and meaningful place. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get a first look at a little-known landscape of deep cultural significance.

More Details at loftcinema.org

This is a rental of The Loft Cinema, presented by Archaeology Southwest.

With Jonathan Bailey!

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2019 LOFT FILM FEST BADGES ON SALE NOW!We’re confirming titles weekly, as the fest approaches so please check loftfilmfest.org for continued updates. Here are a few titles we’re excited about…

Loft Film Fest

The Two PopesDIRECTED BY Fernando Meirelles, 2019, UK/Italy/Argentina/USA, in English/Latin/ Spanish/Italian/French/Portuguese/German with English subtitles, 125 mins., Rated PG-13

From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener) comes this highly-acclaimed new drama starring Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce. Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Hopkins). Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church. Behind Vatican walls, a struggle commences between both tradition and progress, guilt and forgiveness, as these two very different men confront their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for a billion followers around the world.

TUCSON PREMIERE

OTHER FESTIVALS: Toronto; Telluride; Venice

Words from a BearDIRECTED BY Jeffrey Palmer, USA, 2019, 85 mins., Not Rated

When N. Scott Momaday won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for his novel, House Made of Dawn, it marked one of the first major acknowledgments of Native American literature and the vibrant contemporary culture it described. Now, Momaday’s transportive words come to life in this cinematic biography of one of the most celebrated Native American storytellers. In Words from a Bear, distinctly expressive animations intersect with stunning footage of the Great Plains as Momaday draws from his Kiowa ancestry and identity to pose universal questions about how we connect to our origins, each other, and the earth. In a series of intimate interviews, Momaday expounds on his life and its many challenges, while insights from the likes of Joy Harjo, Robert Redford, and Jeff and Beau Bridges reveal the impact of his literary contributions. Words from a Bear reveals the inspiring beauty of Momaday’s work while also guiding audiences through the grave historical struggles that Native American communities have faced. The result is a profound celebration of not only Momaday’s writing and history but also the art of storytelling itself..

TUCSON PREMIERE

OTHER FESTIVALS: Sundance; Seattle

Varda by AgnèsDIRECTED BY Agnès Varda, 2019, France, in French with English subtitles,

120 mins., Not Rated

When 2017 Honorary Academy Award-winner Agnès Varda died earlier this year at age 90, the world lost one of its most inspirational cinematic radicals. From her neorealist-tinged 1954 feature debut La Pointe Courte to her New Wave treasures Cléo from 5 to 7 and Le Bonheur to her inquiries into those on society’s outskirts like Vagabond, The Gleaners and I, and the 2017 Oscar nominee Faces Places, she made enduring films that were both forthrightly political and gratifyingly mercurial, and which toggled between fiction and documentary decades before it was more commonplace in art cinema. In what would be her final work, partially constructed of onstage interviews and lectures, interspersed with a wealth of clips and archival footage, Varda guides us through her career, from her movies to her remarkable still photography to the delightful and creative installation work. It’s a fitting farewell to a filmmaker, told in her own words.

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In Jamie Catto’s engaging documentary, the core arcs of Ram Dass’ life and teachings coalesce through historic clips and extensive interviews, manifesting the unique existence of Richard Alpert/Ram Dass, the bridge between Eastern and Western philosophies whose spiritual guidance has defined a generation of inner explorers and seekers of truth and wisdom.

“Powerful and moving.” – Bilge Ebiri, Spiritualty & Health

Through his turns as scion of an eminent Jewish family from Boston, rock-star Harvard

psychologist, counter-culture rascally adventurer, Eastern holy man, stroke survivor and compassionate caregiver, Ram Dass has worn many hats on his journey. The film captures a loving man full of joy, wit, honesty, and wisdom, at ease in conversation while sharing his considerable pains and pleasures. The life experiences that have freed him from the attachments of his ‘Somebodyness’ have transformed him into the radiant soul who now inspires a new generation to address the vast question of ultimate freedom. (Dir. by Jamie Catto, 2019, USA, 81 mins., Not Rated)

BECOMING NOBODYSTARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“Dives into American spiritual teacher Ram Dass’ quintessential wisdom through authenticity, humor, and pure humanness.” – Shelly Karpaty, LA Yoga

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Mickey (Bill Skarsgård, It) and Jules (Maika Monroe, It Follows) are two young lovers turned painfully amateurish convenience store robbers who are on the run and looking for a fresh start in the Sunshine State.

“One of the most fun-filled horror comedies of the year.” – Shannon McGrew, Nightmarish Conjurings

Forced to improvise a new plan when their getaway vehicle runs out of gas, they break into a nearby suburban home looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a seemingly sweet-as-pie couple, George

(Jeffrey Donovan, Burn Notice) and Gloria (Kyra Sedgwick, Closer), whose bland exterior hides dark secrets and sinister intentions, and the bumbling criminals soon find themselves in increasingly hot water (and various forms of bondage) as their overly polite hosts reveal themselves to be clearly insane homeowners who will do anything to keep their twisted secrets from getting out. A darkly comic horror thriller with heaping helpings of grisly thrills and squirm-inducing laughs, Villains turns the home invasion genre on its bruised and battered head. (Dir. by Dan Berk/Robert Olsen, 2019, USA, 88 mins., Rated R)

VILLAINSSTARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“Villains is sick, twisted and absolutely bonkers, a welcome serving of pure bats**t insanity that will have you laughing as often as you find yourself cringing.” – Trace Thurman, Bloody Disgusting

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Winter, 1968. Showbiz legend Judy Garland (Oscar-winner Renée Zellweger, Chicago) arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown.

As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of love seem undimmed as she embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock, The Big

Short), her soon-to-be fifth husband. Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love, and the sheer pizzazz of “the world’s greatest entertainer.” Also starring Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose), Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter). (Dir. by Rupert Goold, 2019, UK, 118 mins., Rated PG-13)

Closed Captions and Audio Description Available

PLEASE NOTE:No passes accepted for first two weeks, through Thursday, October 10.

JUDYSTARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“With a jaw-dropping performance from Renée Zellweger at its pulsing, neurotic heart, the film is funny, warm and satisfyingly self-aware.” – Lisa Mullen, Sight and Sound

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Presented in 70mm! With a greater aspect ratio and higher resolution than 35mm celluloid, 70mm is sharper, richer and more immersive – the ultimate in film projection.

Oscar-nominee Joaquin Phoenix stars in the title role of Todd Phillips’ Joker, alongside Oscar-winner Robert De Niro. The film centers around the iconic arch-nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian named Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham

City, becoming a psychopathic murderer. This exploration of a man disregarded by society is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale. (Dir. by Todd Phillips, 2019, USA, 120 mins., Rated R)

OCTOBER’S REEL READS SELECTIONPurchase a copy of The Joker: His Greatest Jokes by DC Comics. during the month of October and receive a special “Loft Reel Reads” discount off the cover price – 20% for Loft members and 10% for the general public. Copies of the book are available at The Loft Cinema and Antigone Books.

EARLY SCREENINGS ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3! VISIT LOFTCINEMA.ORG FOR DETAILS.

PLEASE NOTE:No passes accepted for first two weeks, through Thursday, October 17.

For the safety of Loft Cinema patrons, face masks, face paint, and real or prop weapons are prohibited at all times.

JOKER IN 70MMSTARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Experience the eagerly-anticipated new thriller Joker in glorious 70mm, exclusively in Tucson at The Loft Cinema!

Select screenings will be presented in the digital format, TBA.

JUDYSTARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Winter, 1968. Showbiz legend Judy Garland (Oscar-winner Renée Zellweger, Chicago) arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown.

“With a jaw-dropping performance from Renée Zellweger at its pulsing, neurotic heart, the film is funny, warm and satisfyingly self-aware.” – Lisa Mullen, Sight and Sound

As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of love seem undimmed as she embarks on a whirlwind romance with Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock, The Big Short), her soon-to-be fifth husband. Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love, and the sheer pizzazz of “the world’s greatest entertainer.” Also starring Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose), Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter). (Dir. by Rupert Goold, 2019, UK, 118 mins., Rated PG-13)

Closed Captions and Audio Description Available

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In late 2014, a low-res video of a person in a clown mask emerging from underneath a sleeping child’s bed appears on YouTube. The description below the video claims that the clown is named “Wrinkles,” that he lives in southwest Florida, and that he’s been hired by the child’s parents to frighten her for misbehaving. The video goes viral. Soon, more mysterious videos of Wrinkles scaring children appear online, along with a phone number to hire him for “behavioral services.” Wrinkles becomes internet lore – a whole genre of YouTube videos of kids filming themselves calling him appears online, and over a million messages are left

at the number. Voicemails range from disturbing to hilarious to terrifying: parents use the number to terrify their children, kids who are obsessive fans of creepy clowns reach out to make a new friend, children threaten to inflict wildly creative violence if he comes anywhere near them. But who is Wrinkles, and why is he doing this? With incredible access to the mastermind behind the mask, Wrinkles the Clown is a cryptic and playful exploration of these questions, as well as an inside look at myth-building and the unpredictable spread of imagination in the Internet age. (Dir. by Michael Beach Nichols, 2019, USA, 78 mins., Not Rated)

WRINKLES THE CLOWNSTARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

Closed Captions Available

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Live music set by P.D. Ronstadt & The Company on opening night - Friday, September 13, immediately following the 7:00pm screening!

Tickets to this special opening night event are $20 general admission; $15 Loft members. We cannot accept passes for this screening. A portion of the proceeds from this opening night event will benefit a local charity, TBA.

All other screenings of Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice are regular admission prices.

LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICESTARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Co-presented by KXCI 91.3FM,REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES Tucson’s Community Radio Station

Don’t miss this special limited release Breaking Bad theatrical event, exclusively in Tucson at The Loft Cinema!

The Netflix Event El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie reunites fans with Jesse Pinkman (Emmy-winner Aaron Paul). In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future. This gripping thriller is written and directed by Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad. The movie is produced by Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein,

Charles Newirth, Diane Mercer, Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul, in association with Sony Pictures Television. (Dir. by Vince Gilligan, 2019, USA, 121 mins., Not Rated)

EL CAMINO: A BREAKING BAD MOVIEFRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 ONLYREGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

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Monos, Alejandro Landes’ awe-inspiring third feature, is a breathtaking survivalist saga set on a remote mountain in Latin America.

“A monumentally cinematic experience of lush wilderness and raw emotions.” – Tomris Laffly, RogerEbert.com

The film tracks a young group of soldiers and rebels—bearing names like Rambo, Smurf, Bigfoot, Wolf and Boom-Boom—who keep watch over an American hostage, Doctora (Julianne Nicholson, I, Tonya), and a conscripted milk cow. The teenage commandos perform

military training exercises by day and indulge in youthful hedonism by night, an unconventional family bound together under a shadowy force known only as The Organization. After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, both the mission and the intricate bonds between the group begin to disintegrate. Order descends into chaos and the strong begin to prey on the weak in this vivid, cautionary fever-dream. (Dir. by Alejandro Landes, 2019, Colombia/Argentina/Netherlands/Germany/Sweden/Uruguay, in English/Spanish with English subtitles, 102 mins., Rated R)

MONOSSTARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“This overpoweringly tense and deeply mad thriller from Colombian filmmaker Alejandro Landes … is something between Apocalypse Now, Lord of the Flies and Embrace of the Serpent.” – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

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In his alluring debut feature, writer/director Lucio Castro offers both a sun-soaked European travelogue and an epic, decades-spanning romance. When Ocho (Juan Barberini), a 30-something Argentine poet on vacation in Barcelona, spots Javi (Ramón Pujol), a Spaniard from Berlin, from the balcony of his Airbnb, the attraction is subtle but persistent. After a missed connection on the beach, a third chance encounter escalates to a seemingly random hookup. But are these two merely beautiful strangers in a foreign city or are they part of each other’s histories—and maybe even their destinies? Castro deliberately unfolds mystery after mystery,

leading the audience on a journey of discovery as the two leading men discover themselves and each other. With sumptuous lensing of a Barcelona summertime and tangible chemistry between the actors, End of the Century is a love story that echoes across time. Winner of Best Film at the Buenos Aires Film Festival and Best First Film at the Frameline: San Francisco LGBTQ Film Festival. (Dir. by Lucio Castro, 2019, Argentina, in Spanish with English subtitles, 84 mins., Not Rated)

END OF THE CENTURYSTARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“A sublimely haunting experience that will make you sigh in recognition of the what-if’s in your own life.” – Carlos Aguilar, The Wrap

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One of the most controversial and influential American figures of the 20th Century, Roy Cohn was a ruthless and unscrupulous lawyer and political power broker whose 28-year career ranged from acting as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Communist-hunting subcommittee to molding the career of a young Queens real estate developer named Donald Trump.

Cohn formulated his playbook in the ‘50s, but it is all too familiar today: always attack; never admit blame or apologize; use favors and fear to ensure support for your objectives; expertly manipulate the media to gain advantage

and destroy your opponents; lie shamelessly, invalidating the idea of truth; weaponize lawsuits; evade taxes and bills; and, most importantly, inflame the prejudices of the crowd by scapegoating defenseless people. For those who remember Cohn and those who were too young to have any awareness of him, Matt Tyrnauer’s Where’s My Roy Cohn? lays out who Cohn was and how his lessons to his apprentice Donald Trump have shaped contemporary American politics. From the director of Valentino: The Last Emperor and Studio 54. (Dir. by Matt Tyrnauer, 2019, USA, 97 mins., Rated PG-13)

WHERE’S MY ROY COHN?STARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“A delectable look at a despicable person. A cautionary tale that could scarcely be more timely.” – Steve Pond, The Wrap

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FREE LOFT MEMBERS SCREENINGFriday, October 25, 7:00pm. Free for Loft Cinema members and open to the public at regular admission prices.

Members may pick up tickets only for themselves (1 for individual levels, 2 for couple levels) at the Box Office on the day of the Member Screening. The Box Office is open 1/2 hour before the first show of the day. Please see the website for showtimes. Members will be issued a return pass (valid through the following Thursday) to see this film another time, if the screening is at capacity.

Celebrated auteur Takashi Miike (Blade of the Immortal, 13 Assassins, Ichi the Killer, Audition) returns with one of his most fun, action-packed films, marked by high-energy mayhem and breakneck pacing. First Love is a noir-tinged yakuza thriller blending genres as it tells the story of Leo (Masataka Kubota), a promising but aimless young boxer, who discovers something to fight for when he encounters Yuri (Sakurako Konishi), a beautiful young woman on the run, and on impulse rescues her. Yuri, literally haunted by the ghost of her no-good father, has been forced into prostitution for a local gang boss to pay off her father’s debts. The

duo falls passionately in love while getting innocently caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. Baby-faced gangster Kase (Shota Sometani) has decided to double-cross his boss and hijack a big drug shipment with the connivance of a corrupt cop. But after killing the courier they lose the drugs, and multiple parties all chase after it, including Julie (Becky), the ferociously bloodthirsty girlfriend of the slain courier, bent on vengeance. (Dir. by Takashi Miike, 2019, Japan, in Japanese with English subtitles, 108 mins., Not Rated)

FIRST LOVESTARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“The Tarantino-style rollercoaster ride is as effortlessly enjoyable as ever, accentuating the director’s lighter comic leanings over his bloodthirsty side.” – Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter

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A cast of relative unknowns, a brilliantly disguised low budget and an epic, 37-minute opening single take makes Shin’ichirô Ueda’s feature debut a bright, breezy and laugh-out-loud hilarious zombie comedy.

“Grade A-! The best zombie comedy sinceShaun of the Dead! A euphoric ode to the chaos of genre filmmaking.” – David Ehrlich, IndieWire

A film crew is shooting a zombie horror flick in an abandoned water filtration plant, allegedly used for human experiments by the military. Just as the director

browbeats his actors and demands more special effects blood, a real zombie apocalypse erupts, much to his auteur delight. Packed with meta-movie references as mocking as they are loving, this relentless takedown of the Living Dead genre is a total blast. (Dir. by Shin’ichirô Ueda, 2019, Japan, in Japanese with English subtitles, 96 mins., Not Rated)

“Does something many, including this writer, didn’t think was possible ... it reinvents the zombie movie.” – Katie Rife, AV Club

ONE CUT OF THE DEADSTARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“Three films for the price of one - a terrific Japanese horror/comedy that proves there’s somewhere the zombie apocalypse movie hasn’t yet gone.” – Richard Kuipers, Variety

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See Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hilarious one-woman show that inspired the multiple Emmy Award-winning TV series, Fleabag, captured live on stage in London’s West End and shown on the big screen at The Loft Cinema! Presented by NT Live.

See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End.

“Funny, vibrant, and blunt as a hammerhead.” – New York Magazine

Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose. Playing to sold-out audiences in New York and London, don’t miss your chance to see this ‘legitimately hilarious show’ (New Yorker), captured live and presented on the big screen at a cinema near you. Presented

by DryWrite, Soho Theatre and Annapurna Theatre. (Dir. by Vicky Jones, UK, 80 mins. with no intermission, Not Rated/Contains strong language, recommended for ages 15+)

FLEABAG (NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE)STARTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 | LOFT MEMBERS: $10

PLEASE NOTE: THIS NT LIVE PRESENTATION WILL RUN AS A REGULAR ENGAGEMENT. WE CANNOT ACCEPT PASSES FOR THESE SCREENINGS.

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In celebrated writer/director Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, Antonio Banderas plays Salvador Mallo, a film director in physical decline who reflects on his past as his present comes crashing down around him. Some of these reflections are in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the ‘60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity; his first adult love in the Madrid of the ‘80s; the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense; writing as the only therapy to forget the unforgettable; the early discovery of cinema; and the void, the infinite void created by the incapacity to keep on making

films. Pain and Glory talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need he also finds his salvation. Also starring Penélope Cruz and Asier Etxeandia. From the Oscar-winning director of Volver, Bad Education, Talk to Her and All About My Mother. (Dir. by Pedro Almodóvar, 2019, Spain, in Spanish with English subtitles, 113 mins., Rated R)

PAIN AND GLORYSTARTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“Pain and Glory is bittersweet perfection from Pedro Almodóvar. Antonio Banderas gives the performance of a lifetime.” – Mark Kermode, Guardian

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Writer/director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What We Do in the Shadows), brings his signature style of offbeat humor and warm pathos to his latest film, Jojo Rabbit, a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy (Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (played by filmmaker Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism. Also starring Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen and

Sam Rockwell. Winner of the coveted People’s Choice Award at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. (Dir. by Taika Waititi, 2019, Germany/USA, in English, 108 mins., Rated PG-13)

“There’s some sort of strange magic residing in Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, a film that really shouldn’t work - but does, with remarkable results.” – Chris Evangelista, Slash Film

JOJO RABBITSTARTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES

“Taika Waititi knocks it out of the park with the meaningful lunacy of his anti-hate satire, which is equal parts Mel Brooks, Wes Anderson and Waititi’s own whimsical brilliance.” – Peter Howell, Toronto Star

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MONDOMONDAYSEVERY MONDAY AT 8:00PM!

Mondo Mondays celebrates the hard-working women of horror with a cheesy good tribute to some of our favorite SCREAM QUEENS, including Jill Schoelen, Monique Gabrielle, Caroline Munro and Linnea Quigley!

ADMISSION IS ONLY $4! | LOFT MEMBERS PAY JUST $3!

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7

POPCORN(Dir. by Mark Herrier, 1991, USA, 91 mins., Rated R)

“Buy a bag … go home in a box!”

What could be scarier than an all-night “Horrorthon?” You’ll find out in this greasy, tasty, perfectly-popped slasher flick that celebrates the goofy joys of old-school creature features and ‘80s-style stalk-and-slay terror, starring ‘90s Scream Queen Jill Schoelen (The Stepfather)!

“Pure, hot-buttered fun … one of the early ‘90s most underrated horror movies.” – Cinema Sentries

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14

EVIL TOONS(Dir. by Fred Olen Ray, 1992, USA, 86 mins., Rated R)

“First they undress you, then they possess you!”

What happens when you mix fun-loving coeds, a slobbering cartoon demon modeled on the Tasmanian Devil and David “Please Give Me My Paycheck” Carradine as a stoned cowboy magician? Naturally, you get the ridiculous soft-core horror Roger Rabbit rip-off, Evil Toons! Don’t say you weren’t warned.

“ It’s charming, completely foolish and exactly the sort of late night junk food that you remember from midnight adventures on Cinemax.” – Cinema Suicide

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21

SLAUGHTER HIGH(Dir. by George Dugdale/Mark Ezra/Peter Litten, 1986, UK, 90 mins., Rated R)

“Where the student body is going to pieces!”

A group of obnoxious, sex-crazed adults gather together at their old abandoned school for a high school reunion they’ll always “dismember,” because their party is about to be crashed by a psycho-in-a-clown-mask who’s just dying to teach them all a bloody lesson in reading, writing and revenge!

“Wacky, gnarly fun! There are so many slasher movies from the ‘80s. But there is only one Slaughter High.” – Daily Dead

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28

HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS(Dir. by Fred Olen Ray, 1988, USA, 75 mins., Rated R)

They charge an arm and a leg!”

Sporting one of the greatest movie titles of all time, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers actually lives up (or down) to its lurid title, telling the charmingly entertaining tale of young women seeking entrepreneurial opportunities in the customer service field while simultaneously indulging their love of gas-guzzling power tools.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

IMPULSE(Dir. by William Grefe, 1974, USA, 82 mins., Rated R)

“When the demons of evil take all power of reason … only IMPULSE remains!”

No piece of scenery is left unchewed when the one-and-only William Shatner flips his wig and goes on a cracked killing spree in this psychotronic horror flick that has to be seen to be believed!

“Impulse just may be the most insane ‘must-see’ film you’ve never heard of … if you love The Shatner, this is essential viewing.” – Eat My Brains

G E N E R A L A D M I S S I O N : $ 8 | L O F T M E M B E R S : $ 6

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FRIDAY, OCT 11 & SATURDAY, OCT 12AT 10:00PM

THE LOST BOYS(Dir. by Joel Schumacher, 1987, USA, 97 mins., Rated R)

“Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It’s fun to be a vampire.” That pretty much sums up the appeal of this fang-banging ‘80s horror/teen flick mash-up, a vampires-running-amuck-in-Southern California fright flick that dishes up as many laughs as screams … not to mention a pair of teen heartthrobs both named Corey!

“An ‘80s teen vampire flick done right … a sexy blend of bad lads, bloodsuckers, camp comedy and carnage.” – Total Film

FRIDAY, OCT 4 & SATURDAY, OCT 5AT 10:00PM

THE CRAFT(Dir. by Andrew Fleming, 1996, USA, 101 mins., Rated R)

A coven of teen witches transforms their high school into a little shop of horrors in the magically delicious comedy/thriller The Craft.After transferring to a posh Los Angeles Catholic high school, Sarah (Robin Tunney) finds that her telekinetic gift appeals to a group of three wannabe witches, who happen to be seeking a fourth member for their rituals.

“Schlocky fun … a satirical teen-clique horror movie that’s Carrie meets early John Hughes.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

FRI, OCT 18 AT 10PMSAT, OCT 19 AT 10PMSUN, OCT 20 AT 2PM

BEETLEJUICE(Dir. by Tim Burton, 1988, USA, 92 min., Rated PG)

“It’s Showtime!” A deliriously off-the-wall, fast-paced horror/comedy, Beetlejuice was Tim Burton’s second feature – and it not only defined his signature mix of wild imagination, sweetly fractured characters, surreal sensibility, gothic whimsy and dazzling special effects, but also firmly established him as one of the most original movie makers of our time.

“Colorful, delightfully deranged and endlessly inventive – a grand-scale funhouse that can be enjoyed by children of all ages.” – Kyle Counts, Hollywood Reporter

FRI, OCT 25 AT 10PMSAT, OCT 26 AT 10PMSUN, OCT 27 AT 11AM

GHOSTBUSTERS(Dir. by Ivan Reitman, 1984, USA, 105 mins., Rated PG)

If there’s something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? How about Ghostbusters? Spawning a sequel, two animated TV series and an insanely catchy hit theme song, Ghosbusters is the guaranteed go-to comedy if you’re looking to scare up some major laughs.

“Deliriously inventive … a near-flawless example of the ’80s genre boom in full swing, fusing state-of-the-art SFX, a loopy guys-on-a-mission plot and a handful of the finest one-liners ever.” – Tom Huddleston, Time Out

FRIDAY, NOV 1 & SATURDAY, NOV 2AT 10:00PM

REPO MAN35TH ANNIVERSARY!(Dir. by Alex Cox, 1984, USA, 92 mins., Rated R)

A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy features the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton, in one of his greatest roles, as a weathered repo man in a desolate Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez as the nihilistic, middle-class punk he takes under his wing.

“Great weirdo fun. This is the kind of movie that baffles Hollywood, because it isn’t made from any known formula and doesn’t follow the rules.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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