All movies 

screened using      

   REEL16mm   

       FILM!!!

Vintage Trailers, 

and an obscure 

  cartoon before

    each show!

LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM    1988     June 16

Ken Russell rolls Amanda Donohoe through this wry horror film and comes up with snake eyes!  Glamour and monsters, glorious gams and gnashing fangs, full of subtle zingers and cinematic in-jokes, this is one of the greatest date movies, ever, and a very groovy way to open our season!

ABBY    1974    Tuesday, June 23

Lovingly remembered as The Blaxorcist, ABBY is an amazingly campy car wreck of a film produced at the tail end of Exorcist mania and at the peak of the Blaxploitation school of filmmaking.  Undeniably a groaner and a gem!

THE BAD SEED    1956    Tuesday, June 30

Aaaahhh, little Rhoda Penmark.  You just can’t judge a book by its cover.  She shares her Shirley Temple façade with most of the world, but an unlucky few meet the real Rhoda.  Much evil.  Much denial of evil.  This Mervyn LeRoy cult favorite is still chilling after fifty years.

THE BRAIN EATERS    1958    Tuesday, July 7

Despite the title, there are no zombies in this is classic 50s space invasion, low budget drive-in howler.  Better than many and worse than some, this is simply a surrender to a soft summer night at the movies with friends and lovers… and mysterious space creatures that eat your brains!

THE BED SITTING ROOM  1969    Tuesday, July 14

Rita Tushingham, Spike Milligan, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Harry Secombe and the jaw dropping screen debut of Marty Feldman, Richard Lester brings us one of filmdom’s most bizarre moments as British comedians and character actors romp and slog through a VERY surreal London, post A-Bomb.  It works, yet we’re not sure how!  Funny.  Indulgent.  Unforgettable.

SLEEPER    1973    Tuesday, July 21

Rip Van Woody is revived after 200 years, and Allen’s vision of the future through his uptight New York Jewish comedian, circa ’73 colored glasses is everything you could ask for in an early Woody Allen film.  Sophisticated humor wrestles blindly with puns and slapstick… and the audience wins!  With Diane Keaton!

OUT OF SIGHT    1966    Tuesday, July 28

Camp classic beach movie serves as a vehicle for musical numbers by teen pop stars Gary Lewis and the Playboys, surf rockers The Astronauts, the ultimate anti rock star rock stars, Freddie and the Dreamers, LA stoners, The Turtles, The Knickerbockers and ‘In Crowd’s Dobie Gray.  In Technicolor and Cinemascope!

LA BELLE ET LA BETE    1946    Tuesday, August 4

The greatest fantasy film of all time.  The greatest French film of all the greatest French films.  The greatest film adaptation of a fairy tale.  The most elegant and handsome film monster of all time.  Stunning.  Beautiful.  Thrilling.  Powerful.  Oh, my smokin’ paws!

THE KID   1921    Tuesday, August 11

One of the most enduring and endearing of any film comedy, silent or sound era.  Charlie Chaplin was already the undisputed worldwide king of short comedies as actor, producer and director when he leapt in as auteur in this first Chaplin feature.  About love, loyalty and the true wealth of friendship in the face of poverty, The Kid is unafraid to be sentimental, balanced handsomely in the framework of Chaplin’s mastery of slapstick, sight gags and situational humor.  A true giant of a film.