CLASSIC MOVIE THEATRE BUILT IN 1937.
Maxwell DeMille presents
Wednesday with Welles
1942 Approved 1h28m
This unique series is hosted by filmmaker Stanley Sheff, who worked closely with Welles as a collaborator, editor, and un-credited co-director on his unsold TV pilot The Orson Welles Show. Sheff will share stories from their professional collaboration and personal friendship, giving audiences a rare first-hand glimpse into the private world of Orson Welles.Doors at 7pm, show at 7:30pm and film at 8pm. Tonight's show: THE MAGNIFICNET AMBERSONS The young, handsome, but somewhat wild Eugene Morgan wants to marry Isabel Amberson, daughter of a rich upper-class family, but she instead marries dull and steady Wilbur Minafer. Their only child, George, grows up a spoiled brat. Years later, Eugene comes back, now a mature widower and a successful automobile maker. After Wilbur dies, Eugene again asks Isabel to marry him, and she is receptive. But George resents the attentions paid to his mother, and he and his whacko aunt Fanny manage to sabotage the romance. A series of disasters befall the Ambersons and George, and he gets his come-uppance in the end.
Wednesday, March 18th at 7:30pm
In 70mm
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 PG 3h47m
70mm Screening
Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port.
Sunday, March 22nd at 2:00pm
This movie has an intermission.
Richard Fleischer double feature
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and COMPULSION
G Approved 5h13m
Richard Fleischer was a versatile American film director known for helming nearly 50 films across many genres, including the sci-fi classics, the film noir and epics. The son of animation pioneer Max Fleischer, he began his career at RKO in the 1940s, and his work spanned from low-budget thrillers to big-budget spectacles, making him a popular and prolific director throughout Hollywood's Golden Age and the New Wave era.
Today’s event will be:
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and COMPULSION.
In person is Richard’s granddaughter Claire
with a Q&A moderated by Tim Williams of TV Guide.
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER HE SEA, The oceans during the late 1800s are no longer safe; many ships have been lost. Sailors have returned to port with stories of a vicious narwhal (a giant whale with a long horn) which sinks their ships. A naturalist, Professor (Pierre) Aronnax, his assistant, Conseil, and a professional whaler, Ned Land, join a US expedition which attempts to unravel the mystery.
COMPULSION, In 1924 Chicago, Artie Strauss and Judd Steiner are friends and fellow law students who both come from wealthy backgrounds. They have few true friends as they believe all their contemporaries are intellectually inferior. Within their relationship, Artie is the dominant and Judd the submissive who says he will do whatever Artie tells him. Although Judd acts intellectually arrogant to others, he also shows signs of weakness and reticence most evident to Artie. Part of their goal in life is to experience how it feels to do everything. As such, they plot to commit what they consider the perfect crime - a kidnapping and murder - not only so that they can experience the sense of killing for killing's sake, but also taunt the law with the knowledge of it and their superiority after the fact. They believe their crime is above the law. Their murder of young Paulie Kessler is not so perfect, with evidence at the scene uncovered by one of their law school colleagues, Sid Brooks, who also works for the Globe newspaper. As Artie and Judd try to manipulate their way out of how the evidence may implicate them, their manipulation ultimately backfires and they are charged with the murder. The most famed trial lawyer in town, Jonathan Wilk, is hired to defend the pair despite his atheism being against the families' sensibilities. Jonathan, renowned for his ability to manipulate juries, has to decide how best to defend his clients in the overwhelming face of evidence against them. The testimony of Ruth Evans, Sid's girlfriend, may have some impact on the trial's outcome.
Saturday, April 11th at 1:30pm
FIne Arts Theatre 89th Anniversary
The Godfather
1972 R 2h55m
Crime/Drama
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
.89¢ anniversary admissions!
The Godfather "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York. He is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Michael, Vito's youngest son and a decorated WW II Marine is also present at the wedding. Michael seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. Vito is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is ruthless against those who do not. But when a powerful and treacherous rival wants to sell drugs and needs the Don's influence for the same, Vito refuses to do it. What follows is a clash between Vito's fading old values and the new ways which may cause Michael to do the thing he was most reluctant in doing and wage a mob war against all the other mafia families which could tear the Corleone family apart.
Friday, April 17th at 8pm
Fleischer Cartoons
Fleischer Cartoons
89th Anniversary
89¢ anniversary admissions!
Saturday, April 18th at 1pm
Blue Beetle
2023 PG-13 2h7m
Action
.89¢ anniversary admissions! From Warner Bros. Pictures comes the feature film “Blue Beetle,” marking the DC Super Hero’s first time on the big screen. The film, directed by Angel Manuel Soto, stars Xolo Maridueña in the title role as well as his alter ego, Jaime Reyes.
.89¢ anniversary admissions! Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the Super Hero BLUE BEETLE.
Saturday,April 18th at 4:30pm
The Godfather Part II
1974 R 3hr22min
Drama/Romance
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall
.89¢ anniversary admissions!
Probably Al Pacino's best work up to that time! The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Saturday, April 18th at 8:00pm
Batman: The Movie (1966)
1966 PG 1hr45m
Adventure
.89¢ anniversary admissions!
The arch-villains of the United Underworld - the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler and the Catwoman - join forces to dispose of Batman and Robin as they launch their fantastic plot to control the entire world. From his submarine, the Penguin and his cohorts hijack a yacht containing a dehydrator, which can extract all moisture from humans and reduce them to dust. The evildoers turn the nine Security Council members in the United World Building into nine vials of multicolored crystals. Batman and Robin track the villains in their Batboat and use Batcharge missiles to force the submarine to surface.
Sunday, April 19th 12:30pm
The Great Race
1965 A 2h40m
59th Anniversary
.89¢ anniversary admissions!
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Sunday, April 19th at 3:45pm
Rob Reiner Double Feature
Rob Reiner Double Feature
Rob Reiner Double Feature
Rob Reiner Double Feature
Fine Arts 89th anniversary special!
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
1987 PG 1h50m
Reviewers say 'The Princess Bride' is acclaimed for its romance, adventure, and comedy, featuring memorable characters and quotable lines. The film's humor, dialogue, and story are often praised, along with standout performances by Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, and Andre the Giant. The grandfather-grandson framing device adds nostalgia. Some critique special effects and pacing, but the film is widely regarded as a timeless classic.
Sunday, April 19th at 8:00pm
MISERY
1990 R 1h47m
Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's "number one fan", who takes Paul back to her remote house in the mountains (without bothering to tell anybody). Unfortunately for Paul, Annie is also a headcase. When she discovers that Paul has killed off the heroine in her favorite novels, her reaction leaves Paul shattered (literally)...
Sunday, April 19th at 10:50pm
Premiere
Rock Is Dead
34min
In the suburban sprawl of the San Fernando Valley, four reject bandmates - Ezra,
Truman, Paul, and Fats - are trying to do the impossible: start a rock band in a
world that has left rock music to die.
The boys chase old highs of the music they love, wishing to be the pinnacle of
their own generation, except there’s one problem: they’re terrible. Their songs fall
apart, their timing is messy, and most rehearsals end in bruised egos. Ezra, the
drummer, is determined to resurrect the genre and build a band so undeniably
killer that the world has no choice but to look. As the group struggles to stay
together, Ezra spirals trying to force greatness out of a dying dream. Truman
suggests recruiting a new band member, setting the band on a collision course
between reinvention and total collapse
April 26st at 7:30pm
Star Wars I-IX
Presented with RGB Laser projection
Friday, May 1st at 7pm
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 2h 16m
Friday, May 1st at 10:15pm
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 2h 22m
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Saturday, May 2nd at 1pm
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 2h 20m
Saturday, May 2nd at 4:15pm
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) 2h 1m
Saturday, May 2nd at 7:15pm
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 2h4m
Saturday, May 2nd at 10:15pm
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 2h 11m
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Sunday, May 3rd at 12:30pm
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (2015) 2h 18m
Sunday, May 3rd at 4pm
Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) 2h 32m
Sunday, May 3rd at 7:30pm
Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) 2h 21m
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