Weekly NYC & LA Screening Recommendations 3/24 - 3/28
PRESENTED BY MISE EN SCÈNT
NYC Screenings
Palidrome
Todd Solondz returns to once again shine a light on his beloved New Jersey suburbs, showing us once again that not all is as it seems behind our white picket fences and freshly cut lawns.
Dedicated to the main character of his earlier Welcome to the Dollhouse, Solondz’s audacious third feature follows 13-year-old Aviva Victor (played, over the course of the film, by eight different actresses, including Jennifer Jason Leigh), who longs for a love that always seems to elude her. She runs away from home on a quest that takes her to places she never knew existed, outside her insular world and into the expanses of her heart.
“One of 2004’s best… the perfect abortion movie: kind, scary, fair, and with amazing musical numbers!” – John Waters
Now Playing at IFC Center through the rest of the week, restored beautifully in 4K!
Metrographs Welcome to Suburbia Series
Keeping in theme, Metrograph is offering a selection of cult films and classics that depict the thornier side of American Suburbia.
The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola’s dreamy, melancholic drama tells the story of the five Lisbon sisters, who live under oppressive parental control in a quiet suburban neighborhood. Narrated by a group of boys who obsessively analyze the girls' tragic fates, the film explores themes of isolation, repression, and the inescapable ennui of suburban adolescence.
March 26th @ 7:10
March 27th @ 7:20
Ghost World
Based on Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel, Ghost World follows two cynical, misfit teenagers, Enid and Rebecca, as they navigate life after high school in an uninspiring suburban landscape. While Rebecca tries to conform by getting a job and settling into adult responsibilities, Enid rebels against the monotony of suburban life, drifting into a friendship with an awkward older man, Seymour. The film critiques consumer culture, social alienation, and the disillusionment that comes with realizing adulthood isn’t as fulfilling as expected.
March 26th @ 7:00pm
Drop Dead Gorgeous
A dark satirical comedy set in a small Minnesota town, Drop Dead Gorgeous follows a teen beauty pageant where contestants mysteriously die under suspicious circumstances. The film skewers American pageant culture, class divides, and Midwestern politeness, revealing the desperation lurking beneath the town's wholesome facade.
March 25th @ 6:50pm
March 27th @ 9:35pm
Midnight Movie
Frankenhooker
If you loved last year’s THE SUBSTANCE, then head on down to Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg for their midnight screening of the seminal raucous body horror comedy FRANKENHOOKER. Underseen and overlooked within the general public, Frankenhooker is twist on the classic Frankenstein story, about a mad scientist who, after his girlfriend dies in a horrible accident, sets out to rebuild her using the body parts of exploded sex workers. Yes you read that right.
Plays Friday March 28th @ 11:55pm
LA Screenings
Vidiots
Wanda
An unsung pick from the New Hollywood Era, Barbara Loden's Wanda depicts a listless, apathetic woman who joins up and goes on the run with a bank robber as they drift from town to town through the rust belt.
Shot on a $100,000 budget, this film is lauded as a landmark in independent cinema, with the New Yorkers Richard Brody praising Loden as "The female counterpart to John Cassevettes."
Plays Wednesday March 26th @ 7:30pm
New Beverly Matinee
Shakespeare In Love
When Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer’s block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never before! There are just two things he’ll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else, but she’s successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will’s latest production! Everyone will love this funny behind-the-scenes look at the writing of the greatest love story ever told!
Plays March 28th @ 2:00pm
TICKETS HERE
Midnight Movie
Repo Man
After being fired from his job, Los Angeles slacker and punk rocker Otto (Emilio Estevez) lands a gig working for an eccentric repossession agent named Bud (Harry Dean Stanton). At first, Otto is reluctant to work as a repo man, but he grows to love the fast-paced job. After learning of a Chevy Malibu that has been given a $20,000 price tag, Otto embarks on a quest to find the car with the beautiful Leila (Olivia Barash), who claims the trunk's contents are otherworldly.
Plays Midnight at the Vista Theater March 28th & 29th!
TICKETS HERE
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