All right, Popeye’s here! Get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall! -Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle The American Cinematheque Presents “The French Connection” & “To Live and Die in L.A.“ Ratings: R (Both Films) | Runtimes: 104 & 116 Minutes | Years: 1971 & 1985 | Trailers: French / […]

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After having globe-trotted with “Babel”, I thought I had explored enough multiple lines, fractured structures and crossing narratives. Each of the films I have made has been shot in a different language, in a different country. At the end of “Babel”, I was so exhausted I made it a point that my next film would […]

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I always believed it was the things you don’t choose that makes you who you are. Your city, your neighborhood, your family. People here take pride in these things, like it was something they’d accomplished. The bodies around their souls, the cities wrapped around those. I lived on this block my whole life; most of […]

Read more "Pick for 1/6/11 – “The Town” & “Gone Baby Gone”"

And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. -Otis B. Driftwood The American Cinematheque Presents “A Day at the Races” & “A Night at the Opera“ Ratings: Unrated (Both Films) | Runtimes: 111 & 96 Minutes | […]

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It’s just like Santa’s workshop! Except it smells like mushrooms… and everyone looks like they wanna hurt me… -Buddy The American Cinematheque Presents “Elf” & “Band Santa (Director’s Cut)“ Ratings: PG & Unrated | Runtimes: 97 & 91 Minutes | Years: 2003 (Both Films) | Trailers: Elf / Bad Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 | 7:30 […]

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There’s a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn’t know it. -“South of the Border” Synopsis The American Cinematheque Presents “South of the Border“ Rating: Unrated | Runtime: 78 Minutes | Year: 2009 | Trailer: South Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 | 7:30 PM Discussion following with director Oliver Stone and editor […]

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It’s 98.6 over here baby. -King The American Cinematheque Presents “Where the Day Takes You“ Rating: R | Runtime: 105 Minutes | Year: 1992 | Trailer: Where Wednesday, December 9th, 2010 | 7:30 PM Discussion following with Dermot Mulroney, Laura Flynn Boyle and Laura San Giacomo. We will be live tweeting during the discussion on […]

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