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(re)Discovery |
Deep in the jungles of Peru in close proximity to a large radioactive deposit, Dr. Thorkel, “the world’s greatest authority on organic molecular structure”, is experimenting with the atomic makeup of living cellular tissue. Brought to the screen by the ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1940 | Not Rated | Sci-Fi, Horror | d. Ernest B. Schoedsack Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 10:00 AM
35mm First Sci-Fi feature in TECHNICOLOR!
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Seven time Academy Award-winning producer George Pal’s first foray into the works of British author H.G. Wells was updated to the present and relocated from England to southern California. Based on the 1898 novel, the story is of a ... read more |
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Best Special Visual Effects 1953 Sponsored by 1953 | Not Rated | Sci-Fi, Horror | d. Byron Haskin Gene Barry, Ann Robinson Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 12:45 PM
Archival 35mm
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Local Flavor |
Eddie Corazón (Julian Alcaraz), a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent and secret reader, who attends an alternative high school in rural New Mexico, now walks the thin line between tragedy and glory as he searches for his place in the world. ... read more |
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2009 | | Drama, Independent | d. Rod McCall Elizabeth Peña, A Martinez, Seth Adkins Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 15 at 01:30 PM
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Signature Classic |
A flying British nanny changes the lives of two children, largely ignored by their disciplinarian banker father and loving but distracted suffragette mother. Aloof but charming, Mary Poppins, with or without jack of all trades Bert, takes the Banks kids ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1964 | G | Family, Musical | d. Robert Stevenson Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 03:30 PM
Archival 35mm 45th Anniversary Screening
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Signature Classic |
“Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!”…to 1930’s Berlin, a time of political unrest and economic hardship. However, amidst the chaos and distress, there is one place people can go to forget their problems - the Kit Kat Club.
It is ... read more |
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With Special Guest Michael York Sponsored by 1972 | PG | Musical, Romance | d. Bob Fosse Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 07:00 PM
Archival 35mm
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Local Flavor |
While women are still startlingly underrepresented in the film industry at large, there's a strong body of female filmmakers working hard in the border region. From documentary to drama to experimental self-portraiture, these talented directors are using the expanse of ... read more |
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with introductions by Lisa Garibay Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 15 at 07:30 PM
A Collection of Short Films by Local Women Filmmakers
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In hindsight, they were destined to be together – the horror equivalent of Astaire and Rogers.
H.R. Giger’s skeletal alien design and Sigourney Weaver’s lean jaw structure was a match made in the cinema’s heavens. In ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1979 | R | Sci-Fi, Horror | d. Ridley Scott Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Saturday, Aug 15 at 10:00 PM
35mm 30th Anniversary Screening
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Local Flavor |
Dr. Michael Vidal is in his final year of residency and has just been named senior chief resident of the heart surgery program at his hospital. After his father's death, he slowly begins to lose touch with reality and ... read more |
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2009 | Not Rated | Drama, Independent | d. Carlos Corral Manny Rubio, Jim Daross, Marco Naylor Philanthropy Theatre
Saturday, Aug 15 at 10:00 PM
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