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Memoir of a Snail

Saturday, September 14, 2024

• The Historic Theater

Is it possible to endure an existence of deprivation and loss and yet still love your life? Australian Oscar-winning writer-director Adam Elliot (Max and Mary) answers this complicated question with charm, graceful wisdom and a flamboyant display of innovative, charming stop-motion animation.

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Nickel Boys

Saturday, September 14, 2024

• The Historic Theater

A stirring follow-up to his directorial debut Hale County This Morning, This Evening, RaMell Ross’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel is a biting, visually adventurous coming-of-age story set in Jim Crow-era Florida.

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Saturday Night

Saturday, September 14, 2024

• The Historic Theater

riter-director Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air), co-writer Gil Kenan and the gifted cinematographer Eric Steelberg, who makes nearly every shot an elaborate Steadicam composition, have reconstructed a famous night in inventive, often poignant, often hilarious, dream-like fashion.

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Sunday, September 15, 2024

• The Historic Theater

Agonizingly painful, yet thrilling in its moral clarity, The Seed of the Sacred Fig (a winner at Cannes) provides one of cinema’s most emphatic statements of the necessity of freedom. Writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof, himself a former prisoner of conscience, was forced to flee his homeland after authorities learned about the subject matter of his film.

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Will & Harper

Sunday, September 15, 2024

• The Historic Theater

When comedian Will Ferrell and comedy writer Harper Steele met at Saturday Night Live in the 90s, they became close collaborators and the best of friends. Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) chronicles their cross-country adventure, as Steele does what she's always loved best—exploring country roads, dive bars, roadside diners, beer-drinking and people-watching off the beaten path—all for the first time as a woman.

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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

Sunday, September 15, 2024

• The Historic Theater

With the aid of Willie Nel’s fluid cinematography, director Embeth Davidtz’s poignant, sensuous film, adapted to a screenplay from Alexandra Fuller's acclaimed memoirs, tells a tale of painful losses, political upheaval, and the irrepressible, wild joys of childhood. 

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The Wizard of Oz (1939) 85th Anniversary

Sunday, September 22, 2024

• The Historic Theater

Dress up encouraged! Kids are free! Hosted by classic film historian Jeannie MacDonald, with an exclusive walk-in soundtracked slideshow of movie intel and then an “inside dish” presentation.

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Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour

September 24 – September 25, 2024

• The Historic Theater

A 110-minute theatrical program of seven short films curated from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, including three Festival Award–winning titles.

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Paul McCartney and Wings - One Hand Clapping

September 26 – September 28, 2024

• The Historic Theater

Directed by David Litchfield, this film captured a moment when Paul McCartney and Wings had found and defined their signature sound. Filmed over four days at Abbey Road Studios in August 1974, the film provides an insight into the inner workings of the band as they work and play together in the studio.

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