Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner

Controversial comedian Lenny Bruce (Dustin Hoffman) begins his career telling bad jokes to bored audiences in the 1950s, but can’t repress his desire to unleash edgier material. When he does, he begins a one-man campaign to break down social hypocrisy, and his groundbreaking stage act propels him to cult-hero status. When authorities ban Lenny’s act for obscenity, he begins a downward spiral of drugs, sex and debt, aided by his bombshell wife, a stripper named Honey (Valerie Perrine).

Starring: Rainbow Harvest, Karen Black

Come celebrate the FOFIF’s favorite season with a screening of Marina Sargenti’s MIRROR MIRROR! To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.

Before THE CRAFT, there was MIRROR MIRROR. Co-written by sisters Annette and Gina Cascone and directed by Marina Sargenti, the film follows high school goth Megan (Rainbow Harvest, a dead ringer for Winona Ryder’s Lydia Deetz character in BEETLEJUICE) as she deals with typical teenage stuff: crushes, bullies, and a haunted mirror that grants her supernatural powers. MIRROR MIRROR combines YA vibes straight out of a Christopher Pike novel with plenty of R-rated thrills. But the film’s most notable—and enjoyable—aspect is its nuanced portrayal of relationships between women, which was rare for the horror genre in 1990. –AGFA

Screening before MIRROR MIRROR:
MICRO-SHORT, written and directed by Beth Fletcher (6 min)
A woman hypnotized by her microwave finds out how far she’ll go to satiate its hunger.

HELL IS A TEENAGE GIRL: Jennifer’s Body and Twilight New Moon 15th Anniversary Double Feature

In Fall 2009, two cinematic masterpieces were unleashed upon rabid teenagers across the world: Jennifer’s Body and Twilight: New Moon. On October 28th, relive the madness with a special 15th-anniversary double feature event. Hosts Allie Carieri and Shay Filmore conjure the terrifying ghost of flatironed bangs for a celebration of teenaged monsters and all things ‘09. The night begins with Karyn Kusama and Diablo Cody’s bloody opus Jennifer’s Body, followed by a 35mm print of Twilight: New Moon in all its moody glory. Terrifying tricks and treats like trivia, prizes, and drinking games await you during intermission, and costumes are strongly encouraged. Girls become demons, boys become wolves, and everyone’s hormones are raging – it’s going to be the greatest night of your life.

There will be a 15 minute intermission between the two movies.

All tabs for the double feature will be pre-authorized with a temporary $25.00 charge pending on your account. Any checks left unsigned will incur an automatic gratuity charge of 20%.

Starring: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Gunner Hansen, Jim Siedow, Edwin Neal, Teri McMinn, John Dugan, Paul A. Partain

The Future of Film is Female presents a special screening of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE with a special focus on editor/assistant director Sallye Richardson. To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.

At fifty years old, the TCSM is one of the most iconic films from the 20th century but little is known about its editor and assistant director, Sallye Richardson. Before the screening, The FOFIF will highlight her contribution to the film and urge the audience to consider its editing while watching.

“Chain Saw was made in editing. It wasn’t a case of a scene in the screenplay being ‘x’ pages long — the scenes were as long as they were supposed to be, it was instinctive.” –Sallye Richardson, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Companion, 2003

Starring: Fernando Tielve, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Eduardo Noriega

After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians, and is taken in by the steely headmistress, Carmen (Marisa Paredes), and the kindly professor, Casares (Federico Luppi). Soon after his arrival, Carlos has a run-in with the violent caretaker, Jacinto (Eduardo Noriega). Gradually, Carlos uncovers the secrets of the school, including the youthful ghost that wanders the grounds.

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde, Esther McGregor, Vaughan Reilly

A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Boyd Holbrook, Edward Norton, Scoot McNairy, Monica Barbaro

Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.

Starring: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Kerry O’Malley, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, Jessica Harper

A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn.

Starring: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, Scoot McNairy

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern age, starring BAFTA award-winner James McAvoy (Split, Glass) in a riveting performance as the charismatic, alpha-male estate owner whose untrammeled hospitality masks an unspeakable darkness.

Starring: Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, Brenda Bakke, CCH Pounder, Dick Miller, Thomas Haden Church

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker (William Sadler) is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister but charming Collector (Billy Zane) is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its quirky residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.