Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Jason ‘Wee Man’ Acuña, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey
In this comedic documentary, Johnny Knoxville heads a crew of stuntmen, skateboarders and all-around lunatics as they prank, embarrass and torture each other in the name of fun. The antics range from childlike — the boys don panda suits for a romp through Tokyo — to grotesque and life-threatening. A golf cart demolition derby turns downright dangerous. Live gators nearly chomp maniac Steve-O. Filmmaker Spike Jonze and Knoxville, in heavy makeup, test the public’s patience for the elderly.
Starring: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Phyllis Applegate, Obba Babatundé, William Bassett
After The Man kills his brother and poisons the neighborhood with tainted liquor, a kung fu fighter (Michael Jai White) wages a war that takes him all the way to Nixon’s White House.
Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
An inspirational speaker (David Thewlis) becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who shakes up his mundane existence.
Starring: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall, Stefan Arngrim, Michael J. Fox, Keith Knight, Lisa Langlois
It’s time to go back to school with The Class of 1984! Marc Lester’s 1982 punk gang classic is presented on beautiful 35mm and actor Stefan Arngrim, Drugstore himself, will be joining us in person to introduce the film and do a live Q&A after the screening. Stefan will be available before and after with merchandise and photo-ops for sale. Be there or we’ll see you in detention!
Whether you’re into punk, vengeance or sitcom stars getting stabbed, this is one 50-pound sack of Armageddon you cannot miss. Helmed by Mark L. Lester—the firecracker director of Commando and Firestarter—Class of 1984 is one of the classic punk era’s most incendiary treatises against the scourge of youth. The scene is set: when a rabid pack of rampaging delinquents overruns an all-American high school, brutality and decadence are everywhere. Enter the novice teacher (Perry King, Andy Warhol’s Bad), who’s forced to violently turn the tables before the bloodthirsty gang’s trash wave swallows the town alive. Class of 1984 is a perfect exploitation film—it’s relentlessly seedy, overflowing with violence, drug use, and crime, crime, CRIME! But beyond all this, there’s an absorbing air of leather-clad heartlessness that makes this movie flat-out the best in its genre.
Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz) is convinced by her husband, George (Alessandro Nivola), that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine’s affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George’s wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley (Amy Adams), who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George’s character.
Starring: Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi, Christian Borromeo, John Saxon
Visiting Rome on a promotional tour for his new novel, writer Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa) is pulled into a murder mystery as someone familiar with his work begins a series of killings. While the police look into the crimes, Neal investigates on his own, aided by his beautiful assistant, Anne (Daria Nicolodi), and a tenacious young local named Gianni (Christian Borromeo). As the murderer brutally dispatches of other victims, Neal gets closer to discovering the psychopath’s identity.
Starring: Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Jennifer Connelly, Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne, Regina King
In John Singleton’s powerful portrait of college life in the 1990s, a group of incoming freshmen at Columbus University — including varsity athlete Malik Williams (Omar Epps), awkward outcast Remy (Michael Rapaport) and wide-eyed Kristen Connor (Kristy Swanson) — struggle to find themselves and adjust to newfound independence. When Remy finds acceptance among a group of neo-Nazis, tensions rise even higher on a campus already divided along racial, socio-economic and gender lines.
Starring: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon
Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive. Co-hosted by Joe Berger and Jeff Cashvan of THE DEUCE!
The mutant infants are back, and this time, they’ve been exiled!
The third entry of Larry Cohen’s killer baby saga takes the absurd premise to new levels. At a loss for how to deal with the phenomenon of an increasing population of rabid newborns, the government ships them to a remote tropical island that they can have all to themselves. But if you think that is an easy fix, you’ve got something to learn!
Enter Stephen Jarvis (played with gloriously sweaty conviction by Michael Moriarty), the tormented father of one such mutant baby. Years after the infants were banished, a scientific expedition returns to the island to check in on the toddler terrors—and let’s just say… they’re all grown up now. And very cranky.
With Cohen’s signature mix of biting satire, bizarre family drama, and gooey creature effects, Island of the Alive asks the question: Can mutant babies learn to love… or will they just kill everyone instead?
4K restoration
Eleanor Coppola films her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s trials as he films Apocalypse Now, capturing the real world difficulties that complicate the filmmaking process.
“In 1976, Eleanor Coppola shot behind-the-scenes footage of Apocalypse Now on 16mm. For the first time, we decided to return to all original sources and scan elements in 4K for this new release. What everyone has seen over the last 30 years has been three to four generations removed from the source elements. Additionally, we utilized the 2019 4K restoration of Apocalypse Now for this release, incorporating those elements into the documentary. For any clips pulled from Apocalypse Now and used in the documentary, we maintained the original aspect ratio of 2.40 instead of letterboxing it in a 4×3 frame. Lastly, we remastered the soundtrack and created a new 5.1 mix. The film was restored at American Zoetrope and graded at Roundabout Entertainment in Burbank, California. The director, Fax Bahr, approved the grade.”
– James T. Mockoski, Film Archivist/Restoration Supervisor for American Zoetrope
Starring: Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, Madeleine McGraw
As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake.
Determined to solve the mystery and end the torment for both her and her brother, Gwen persuades Finn to visit the camp during a winter storm. There, she uncovers a shattering intersection between The Grabber and her own family’s history. Together, she and Finn must confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.
