Starring: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz, Robert J. Wilke
A screen poem about life in America at the turn of the century. A story of love and murder told through the voice of a child and expressive images of nature in 1916. A steelworker flees Chicago after a fight with his boss; he takes his little sister and girlfriend with him.
Starring: Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Doris Roberts, Mary Jane Higby
Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler), an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a “correspondence club” and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco). Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he’s a con man who seduces lonely single women, kills them and then takes their money. She poses as Ray’s sister and joins Ray on a wild killing spree, fueled by her lingering concern that Ray will leave her for one of his marks.
Starring: Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen
Wrongly convicted for murder as a teen, “Bowie” Bowers (Farley Granger) breaks out of prison with two other criminals, Chickamaw (Howard da Silva) and T-Dub (Jay C. Flippen). While hiding out, Bowie meets Chickamaw’s niece, Keechie (Cathy O’Donnell), and they bond. Wanting to clear his name, Bowie decides to participate in a robbery with the others, so he can afford a lawyer. As he gets drawn further into crime, Bowie contemplates running away with Keechie and starting over.
Starring: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri
Inspired by real-life killers Charles Starkweather and Caril-Ann Fugate, this tale of crime and love begins in a dead-end town. Teenage girl Holly (Sissy Spacek) angers her father (Warren Oates) when she begins dating an older and rebellious boy (Martin Sheen). After a conflict between Holly and her father erupts in murder, the young lovers are forced to flee. In the ensuing crime spree, they journey through the Midwest to the Badlands of Montana, eluding authorities along the way.
Starring: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn, Millie Perkins
Note: This rare print includes Spanish subtitles
Following starmaking turns in films like Fast Times in Ridgemont High and The Falcon and the Snowman, Sean Penn cemented his method acting chops and bad boy image with this “based on a true story” crime drama from James Foley (Reckless, Glengarry Glen Ross).
A mustachioed Christopher Walken (in “zaddy baddie” mode) is Brad Whitewood, Sr., a career criminal in rural Pennsylvania. When Brad’s unlawful activities begin intersecting with his sons (played by real life brothers Sean and Chris Penn), a series of illegal and dark events force Penn’s Brad, Jr. to decide between allegiance to his family or the police. Will blood be thicker than water? Featuring performances from a who’s who of the decade’s rising stars (Mary Stuart Masterson, Kiefer Sutherland, Crispin Glover) and a theme song by Penn’s then spouse, Madonna, At Close Range offers an 80s vision of a Shakespearean-Americana opera broadcasting Penn at his pin-up broodiest.
Introduced by Mark Pagán, host and creator of the podcast Other Men Need Help
Starring: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, Fred Dalton Thompson
A Secret Service agent is taunted by calls from a would-be killer who has detailed information about the agent – including the fact that he failed to save President John F. Kennedy from assassination. The caller is revealed as an ex-CIA assassin, and the agent, who is investigating a threat to the current president, is determined not to let history repeat itself.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Chuck Pfarrer, Yancy Butler, Kasi Lemmons, Wilford Brimley
Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a sailor skilled in martial arts, is employed to guard Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler) as she tracks down her father, an itinerant Vietnam veteran living in New Orleans named Douglas (Chuck Pfarrer). They soon uncover a sinister group of wealthy men who hunt the homeless for sport, paying them $10,000 if they can survive a crosstown journey. When Chance discovers that Natasha’s father was one of their victims, he decides to destroy the evil hunters.
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner
Outdoor thriller in which a former mountain rescuer is pitted against a group of criminals who have lost their $100 million stash during a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. After being persuaded to help rescue a group of stranded hikers, he discovers that they are in fact a gang of violent robbers who need help to locate their missing loot.
Starring: Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Matt Damon
Written by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, this comedy caper follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet another breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure friend Marian who desperately needs to loosen up. In search of a fresh start, the two embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.
Join curator Willy Hartland and his animation friends for this award winning program of animated shorts all produced in New York City.
Curated by Willy Hartland
Mark Newgarden’s Cartoons and You (2000)
Xeth Feinberg’s Winston (2023)
Debra Solomon’s Little Hurts (2022)
Candy Kugel’s Inbetweening America (2001)
John Canemaker’s John Lennon Sketchbook (1986)
Anna Samo’s Conversations With A Whale (2020)
Morgan Miller’s There’s a Bison on the Prairie (2022)
JJ Sedelmaier’s Cluckin Chicken (1992)
Willy Hartland’s Wham Blam Thank You Clam (1982)
Signe Baumane’s Teat Beat for Sex (2007)
Jeremiah Dickey’s My Dear Mr. Whitman (2023)
George Griffin’s A Little Routine (1994)
