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One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O’Malley

In a Disney animation classic, Dalmatian Pongo is tired of his bachelor-dog life. He spies lovely Perdita and maneuvers his master, Roger, into meeting Perdita’s owner, Anita. The owners fall in love and marry, keeping Pongo and Perdita together too. After Perdita gives birth to a litter of 15 puppies, Anita’s old school friend Cruella De Vil wants to buy them all. Roger declines her offer, so Cruella hires the criminal Badun brothers to steal them — so she can have a fur coat.

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Starring: Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Daryl Gilley, Candy Devine, Charles Nelson Reilly, Vic Tayback

In this animated feature, canine casino owner Charlie (Burt Reynolds) is killed by gambler Carface (Vic Tayback), but returns to Earth from heaven thanks to the powers of a magical, rewindable watch. Charlie sets out to take his revenge on Carface by means of an elaborate plan that involves an orphan girl, Anne-Marie. But as the plan progresses, Charlie discovers that Anne-Marie is being exploited by Carface. Charlie must decide whether to change his mission from one of revenge to one of rescue.

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Debbie Reynolds, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew Lawrence

In this anime feature, 13-year-old Kiki moves to a seaside town with her talking cat, Jiji, to spend a year alone, in accordance with her village’s tradition for witches in training. After learning to control her broomstick, Kiki sets up a flying courier service and soon becomes a fixture in the community. But when the insecure young witch begins questioning herself and loses her magic abilities, she must overcome her self-doubt to get her powers back.

The Rugrats Movie

Starring: E.G. Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, Cheryl Chase, Tara Strong, Jack Riley

This animated comedy finds Tommy Pickles (E.G. Daily) trying to return his baby brother to the hospital after being warned by his mean-spirited friend, Angelica (Cheryl Chase), that once his new sibling is born his parents won’t care about him. But, soon after they embark on the mission, Tommy and his friends lose their way in the woods and get into trouble with a pack of wild monkeys who have escaped from the circus. The kids begin to think that maybe things weren’t so bad at home after all.

Ratatouille

Starring: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Brad Garrett

Remy (Patton Oswalt), a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart’s delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris’ finest restaurants, the rodent gourmet finds himself ideally placed to realize his dream.

The Land Before Time

Starring: Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Bill Erwin, Helen Shaver

Preceded by a Secret nostalgic animated short film from the 90s!

Littlefoot (Gabriel Damon), a young plant-eating dinosaur, is orphaned after his mother (Helen Shaver) perishes while protecting him from a vicious carnivore. With her last breath, she tells him how to get to the legendary Great Valley, where he will be reunited with others of his kind. With his friend Cera (Candace Hutson), Littlefoot sets out for the fabled land, meeting a variety of new friends along the way — while also being tracked by the killer dinosaur that mortally wounded his mother.

My Neighbor Totoro

Starring: Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, Tim Daly, Lea Salonga, Frank Welker, Paul Butcher

English dubbed version

This acclaimed animated tale by director Hayao Miyazaki follows schoolgirl Satsuke and her younger sister, Mei, as they settle into an old country house with their father and wait for their mother to recover from an illness in an area hospital. As the sisters explore their new home, they encounter and befriend playful spirits in their house and the nearby forest, most notably the massive cuddly creature known as Totoro.

The Young Girls of Rochefort

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Gene Kelly, George Chakiris, Jacques Perrin

Jacques Demy followed up The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with another musical about missed connections and second chances, this one a more effervescent confection. Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac), long for big-city life; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, so does the possibility of escape. With its jazzy Michel Legrand score, pastel paradise of costumes, and divine supporting cast (George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli, and Gene Kelly), The Young Girls of Rochefort is a tribute to Hollywood optimism from sixties French cinema’s preeminent dreamer.

Blue Water, White Death

MARCH with The Deuce into the man-eating territory of the Festival Theatre on 57th Street for the wide-screen docu-madness of BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH! Heir to the Gimbels fortune and adventure photographer Peter Gimbel assembles a “crack-team” of divers, camerapersons, “scientists” – and even their very own folk-singer – for a possibly ill-advised adventure to capture the “first ever footage” of a Great White in its “natural habitat”… as wacky, wondrous, and worrisome as it sounds! With plenty of shark-punching!! Take a dip into danger with The Deuce this March 10th!

The Secret Life of Plants

Long unavailable to see in any form, this documentary ponders the emotional life of plants and how they communicate, overlaid with a masterpiece soundtrack from Stevie Wonder. Featuring gorgeous time-lapse photography, this is a big-screen event that will tickle your eyeballs.