Next SHOW: May 30, 2013

Room 237 (2012)

Directed by Rodney Ascher

Thursday, May 30th

One SHOW only, 8:30PM

Tickets $10

“Ascher’s unique and unforgettable film is a tribute to movie love. I couldn’t have liked it more.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Featured at Cannes, Toronto and the Sundance Film Festival, ROOM 237 explores the far-reaching theories that serious fans of THE SHINING have developed after decoding the hidden symbols and messages buried deep in Kubrick’s masterpiece. The theories are as entertaining and outrageous as director Rodney Ascher’s artistic vision in this engaging and compelling documentary.

“You don’t have to buy any of the nutty theories in Room 237 to appreciate what Ascher has accomplished: He makes us reconsider a widely seen film from a new and strange perspective that leads to even greater mystery and fascination. Why does that typewriter keep changing color, anyway?” – Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald

102 minutes • Unrated • No Nugget Passes, please.

SHOW: June 3, 2013

New Season Begins:

Werner Herzog Summer Series

WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE (1980, 20 min). A documentary by Les Blank in which Werner Herzog promises to eat his own shoe if director Errol Morris ever completes the film GATES OF HEAVEN. With the help of chef Alice Waters, TFF 40th Anniversary special guest and longtime Festival friend, Herzog cooks his own shoe and eats it at the premiere of Morris’ film.

and…

BURDEN OF DREAMS (1982, 95 min) – Also by Les Blank, documenting the chaotic production of Herzog’s FITZCARRALDO, shot in the jungles of South America with Klaus Kinski (6th Telluride Film Festival Tributee) and Claudia Cardinale (37th Telluride Film Festival Tributee). “Les Blank’s BURDEN OF DREAMS is one of the most remarkable documentaries ever made about the making of a movie,” wrote Roger Ebert. “There are at least two reasons for that. One is that the movie being made, Werner Herzog’s FITZCARRALDO, involved some of the most torturous and dangerous on-location shooting experiences in film history. The other is that the documentary is by Les Blank, himself a brilliant filmmaker, who is unafraid to ask difficult questions and portray Herzog, warts and all.”

All SHOWS start at 6pm (5:30 for pre-SHOW reception) and are FREE TO ALL.  

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