March 20, kicking off the Complete Andrei Tarkovsky.
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The leader of New Orleans’ famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band seeks to fulfill his late father's dream of retracing their musical roots to the shores of Cuba.
The highly anticipated new film from the creators of the Oscar-nominated EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, BIRDS OF PASSAGE is an epic, visually exquisite story about the origin of the Colombian drug trade, told through the perspective of a proud indigenous family.
Laura (Penélope Cruz) and her children travel from Buenos Aires to the village where she was born, on a Spanish vineyard, to attend her sister’s wedding, but unexpected events lead this gathering toward a crisis that exposes the family’s hidden past.
The debut feature by the great Andrei Tarkovsky is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth.
A psychotherapist suffers violent nightmares inspired by legendary works of art. Four of his patients, expert thieves, offer to steal the works, since he believes that once he owns them, the nightmares will disappear.
This propulsive, globetrotting thriller starring Dev Patel is a breathless tour through the shadowy underworlds and hidden realms of Pakistan and India.
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A cinematic essay in defense of remembering, THE ROYAL ROAD offers up a primer on Junipero Serra’s Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War alongside intimate reflections on nostalgia, the pursuit of unavailable women, butch identity and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, all against a contemplative backdrop of 16mm urban California landscapes. Director Jenni Olson in person! FREE to Amherst Cinema Members.
Thu, 3/21
Whether Tommy Wiseau's instant cult favorite is the worst melodrama ever conceived, or the wiliest black comedy since CITIZEN KANE will be a matter of debate for generations of unsuspecting viewers. Either way, it will tear you apart!
Fri, 3/22
With his second feature, a towering epic that took him years to complete, Tarkovsky waded deep into the past and emerged with a visionary masterwork about renowned icon painter Andrei Rublev.
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and 40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon who was also a technological trailblazer who perfected a secure radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes during WWII.
Tue, 3/26