Billy Wilder’s 1944 Double Indemnity is one of the “grand-dads” of the wonderfully rich film noir genre. This picture has all the classic film noir elements: a ...
The final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of the future of Middle-earth. Hobbits: Frodo and Sam reach Mordor in their quest to destroy the “one ring”, while Aragorn leads the forces of good against Sauron’s evil army at the stone city of Minas Tirith. Directed by Peter Jackson Stars Noel Appleby, Ali Astin and Sean Astin Full Details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167260
Silent Classic, featuring an accompaniment by Michael Britt on the Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Pipe Organ! When a couple of swindlers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will in order to discover the whereabouts of letters which could spell scandal for the royal family, Sherlock Holmes is on the case. Directed by Arthur Berthelet Stars William Gillette, Marjorie Kay and Ernest Maupain Full Details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007338
After finally catching serial killer and occult “sorcerer” Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner’s new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the dauntless detective must unravel the clues that will lead him into a twisted web of murder, deceit, and black magic – and the deadly embrace of temptress Irene Adler. Directed by Guy Ritchie Stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams Full Details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045
Courgette (Zucchini) is an intriguing nickname for a 9-year-old boy. Although his unique story is surprisingly universal. After his mother’s disappearance, Courgette is befriended by a police officer Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. At first he struggles to find his place in this strange, at times, hostile environment. Yet with Raymond’s help and his new-found friends, Courgette eventually learns to trust and might find true love. Directed by Claude Barras Stars Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat and Paulin Jaccoud Full Details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321405 Family Classics at The Byrd on Saturday morning include a great movie preceded by a classic Warner Brothers cartoon and Bob Gulledge at the console of the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. Sponsored by Capital One.
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie’s narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions. Directed by Alan J. Pakula Stars Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol. Details here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084707
Special repeat showing of the Extended Version! The continuing quest of Frodo and the Fellowship to destroy the One Ring. Frodo and Sam discover they are being followed by the mysterious Gollum. Aragorn, the Elf archer Legolas and Gimli the Dwarf encounter the besieged Rohan kingdom, whose once great King Theoden has fallen under Saruman’s deadly spell. Directed by Peter Jackson Stars Bruce Allpress, Sean Astin and John Bach Full Details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167261
En route to visit their grandfather’s grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside gas station, before ending up at the old family home… where they’re plunged into a never-ending nightmare as they meet a family of cannibals who more than make up in power tools what they lack in social skills. Directed by Tobe Hooper Stars Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger and Paul A. Partain Full Details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271
