Staff & Board Picks
Always eclectic, our continuous series of picks from our staff and board.
Our talented staff and Board want to share these films with you. Running the gamut of high and low brow, these often-nostalgic picks represent the depth and breadth of our collective taste and always promise the opportunity to see a beloved film on the big screen with an audience.
The Films
The Third Man
DCP
Drama
Classic
Board Pick! Board member Mark T. Plichta chose THE THIRD MAN!In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp…
Board Pick! Board member Mark T. Plichta chose THE THIRD MAN!In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
DCP
Animation
Sci-Fi
Cinema Associate Ducky chose NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND!After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the…
Cinema Associate Ducky chose NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND!After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
Tampopo
DCP
Comedy
Staff Pick! Assistant Cinema Manager Ella chose TAMPOPO!In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck…
Staff Pick! Assistant Cinema Manager Ella chose TAMPOPO!In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
The Matrix
DCP
Sci-Fi
Action
Staff Pick! Cinema Associate Julian chose THE MATRIX!Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer…
Staff Pick! Cinema Associate Julian chose THE MATRIX!Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Stand by Me
DCP
Drama
Staff pick! Cinema Associates Lulu and Beppo chose STAND BY ME and THE LOST BOYS!After learning that a boy their…
Staff pick! Cinema Associates Lulu and Beppo chose STAND BY ME and THE LOST BOYS!After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
The Lost Boys
DCP
Horror
Staff Pick! Cinema Associates Lulu and Beppo chose STAND BY ME and THE LOST BOYS!When an unsuspecting town newcomer is…
Staff Pick! Cinema Associates Lulu and Beppo chose STAND BY ME and THE LOST BOYS!When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
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