Sam Hollander has a unique connection to Snakes on a Plane, having helped create Cobra Starship specifically for the film and co-written and produced its title song, “Snakes on a Plane (Bring It).” The song and music video became part of the cultural phenomenon surrounding the movie while Cobra Starship went on to become a multi-platinum band with a string of hits far beyond the film that launched them. Sam also had additional music featured in the movie through his work with Gym Class Heroes, making Snakes on a Plane an unforgettable chapter in his career. Join Sam for a special anniversary screening of the film followed by an audience Q&A. Terror strikes at 30,000 feet! When hundreds of venomous snakes invade an ill-fated trans-Pacific flight in this action horror extravaganza, it’s up to Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson to thwart the twisted scheme of a deadly assassin to eliminate a key witness in an upcoming trial — and kick some serpentine asps! Director David Ellis ups the velocity in this adrenaline rush of a picture with no-holds-barred performances from Rachel Blanchard, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Philips and more. Giving new meaning to cold-blooded terror, the friendly skies will never be the same!
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Smart, funny, sickly and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero for our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never dreamed of, TRAINSPOTTING is the story of Mark and his so-called friends – a bunch of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies. Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of their friendship as they proceed, seemingly inevitably, towards self-destruction. Mark alone has the insight and opportunity to escape his fate – but then again, does he really want to ‘choose life’? Part of our Listen to the Movie series, the screening will be followed by a Q&A with local musician Rob Cavenagh, exploring the film’s legendary soundtrack.
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Inspired in part by a lyric from The Beatles’ “I Am The Walrus”, Semolina Pilchard is a darkly comic British crime drama set in Liverpool. After five years away from Liverpool, Clara is unexpectedly summoned home by her dying father, Gerry, a once-feared gangster whose legacy still casts a long shadow over both his family and his past criminal empire. Her younger sister Danika has remained by their father’s side, deeply involved in his affairs and quietly positioning herself as the natural successor to his estate and influence. Clara’s return threatens that fragile balance, fuelling suspicion, resentment, and a growing fear that everything Danika believes she has earned may be taken away. What begins as an uneasy reunion gradually evolves into a tense psychological and emotional battle between the sisters, where grief, ambition, loyalty, and inheritance collide. Balancing laugh-out-loud moments with serious dramatic stakes, Semolina Pilchard is ultimately a story about family, legacy, and the complicated ties that bind people together, even in the face of betrayal, loss, and ambition. Co-writer Daina Ann Smith is a Connecticut-based screenwriter and a key creative voice behind the film.
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The critics and public agree. Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables is a must-see masterpiece – glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago… and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil and stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first. Part of our Classic Tuesday series, introduced by Artistic Director, Dan Friedman.
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Directed by Orson Welles, Touch of Evil is a film noir masterpiece whose Hollywood backstory is as unforgettable as the movie itself. Starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Welles, this dark portrait of corruption and morally compromised obsessions tells the story of a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot. Touch of Evil is “a stylistic masterpiece!” (Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide) that stands the test of time. Part of our Classic Tuesday series—introduced by Artistic Director, Dan Friedman.
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A mainstay of the London art scene since his starry breakout in the creative explosion of the 1960’s, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) has drifted into a cluttered, self-imposed seclusion. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) enlist Lori (Michaela Coel), a young painter and sometime-forger, to pose as a prospective assistant and gain access to a fabled series of unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in his home studio, in a deceptive bid to secure an inheritance for themselves.
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Big city mobsters and the Broadway stage collide hilariously in this side-splitting all-star comedy! John Cusack stars as David Shayne, an idealistic young writer who’ll do anything to get his first Broadway play off the ground — even if it means teaming up with the mob. Surrounded by a wacky cast of characters including a gangster’s ditzy and talentless girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly), a tipsy actress (Dianne Wiest), and a mob hit man (Chazz Palminteri), Shayne’s got to pull it all off before the curtain falls and bullets start to fly! A Q&A with Chazz Palminteri follows the film.
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From director Park Chan-wook and based on Donald E. Westlake’s novel THE AX, the story follows Man-su on his desperate hunt for a new job after his abrupt layoff from the paper company he served for 25 years. Presented in Korean with English subtitles.
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A go-for-broke thriller about a professional assassin whose work becomes dangerously personal.
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Steve Martin and Carl Reiner, the comedic minds behind The Jerk and The Man with Two Brains, deliver Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, a hilarious and inventive comedy-noir. Martin stars as private eye Rigby Reardon, investigating the mysterious death of Juliet Forrest’s (Rachel Ward) father, a renowned scientist and cheesemaker. As Reardon follows a maze of clues and the elusive “Carlotta Lists,” he encounters classic Hollywood icons like Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Bette Davis in a clever mix of new footage and vintage clips. A witty, stylish homage to noir that’s as clever as it is fun. Introduced by Artistic Director, Dan Friedman.
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