OUT OF THE PAST (Dir: Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
- Monday, February 4
The most superbly crafted of all film noir movies, with surreal atmospherics courtesy of director Tourneur. Robert Mitchum is in career-peak form as an ill-fated man trying to run from his past. Stark shadows, sizzling dialogue and the flashback to end all flashbacks. Unforgettable.
SPRING FORWARD (Tom Gilroy, 2000)
- Monday, February 11
A truly unsung (and almost-unseen) marvel of a film. Actor Tom Gilroy steps into the director’s chair to deliver a sweetly melancholic film about male bonding. Shot chronologically through the seasonal changes of a year, Spring Forward tells the story of an elderly parks maintenance man (Ned Beatty in a career-best role) and his new, recently paroled assistant (Leiv Schrieber).
WILD AT HEART (Dir: David Lynch, 1990)
- Monday, February 18
One of the most “rock & roll” films ever, Lynch’s Cannes Palm D’Or-winning adaptation of Barry Gifford’s novel is a funny, frightening and feverishly hip road trip. The stellar cast includes Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd and Harry Dean Stanton.
STOP MAKING SENSE (Dir: Jonathan Demme, 1984)
- Monday, February 25
Along with Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz, this is arguably the greatest concert film ever made. Director Demme (best known for Silence Of The Lambs) here turns his camera on seminal new wave band Talking Heads, in a boldly-staged performance of their best songs.
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