| Valentines Week
Films For Lovers
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Some films in this series will be presented
at the Egyptian Theatre!
Join us for films that incorporate the euphoria and exhilaration (as
well as the occasionally painful consequences) of being in love, including two versions of
a Shakespeare classic – Franco Zeffirelli’s ROMEO AND JULIET and Baz
Luhrmann’s ROMEO + JULIET. We’ll also be screening Luhrmann’s MOULIN
ROUGE and a Bette Davis double feature (NOW, VOYAGER and JEZEBEL).And at
the Aero, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, CASABLANCA, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, ROMAN
HOLIDAY, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, a Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn double
feature, a Sneak Preview of TWO LOVERS (with Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow)
and more!
Thursday, February 12 – 7:30 PM
Sneak Preview!
TWO LOVERS, 2008, Magnolia Pictures,
108 min. Director James Gray reunites with Joaquin Phoenix (star of
the director's THE YARDS and WE OWN THE NIGHT) for a romantic drama about the
impetuousness of desire vs. the comfort of love. Phoenix plays Leonard, an
emotionally wounded man torn between two women: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a
mysterious and beautiful neighbor, and Sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a
businessman who is buying out his family's dry-cleaning business. Leonard becomes
deeply infatuated by Michelle at the same time that mounting pressure from his family
pushes him toward committing to Sandra, forcing him into an impossible decision. With Vinessa
Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, John Ortiz, and Moni Moshonov. More | Trailer
Friday, February 13 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S,
1961, Paramount, 115 min. "I've got to do something about the way I look. I mean a
girl just can't go to Sing Sing with a green face." – So sighs Audrey
Hepburn’s girl-about-town Holly Golightly, breezing ever so gently through the
real world with hardly a ripple. But when she meets sober, handsome, nice guy George
Peppard, she begins to gradually rethink her anything-goes, high-living lifestyle.
Adapted from Truman Capote’s bestselling romance by director Blake Edwards
(THE PINK PANTHER, THE PARTY) and writer George Axelrod, and featuring what is arguably
Henry Mancini’s greatest score, highlighted by the lovely, bittersweet "Moon
River." With Mickey Rooney. More
| Trailer
ROMAN HOLIDAY, 1953, Paramount,
118 min. Dir. William Wyler. A real-life princess (Audrey Hepburn), weary of
her sheltered existence, takes off on her own to see the sights of Rome, only to encounter
romance in the form of suave Gregory Peck. But unbeknownst to Hepburn, Peck is
really a reporter out for a story, a fact that inevitably complicates things as the two
grow more intimate. This sweet-natured romantic comedy won three Oscars, including Best
Actress for Hepburn. More | Trailer
Saturday, February 14 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, 1953,
Sony Repertory, 118 min. Dir. Fred Zinnemann. This 1953 Oscar winner (for Best
Picture, Director, Cinematography and others) remains a timeless combination of war movie
and love story that's as smart and adult as it is entertaining. James Jones' novel
about military life at a Hawaiian army barracks as America waits to enter World War II is
the source for a riveting drama starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna
Reed, Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift and many others. The film that put
Sinatra on the map as a serious dramatic actor, not just a "singer-entertainer,"
and cemented Clift’s reputation as a smoldering screen outsider to rival Brando. More
| Trailer
CASABLANCA,
1942, Warner Bros., 102 min. Directed by Michael Curtiz. "Here’s
looking at you, kid." Tough guy Humphrey Bogart is Rick, an expatriate
club owner in Morocco, nursing a broken heart after his cherished sweetheart (Ingrid
Bergman) disappeared from his side in Paris when the Nazis invaded. When she
re-enters his life with her fugitive, resistance leader husband (Paul Henreid),
sparks fly. With an incredible cast that includes Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Sydney
Greenstreet and Conrad Veidt. Winner of three Oscars for Best Picture, Best
Director and Best Screenplay. One of the most deliriously romantic noirs this side of
Hitchcock’s NOTORIOUS. Valentine’s Day treats while
supplies last! More
| Trailer
Sunday, February 15 – 7:30 PM
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy Double
Feature:
ADAM'S RIB, 1949, Warner Bros., 101
min. Dir. George Cukor. The sixth pairing of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer
Tracy is arguably their funniest ever, with the two playing happily married attorneys.
More | Trailer
PAT & MIKE, 1952, Warner
Bros., 95 min. Dir. George Cukor. Katharine Hepburn is a gym teacher
training to be a top athlete and Spencer Tracy is the street-smart trainer who
falls in love with her in this classic comedy scripted by Ruth Gordon and Garson
Kanin. Jim Backus and a young Charles Bronson co-star, along with some
of the most celebrated sportswomen of the era. More | Trailer
Wednesday, February 18 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
WUTHERING HEIGHTS, 1939, MGM
Repertory, 103 min. Dir. William Wyler. One of the first, and still the best, of
several screen versions of Emily Bronte's novel of doomed romance. Laurence
Olivier plays Heathcliff, Merle Oberon plays his soulmate Cathy, and CITIZEN
KANE cinematographer Gregg Toland shoots their ill-fated relationship with some of the
most luminous black-and-white photography ever committed to celluloid. More | Trailer
THE ENCHANTED
COTTAGE, 1945, Warner Bros. 91 min. Director John Cromwell's touching and
romantic adaptation of Arthur Pinero's play stars Robert Young and Dorothy
McGuire as a pair of misfits who find love and beauty in a cottage cut off from the
rest of the world. Cromwell's combination of emotional reality and unabashed fantasy
leads to a poignant, magical climax. More
Thursday, February 19 – 7:30 PM
50th Anniversary! Kevin Thomas’
Favorites:
SOME LIKE IT HOT, 1959, MGM Repertory, 119 min.
Dir. Billy Wilder. Musicians Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon take it on
the lam from the Chicago mob, cross-dressing to escape with an all-girl band and creating
a situation where luscious Marilyn Monroe doesn’t know if she’s falling
for a playboy (Curtis) or a playgirl. Wilder’s insane blend of sexual
confusion and flawless slapstick gave Curtis the best comic role of his career. Biggest
on-set problem: keeping Curtis and Lemmon from looking too good in women’s
clothes. Discussion following with film critic Kevin Thomas
and the girls from the orchestra including Marian Collier (Olga , the clarinet player). More | Trailer |
