Night on Earth

This Tuesday at 6:30 pm, the Cinema Society will be showing Jim Jarmusch’s Night on Earth in the Hamilton auditorium.

“Five cities. Five taxicabs. A multitude of strangers in the night. Jim Jarmusch assembled an extraordinary international cast of actors (including Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Beatrice Dalle, and Roberto Benigni) for this hilarious quintet of tales of urban displacement and existential angst, spanning time zones, continents, and languages. Jarmusch’s lovingly askew view of humanity from the passenger seat makes for one of his most charming and beloved films.” — Criterion

Inland Empire

Update: On WEDNESDAY, September 19th at 6PM in the Hamilton Auditorium, the Cinema Society will be showing David Lynch’s Inland Empire.

“David Lynch follows up the success of his critically acclaimed 2001 feature Mulholland Drive with this dark mystery, shot on a handheld Sony PD150 digital video recorder. Its the tale of an actress whose personality becomes increasingly fragmented as she delves ever deeper into her work for a high-profile filmmaker, who is adapting for the screen a Polish gypsy folktale that was previously stalled when the two leads were viciously murdered. Shot over the course of two and a half years and without a formalized script, Lynch’s hallucinogenic look at a doomed film project features all of the abstract imagery and strange symbolism that have long made the director a favorite of film fans who embrace his disorienting approach to unconventional storytelling.” AMG

INLAND EMPIRE 2nd American Official Trailer

Cinema Society…

This Tuesday, the 11th, The Cinema Society will be showing Battle Royale at 6:30 pm in the Hamilton Auditorium.

Based on the novel by Koushun Takami, Battle Royale “is a thought-provoking tale of ‘what if…?’. The film is set in a near-future Japan where the government’s concerns about juvenile delinquency and the youth’s disregard for discipline and order have paved the way for extreme measures: groups of high school children are systematically kidnapped and brought to a deserted island. They are given weapons and food and an order: to go out and kill each other. The last one standing is allowed back into society. ”  You can see the trailer here.