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Thursday, February 11th Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1963) When Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) was a child star her sister Blanche (Joan Crawford) lived quietly in her shadow. Now years later roles have switched and Blanche is a beautiful Hollywood movie star while Jane can only get extra roles. Blanche becomes crippled in a car accident and is confined to a wheelchair. Jane, the sweet-as-sugar child star, plots a comeback as she makes her sister’s life a living hell. Directed by: Robert Aldrich Genre: Horror/Drama/Thriller Running Time: 134 min. Rated: NR |
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Thursday, February 18th Paris is Burning (1990) Penetrating the tight-knit community of minority drag queens living in New York City, Jennie Livingston’s acclaimed documentary was one of several films to be shut out of Oscar contention for its unconventional content, prompting the academy to reevaluate its standards in the face of critical backlash. The film offers an early glimpse at the art of “voguing,” the underground dance style popularized by Madonna in her No. 1 single “Vogue.” Directed by: Jennie Livingston Genre: Documentary Running Time: 71 min. Rated: R |
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Thursday, February 25th Coffy (1973) “The baddest one-chick hit squad that ever hit town!” read the tagline for this drive-in hit. Coffy (Pam Grier) is a nurse by day and by night, appoints herself judge, jury and executioner of the scum who dealt heroin to her kid sister. This is Grier’s first starring role and the one that launched her career as the queen of 1970s blaxploitation flicks. Revel in the decade’s funky fashions and wa-wa music. “Her name is Coffy and she’ll cream you!” Directed by: Jack Hill Genre: Action/Crime/Thriller Running Time: 91 min. Rated: R |
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Thursday, March 4th Mldred Pierce (1945) When playboy Monte Beragon (Zachary Scott) is shot the police immediately suspect his wife Mildred Pierce Beragon (Joan Crawford). At the police station she’s told that her ex-husband has confessed. In flashbacks Mildred tells police the history of the events leading up to the shooting. Her story weaves the lives of her dead husband, her selfish and extremely spoiled daughter Veda (Ann Blyth), her partner Wally Fay (Jack Carson), and her ex-husband Bert Pierce into a tapestry that would give hope to any dysfunctional family. Best Actress Oscar to Joan Crawford. Directed by: Michael Curtiz Genre: Drama/Film-Noir/Romance Running Time: 111 min. Rated: NR |
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Thursday, March 11th Trog (1970) This science fiction drama features Joan Crawford as Anthropologist Dr. Brockton who believes she has discovered an Ice Age creature which could be the missing link. The creature is brought to her lab for experiments but escapes, going on a killing rampage. Trog snatches a little girl and Dr. Brockton races to find the beast before the police, whom she fears will kill him if they get to him first. Michael Gough co-stars in director Freddie Francis’s cult monster favorite and Joan Crawford’s last feature film. Directed by: Freddie Francis Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror Running Time: 93 min. Rated: PG |
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Thursday, March 18th Showgirls (1995) Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) is a fiercely independent young woman who comes to Las Vegas running from a troubled past. She lands a job as an erotic dancer at the Cheetah Club. But, to make ends meet, she also works as a lap dancer in the club’s back room. Possessed of a raw and riveting dancing talent, Nomi is soon introduced to the vastly different world of the big Las Vegas shows - and the powerful men and women who run them. Zack (Kyle Maclachlan), the handsome and ambitious entertainment director at the Stardust, could push Nomi into the spotlight. Cristal (Gina Gershon), the glamorous star of the stage show “Goddess,” is inexorably drawn to Nomi’s beauty and spirit and may make her... or break her. Directed by: Paul Verhoeven Genre: Drama Running Time: 128 min. Rated: NC-17 |
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Thursday, March 25th Big Business (1988) Two sets of identical twins Sadie and Rose (Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin) are mismatched at birth by a dizzy country nurse. 40 years later the city set of twins intends to buy out the factory where the country set of twins work. So the country twins march up to the big city to stop the sale and destruction of their beloved home. Both set of twins stay New York’s ritzy Plaza Hotel, setting up for a hilarious case of mistaken identities, split personalities and trouble times two! Both divas are at the top of their comedic form. Directed by: Jim Abrahams Genre: Comedy Running Time: 97 min. Rated: PG |
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