Purple Rain
ne of the films that helped set the template for eighties stylistic excess, Purple Rain is a wonderfully bombastic big-screen experience that was a massive hit in summer of 1984.
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The Royal Tenenbaums
Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson earned an Oscar nomination for writing this brilliantly self-contained comedy-drama about three gifted siblings and their relationship with their absent, selfish father. Screening 7/2, 7/8, and 7/9.
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
Serving up one delirious delight after another, Tim Burton’s film took everyone by pleasant surprise when it became a sleeper smash in summer ’85.
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee’s full-throttle portrait of a particularly eventful, hot summer day in the life of a Bed-Stuy neighborhood is a remarkable and ambivalent dramatization of race relations in America.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Romantic, funny, and occasionally shocking, it is as honest, fresh, and funny today as it was 40 years ago.
How To Marathon with John Wilson
On 7/20, MoMI and HBO present a special marathon screening of How To with John Wilson seasons one and two, plus a preview screening of the third and final season's first two episodes, followed by a panel discussion with John Wilson and the How To production team.
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
Serving up one delirious delight after another, Tim Burton’s film took everyone by pleasant surprise when it became a sleeper smash in summer ’85.
Users
Users, playing 7/21, is work of both bracing intimacy and staggering cinematic ambition, a wide-ranging inquiry into how technology is increasingly driving all aspects of our society.
