Cinematheque Schedule

United Kingdom, United States | 2008 | Christopher Nolan

The Joker (an indelibly creepy Heath Ledger, who won the Oscar) wreaks havoc throughout Gotham City, and a no-nonsense Batman (Christian Bale) does damage control, in one of the best—and darkest—comic book movies ever made. Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Gary Oldman co-star in this modern action classic, shown here on real film, as director Christopher Nolan prefers. 35mm scope. 152 min.

Germany | 2017 | Rüdiger Suchsland

This new documentary suggests that the Third Reich was essentially an immersive movie starring the German nation, produced and directed by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. It supports this thesis with a wealth of film clips selected from the more than 1000 feature films the Nazis produced between 1933 and 1945—musicals, melodramas, romances, costume dramas, and war films, some of them insanely lavish. With Hans Albers, Zarah Leander, et al. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. DCP. 105 min.

Japan | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi’s exquisite, heartbreaking adaptation of a 17th-century puppet theatre play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon (Japan’s Shakespeare) tells of two illicit lovers who flee their wrathful society, but later return to face the music. Masterfully photographed by Kazuo Miyagawa; one of the great director’s best films. Subtitles. DCP. 102 min. www.janufilms.com

Canada, United Kingdom, United States | 2011 | Rupert Wyatt

Twentieth Century Fox’s three-part reboot of its popular Planet of the Apes series was not only hugely popular and profitable, but also constitutes one of the most acclaimed film series of this century. We show all three movies tonight and tomorrow. The first installment introduces us to Caesar, a chimpanzee raised by humans (and played in all three films by Andy Serkis in an amazing motion capture performance). Super intelligent because of an anti-Alzheimer’s drug...

United States | 1941 | Alfred Hitchcock

A rarely shown outlier in Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography (since it’s not a thriller), this delightfully screwball romantic comedy stars Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery as a quarrelsome couple who discover that their three-year marriage isn’t legal. Will they make it right or just call the whole thing off? Not to be confused with the 2005 Brangelina movie, which is not a remake. “An underrated, endearing farce…Inspired performances and crackling dialogue.” –VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever. 35mm....

Canada, United Kingdom, United States | 2014 | Matt Reeves

The second film in the acclaimed Planet of the Apes reboot series is set ten years after the events of the first movie (see 6/29 at 9:00). The “virus” that has rendered apes intelligent and humans mostly dead leads to an uneasy truce between Caesar’s simian minions and surviving homo sapiens. With Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, and Terry Notary. “It's incredible. It sets the standard for blockbuster action movies, and manages...

Canada, New Zealand, United States | 2017 | Matt Reeves

The thrilling, epic conclusion to the Planet of the Apes reboot series (see previous blurb and 6/29 at 9:00) finds simian leader Caesar (Andy Serkis) facing off against a ruthless, rogue U.S. military Colonel (Woody Harrelson). At stake is the future of their respective species—and of the planet itself. “May have the body of an action film, but it has the soul of an art-house drama and the brains of a political thriller.” –Washington Post....