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Upcoming FilMS - HOLIDAY 25
Gremlins
The Holdovers
The Holdovers
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FRI DEC 19 - 7PM Showtime
Doors and Varsity Bar & Concessions at 6
Tickets: In advance at Eventbrite (see link) or at the door night of show.
Adults: $8
Students $6 with ID
Junior Varsity: $3 for patrons 10 and under
(no unaccompanied minors)
Gremlins:
Joe Dante’s 1984 film Gremlins follows Billy Peltzer, a young man who receives an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, then inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
The Steven Spielberg-produced phenomenon was a smash hit upon its release. It notoriously necessitated the advent of the PG-13 rating (along with the other 1984 Amblin hit, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), being deemed too scary for small kids but not quite for adults either. Gremlins is an anti-Christmas film of sorts, poking fun at the ironic juxtaposition between a time known for its jolliness and warmth, having been freshly co-opted by capitalistic mania during Ronald Reagan’s era of American excess. But above all, Gremlins is a wickedly fun exercise in Looneymania, brimming with unbelievable puppet work and practical effects, directed to perfection by genre/schlock maestro Joe Dante. It’s equal parts cute and disgusting, which is exactly why it remains a holiday classic to this day.
Rated PG.
The Holdovers
The Holdovers
The Holdovers
SAT DEC 20 - 7PM Showtime
Doors and Varsity Bar & Concessions at 6
Tickets: In advance at Eventbrite (see link) or at the door night of show.
Adults: $8
Students $6 with ID
Junior Varsity: $3 for patrons 10 and under
(no unaccompanied minors)
The Holdovers:
Alexander Payne’s (Director of Nebraska, Election, and Sideways) 2023 film The Holdovers, which is set in an Englishwhomthat boarding school who remains on campus during Christmas break to supervise held o is set in in 1970 and follows a curmudgeonly history teacher (played by Paul Giamatti) at a Newver students, and ends up forming an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker.
The Holdovers has almost immediately become a contemporary Christmas classic. The film received 5 Academy Award nominations and won Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Da'Vine Joy Randolph’s performance in the film. The film follows an unlikely group of loners and outsiders, all of whom find themselves in a state of melancholy that the season often entails, but find comfort and companionship amongst each other despite their vastly different backgrounds. The Holdovers is nothing if not cozy, evoking the texture and sincerity of a throwback 70s tear-jerker that you might have caught on TV. While it may not have the grandeur of something like Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, it certainly contains the same kind of humanity that we often need to be reminded of this time of year.
Rated R.
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