Each week repertory films will be presented on 35mm prints and DCP in The Charles’ original 362 seat theatre. There are three showings of a movie each week.
| Soylent Green | |
| Mothra | Saturday, February 15 |
| Jennifer’s Body | Thursday, February 20 |
| A Canterbury Tale | Saturday, February 22 |
| Pulse | Thursday, February 27 |
| The Lion King | Saturday, March 1 |
| Videodrome | Thursday, March 6 |
| Star Wars | Saturday, March 8 |
| Streetwise | Thursday, March 13 |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Saturday, March 15 |
| Caligula: The Ultimate Cut | Monday, March 17 |
| Fight Club | Thursday, March 20 |
You probably know the catchphrase that spoils this ‘70s sci-fi staple, but behind it lies a not-as- kitschy-as-you’d-think screen dystopia. It’s 2022 (!) and the earth is hot and crowded. The poor scrape to survive and the rich get away with murder, or they will if a police detective played by Charlton Heston can be bought or th more »
Mothra is for the ladies. No, really, that was the idea behind Toho’s benevolent giant moth monster and her tiny twin spokesfairies. Her debut divides its time between world- building and a plot swiped from King Kong until, at last, the star finally unfurls her wings. One of the odder and more lovable entries in the kaiju sweeps more »
It’s no surprise almost everybody got "Jennifer’s Body" wrong on its initial release. As with Megan Fox’s title character, they made assumptions based on looks. Rather than a teen horror comedy with a heavy dose of sex, Karyn Kusama made a wicked-smart, funny/not-funny exploration of female friendships, in all their intimacy an more »
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger contributed to the war effort with this heartfelt and charming tribute to England, old and new. Three travelers (Dennis Price, Sheila Sim, and John Sweet) follow in the footsteps of Chaucer’s pilgrims en route to Canterbury during World War II only to end up waylaid by various light mysterie more »
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is one of the most underrated Japanese filmmakers of the last 30 years. Pulse’s eerie vision of a haunted internet still chills for all the reasons you might expect —specters materializing, creepy settings, uncanny sound design, and more. But it sticks with you because Kurosawa got that the ‘net can be a technol more »
It’s the circle of life, innit? You watched it as a kid, and now you bring your kids. Or you’re bringing your grandkids. Or you want to see it again yourself—no wonder, it’s great! Jeremy Irons gets the best songs, despite the fact that he can’t really sing, ha. Just make sure you see this one. That one with the CGI lions . . . more »
Though rooted in vintage tech like UHF broadcasting and videotape, Videodrome feels like the first 21st-century film. James Woods’ hustling TV programmer happens across what seems like the future of his prurient little channel: literal torture porn. But the signal unleashes hallucinations and sucks his character into a supremely more »
Retcon it all you like. This is the only truly great 'Star Wars' film, the only one that can exist without the others, the only one made without consideration for a galaxy- spanning intellectual property and shareholder value. And a powerful, inspirational piece of filmmaking it is, for all its clunky bits and post-release tinke more »
Meet Tiny, Rat, Dewayne, and a handful of other teenagers hanging on the streets of Seattle in the '80s. They panhandle, turn tricks, fight, dumpster dive, and talk tough. And then filmmaker Martin Bell gets them to talk about their futures, and they dream about the riches, cars, homes, and regular families slipping further from more »
Robert Zemeckis seized on nascent CGI tech to insert 40-year-old cartoon characters into an IRL period detective yarn with a plot cribbed from Chinatown. The passage of nearly 40 more years only intensifies the question of who was this supposed to be for? Fortunately, it still looks pretty good and the conspiracy against public more »
This version, ostensibly remade from unused footage, is meant to redeem the longtime cinema punchline from ignominy. But it’s not as if a film about the most notorious Roman emperor directed by a softcore auteur was likely to end up a tasteful bore. Caligula redux lacks the hardcore-porn inserts and tells a more coherent story b more »
The film that inspired a generation of the most chud-like male behavior imaginable has dated in some respects—sooo many CGI fly- throughs! But it remains as light on its feet as a flyweight, dancing and landing dark comedic jabs even as its testosterone-poisoned “philosophy” inspires eyerolls. Say what you will about Brad Pitt—h more »
