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.
| Daughters of Darkness | Thursday, January 16 |
| Un Flic | Saturday, January 18 |
| Gummo | Thursday, January 23 |
| The Burmese Harp | Saturday, January 25 |
| The Passenger | Thursday, January 30 |
| Touch of Evil | Saturday, February 1 |
| Ed Wood | Thursday, February 6 |
| Belle de Jour | Saturday, February 8 |
| Soylent Green | Thursday, February 13 |
| 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 |
There’s been an spurt of nerd interest in arty Euro exploitation auteurs like Dario Argento and Walerian Borowcyzk, but props to Belgian dark-horse Harry Kümel for making the greatest nekkid-vampire film ever. Fassbinder diva Delphine Seyrig captivates as a mysterious countess who cozies up to a pair of hot honeymooners at an of more »
Jean-Pierre Melville’s final film distills his work to its essence. Weary cops (led by Alain Delon) chase calculating crooks who pull elaborate heists under gray skies and then take refuge with gorgeous women (Catherine Deneuve). The real-time heist at the center of the film is so elaborate that Melville had to stage part of it more »
On one hand, Harmony Korine’s debut feature is an indulgent fever dream that it would be easy to tar as arthouse slumming. On the other, it’s a deep dive into an America that cinema rarely sees or respects. Which is not to say that Korine isn’t trolling a bit here, but Gummo remains an indelible, even poetic screen experience. A more »
World War II just ended, and a company of Japanese soldiers struggle to cope. A private played by Shoji Yasui tries by attempting to get a hold-out company of countrymen to surrender to the British and is drawn into a personal and spiritual odyssey. Kon Ichikawa’s classic was adopted from a young-adult novel and bears some of th more »
While looking for a war in Africa, Jack Nicholson’s disaffected journalist stumbles across a dead businessman who looks a lot like him. He takes up the corpse’s ID and slips into a netherworld of international intrigue and blurring identity with both his old life and his new life on his heels. Michelangelo Antonioni’s cinematic more »
Not as capital-”g” Great as Citizen Kane, but just as skilled and way more fun. Charlton Heston plays a Mexican (!) narcotics cop investigating a cross-border murder that drags him and his new gringa wife (Janet Leigh) into a world of trouble. Director Orson Welles not only conjures a memorable milieu of sleaze and corruption, h more »
It’s fitting somehow that Tim Burton made his best film to date about the world’s worst filmmaker. The inherent layers of stylization—a period setting, shot in black and white, amid the schlock cinema milieu of Ed Wood Jr.— subsume Burton's self-conscious peccadilloes, leaving a funny, sweet story of friendship and dreams anchor more »
Catherine Deneuve’s reserved bourgeois newlywed loves her handsome young husband, but doesn’t want to have sex with him. She’d rather fantasize about being whipped and dominated. Or maybe turn tricks with random strangers in the afternoon while he’s at work. It boggles the brain that Luis Bunüel made this film nearly 60 years ag more »
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 »
