Every Saturday at 11:30am, Monday at 7pm and Thursday at 9pm, the Charles presents repertory films in DCP format (and from time to time on 35mm film) in The Charles’ original 360 seat theatre.
| CURE | Thursday, December 11 |
| In Bruges | Saturday, December 13 |
| Black Christmas | Thursday, December 18 |
| The Muppet Christmas Carol | Saturday, December 20 |
| Female Trouble | Monday, December 22 |
Random people keep turning up gruesomely murdered, their placid killers unaware of having done the deed. The unrelated victims sport an “x” carved deep into their throats. From that premise, Japanese dread master Kiyoshi Kurosawa weaves one of the great modern psychological thrillers and perhaps his deepest meditation on the lon more »
Playwright Martin McDonagh first flashed his potential staying power as a filmmaker with this crime-flick pass on Waiting for Godot. Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell play two hitmen hiding out in the title Belgian tourist burg after a botched job and sightseeing until fate reveals itself. One expects depth and delight from Glee more »
Canadian filmmaker Bob Clark’s oeuvre somehow spans A Christmas Story, Porky’s, and this proto-slasher classic. A bunch of college girls played by pushing-30 actresses (headlined by Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder) are stalked by an obscene-phone-calling psycho as Yuletide draws near. Clark’s use of POV killer-cam broke ground a more »
Michael Caine tears into the role of the miserable Ebenezer Scrooge as if he never noticed that most of his co-stars were made of felt—sneering, glowering, and groveling like an Oscar was on the line. As such, the Muppets’ version of Dickens’ classic tale is no joke, though, of course, there are plenty of jokes. 1992 Brian Hens more »
An obese woman (Divine) gives birth to an obnoxious child and embarks upon a bizarre and violent life of crime. more »
