All this week, join us in celebrating one of the greatest storytellers of the 20th century with the Buffalo premiere of highly acclaimed documentary DE PALMA plus the return of THREE of the director’s essential masterpieces to the BIG SCREEN!
Friday, June 24th – Thursday June 30th
See the full calendar of screenings HERE.
“A religious experience for fans!” ★★★★★
– Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
“While his filmmaking pals have all at one time or another been household names, De Palma’s never quite gotten the close-up he’s deserved. Until now.”
– Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
“Catnip for passionate fans while also serving as a primer and a goad for the skeptical and the curious….It’s almost hard to believe that he could have made so many wild, haunting and provocative movies, but by the end of the documentary, you may want nothing more than to see them all.”
– A.O. Scott, The New York Times
“A cinephile’s nirvana….It’s like ROOM 237, but instead of crackpot theories, there’s a tidal wave of legitimate insight.”
– Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian
“A full-throated defense of a man whose work towers over so many of his peers and yet is so often casually dismissed.”
– Devin Feraci, Birth Movies Death
“If you love movies, it’s time well spent.”
– Bill Goodykontz, Chicago Sun-Times
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From A24 films:
One of the most talented, influential, and iconoclastic filmmakers of all time, Brian De Palma’s career started in the 60s and has included such acclaimed and diverse films as Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Scarface, The Untouchables, Carlito’s Way, and Mission: Impossible.
In this lively, illuminating and unexpectedly moving documentary, directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow engage in a personal and candid discussion with De Palma, exploring not only his life and work but also his singular approach to the craft of filmmaking and his remarkable experiences navigating the film business, from his early days as the bad boy of New Hollywood to his more recent years as a respected veteran of the field.
In the end, what emerges is a funny, honest, and incisive portrait of a truly one-of-a-kind artist, and an exhilarating behind-the-scenes look at the last 50 years of the film industry through the eyes of someone who has truly seen it all.
EIGHT SHOWTIMES:
Friday, June 24th at 7:00 PM
Saturday, June 25th at 7:00 PM
Sunday, June 26th at 7:00 PM
Monday, June 27th at 7:00 PM
Tuesday, June 28th at 7:00 PM
Tuesday, June 28th at 9:30 PM
Wednesday, June 29th at 7:00 PM
Thursday, June 30th at 7:00 PM
Posted by North Park Theatre on Monday, June 20, 2016
“He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way.”
See Brian De Palma’s Prohibition-era masterpiece on the BIG SCREEN!
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From Paramount Pictures:
Brian De Palma‘s THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) is a must-see masterpiece – glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago… and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down.
This classic confrontation between good and evil and stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first.
Written by David Mamet, with a timeless score by Ennio Morricone.
TWO SHOWTIMES:
Friday, June 24th at 9:30 PM
Saturday, June 25th at 9:30 PM
Posted by North Park Theatre on Tuesday, June 21, 2016
“He sold his soul for rock ‘n’ roll!”
Don’t miss your chance to see one of the most boldly original cult classics of ALL TIME on the BIG SCREEN. A one-of-a-kind, musical horror odyssey!
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From 20th Century Fox:
Composer Winslow Leach (William Finley) is determined to seek revenge on Swan (Paul Williams), an evil record tycoon who steals his pop cantana of the Faust legend to launch his enemy’s palace as the mysterious Phantom of the Paradise and continues to plan his gruesome retaliation.
TWO SHOWTIMES:
Sunday, June 26th at 9:30 PM
Monday, June 27th at 9:30 PM
Posted by North Park Theatre on Wednesday, June 22, 2016
“In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. When you get the power, then you get the women.”
Al Pacino stars as coke-snorting crime boss Tony Montana in Brian De Palma’s gloriously over-the-top critique of the American dream!
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From Universal Pictures:
In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States.
They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams.
He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name: Scarface.
Starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer in a breakthrough role.
TWO SHOWTIMES:
Wednesday, June 29th at 9:30 PM
Thursday, June 30th at 9:30 PM
Posted by North Park Theatre on Wednesday, June 22, 2016
