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May - August 2017 28 Amity Street Amherst, MA 01002 amherstcinema.org 413.253.2547 Page 1 MAY - AUG 2017 In addion to the special events in this newsleer, Amherst Cinema shows current-release film on four screens every day. Visit www.amherstcinema.org and join our weekly e-newsleer for the latest offerings. amherst cinema 28 Amity St. Amherst, MA 01002 • www.amherstcinema.org • 413.253.2547 See something different! REAR WINDOW 1954, PG, 114 mins. SUN JULY 9, 2PM TUE JULY 11, 7PM A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has commied murder. VERTIGO 1958, PG, 128 mins. SUN JULY 16, 2PM TUE JULY 18, 7PM A San Francisco detecve suffering from acrophobia invesgates the strange acvies of an old friend’s wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her. PSYCHO 1960, R, 109 mins. SUN JULY 23, 2PM TUE JULY 25, 7PM A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer’s client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the dominaon of his mother. NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959, NR, 136 mins. SUN JULY 30, 2PM TUE AUG 1, 7PM A hapless New York adversing ex- ecuve is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 1951, PG, 101 mins. SUN AUG 6, 2PM TUE AUG 8, 7PM A psychoc socialite confronts a pro athlete with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder - a theory that he plans to implement. DIAL M FOR MURDER 1954, PG, 105 mins. SUN AUG 13, 2PM TUE AUG 15, 7PM An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. TO CATCH A THIEF 1955, PG, 106 mins. SUN AUG 20, 2PM TUE AUG 22, 7PM When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupaon, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence. ROPE 1948, PG, 80 mins. SUN AUG 27, 2PM TUE AUG 29, 7PM Two young men strangle their “infe- rior” classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the “perfecon” of their crime. This July and August, escape the summer heat with eight films from the master of chills and thrills! Let Amherst Cinema be your cket to adventure as Alfred Hitchcock takes you from San Francisco to the French Riviera to Mount Rushmore. (Just keep an eye on that strange young motel manager...)

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MAY - AUG

2017

In addition to the special events in this newsletter, Amherst Cinema shows current-release film on four screens every day.Visit www.amherstcinema.org and join our weekly e-newsletter for the latest offerings.

amherstcinema28 Amity St. Amherst, MA 01002 • www.amherstcinema.org • 413.253.2547

See something different!

REAR WINDOW1954, PG, 114 mins.

SUN JULY 9, 2pm

TUE JULY 11, 7pmA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

VERTIGO1958, PG, 128 mins.

SUN JULY 16, 2pm

TUE JULY 18, 7pmA San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend’s wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

PSYCHO1960, R, 109 mins.

SUN JULY 23, 2pm

TUE JULY 25, 7pmA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer’s client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST1959, NR, 136 mins.

SUN JULY 30, 2pm

TUE AUG 1, 7pmA hapless New York advertising ex-ecutive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN1951, PG, 101 mins.

SUN AUG 6, 2pm

TUE AUG 8, 7pmA psychotic socialite confronts a pro athlete with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder - a theory that he plans to implement.

DIAL M FOR MURDER1954, PG, 105 mins.

SUN AUG 13, 2pm

TUE AUG 15, 7pmAn ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B.

TO CATCH A THIEF1955, PG, 106 mins.

SUN AUG 20, 2pm

TUE AUG 22, 7pmWhen a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence.

ROPE1948, PG, 80 mins.

SUN AUG 27, 2pm

TUE AUG 29, 7pmTwo young men strangle their “infe-rior” classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the “perfection” of their crime.

This July and August, escape the summer heat with eight films from the master of chills and thrills!

Let Amherst Cinema be your ticket to adventure as Alfred Hitchcock takes you from San Francisco to the French Riviera to Mount Rushmore. (Just keep an eye on that strange young motel manager...)

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amherstcinemaLUCY WILSON BENSONchair emerita

BOARD OF DIRECTORSDEBORAH CHRISTAKOS chair

FRED BYRONpresident

BARBARA J. LUCEYvice president, treasurer

BARTON BYGBILL DWIGHTELEANOR S. LASHJOANNE MARQUSEESAMUEL MASINTERBYRON MCCRAE

STAFFCAROL M. JOHNSONexecutive director

HOLLY GREELEYbusiness manager

JAKE MEGINSKYeducation specialist

GEORGE MYERSgeneral manager

DAN BIEGNERtechnology manager

ALEX HORNBECKcreative manager

DIANA WALDONhouse manager

RACHEL HARToutreach manager

NOELLE SERAFINOmarketing & communications coordinator

ALEX LEFFvisual media developer

FILM PROGRAMMINGCONNIE WHITEDAVID MAZOR

FILM BOOKINGCONNIE WHITE

From Behind The ScreenCAROL M. JOHNSON Executive Director

Friends,

You – our wonderful and adventuresome audiences – often ask how we decide on first-run films. We thought you might enjoy an inside look at some of the factors Amherst Cinema considers when we book new releases.

• Film release schedules. Film distributors (not theaters!) decide on release dates forfilms. Summertime and end-of-year holidays are among the busiest times of the year fordistributors to release their biggest films. Sometimes there is a pile-up of worthy selectionsall at once and we must limit runs of some films to make room for others coming our way.

• Films and show times change on Fridays. Cinemas throughout the U.S. make decisions on Mondays aboutthe films that will be showing on the next Friday, four days later! Unlike live theater and music perfor-mance venues that schedule programs months and years ahead, we have only a few days’ lead time tosettle on films and screening times.

• Major releases and small jewels. As we think you know, we are committed to presenting works that meeta standard of excellence. Some films are very popular with audiences and sell many tickets. Films that arewell-attended can usually stay for extended periods. Some of the most exquisite, critically acclaimed filmsappeal to a limited audience, though, so we can give them only a short run.

• Ticket sales. The number of tickets sold at our cinema during the previous weekend and ticket sales forthe same film at others cinemas around the country help us decide the length of a film’s run. The best wayto support a film’s run is by seeing it on opening weekend.

• Contracts. To book certain films, we may be required by the film distributors to show the film severaltimes a day, for a minimum number of weeks.

• Mix of films. You are a sophisticated and curious audience, with wide-ranging interests. Because of that,we work hard to offer a mix of films at any given time. We have our antenna out for a wide selection ofsubject matter, directors, genres, etc.

• Award-winning / notable films. We know how important first-ratefilms are – both to you as cinema-goers, and to us in fulfilling our mission to offer you films that matter. We are proud that our filmexperts often secure important films far in advance of when they arefeted on the awards circuit. For example, we began showing MOON-LIGHT more than a month in advance of its being nominated for (andwinning!) the Best Picture Oscar® .

When you buy a ticket, 50% goes to pay the distributor for rights to screen the program here. The other half goes toward the remainder of our costs (our welcoming staff, state-of-the-art projection and sound equipment, utilities, building maintenance, etc.) – but ticket sales cover only part of what we need to do our work. By contrast, Amherst Cinema retains 100% of Membership dollars and donations – these are funds we use for our programs and operations. That is why Memberships and donations are so important.

When you join as a Member or make a donation, you support artistic freedom! Your support in these ways gives us critically important financial stability and means we can make programming choices independent of any political persuasion or point of view. At Amherst Cinema, we make our own choices – there is no commer-cial owner directing which films we book.

Your Memberships and donations make it possible for us to be a truly independent cinema. THANK YOU!

Carol M. [email protected]

Moonlight

IN THIS ISSUE:Hitchcock

Bellwether

Musicals

NT Live

Sound & Vision

Late Nights

New Films From Germany

Preview Club

Bolshoi Ballet

Throwback Thursdays

Calendar

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You’ll get free popcorn, ticket discounts, and the chance to win free movies, too. But most of all, you’ll get the satisfaction of knowing you’ve played an important role in keeping the film arts flourishing in the Pioneer Valley. We’re here 365 days a year for you. We appreciate our Members being here for us!

Please do your part to help us reach our 2017 Summer Membership goal. Together, we can do great things.

It’s Time To Be More Than Just FriendsBecome an Amherst Cinema Member this summer and make it official.Join or renew June 1 – August 31 and claim your FREE pass!

JOIN AT THE BOX OFFICE OR ONLINE: amherstcinema.org/membership.

Do it today!

Membership

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August

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Dedicated to presenting innovative films from new voices with fresh approaches to fiction, non-fiction, and experimental cinema, this series showcases striking and important new works and fosters conversation between visiting artists and filmgoers.

All Bellwether screenings are free to Amherst Cinema Members.

GULÎSTAN, LAND OF ROSESDir. Zaynê Akyol, 2017, not rated, 86 mins., Kurdish with subtitles.

THURS MAY 18, 7pmSpend time with the female fighters in the armed wing of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers’ Party), who defend Kurdish territory in Iraq and Syria from ISIS while embodying a revolutionary ideal advocating female empowerment.

Director Zaynê Akyol in person.

RAT FILMDir. Theo Anthony, 2017, not rated, 82 minutes

THURS JUNE 8, 7pmRAT FILM uses the rat - as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them - to explore the history of Baltimore. “There’s never been a rat problem in Baltimore, it’s always been a people problem.”

Director Theo Anthony in person.

QUESTDir. Jonathan Olshefski, 2017, not rated, 105 mins.

THURS JULY 13, 7pmQUEST was planned as a portrait of the Rainey family and their home music studio, a special sanctuary in North Philadelphia. But when a stray bullet wounds their youngest daughter, the film shows the family’s strength in the face of adversity.

Director Jonathan Olshefski in person.

THE REAGAN SHOWDirs. Pacho Velez & Sierra Pettengill, 2017, not rated, 74 mins.

THURS AUG 24, 7pmTold solely through archival footage, and set against the backdrop of the Cold War, THE REAGAN SHOW captures the pageantry, absurdity, and charisma of a prolific actor’s defining role: Leader of the Free World.

Directors Pacho Velez and Sierra Pettengill in person.

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SOUND & VISIONmusic in film series

SOUND & VISIONmusic in film series

Carmen Jones

SINGIN’ IN THE RAINDirs. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952, G, 103 mins.

SUN mAY 21, 2pmIn this self-reflexive musical classic, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

THE BAND WAGONDir. Vincente Minnelli, 1953, NR, 112 mins.

SUN mAY 28, 2pmFred Astaire stars as an aging musical star who hopes a Broadway show will revive his career, but a pretentious new director and prima donna ballerina threaten to derail his plans.

CARMEN JONESDir. Otto Preminger, 1954, NR, 105 mins.

SUN JUNE 4, 2pmThis adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen was one of

Fox’s first Cinemascope films, and it features an all-black cast, led by Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte.

THE WIZARD OF OZDir. Victor Fleming, 1939, G, 102 mins.

SUN JUNE 11, 2pmFollow Dorothy to the magical land of Oz in this titan of American film culture.

UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURGDir. Jacques Demy, 1964, NR, 91 mins., French with subtitles

SUN JUNE 18, 2pmCatherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy, in which she plays an umbrel-la-shop owner’s daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic.

AN AMERICAN IN PARISDir. Vincente Minnelli, 1951, PG, 113 mins.

SUN JUNE 25, 2pmGene Kelly plays Jerry Mulligan, an American ex-GI painter living in Paris. He gains a wealthy patroness, who’s interested in more than just his art, but Jerry finds himself falling for someone else.

TWELFTH NIGHTDir. Simon Goodwin, 2017, 185 mins.

SAT mAY 20, 12:30pm

SAT JULY 1, 12:30pmTamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity.

ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEADDir. David Leveaux, 2017, 165 mins.

WED mAY 24, 7pm

SAT JUNE 3, 12:30pmDaniel Radcliffe, Joshua McGuire and David Haig star in Tom Stoppard’s brilliantly funny situation comedy.

PETER PANDir. Sally Cookson, 2017, 170 mins.

SAT JUNE 17, 12:30pm

SAT JULY 8, 12:30pmA delight for children and adults alike, Sally Cookson (NT Live: JANE EYRE) directs this wondrously inventive production.

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?Dir. James Macdonald, 2017, 210 mins.

TUE JUNE 20, 7pm

SAT JUNE 24, 12:30pmImelda Staunton, Conleth Hill, Luke Treadaway and Imogen Poots star in James Macdonald’s production of Edward Albee’s landmark play.

SALOMÉDir. Yaël Farber, 2017, 200 mins.

mON JULY 10, 7pm

SAT JULY 22, 12:30pmThis charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the center of a revolution.

ANGELS IN AMERICA - PART ONE, MILLENIUM APPROACHESDir. Marianne Elliott, 2017, 225 mins.

mON AUG 14, 7pm

SAT AUG 19, 12:30pm

ANGELS IN AMERICA - PART TWO, PERESTROIKADir. Marianne Elliott, 2017, 240 mins.

mON AUG 21, 7pm

SAT AUG 26, 12:30pmAmerica in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. Starring Andrew Garfield, Denise Gough Nathan Lane, and James McArdle.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ?

The Band Wagon Musicals!

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SOUND & VISIONmusic in film series

SOUND & VISION music in film series

SOUND & VISIONmusic in film series

Our hit series returns this summer with ten weeks of concert films,biographies, documentaries, and music-centric feature films.

MONTEREY POPDir. D.A. Pennebaker, 1968, NR, 78 mins.

WED JULY 5, 7pmOn a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward. D.A. Pennebaker was there to capture performances by Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Ravi Shankar, and more.

CHASING TRANEDir. John Scheinfeld, 2017, NR, 99 mins.

WED JULY 12, 7pmSet against the social, political and cultural landscape of his time, this documentary brings saxophonist John Coltrane to life as a fully dimensional being.

RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLDDirs. Catherine Bainbridge & Alfonso Maiorana, 2017, NR, 103 mins.

WED JULY 19, 7pmRUMBLE tells the story of a profound, essential, and, until now, missing chapter in the history of American music: the Indigenous influence. Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, and more are featured.

STRIKE A POSEDirs. Ester Gould & Reijer Zwaan, 2017, NR, 83 mins.

WED JULY 26, 7pmIn 1990, seven young male dancers joined Madonna on her most controversial Blond Ambition Tour. 25 years later, the dancers reveal the truth about life during and after the tour, and their personal challenges living the liberated life they were promoting on stage.

CHUCK BERRY HAIL! HAIL! ROCK ‘N’ ROLLDir. Taylor Hackford, 1987, PG, 120 mins.

WED AUG 2, 7pmA document of two concerts celebrating Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday, featuring Berry along with Keith Richards, Etta James, Julian Lennon, and more. Interviews with Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, and other musicians com-plete this portrait of the artist.

IN PURSUIT OF SILENCEDir. Patrick Shen, 2016, NR, 81 mins.

WED AUG 9, 7pmA meditative exploration of our relationship with silence, sound, and the impact of noise on our lives, with an ode to John Cage’s groundbreaking composition 4’33”.

BLUES BROTHERSDir. John Landis, 1980, R, 133 mins.

WED AUG 16, 7pmJake (John Belushi), just out of prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) were raised. This comedy classic features James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and many others.

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOLDir. Allan Arkush, 1979, PG, 93 mins.

WED AUG 23, 7pmIn this 1979 comedy, a group of rock-music-loving students take over their school (with the help of the Ramones) to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

SPACE IS THE PLACEDir. John Coney, 1974, R, 85 mins.

WED AUG 30, 7pmThis Afrofuturist amalgamation of social com-mentary, blaxploitation, science fiction, and concert performance stars free jazz legend Sun Ra, who begins the film by landing his spaceship in 1970’s Oakland...

FROM MAMBO TO HIP HOP: A SOUTH BRONX TALEDir. Henry Chalfant, 2016, NR, 81 mins.

WED SEpT 6, 7pmA chronicle of the musical life of the South Bronx, beginning with the Puerto Rican migration and the adoption of Cuban rhythms to create the New York salsa sound, continuing with the fires that destroyed the neighborhood and the rise of hip-hop from the ashes. Director Henry Chalfant in person! After-party with DJ Bongohead and Peace & Rhythm.

Monterey Pop

Rumble

Blues Brothers

Space is the Place

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Friday nights at 9:45, see the best cult, genre, and other outré film on the Amherst Cinema big screen.

DONNIE DARKODir. Richard Kelly, 2001, R, 117 mins.

FRI mAY 5, 9:45pmDonnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a troubled high school student: in therapy, prone to sleepwalking and in possession of an imaginary friend, a six-foot rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world is going to end. 4K restoration of the original theatrical cut.

RESERVOIR DOGSDir. Quentin Tarantino, 1992, R, 99 mins.

FRI mAY 12, 9:45pmSix criminals, perfect strangers to one anoth-er, are hired by a crime boss to carry out a diamond robbery. But when the police show up at the right place and the right time, panic spreads amongst the group and their simple heist explodes into a bloody ambush.

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH MEDir. David Lynch, 1992, R, 135 mins.

FRI mAY 19, 9:45pmPanned upon release, this prequel to the Twin Peaks TV series has emerged as of one of Lynch’s strongest films. His unique brand of surreal Americana is in full effect here, burrowing into the darker side of the small

town of Twin Peaks, Washington, exploring where 90’s primetime TV couldn’t venture.

BRAZILDir. Terry Gilliam, 1985, R, 142 mins.

FRI mAY 26, 9:45pmIn the dystopian masterpiece BRAZIL, Jon-athan Pryce plays a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy.

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (BLACK AND CHROME VERSION)Dir. George Miller, 2015, R, 120 mins.

FRI JUNE 2, 9:45pmWhen the warrior Imperator Furiosa (Char-lize Theron) leads a despot’s five wives in a daring escape, she forges an alliance with Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), a loner and former captive, to fight the forces of the tyrannical Immortan Joe. This is the black & white cut of the film, true to George Miller’s original vision.

SPACEBALLSDir. Mel Brooks, 1987, PG, 96 mins.

FRI JUNE 9, 9:45pmThis Star Wars spoof from Mel Brooks stars Bill Pullman and John Candy as Lone Star and Barf, who must rescue Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from the clutches of the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis).

THE BROODDir. David Cronenberg, 1979, R, 92 mins.

FRI JUNE 16, 9:45pmA disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious in-stitute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a group of demonic beings.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCHDir. John Cameron Mitchell, 2001, R, 95 mins.

FRI JUNE 23, 9:45pmA genderqueer punk-rocker from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORKDir. John Carpenter, 1981, R, 99 mins.

FRI JUNE 30, 9:45pmThe year is 1997, and Manhattan is a giant maximum security prison. When Air Force One crashes into the island, the president is taken hostage by a group of inmates. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, is recruited to retrieve the president in exchange for his own freedom.

LATENIGHTS

Escape From New York

Mad Max: Fury Road

NEW FILMS FROM GERMANYDuring the school year, join Amherst Cinema and the Goethe-Institut Boston for new films from Germany. Titles play once a month on Sundays at 10:30am and are announced 4-6 weeks in advance. The series goes on summer break after May 14, but it will return starting September 17.

THE BLOOM OF YESTERDAYDir. Chris Kraus, 2017, NR, 125 mins., German with subtitles

SUN MAY 14, 10:30AmHolocaust scholar Toto is, famously, also the grandson of a Nazi war criminal. In organizing a conference, he takes on an intern whose grandmother was killed by the Nazis. After a rocky start, the kookily mismatched pair bond, speak candidly about their familial legacies, and stumble toward romance.

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Throwback Thursdays celebrates 80’s, 90’s, and early aughts “small screen classics” - your favorite VHS hits, even better on the big screen!

The fun continues after each screening for ticket holders age 21+. After-parties at High Horse in Amherst feature DJs and complimentary drinks and appetizers.

MEAN GIRLSDir. Mark Waters, 2004, PG-13, 91 mins.

THURS mAY 4, 7pmCady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new high school, untilshe makes the mistake of falling for the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

BACK TO THE FUTUREDir. Robert Zemeckis, 1985, PG, 116 mins.

THURS JUNE 1, 7pmMarty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean, and he must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.

BEETLEJUICEDir. Tim Burton, 1988, PG-13, 92 mins.

THURS JULY 6, 7pmA couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a “bio-exorcist” in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house.

PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTUREDir. Tim Burton, 1985, PG, 91 mins.

THURS AUG 3, 7pmManchild Pee-wee Herman lives an idyllic life in his bizarre home filled with Rube Goldberg devices until someone nabs his most prized possession: a fire engine-red customized bicycle.

Back to the Future

Introducing Preview Club!

Beetlejuice

Preview Club is a new subscription series from Amherst Cinema.

Purchase a season pass to see preview screenings of major new independent and international films before their release dates.

Screenings are followed by conver-sations with special guest speakers, hosted by Amherst Cinema’s Carol Johnson and George Myers.

Films are a surprise until the night of the screening. Expect a wide range of high-quality, discussion-provoking titles.

Preview Club subscribers are invited to participate in the post-screening discussion. You will be asked to fill out a comment card at each film, and some of the results will be read at the next film screening.

Amherst Cinema promises many unforgettable evenings!

Summer season (two films):TUE JUNE 6, 7pm

TUE JUNE 27, 7pm

Season tickets on sale now for the summer! Fall season dates TBA.

A CONTEMPORARY EVENINGMusic by Igor Stravinsky, Carl Czerny, and Leonid Desyatnikov. Choreography by Jerome Robbins, Harald Lander, and Alexei Ratmansky. 160 minutes, 2017.

SUN MAY 14, 12:55pmThe Bolshoi tackles a triptych of modern works with The Cage by legendary Academy Award-winning choreographer Jerome Robbins, Harald Lander’s homage to classical ballet in Études, and Alexei Ratmansky’s colorful folklore-inspired Russian Seasons.

Bolshoi Ballet

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SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR Not all films are listed here.Check amherstcinema.org for additional films and more info.

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY1 2 3

Dekalog 9 + 107pm

4 Mean Girls7pm

5 Donnie Darko9:45pm

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7 8 9 10Resilience7pm

11 12Reservoir Dogs9:45pm

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14 Bloom of Yesterday, 10:30am

Bolshoi Ballet, 12:55pm

15 16 17 18 Gulîstan, Landof Roses w/director Zaynê Akyol, 7pm

19 Twin Peaks:Fire Walk With Me 9:45pm

20Twelfth Night12:30pm

21Singin’ in the Rain2pm

22 23 24 Rosencrantz &Guildenstern Are Dead, 7pm

25 26Brazil9:45pm

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28The Band Wagon2pm

29 30 31 1 Back To The Future, 7pm

2 Mad Max: Fury Road - Black & Chrome, 9:45pm

3 Rosencrantz &Guildenstern Are Dead, 12:30pm

4Carmen Jones2pm

5 6Preview Club 7pm

7 8 Rat Film w/ director Theo Anthony, 7pm

9Spaceballs9:45pm

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11The Wizard Of Oz 2pm

12 13 14 15 16The Brood9:45pm

17Peter Pan12:30pm

18 Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 2pm

19 20 Who’s Afraid Of Virgina Woolf 7pm

21 22 23 Hedwig & the Angry Inch, 9:45pm

24 Who’s Afraid Of Virgina Woolf 12:30pm

25 An American In Paris, 2pm

26 27Preview Club 7pm

28 29 30Escape From New York, 9:45pm

1Twelfth Night12:30pm

2 3 4 5Monterey Pop 7pm

6Beetlejuice 7pm

7 8Peter Pan12:30pm

9Rear Window2pm

10Salome7pm

11Rear Window7pm

12Chasing Trane7pm

13 Quest w/director Jonathan Olshefski, 7pm

14 15

16Vertigo2pm

17 18Vertigo7pm

19Rumble7pm

20 21 22Salome12:30pm

23Psycho2pm

24 25Psycho7pm

26Strike A Pose7pm

27 28 29

30North ByNorthwest, 2pm

31 1North ByNorthwest, 7pm

2 Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll, 7pm

3Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, 7pm

4 5

6Strangers On A Train, 2pm

7 8Strangers On A Train, 7pm

9In Pursuit Of Silence7pm

10 11 12

13Dial M For Murder 2pm

14Angels In America, Pt. 1, 7pm

15Dial M For Murder 7pm

16Blues Brothers7pm

17 18 19Angels In America, Pt. 1, 12:30pm

20To Catch a Thief 2pm

21Angels In America, Pt. 2, 7pm

22To Catch a Thief 7pm

23 Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, 7pm

24 The ReaganShow w/ directors Pacho Velez & Sierra Pettengill, 7pm

25 26Angels In America, Pt. 2, 12:30pm

27Rope2pm

28 29Rope7pm

30Space Is The Place7pm

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