Posted on Thu, Oct. 15, 2009 10:15 PM
Free films, special screenings Oct. 16-22
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FREE FILMS
DEPRESSION-ERA NEWSREELS 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Film Vault, KC Central Library.
“THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL” Gary Cooper stars as the real-life Army colonel who proved the strategic importance of military aircraft. 1 p.m. Saturday, National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial.
“SLEEPY HOLLOW” Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane in Tim Burton’s reinterpretation of Washington Irving’s tale. 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Film Vault, KC Central Library.
“RETHINK AFGHANISTAN” Filmmaker Robert Greenwald examines troubling questions about the war. 7 p.m. Tuesday, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church.
“WHITE ZOMBIE” and “THE BLACK CAT” In the first, Bela Lugosi threatens a young couple on a zombie-filled Caribbean island; in the second he squares off against Boris Karloff in a tale of revenge and the occult. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, KCK West Wyandotte Library.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
“TOY STORY” and “TOY STORY 2” Pixar’s hits return as a 3-D double feature in select theaters.
“NIGHT IS THE MIRROR” Locally lensed feature about a haunted cabaret screens at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Screenland Crossroads.
“LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD” Alain Renais’ influential New Wave feature offers a romantic mystery that seems to unfold as in a dream. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Tivoli.
LARGE FORMAT
“VAN GOGH: BRUSH WITH GENIUS” Doc explores the great artist’s inspirations in the Netherlands and France. Playing in rotation with “Grand Canyon Adventure” on the Extreme Screen at Union Station.
DISCOUNT HOUSES
Second-run films show for $2.50 at Trailridge Cinema and for $2 at Noland Fashion Square 6 Cinemas and Metro North 6.
“ALIENS IN THE ATTIC” ★★ Kids battle alien invaders. (PG)
“G-FORCE” ★★ Guinea pigs go on commando raid. (PG)
“G.I. JOE” ★★ 1/2 Action adventure inspired by line of toys. (PG-13)
“THE HANGOVER” ★★★ Bachelor party in Vegas gets way out of hand. (R)
“HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE” ★★★ Love and Death Eaters: Things are getting hairy. (PG)
“ICE AGE 3” ★★ Animated prehistoric creatures. (PG)
“THE PROPOSAL” ★★Mean boss Sandra Bullock makes assistant marry her. (PG-13)
“TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN” ★ 1/2 Bang. Crash. Boom. (PG-13)
“THE UGLY TRUTH” ★★ Womanizer Gerard Butler coaches love-starved Katherine Heigl. (R)
“UP” ★★★ 1/2 Animated classic about an old man who turns his house into an aircraft. (G)
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