April 17th

GIMME SHELTER

1970. USA. Dir: Albert & David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin. With Documentary. 91 min.

Oh, a storm is threatening…  Welcome to the Altamont Free Concert, home of The Rolling Stones, Hell's Angel security, and murder. This chilling portrait of the dark yang to Woodstock’s flower-power yin captures Mick and Co. at their explosive peak and brutal counterculture violence at its dream-shattering worst. 

April 18th

WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS

2013. USA. Dir: Alex Gibney. With Documentary. 127 min.

A special pre-release presentation: Gibney (MEA MAXIMA CULPA) contemplates the mysterious Julian Assange, his activist-hacker cohorts, and the muddy motives of their quest for informational transparency. Speaker: Marc Shmuger ’80, CEO of Global Produce, the film’s production company.

April 19th

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

1991. USA. Dir: Jonathan Demme. With With Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins. 118 min.

A rookie FBI investigator seeks the insight of an imprisoned intellectual/serial cannibal to pursue an equally unsavory character with a penchant for “tailoring.” Taut and macabre thrills abound – you’ll be biting your nails within minutes; by the end you may seriously consider investing in night-vision goggles.

April 20th

EL TOPO

1970. Mexico. Dir: Alejandro Jodorowsky. With With Alejandro and Brontis Jodorowsky. 125 min.

A father and child confront four mystical gun-masters in a strange fairytale that’s something like a spaghetti Western – if the spaghetti was replaced by healthy portions of Zen Buddhism, surrealism, everything, and nothing.