October 27-30

Wednesday, October 27

Winter's Bone

2010. USA. Dir: Debra Granik. With Jeniffer Lawrence, John Hawkes. 100 min.

In this Sundance Grand Jury prizewinner, the teenaged daughter of a missing Missouri meth manufacturer must track down her father, whose debts have fallen on her hands.  As she scours rundown bars, livestock auctions, and ramshackle homes, she butts up against the tight-lipped, threatening local family clans intent on preserving their own backwoods justice.

Thursday, October 28

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2003. USA. Dir: Marcus Nispel. With Jessice Biel, R. Lee Ermey. 98 min

An idyllic road trip becomes a chainsaw-ridden romp through hell when a group of friends fall victim to a psychopathic clan of chainsaw-wielding, human-skin-wearing maniacs in this stylized reintroduction of Leatherface.  Did we mention they have chainsaws?  Q&A to follow, with producers Brad Fuller '87 and Andrew Form.

Friday, October 29

The Shining

1980. USA. Dir: Stanley Kubrick. With Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall. 142 min.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

 

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

 

All work and no play mmakes Jack a dull boy


All work and no PLay m kes Jack a dull boy

Saturday, October 30

House of Wax

1953. USA. Dir: Andre de Toth. With Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy. 90 min.

A tortured wax sculptor develops some very sinister ideas about finding "models" for his new museum.  The film which really began Price's career as horror icon (and which also features Charles Bronson as Igor) was originally billed for its 3-D, but one-eyed director de Toth imbues it with a fun and creepy elegance beyond gimmickry.