Texas Public Radio's 2009 Cinema Tuesdays series is underway at the Bijou at Crossroads Theatre. We hope you enjoy this season's schedule of films, featuring classic Hollywood fare, foreign films from Italy, France, Greece, and a few surprises. Blu-Ray discs offer a great experience at home, but there’s nothing like sharing a good movie with your friends and family in a theater. So come on out each Tuesday, as we give away some great door prizes, show our film, and have a lot of fun! As with previous TPR cinema events, show time is 7:30 each night.
Suggested donations of $10 for members and $12 for non-members will get you in for these one-time only showings! To make reservations by donation in advance, use our secure form, or call 614-8977, or 1-800-622-8977, during regular business hours. All proceeds from the Cinema Tuesdays series benefit Texas Public Radio.
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We look forward to seeing you at the movies this summer!
How many times have you sat there watching the Academy Awards broadcast on television, and when the Short Film categories come up, you're left scratching your head, either trying to guess which one will win based on its title alone, or wishing you could actually see some of these films, somewhere? Well, tonight is your night, as we bring back the popular Academy Award Shorts program.
This year, eight of the ten nominated short films are included on the program, including "Toyland," the 2008 Best Live Action Short Film winner. Come and enjoy films from Germany, Ireland, Denmark, Russia, and more countries, all in one night! Total running time of the program: 120 minutes, Not Rated.
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It’s a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Nava’s groundbreaking El Norte (The North), the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism. A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, El Norte is a lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called “a Grapes of Wrath for our time.” (synopsis by Criterion). 140 minutes, Rated R.
Elia Kazan took Tennessee William’s smoldering stage play to the big screen in this 1951 film that broke Marlon Brando into the mainstream as a bona fide movie star. Modern film acting can be traced to Brando’s portrayal of the brutish Stanley Kowalski. As critic Roger Ebert says, “This movie led directly to… Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Jack Nicholson, and Sean Penn.”
A Streetcar Named Desire stars Brando, along with Vivien Leigh as his fragile sister-in-law, Blanche Dubois, who’s always “depended on the kindness of strangers.” Also starring Kim Hunter and Karl Malden. The influential, jazzy score was by Alex North. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards, the movie won four. 125 minutes, Rated PG.
BONUS! Before tonight’s feature, we’ll be showing “The Tell-Tale Heart,” a short animated version of Edgar Allan Poe’s story, narrated by James Mason.
Plus, we’ll have fun with a STELLA SCREAM-OFF before the movie. Come up to the front of the theater and try your hand a recreating that iconic scene from the film. The winner gets a season pass to the 2010 Cinema Tuesdays series! Email us if you’d like to take part.
July 28 – A Secret
August 4 – Taxi Driver
August 11 - Amarcord
August 18 - Harvey
August 25 - Z
Nathan Cone makes TV appearance to talk about Cinema Tuesdays
Eileen Teves interviews TPR's Nathan Cone on Great Day SA on June 1, 2009. Clip courtesy of KENS TV, San Antonio.
How many times have you sat there watching the Academy Awards broadcast on television, and when the Short Film categories come up, you're left scratching your head, either trying to guess which one will win based on its title alone, or wishing you could actually see some of these films, somewhere? Well, tonight is your night, as we bring back the popular Academy Award Shorts program.
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It’s a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Nava’s groundbreaking El Norte (The North), the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism. A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, El Norte is a lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called “a Grapes of Wrath for our time.” (synopsis by Criterion). 140 minutes, Rated R.
Elia Kazan took Tennessee William’s smoldering stage play to the big screen in this 1951 film that broke Marlon Brando into the mainstream as a bona fide movie star. Modern film acting can be traced to Brando’s portrayal of the brutish Stanley Kowalski. As critic Roger Ebert says, “This movie led directly to… Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Jack Nicholson, and Sean Penn.”
