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HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)
May 9th
A SCREWBALL/ROM-COM CLASSIC!Howard Hawks’ His Girl Friday (1940) is a lightning-fast screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell as battling exes in a chaotic newsroom. Packed with rapid-fire dialogue and electric chemistry, it’s both wildly funny and a sharp satire of media ethics—still one of the most exhilarating films ever made.Watch if you like… screwball comedies, GILMORE GIRLS, quick-witted banter, journalism, Mid-Atlantic accents, Noel Coward, and getting back together with your ex.
A COLT IS MY PASSPORT (1967)
June 13th
AN ACTION THRILLER LIKE NO OTHER!Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Passport (1967) is a lean yakuza thriller steeped in spaghetti western style. Joe Shishido plays a hitman betrayed and fighting for his life, drifting through stark landscapes and sudden violence. Cool, minimal, and visually striking, it’s a masterclass in mood and cinematic tension.Watch if you like… hitmen on the run, spaghetti western standoffs, cheek implants, LE SAMOURAÏ, getting your favorite song stuck in your head, OLDBOY, film noir, DRIVE, Ennio Morricone, or THIEF.
THE RED SHOES (1948)
July 11th
HAILED BY SCORSESE AS "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLOR FILM!"Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948) is a ravishing fusion of cinema and ballet, dancing between art and obsession. Moira Shearer stars as a young dancer torn between love and her consuming devotion to performance under a tyrannical impresario. Famous for its groundbreaking, dreamlike ballet sequence, the film dissolves the boundary between stage and screen in a blaze of Technicolor. Lush, tragic, and emotionally overwhelming, it's a beloved classic you don't want to miss.Watch if you like… Technicolor, ballet, artistic rivalries, WHIPLASH, Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tales, Powell and Pressburger, BLACK SWAN, Impressionism, MOZART IN THE JUNGLE, Rilke's Letters To A Young Poet, dying for your art.
HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959)
August 15th
A WALK-AND-TALK MEDITATION ON LOVE, LOSS, AND NATIONHOOD!Alain Resnais’ Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) is a haunting meditation on memory, trauma, and the impossibility of forgetting. A brief affair between a French actress and a Japanese architect unfolds in the shadow of Hiroshima’s devastation, where past and present blur with lyrical intensity. Written by Marguerite Duras, it’s a groundbreaking, deeply moving film that reshaped how cinema confronts history and intimacy.Watch if you like… BEFORE SUNRISE, remembering your first love, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, Tennessee Williams, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, Proust, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, or LOST IN TRANSLATION.
