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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

THURSDAY (8/27) - 6:00 PM
FRIDAY (8/28) - 8:30 PM
SATURDAY (8/29) - 6:00 PM
SUNDAY (8/30) - 3:30 PM

Director: Elia Kazan

The neurotic Blanche DuBois has gotten herself kicked out of Laurel, Mississippi, and must seek refuge in New Orleans with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley. Doubting the story that Blanche gives for her sudden appearance in New Orleans, Stanley's territorial rage ignites, and the tension in the house culminates into one of the greatest classic movies of all time.
Won 4 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 14 nominations

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On the Waterfront (1954)

THURSDAY (8/27) - 8:30 PM
FRIDAY (8/28) - 6:00 PM
SATURDAY (8/29) - 8:30 PM
SUNDAY (8/30) - 1:00 PM

Director: Elia Kazan

Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) witnesses the abuse and murder on the docks in an economically suffering city without ratting out Friendly, the man behind it all. When Friendly kills his brother, however, a priest (Karl Malden) is able to convince Terry to testify against Friendly and he becomes a man of true principle.
Won 8 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 7 nominations

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Found Footage Festival

SUNDAY (9/27) - 7:00 PM

The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that showcases footage from videos that were found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters throughout the country. Curators Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher host each screening in-person and provide their unique observations and commentary on these found video obscurities. The Found Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found.

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The Third Man (1949)

THURSDAY (10/1) - 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
FRIDAY (10/2) - 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
SATURDAY (10/3) - 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
SUNDAY (10/4) - 1:00 PM, 3:30 PM

Director: Carol Reed

An American pulp writer Holly Martins (Joseph Cottons) arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who waited for him (Orson Welles) is killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend's involvement in the black market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend (Alida Valli).

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Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

October 10-11
(Visit www.closetcinema.org for full schedule details)

The 2008 Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is celebrating its sixh year, and has grown into a week-long event presented in both Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico.Closet Cinema is recognized as the New Mexico’s leading GLBT non-profit organization dedicated to presenting a diverse array of GLBT images through film media arts.

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Everlasting Moments (2008)

THURSDAY (10/22) - 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
FRIDAY (10/23) - 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
SATURDAY (10/24) - 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
SUNDAY (10/25) - 1:00 PM, 3:30 PM

Director: Jan Troell

Set in early 1900s Sweden, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery in an era of social unrest, war, and poverty. The camera grants her the eyes to view the world, and empowers her to raise and nurture her family of six children and an alcoholic, womanizing and sometimes violent, although ultimately loving, husband.

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Dead Alive (1992)

THURSDAY (10/29) - 6:30 PM, 8:30 PM
FRIDAY (10/30) - 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
SATURDAY (10/31) - 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
SUNDAY (11/1) - 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM

Director: Peter Jackson

Lionel's overbearing mother gets bitten by a Sumatran rat monkey and begins to exhibit strange symptoms before dying and, eventually, coming back to life, only to ruin Lionel's new relationship with Paquita and turn his house into zombie-central.

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Tokyo!(2008)

THURSDAY (11/5) - 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
FRIDAY (11/6) - 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
SATURDAY (11/7) - 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM
SUNDAY (11/8) - 1:00 PM, 3:30 PM

Director(s): Michel Gondry, Bong Joon-Ho, Leos Carax

Three of the world's greatest filmmakers come together for an omnibus triptych examining the nature of one unforgettable city as it's shaped by the disparate people who live, work (and even run amok!) inside one enormous, constantly evolving, densely populated Japanese megalopolis - the ravishing and inimitable Tokyo. TOKYO! is a fantasy in three movements that will make you see one of the word's greatest cities in completely new ways.

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THURSDAY (11/12) - 6:30 PM, 8:30 PM
FRIDAY (11/13) - 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
SATURDAY (11/14) - 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
SUNDAY (11/15) - 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM

Director: Julie Bridgham

Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepal's modern history, The Sari Soldiers is an extraordinary story of six women's courageous efforts to shape Nepal's future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King's crackdown on civil liberties.

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Audio Visual Show 5

November 20
November 21

Hawk and a Hacksaw to headline!

Check back or visit basementfilms.org for more details.

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Stop Making Sense (1984)

THURSDAY (12/3) - 6:30 PM, 8:30 PM
FRIDAY (12/4) - 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
SATURDAY (12/5) - 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM
SUNDAY (12/6) - 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM

Director: Jonathan Demme

This concert film about the Talking Heads offers a glimpse inside the mind of lead singer David Byrne through the progression of the songs and stage effects. The shots give a feeling of truly being at a Talking Heads concert. The film examines of the leading bands in the New Wave movement of the late 70s and 80s and is a must see for any fan of Talking Heads

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