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The Piano

New 4K Restoration! Silence affects everyone in the end.

New 4K Restoration! Silence affects everyone in the end.

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New Restorations Special Engagements

3:00 pm

Invaders from Mars

Double feature with INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS • 4K Restoration • NATURAL or SUPERNATURAL?

Double feature with INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS • 4K Restoration • NATURAL or SUPERNATURAL?

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Keep Watching the Skies: Aliens in the 1950s

6:00 pm

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Double feature with INVADERS FROM MARS • There was nothing to hold onto – except each other.

Double feature with INVADERS FROM MARS • There was nothing to hold onto – except each other.

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35mm Screenings Keep Watching the Skies: Aliens in the 1950s

7:45 pm 35mm

Dreams in Nightmares

Premiere Run • Friday, August 28 – Monday, August 31

Premiere Run • Friday, August 28 – Monday, August 31

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Special Engagements Premiere

9:45 pm

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Donnie Darko

Keep Watching the Skies: Aliens in the 1950s

The War of the Worlds

Keep Watching the Skies: Aliens in the 1950s

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

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Keep Watching the Skies: American Sci-Fi in the Fifties

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TV Goes to the Movies

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Éric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales

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When Carolco Was King

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Podcast – Episode 94: Keep Watching the Skies: Aliens in the 1950s

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