MID-WEEK FILM CLUB

Local film enthusiasts are curating a SECRET CINEMA SPEAKEASY right here in town, and you're invited!

Every few weeks, the lights go down on a uniquely different film experience. We're currently using the Mystery Movie format favored by adventurous cinephiles. These screenings are always prefaced with a few descriptive clues for inquiring minds. It's loads of fun, reminiscent of late-night cable binges and in the true spirit of the 1970s Midnight Movies tradition. See you there!

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Tonight's film is a meandering, late-90s indie gem set in (and based on writings about) an early-70's Iowa slacker/drug scene. By turns gut-wrenching and absurd, it transcends the "junkie drama" genre by being an ultimately life-affirming character study and featuring incredible, star-studded cast and cameos.

Documentary, art film, and social commentary rolled into one. A group of women gather at a healing cabin in the Northern European wilderness, where secrets and communion unfold. Real women, real bodies, real talk. 

Content Warning: non-sexualized nudity, universally common subjects such as body dysmorphia, cancer and sexual abuse.

Experimental, deconstructed horror and other short films curated by Caterwaul. 

Content Warning: these will contain a bit of everything, including disturbing imagery, gore, strobe effects, media piracy, and confusion.

An almost 2hr, high-octane grossout horror comedy from Spain, featuring bankrobbers and a coven of witches. A potentially feminist subtext filtered through a machismo lens just adds to the narrative spice.

Tonight's film is another animated sci-fi, an esoteric Japanese treasure that somehow eluded canonization. This epic fever dream utilizes avant-garde edits remixing the aesthetics of Metropolis with punk, Pop Art, electronica, and a heavy dose of Thomas Pynchon.

     This time around, we're deviating from the standard feature film format, screening several shorts that are connected by a focus on street performance and movement art. From documentary to loose narrative to excerpt, from puzzling to poignant to panic attack, and with a total running time of about 100mins. 

Regarding the upcoming film - a heady take on the viral/zombie genre, this taut 2008 film brings to life the William S. Burroughs adage, "language is a virus".

A cozy/claustrophobic comedy in a personal favorite genre - a small number of people in a restricted space with lots of crackling dialogue, very much like a stage play, from which this flick was adapted to little or no distribution. It was the final film by a director responsible for scores of wild and woolly satires across 3 decades.

Check back soon for clues about this nights showing.