THE ARCTIC CONVOY In 1942, the leader of a convoy carrying vital military supplies to a Norwegian outpost decides to proceed through enemy-infested waters despite the recall of their military escort. Fighting for their lives against German air and naval forces, the 35 civilian merchant ships brave brutal Arctic seas to bring support to soldiers on the front lines of World War II. Action/war, not rated, 108 minutes, Violet Crown BETWEEN THE TEMPLES Ben (Jason Schwartzman) is a 40-something cantor losing his voice and possibly his faith.
Struggling to meet the expectations of his rabbi, congregation, and not one but two Jewish mothers, Ben finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) reenters his life as an adult bat mitzvah student. Comedy/drama, rated R, 111 minutes, Violet Crown BLINK TWICE When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends for a dream vacation on his private island. Wild nights soon blend into sun-soaked days, but when strange things start to happen, Frida must uncover the truth if she hopes to make it out alive.
Zoë Kravitz directs. Mystery/thriller, rated R, 102 minutes, Dreamcatcher 10, Regal Santa Fe Place 6, Violet Crown BREAKING BOUNDARIES Nastasya Generalova is a determined California teenager and daughter of an African-American father, raised by her single mother, Olga. Enrolled in rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 4 to connect with her mother’s Russian heritage, Nastasya faces systemic biases and limited resources as the only black girl on Team USA.
As she strives to compete in the 2020 Olympic Games, the film delves into the emotional and physical challenges she encounters, highlighting her resilience, ambition, and the unwavering support of her mother. This story offers a unique perspective on racial diversity and the personal struggles of breaking boundaries in a predominantly white sport. Documentary, not rated, 86 minutes, CCA THE CROW In this modern reimagining of the 1994 cult classic, soulmates Eric Draven (Bill Skarsgård) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them.
Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Draven returns to seek bloody revenge against the killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right. Action/fantasy, rated R, 111 minutes, Dreamcatcher 10, Regal Santa Fe Place 6, Violet Crown STRANGE DARLING Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree. Horror/mystery, rated R, 96 minutes, Violet Crown SUGARCANE An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
Documentary, rated R, 107 minutes, CCA ALAMOGORDO, CENTER OF THE WORLD, TRINITY 1945 (2020) Saturday, August 24 Created by Larry L. Sheffield (The Atomic Rocketeer) and Trent DiGiulio, this film looks at how Alamogordo was chosen as the site for atomic bomb testing at what became the Trinity Site on what is now White Sands Missile Range. Historic trivia follows the film.
Screening as part of the 2024 Los Alamos Oppenheimer Festival. Documentary, not rated, 28 minutes, SALA AMERICAN MOVIE (1999) Tuesday, August 27 CCA’s Cult Film Series celebrates the 25th anniversary of the story about Mark Borchardt, an aspiring filmmaker from a working-class Wisconsin background who is set on finishing his low-budget horror movie despite a barrage of difficulties. Plagued by lack of cash, unreliable help, and numerous personal problems, Mark wants to complete the film to raise funds for a more ambitious drama.
With the assistance of a bumbling but loyal friend, Mark struggles to move forward, making for plenty of bittersweet moments. Documentary, rated R, 107 minutes, CCA BLUE VELVET (1986) Friday, August 23, through Sunday, August 25; Wednesday, August 28, and Thursday, August 29 College student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns home after his father has a stroke. When he discovers a severed ear in an abandoned field, Beaumont teams up with a detective’s daughter Sandy Williams (Laura Dern) to solve the mystery.
They believe a beautiful lounge singer (Isabella Rossellini) may be connected with the case, and Beaumont finds himself becoming drawn into her dark, twisted world, where he encounters sexually depraved psychopath Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper). Mystery/crime, rated R, 120 minutes, Jean Cocteau THE BLUES ACCORDIN’ TO LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS (1968) + A WELL SPENT LIFE (1971) Tuesday, August 27 CCA’s monthly Amplified music and film series presents two films about Texas blues by the late Les Blank. In the first, Blank reveals Lightnin’ Hopkins’ inspiration and features a generous helping of classic blues.
The film includes performances at a barbecue and a black rodeo and a visit to his boyhood town of Centerville, Texas. The second film spotlights Texas bluesman Mance Lipscomb, considered by many to be the greatest blues guitarist and songster of all time. This portrait of the legendary musician, husband, and sharecropper is among Blank’s special masterworks in which he shows that instead of growing bitter, tough times made Lipscomb sweet.
Documentary shorts, not rated, 31 minutes & 44 minutes, CCA CARLITO’S WAY (1993) Sunday, August 25 A free man after years in prison, Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) intends to give up his criminal ways, but it’s not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld, becoming entangled in the shady dealings of his friend Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). When they run afoul of shifty gangster Benny Blanco (John Leguizamo), it sets them on a dangerous path. Part of the CineDOOM series, curated by Blackhorse Lowe and featuring Indegenous shorts prior to the screening.
Crime/thriller, rated R, 144 minutes, Violet Crown Center for Contemporary Arts Cinema, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, 505-982-1338, ext.105, ccasantafe.org Dreamcatcher 10, 15 State Road 106, Española; dreamcatcher10.
com Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Avenue, 505-466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com No Name Cinema , 2013 Piñon Street, nonamecinema.org Regal Santa Fe Place 6 , 4250 Cerrillos Road, 505-424-6109, sfnm.
co/3o2Cesk SALA Los Alamos Event Center , 2551 Central Avenue, Los Alamos; 505-412-6030; sala.losalamos.com Violet Crown , 106 Alcaldesa St.
, 505-216-5678, santafe.violetcrown.com DR.
STRANGELOVE (1964) Saturday, August 24, and Sunday, August 25 Stanley Kubrick’s film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button — and it plays the situation for laughs. U.S.
Air Force General Jack D. Ripper goes completely insane and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.
S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the “precious bodily fluids” of the American people.
Comedy/satire, rated PG, 95 minutes, SALA I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS I AM LIKE (1986) Friday, August 23 Envisioning an epic quest for transcendence and self-knowledge, Bill Viola (1951-2024) describes this work as a “personal investigation of the inner states and connections to animal consciousness we all carry within.” Experimental (presented on VHS), not rated, 89 minutes, No Name Cinema JAPAN’S LONGEST DAY (1967) Saturday, August 24 The story of the end of World War II and the destruction faced by Japan on August 15, 1945, when the fate of 100 million people would be decided. Screening as part of the 2024 Los Alamos Oppenheimer Festival.
Introduction and Q&A after the film with author Nancy Bartlit. Drama, not rated, 165 minutes, SALA JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS (2001) Saturday, August 24 Jimmy’s always inventing gadgets to make his life in Retroville more interesting. A boy genius with real kid emotions, Jimmy sometimes fantasizes about life on his own.
But when the parents of Jimmy’s hometown are kidnapped by invading aliens, he quickly discovers that things aren’t so great when they’re gone. Part of the PJs and Movies Saturday morning series. Comedy/sci-fi, rated G, 82 minutes, SALA NETWORK (1976) Saturday, August 24 Screening in celebration of director Sidney Lumet’s 100th birthday.
Veteran news anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) discovers that he’s being put out to pasture. After threatening to shoot himself on live television, he launches into an angry televised rant, which turns out to be a huge ratings boost for the network, allowing an ambitious producer (Faye Dunaway) to develop even more outrageous programming, a concept that she takes to unsettling extremes. Drama, rated R, 122 minutes, Violet Crown OPPENHEIMER AFTER TRINITY (2023) Saturday, August 24 Declassified documents, rare film footage, and exclusive interviews reveal the burden carried by physicist J.
Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. Written and produced by Larry L. Sheffield (The Atomic Rocketeer) .
Screening as part of the 2024 Los Alamos Oppenheimer Festival. Documentary, not rated, 58 minutes, SALA OPPENHEIMER: SCIENCE, MISSION AND LEGACY Saturday, August 24 The new Los Alamos National Laboratory documentary is a love letter to the father of the atomic bomb and a frank examination of his rise and fall. Atomic Trivia will follow the film.
Screening as part of the 2024 Los Alamos Oppenheimer Festival. Documentary, not rated, 90 minutes, SALA REBECCA (1940) Monday, August 26 The Video Library hosts Video Club free movie screenings each Monday at Jean Cocteau Cinema. This week: Alfred Hitchcock’s story of a young woman (Joan Fonaine) who marries a fascinating widower (Laurence Olivier) only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier.
The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband. Romance/mystery, not rated, 130 minutes, Jean Cocteau Cinema STAND BY ME (1986) Friday, August 23, through Sunday, August 25; Wednesday, August 28, and Thursday, August 29 After learning that a stranger has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. Just a lark at first, the boys’ adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
Adventure/thriller, rated R, 85 minutes, Jean Cocteau Cinema THIS TIME Saturday, August 24 When a closeted teen inherits her estranged father’s journal, she discovers cryptic clues uncovering his secret life. To fulfill her father’s dying wish, she races across the country to attempt a rendezvous with her father’s friend, Liza Minnelli. The screening benefits Free Mom Hugs and is presented by Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance , whose mission is to educate, engage, encourage, and celebrate LGBTQ+ inclusion, pride, and acceptance for all people.
Drama, not rated, 102 minutes, Violet Crown WHISPER OF THE HEART (1995) Sunday, August 25 Shizuku is a voracious reader who longs to be a writer when she grows up. One day she notices that all of her library books have previously been taken out by one Seiji Amasawa. Amid chasing after a large cat, befriending an eccentric antiques dealer, and writing her first novel, Shizuku aims to find this mysterious boy who may well be her soul mate.
From writer Hayao Miyazaki . Animated family/romance, rated G, 115 minutes, Violet Crown ALIEN: ROMULUS Space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life-form in the universe while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station. Horror/sci-fi, rated R, 119 minutes, Dreamcatcher 10, Regal Santa Fe Place 6, Violet Crown THE ATOMIC ROCKETEER The story of German scientist Wernher von Braun and his band of German Rocketeers acquired by the Americans days after the fall of Germany during WWII.
Screening as part of the 2024 Los Alamos Oppenheimer Festival . Documentary, not rated, 104 minutes, SALA CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT (1980) Shadowed by the murder of his family, Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminates his devious adoptive grandfather (Peter O’Toole) and seizes control of the Roman Empire alongside his wife, Caesonia (Helen Mirren), before descending into a spiral of depravity, destruction, and madness. A complete reimagining of the original.
Drama, not rated, 156 minutes, CCA CUCKOO Teen Gretchen reluctantly leaves America to live with her father at a resort in the German Alps. Plagued by strange noises and bloody visions, she soon discovers a shocking secret that concerns her own family. Horror/mystery, rated R, 103 minutes, Dreamcatcher 10, Violet Crown DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds).
They team up to defeat a common enemy. Comedy/action, rated R, 127 minutes, Dreamcatcher 10, Regal Santa Fe Place 6, Violet Crown DESPICABLE ME Gru and Lucy welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr. Their peaceful existence soon comes crashing down when criminal mastermind Maxime Le Mal escapes from prison and vows revenge against Gru.
Family/comedy, rated PG, 95 minutes, Dreamcatcher 10, Violet Crown DÌDI In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love his mom. Comedy/drama, rated R, 93 minutes, Violet Crown FIRST WE BOMBED NEW MEXICO Director Lois Lipman’s untold story of Trinity, the world’s first nuclear bomb, detonated in New Mexico one month before the bombing of Hiroshima. Thousands of New Mexicans — mostly Hispanic and Native American — were exposed to radioactive fallout with generations of cancers following.
New Mexico Hispanic cancer survivor Tina Cordova has catalyzed a movement seeking compensation for families who suffer multigenerational cancers tied to that bomb and who continue to be ignored. Screening as part of the 2024 Los Alamos Oppenheimer Festival . Documentary, not rated, 95 minutes, SALA INSIDE OUT 2 The little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out.
Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust have been running a successful operation by all accounts. However, when Anxiety shows up, they aren’t sure how to feel. Family/comedy, rated PG, 96 minutes, Dreamcatcher 10, Violet Crown IT ENDS WITH US Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) moves to Boston to follow her dream of opening her own business.
A chance meeting with Ryle Kincaid sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall in love, she begins to see sides of him that remind her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, leaving her with an impossible choice. Romance/drama, rated PG-13, 130 minutes, Dreamcatcher 10, Regal Santa Fe Place 6, Violet Crown LONGLEGS FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes an unexpected turn, revealing evidence of the occult.
Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer (Nicolas Cage) and must stop him before he strikes again. Horror, rated R, 101 minutes, Violet Crown OPPENHEIMER Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning biographical feature film about American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Drama, rated R, 180 minutes, SALA THELMA Thelma Post (June Squib) is a 93-year-old grandmother who loses $10,000 to a con artist on the phone. With help from a friend (Richard Roundtree) and his motorized scooter, she embarks on a treacherous journey across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from her. Comedy/action, rated PG-13, 97 minutes, Violet Crown THE TIME MASTERS (1982) After his parents are killed on the dangerous planet Perdide, young Piel survives by maintaining radio contact with Jaffar, a pilot transporting an exiled prince and princess from their former kingdom.
Along the way, Jaffar and company encounter a pair of homunculi stowaways, identityless angels controlled by the Masters of Time, mysterious beings who can bend reality and perhaps reveal to the heroes their secret origins and destinies. Restored in 4K in 2023. Animated sci-fi/adventure, not rated, 88 minutes, CCA TRAP A man (Josh Hartnett) and his teenage daughter realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event while watching a concert.
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Thriller/mystery, rated PG-13, 105 minutes, Violet Crown TWISTERS Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is lured to the open plains to test a new tornado tracking system.
She crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), a charming but reckless storm-chasing social-media superstar. As storm season intensifies, Kate, Tyler, and their competing teams find themselves in a fight for their lives as multiple systems converge over central Oklahoma. Action/thriller, rated PG-13, 122 minutes, Dreamcatcher 10, Regal Santa Fe Place 6, Violet Crown WIDOW CLICQUOT After her husband’s untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together to become one of the world’s first great businesswomen.
Drama, rated R, 90 minutes, Violet Crown SOURCES: Google, IMDb.com , RottenTomatoes.com , Vimeo.
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