🎥 Cinemapolis - A French fantasy, a British art theft, and a forbidden Soviet romance all arrive on 5/6!

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Greetings Cinemapolitans!

We're excited this week to welcome back local filmmaker Ira McKinley for a special one night only screening of his latest documentary, Outta The Muck.

Family, football and history come to life in an intimate portrait of the Dean family, longtime residents of the historic town of Pahokee, Florida. McKinley reconnects with his niece Bridget and nephew Alvin and explores their shared family history that spans seven generations. Told through stories that transcend space and time, Outta The Muck presents an intimate portrait of a community that resists despair with love, remaining fiercely self-determined, while forging its own unique narrative of Black achievement.

Don't miss the one night only screening, featuring a Q & A with Ira McKinley, on Thursday, May 5 at 7 pm!

Meanwhile, it's another premiere weekend, so you should get in soon to catch Anais in Love, Hatching, Pompo the Cinephile, and Rude Boy. They have their final screenings on Thursday, May 5th!

OPENING FRIDAY, MAY 6

THE DUKE

96 min, R

THE DUKE is set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full story emerge – a startling revelation of how a good man set out to change the world and in so doing saved his son and his marriage.

DIRECTOR: Roger Michell

WRITERS: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman

CAST: Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Stephen Rashbrook

Fri: 4:45, 7:00

Sat: 2:00, 4:45, 7:00

Sun: 2:00, 4:45

Mon - Thu: 4:45, 7:00

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FIREBIRD

107 min, R

Based on a true story during the Cold War, Firebird is a passionate love story set against the backdrop of an Air Force base in occupied Estonia during late 1970’s Communist rule. Sergey (Tom Prior), a soulful, young soldier who dreams of becoming an actor in Moscow, is counting the days until his military service ends. His life is turned upside down when he locks eyes with Roman (Oleg Zagorodnii), a sexy, enigmatic ace fighter pilot newly assigned to his base.

Driven by their undeniable attraction, Sergey and Roman navigate the precarious line between love and friendship at a time when Soviet men in uniform caught having a sexual affair was met with the severest punishment. As their friendship grows into love, the men risk their freedom and their lives to be together in the face of an all-seeing Communist regime.

DIRECTOR: Peeter Rebane

WRITERS: Peeter Rebane & Tom Prior

CAST: Tom Prior, Oleg Zagorodnii, Diana Pozharskaya

Fri: 4:20 PM

Sat & Sun: 1:45, 4:20

Mon: 4:20 PM
Tues - Thu: 4:20, 6:45

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PETITE MAMAN

72 min, PG

Céline Sciamma continues to prove herself as one of the most accomplished and unpredictable contemporary French filmmakers with her follow up to PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, the uniquely emotional, PETITE MAMAN. Following the death of her beloved grandmother, 8-year-old Nelly accompanies her parents to her mother’s childhood home to begin the difficult process of cleaning out its contents.

As Nelly explores the house and nearby woods, she is immediately drawn to a neighbor her own age building a treehouse. What follows is a tender tale of childhood grief, memory and connection.

French with English Subtitles

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Céline Sciamma

CAST: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse

Fri: 5:15, 7:45

Sat: 2:15, 5:15, 7:45

Sun: 2:15, 5:15

Mon - Thu: 5:15, 7:45

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CONTINUING IN THEATER

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Don't forget to keep an eye on our website to get the latest info on detours to get to the cinema. During the current phase of construction, the Green Street Crosswalk has once again closed. All patrons should enter the cinema from the North using either the Home Dairy Alley from the Commons, or the detour scaffolding from City Hall along Harold’s Square.

Access from the South through the Green Street Crosswalk will be blocked as work on the parking garage is completed.

Hope to see you at the movies again soon!

Brett Bossard,
Executive Director

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