The B-Side

Check it out an awesome screening of classic movies of Mickey Rooney will be showing at the Aero this week. Cinematheque will feature Mickey Rooney to discuss some of his work at selected screenings.

Wednesday, May 6 - 7:30 PM

Double Feature:

REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT, 1962, Sony Repertory, 95 min. Dir. Ralph Nelson. Anthony Quinn is a fighter whose best days are behind him, and Mickey Rooney plays his sympathetic trainer, in this classic piece of humanist filmmaking. Rod Serling’s script powerfully depicts Quinn’s downfall as he descends into corruption at the behest of unscrupulous manager Jackie Gleason.

KILLER MCCOY, 1947, Warner Bros., 104 min. Dir. Roy Rowland. Mickey Rooney grows up as tough street kid Tommy McCoy, who exits the vaudeville stage for a promising career in the boxing ring. After many hurdles, armed with his secret “right” and towing his deadbeat actor dad (James Dunn) along as his manager, McCoy starts fighting, first accepting a bankroll from a gambler Brian Donlevy, only to threaten it all by falling for the kingpin’s daughter (Ann Blyth). NOT ON DVD. Discussion in between films with actor Mickey Rooney. Read the rest of this entry �

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you…

Sunday, March 29 - 7:30 PM

Live Commentary! Wes Craven In-Person!

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, 1984, Warner Bros., 92 min. Director Wes Craven created one of his most famous movie milestones with this supremely entertaining horror opus, melding influences from Polanski to Bunuel to Argento to achieve a bizarrely subversive box office hit. Read the rest of this entry �

Special Screening for The Last Starfighter this will be a 25th Anniversary Screening of the 1984 sci-fi adventure film - a early effort in the use of CGI.

Lance Guest plays a bored teenager who lives in a trailer park but dreams of something more. To pass the time he becomes an expert video game player, and eventually learns that his skill is the ticket to adventure that he’s been looking for. It seems that the game has been placed by aliens who need soldiers to wage war in outer space! Robert Preston is a delight in his final role as the alien who shows Guest the ropes in this terrific adventure for all ages. Read the rest of this entry �