Movie Party. In this wonderfully comic spook tale, a couple of mild-mannered ghosts call upon the obnoxious demon Betelguese to help them reinhabit their house from the new (and living) tenants.
Afternoon Tea: Hitchcock’s first American film remains one of his creepiest. This Daphne du Maurier story relates the plight of a new bride who lives in the shadow of her husband’s former wife. The performances are first-rate, and Anderson as the obsessively attached maid Mrs. Danvers is a perverse gem.
Halloween at the Haunted Drive-in. Polanski's first American movie is adapted from the Ira Levin book, and it remains a masterpiece of droll humor and inbred horror.
Lates: Shot for a small budget in stunning black-and-white on the downtown streets of New York City, the movie tackles the topic of evil, framing its unpopular philosophical premises within the guise of a generic vampire story. Read a full review of The Addiction.
Other Forms of Life, Programmed by Huma Bhabha: Based on a story by Graham Greene, the movie is a noir classic set in a shadowy postwar Vienna. It’s one of Orson Welles’ best-remembered roles, and the film’s now-familiar zither music sets the story’s ambiguous tone perfectly. Read a full review of The Third Man.
The life cycle of a monarch butterfly and its long-distance migration from Canada to Central Mexico is captured in this 3-D nature documentary that also focuses on the decades of fieldwork conducted by Canadian scientist Fred Urquhart.
There's a new fall film fest in town. Spend an evening at AFS viewing work from filmmakers who "defy conventions, champion art and challenge audience expectations."
The opening night reception is on Friday, Oct. 12, 5-10pm, and there's a special family day party Sat., Oct. 13, 10am-noon, with face-painting, photo booth, and coffee & baked goods (costumes encouraged). The exhibit runs through Oct. 20.