Dec. 6, 3 p.m. Little Big Man (1970) Dec. 7, 3 p.m. The NeverEnding Story (1984) Dec. 8, 7 p.m. American Promise (2013) - Thirteen years in the making, American Promise follows two students who are the first from their middle-class, AfricanAmerican families to attend a prestigious Manhattan private school. The twist: The filmmakers, Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, happen to be the parents of one of those kids. Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m. Underground Undone (1986-2011) - A selection of experimental short films that have been “partially destroyed, left unfinished, finished posthumously, or otherwise designed to be indeterminate,” according to the program. Dec. 13, 3 p.m. Joyeux Noel (2005) Dec. 14, 3 p.m. Amadeus (1984) Indiana University Cinema, 1213 E. 7th St. (Bloomington), prices vary Indy Film Fest: Clash of the Holiday Cult Classics Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. Indy Film Fest’s Roving Cinema series closes with its annual Holiday surprise screening at Sun King. Four films battled it out in online voting last year with Big Trouble in Little China coming out on top. Who will reign supreme this year? Bring your own seats (Sun King is anti-chair) and buy tickets early; this screening “WILL SELL OUT!” emphasize the Film Fest folks. Sun King Brewing, 135 N. College Ave., $10, 21+ Vintage Movie Night: The Great Rupert Dec. 20, 7 p.m. Collector Eric Grayson provides the 16mm prints and pre-show commentary for this monthly film series that
mixes out-and-out obscurities with cinephileapproved classics. The 2014 Vintage Movie Night season winds up with a 1950 familyfriendly comedy starring Jimmy Durante and a stop-motion squirrel (the titular Rupert). Garfield Park Arts Center, 2432 Conservatory Dr., $5 Winter Nights Film Series Fridays from Jan. 2-Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Intrepid filmgoers are invited to show up a couple hours early to each screening in the IMA’s Winter Nights series and head on over to the Sutphin Fountain Room, where curator Scott Stulen will have a bunch of themed programming at the ready, from rock trivia before A Hard Day’s Night (the rock musical to end all rock musicals) to a medieval weaponry workshop of sorts prior to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. All screenings are in 35mm or high-res digital, unless noted. This is just about your only chance to see films on film at the IMA, so take advantage of it.
MOVIES
Dec. 1, 7 p.m. Big Night (1996)
Jan. 2: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) The Coen brothers’ retelling of Homer’s Odyssey will be paired with a pre-show bluegrass performance. Jan. 9: The Wizard of Oz (1939) - No better way to see flying monkeys than in 35mm. Jan. 16: Spirited Away (2001) - Hayao Mayazaki’s animated tale of a 10-year-old girl whose parents are transformed into pigs. In Japanese with subtitles. Jan. 23: Fargo (1996) - An outdoor screening in the IMA’s Amphitheatre. Dress appropriately. Half-price admission and VIP seating for those who can show proof they’ve lived in Minnesota or North Dakota. Screened in Blu-ray. Jan. 30: A Hard Day’s Night (1964) - Screened in Blu-ray from the 50th anniversary restoration and preceded by a round of rock trivia.
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