The American Astronaut
Cory McAbee's black and white space western musical, screening on 35mm. Barn dances on asteroids, a fruit thief and original songs. There is nothing else quite like it in town.
More at Ambler Theater
Dodsworth
William Wyler's 1936 marriage drama, running as a Deep Focus selection. Sunday afternoon screening at one, part of Hollywood Summer Nights.
Steel Magnolias: A Tribute to Dolly Parton
A tribute screening of the 1989 Louisiana beauty shop weepie, with Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah and a young Julia Roberts. One show, seven o'clock.
Queen Kelly
Erich von Stroheim's troubled 1932 Gloria Swanson picture, rarely booked anywhere. Two showtimes on the Hollywood Summer Nights calendar, 4:15 and 7.
Around the same time
Script Tease: There She Goes
Forge reads a new play by local writer Steven Goldman straight off the page, actors and scripts and no set. Free, no tickets, walk in and sit down.
The Monstrous-Feminine: Rosemary's Baby + Carrie
Rosemary's Baby and Carrie back to back on 35mm. Two films about what everybody around a young woman decides to do with her body, programmed as one long night.
Chair Yoga
Gentle mobility work done from a chair, aimed at older adults and paid for by the library Friends. Space is limited and it runs first come, first served on Friday mornings.
