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By turns violent and very funny, this blistering black comedy weaves together three lurid tales of small-time criminal life in Hollywood. Inspired by popular crime fiction of the '30s and '40s, director Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown) introduces us to a pair of thick-witted hit-men (John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson), a double-crossing prizefighter on the run (Bruce Willis), his absent-minded girlfriend (Maria de Medeiros), the hit-men-hiring mob boss (Ving Rhames), his exotic but drug-addled wife (Uma Thurman), and two young lovers contemplating a career change—namely whether to start sticking up restaurants instead of liquor stores (Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer).
This one little film ensured not even SNAKES ON A PLANE could put Samuel L. Jackson out of steady work, did more for Travolta's carreer than any talking baby movie, and launched a thousand syringes straight into audiences' cinematic hearts. Get on down to see this now. Zed says so! |
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Best remembered for being that catchy eighties buddy comedy with the hit theme song on MTV, GHOSTBUSTERS is a whole lot more-- it's one of the seminal modern horror comedies, providing the creeping dread and jump scares you want from a horror movie back-to-back with stuff so funny it'll make you cry, possibly vomit, and most likely wet yourself.
Every other horror filmmaker takes a crack at this these days, and good luck to them with that: there will always be movies like this one to lay them low when they blow it. The good guys are the kind of buddies you wish you had, the bad guys are earth-shakingly scary, and even the bit parts are classic cinema. And if that's not enough to convince you, here's two more words: BILL MURRAY. Check this one out-- 'cause Bustin' makes you feel good! |
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Road trip with the Muppets! The first of many muppet movies showcases Kermit the Frog's raise to fame. Bernie the Agent (played by Dom DeLuise) sees talent in Kermit and persuades the green protagonist to pursue a career in Hollywood. On the way to Tinseltown, Kermit encounters and assembles the Muppet Gang. Packed with more cameos than you can handle and filled with hi-larity! Join us and let your inner child jump out and say hello. |
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 No one under 17 admitted! Free 3-D glasses provided!
Mix together the sugar of '70s style erotica with the ginger of nonsensical comedy, cover it in a rich coating of 3-D…and you get a movie confection that, like all sweets, can't possibly be good for you, but is too delicious to resist.
Iconic performers Bill Margold, Tyler Reynolds and Con Covert stir up all manner of naughty behavior, with a sprinkle of John Holmes. The story of a candy factory that avoids a hostile takeover through a revolutionary new lollipop gets a lift from the miracle of 3-D, in which you'll be close enough to taste the action! |
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Now with 3 chances to see it! Noon Show Sunday May 17 just added!
All tickets regular matinee price, $8.00. Bring the whole family!
 Cowabunga, dude!
Watch your favorite heroes in a half shell (actually... those look like whole shells to me; What gives?) Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael and... the other guy (um, Leonardo) evolve from mere turtles all the way to the sophisticated form of life that is... um... surfer bro dudes who also happen to be ninjas... In their first, and still probably least ridiculed, of their many trips to the big screen.
Prepare yourself for--
Questionable rubber suit action choreography! Questionable sidekick subplot action! Questionable fortune-cookie wisdom from a talking rat! Questionable early adoption of rampant product placement! And MUCH MORE!!! It's all here, and enjoy... come out to see this, and we just might play HOWARD THE DUCK for you next season.
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With A live musical tribute by SABRETEETH before the show May 9!
This is a 17+ screening only. Accompanied minors will not be admitted.
 Banned and heavily censored the world over, the CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST surpasses its reputation as a shot-gun blast to the senses. It presents the "found footage" of a group of four documentary filmmakers who experience brutal death at the hands of a savage South American tribe of flesh-eaters. This footage is so intense, so graphic and so unflinching in its realism that the director and producer of the Cannibal Holocaust were arrested upon its original release and the film seized.
Just as rough but but a lot less inadvertanty preachy, Cannibal Ferox tells the tale of a small group of anthropologists who take to the Jungles of Colombia to study the culture of a primitive indigenous tribe from the perspective that cannibals don't exist-- and find out they're very, very wrong.
For more info on Sabreteeth, visit www.ratskin.org |
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 One Night Only!
We love playing our sci-fi movies here at the late night picture show these days-- and we love live performance with the show-- so we are doubly glad to present to you the granddaddy of them all, Fritz Lang's genre-defining 1927 film METROPOLIS, on the Clay's colossal screen. Without this one seminal work the futuristic cityscapes, crazed mad scientists, dangerous androids and heroes to subdue all of the above in three generations of later films would never have come to pass. We are in awe of it-- both its technical achievements and its accessible storyline remain surprisingly audacious after more than eight decades.
But what's that you say? METROPOLIS is a SILENT movie? Well, damn straight it is. That's why-- fresh from numerous engagements of live scores to accompany silent films including NOSFERATU and THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, the theatre is pleased to present an original live score played live to accompany the film by electronic silent score expert BONJON.
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 Here's a life lesson for you: What should you do if an eccentric billionaire extends an invitation to you to check out his scary, dinosaur-infested remote tropical island? YOU SAY NO, that's what!
But... luckily for us action moviegoers, there's always a bunch of unfortunate character actors willing to step into the-- ahem-- jaws of danger and give it a go for you! Sam Neill repeatedly saves the day (and the annoying kids,) Laura Dern screams like nobody's business, Sir Richard Attenborough shows up long enough to collect his paycheck and Jeff Goldblum constantly repeats the moral of the story just in case you missed it the first five times-- all while the audience keeps their eyes glued to the real stars: the Dinosaurs. And are they ever amazing. Bring your earplugs to this one-- we're going to let that T-rex roar like it owns this damn town!
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 Last Fall's San Francisco Film Society screening of indie horror film pighunt sold out weeks early, denying plenty of rabid horror fans the chance to get a crack at it. Thought you missed your chance? Well, here's two more! The Clay's late night picture show is proud to present a full weekend of backwoods horror to scare the pants off you and generally enrich your life. Expect the filmmakers to be in attendance, to fill you in on just what making a movie starring a two ton giant boar is like! Fun, we think, but that's just a guess...
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 In a more-or-less incomprehensible career move, Wolfgang Peterson's followup to miserable submarine movie DAS BOOT is yet another iconic entry in the feel-good fantasy metafiction melodrama genre, and one that ranks second to pretty much only THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
And that's as it should be-- all your favorite stuff is in here: giant puppet monsters! Sweeping vistas traversed on horseback! Epic clashes between good and evil! A princess that's as cute as a button! And plenty of other stuff we WON'T EVEN MENTION!!! The fantasy of choice for anyone who has ever gotten lost, and that is, REALLY LOST, in the pages of a book... but don't try this at home if a creepy bookstore guy tells you the book is 'dangerous!' |
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