through its Oscar-nominated art direction, Heaven’s Gate chronicles the violent conflicts that arise from erupting tensions over disputed claims of land ownership between Wyoming land barons and poor, incoming European immigrants. Seen through the eyes of Marshall Jim Averill (Kris Kristofferson), Cimino’s cinematic journey into the west confronts foundational myths of America itself. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Michael Cimino. WITH: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston. 1980. 216 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated R. DCP.
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Killers of the Flower Moon Sun, Nov 24 | 7:30pm | DGT
Nominated for ten Oscars, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon recounts one of the nation’s most shameful chapters. In its depiction of the Osage Indian Murders, the film portrays the Eastern Oklahoma white community that systematically plotted to swindle and kill Osage tribal members for their land and oil rights. Epic and extensive in scale, Scorsese leaves no stone unturned and constructs a damning statement on complicity and its stain left on this country, its landscape, and its Indigenous people. DIRECTED BY: Martin Scorsese. WRITTEN BY: Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese. WITH: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons. 2023. 206 min. USA. Color. Scope. English, Osage. Rated R. DCP.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean in 35mm Sun, Nov 10 | 7:30pm | DGT Driven by Paul Newman’s bold performance, John Huston’s anarchic Western comedy questions the very ideas of law and order on a landscape founded in lawlessness. Written by John Milius, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean follows the titular character (Newman) appointing himself as a judge in West Texas, decreeing his word as “the law west of the Pecos.” Nominated for its Original Song “Marmalade, Molasses & Honey,” Huston’s 1972 film offers an honest and unruly examination of the legitimacy of authority on the Western landscape. DIRECTED BY: John Huston. WRITTEN BY: John Milius. WITH: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, Tab Hunter, John Huston. 1972. 120 min. USA. Technicolor. English. Rated PG. 35mm.
There Will Be Blood in 35mm Sun, Nov 17 | 7:30pm | DGT
A loose adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s novel Oil!, Paul Thomas Anderson’s dark character study of Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), a prospector turned ruthless oil man, paints a voracious thirst for dominance. Plainview arrives in Little Boston, a community sitting on an ocean of black gold, and goes toe-to-toe with the maniacal preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), the community’s de facto leader. Anderson’s portrait of Plainview weaves a tense meditation on an end of the American frontier and the transition of the forces that carved it up through greed, religion, and violence. Nominated in seven categories, the film won Oscars for Robert Elswit’s cinematography and Daniel Day-Lewis’s unforgettable performance. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Paul Thomas Anderson. WITH: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciarán Hinds. 2007. 158 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated R. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
25
Powered by FlippingBook