Paris, Texas
NEVADA THEATRE 5/18: The Onyx Downtown presents our Wandering Souls series, a globetrotting cinematic odyssey that highlights the transformative and transcendental nature of the road movie. New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in PARIS, TEXAS, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. The film follows the mysterious, nearly mute drifter Travis (a magnificent Harry Dean Stanton, whose face is a landscape all its own) as he tries to reconnect with his young son, living with his brother (Dean Stockwell) in Los Angeles, and his missing wife (Nastassja Kinski). From this simple setup, Wenders and Shepard produce a powerful statement on codes of masculinity and the myth of the American family, as well as an exquisite visual exploration of a vast, crumbling world of canyons and neon.
Charade
SUNRISE CINEMA 5/17 - The on-screen chemistry between Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant sparks with pure electricity, in the stylish romantic thriller CHARADE! Reggie Lambert (Hepburn) returns home after a skiing trip to discover that her husband has died. At the funeral she finds out from CIA agent Hamilton Bartholomew (Walter Matthau) that her husband was involved in the theft of a quarter of a million dollars during World War Two. The charming Peter Joshua (Grant) offers his help, but as the number of dead bodies increases so do Peter's aliases, and Reggie becomes uncertain whether or not she can trust him.
American Psycho
AFTER HOURS 5/23 - Directed by Mary Harron and based on the controversial novel of the same name, AMERICAN PSYCHO is a unique blend of horror and satire and one of the most enduring cult classics of the 21st century. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status, and style, with a beautiful fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). He’s also a psychotic killer who murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. AMERICAN PSYCHO offers a sharp satire to the dark side of yuppie culture and consumerism in the ‘80s, while setting forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling.
