In addition to our line up of new theatrical releases, we’ve put together a “Festive Features” series of popular seasonal classics for running from December 6th through 24th, including our perennial audience favorite It’s A Wonderful Life showing as a double-feature with A Christmas Story.
Elf
Friday, December 6th at 8:15pm
Saturday, December 7th at 1pm
Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results. Directed by Jon Favreau. (1Hr, 37Min)
Love Actually
Saturday, December 7th at 8:15pm!
20th Anniversary 4K Restoration!
Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: Love. Among the characters explored are David (Hugh Grant), the handsome newly elected British prime minister who falls for a young junior staffer (Martine McCutcheon), Sarah (Laura Linney), a graphic designer whose devotion to her mentally ill brother complicates her love life, and Harry (Alan Rickman), a married man tempted by his attractive new secretary. Also starring Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson and more. (2003, R, 135mins)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Thursday, December 12th at 8pm!
A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his friend Juuso (Ilmari Järvenpää) think a secret mountain drilling project near their home in northern Finland has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus. However, this a monstrous, evil Santa, much unlike the cheery St. Nick of legend. When Pietari’s father (Jorma Tommila) captures a feral old man (Peeter Jakobi) in his wolf trap, the man may hold the key to why reindeer are being slaughtered and children are disappearing. This darkly comic gem quickly became required perennial holiday viewing. In English and Finnish. (2010, R, 85mins)
Trading Places
Friday, December 13th at 8:15pm!
Upper-crust executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and down-and-out hustler (and broken-down Santa Claus) Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) are the subjects of a bet by successful brokers Mortimer (Don Ameche) and Randolph Duke (Ralph Bellamy). An employee of the Dukes, Winthorpe is framed by the brothers for a crime he didn’t commit, with the siblings then installing the street-smart Valentine in his position. When Winthorpe and Valentine uncover the scheme, they set out to turn the tables on the Dukes. (1983, R, 1h 56m)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Saturday, Dec. 14th at and Sunday, Dec. 15th at 1pm!
The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Other Muppets — Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear and Sam the Eagle — weave in and out of the story, while Scrooge receives visits from spirits of three Christmases — past, present and future. They show him the error of his self-serving ways, but the miserable old man seems to be past any hope of redemption and happiness. Directed by Brian Henson. (1992, 1h, 25m)
Home Alone
Saturday, December 14th at 8:15pm!
When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O’Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home. Directed by John Hughes. (1Hr,42 Min)
Die Hard
Friday, December 20th at 9:15pm!
Enjoy some holiday excitement watching this iconic thriller starring Bruce Willis as a NYPD officer trying to save his wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and others taken hostage at a Christmas party by a band of terrorists led by the late great actor Alan Rickman. Die Hard won two Academy Awards (Best Sound, Best Film Editing) and was a nominee for two more for visual and sound effects. (1988, R, 132m)
Gremlins
Saturday, December 21st at 9:15pm!
Seeking a unique gift for his son, an erstwhile inventor and gadget salesman purchases a cute and fuzzy little “Mogwai” from a Chinatown shop with the warning “Don’t expose him to bright light. Don’t ever get him wet. And don’t ever, ever feed him after midnight.” This Christmas favorite directed by Joe Dante stars Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates and is chock-full of cameo appearances from pop-culture icons. (1985, PG, 107mins)
A Christmas Story
Friday, Dec. 20th through Dec. 24th – see calendar for showtimes!
There’s never been a Yuletide movie as funny as this 1983 Bob Clark classic. Based on humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the 1940s, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, the story is full of wonderful glimmers of nostalgia unhampered by sentimentality. With Peter Billingsley and Darren McGavin. (PG, 95 mins)
It’s a Wonderful Life
Friday, Dec. 20th through Dec. 24th – see calendar for showtimes!
Jimmy Stewart plays small-town good guy George Bailey, who is confronted by his guardian angel (the jolly Henry Travers) while attempting suicide on Christmas Eve. It just isn’t Christmas without seeing Frank Capra’s heartwarming holiday classic on the big Naro screen with a crowd, and shown in its original full-cut and screen format. With Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore. (1946, G, 129 mins)
